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Drew Cook ...Nice model, but a couple of nitpicks...although the majority of the AVG pilots were former Navy and Marine Corps fliers, they didn't wear "Mae West" life preservers while flying and fighting over China.
...Nice model, but a couple of nitpicks...although the majority of the AVG pilots were former Navy and Marine Corps fliers, they didn't wear "Mae West" life preservers while flying and fighting over China.
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And then there is the fact that the molds are so out of shape for this kit that it is a ton of work just to make it look decent in the first place. The instructions and markings need a major update as there are color call outs for wrong colors and the markings are a combination of three different squadrons all on one plane.
This one is just a fun build for nostalgia's sake if you're not investing some serious time and AM into it. I'm not surprised this build ended up going in the bin after he opened it up lol. Anyone who can make a good looking bird from this kit is a really good modeller in my opinion. This kit presents a LOT of challenges.
Heck, the painting guide in the back of the instructions is just a couple of B&W photos of the built model, for each of the three schemes available. They're angled and only show one side of the plane so you have to guess how the camouflage goes on.
But when you do get done with it, it looks great on display!
So yeah. It is what it is. For accuracy, there isn't much else to choose (for a B model), but there are far better detailed kits (Hasagawa comes to mind), that's for sure. We're all waiting to see the new AirFix release, and we're all hoping its as good as we want it to be lol.
- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"
M. Brindos And then there is the fact that the molds are so out of shape for this kit that it is a ton of work just to make it look decent in the first place.
And then there is the fact that the molds are so out of shape for this kit that it is a ton of work just to make it look decent in the first place.
That's a good point, but that's really more of a tip to anyone who wants to build it, that he should look for an old boxing on the second-hand market. I would look for the white box myself, when Monogram just put a photo of the finished model on the cover, or an earlier one.
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