I am finally doing the 1:32 corsair (revell) I purchased 2 years ago. Very disappointing. No detail. Just a blah kit. The plastic is flimsy as well. The only thing that was nice was the ease of the canopy. That was because it was easy to mask. Another thing I did and learned was the following. I bought one of those plastic templates that have ciurcles, squares, rectangles and triangles. Turns out, the wheel wells on the corsair corresponded to the 1/2 sixe on the template. Thus, I cut out masking tape to fit and wallah, it fit perfectly in the wheel well. So, I masked it and painted the tires and it looks nice and even.
But, overall, since I didn’t buy any aftermarket accessories, the kt itself is not exciting. But, it will look good on my desk. I hope.
I’ve heard that before about the corsair.mIt can be built into a very nice aircraft, but to do so requires alot of scratchbuilding on the cockpit and wheelwells, especially. At least it looks like a corsair.
Retooling them would be a waste, actually. I say give us entirely new kits! [;)] (no comments on the economics of model manufacturing, please! [:p] )
Remember, these kits are mostly from the 60’s. The only one that Revell did, that I can recall, which had a decent amount of detail was the P-40 and that’s a bear on all fronts. Their older F-4 was crap, plain and simple and the F-15’s didn’t impress me much either. But then, I’ve never been a fan of ‘real’ Revell kits. Most anything they made before the merger was less than desirable. But that’s just me…
nsclcctl - That must be one BIG desk if that’s where you’re gonna display it !
I remember when those 1/32 kits came out. It was the first time that I saw a model that actually had an interior ! The other ones I built at the time only had figures or half-figures to be glued into the open cavity that they called a “cockpit !”
Claymore - If I find a model that has gaps like that at the wingroot, I try to glue the wing tops to the fuselage first, cut off the “misalignment” pins, & add the lower wing. It can save a LOT of filling w/ some kits.
I dunno… maybe its just me, but I’m working on 2 1/32nd Revell AH-64s and they’re BEAUTIFUL. Sure they need some updating to current standard, since the kit was released for the first time in 1987, but still. Its got the right shapes, the right major assemblies, and really challenges one’s modelling skills without being offensive! One of the two I’m doing is being converted to an AH-64D. That’s a pain in the butt, but due to the accuracy of the kit and size of the major components, its turning out to be a breeze. I used to be pretty quick to bash Revell kits… not so much any more!
This is driving me crazy. I airbrushed interior green last night to all interior surfaces. Had everything done and ready to put the cockpit in and glue the fuselage hhalves together. Lo and behold, they absolutely do not fit. Either the copckpit is too big or I simply am placing it incorrectly. Of course, I am aided by the fact that the directiosn are so good. Anybody built this before and can you comment on the fit? It would help me tremendously.
Hmmmm…I built three of them, years and years ago, and didn’t have any fit problems with any of them. Is yours a newer kit? You said you purchased it 2 years ago.
Perhaps the molds are getting tired after nearly 40 years!
This was one of the first “Revelogram” kits. It’s really more an example of late 80’s, early 90’s Monogram Kit Making. Not bad- imperfect fit, good detail, raised panel lines.
This is actually an example of an early Revel-Monogram kit “Revelogram” if you will. It is really more representative of Monogram’s kitmaking of the late 80’s -early 90’s. Not bad stuff: Good detail, ordinance, but sometimes poor fit and raised panel lines.
This kit is near going back in the box. I tried trimming and trimming last night. Still a huge gap between the top of the seat and the fuselage. I don’t know how I would fill that in. Really disgusted with this kit I waited so long to do.
