Anigrand XP-67

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Hello all!

I just ordered the XP-67 Moonbat from Anigrand. It cost me about $51 after shipping and handling so for me this is the most bling I’ve dropped on a 1/72 scale kit. Okay…on ANY kit I’ve ever purchased! So can anyone tell me if they’ve had any experience with Anigrand kits? How is their quality?

This will be my first resin kit. I’m sort of worried about using superglue. By that I mean resin is pretty easy to sand. I’d hate to have some CA that I’d have to sand away only to lose lots of resin in the process. I would assume I’d just have to be extremely careful with the application of CA. Would epoxy be an option?

Thanks for the hints, tips and advice!

Eric

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Eric,

While far from an expert, I have dealt with resin more than a few times, and once you start with it, you’ll wish every kit was resin! Regarding the CA, care is essential with any kit application, and yes, epoxy will work, just more expensive and slow to cure when attaching parts. Good luck witht he kit, I plan to get an XP-67 and a P-58 Cahin Lightning from Olimp later this year!

Brian [C):-)]

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Thank you Brian,

I can’t wait to get this kit now! I’ve worked with the usual resin cockpits and other such aftermarket parts but never an entire kit! Should be interesting especially when you said that I’ll wish every kit was resin after this. I wanted the 1/48 Collect-Aire XP-67 or even the XP-54 Swoose Goose but now we’re talking $110 or $150 and that was just too much for me at least at this point in time. I figured I’ll try the (ahem) cheaper Anigrand offering to see if I like resin but based on your e-mail it sounds like I’ll enjoy it.

Thank you again!

Eric

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I have an Anigrand Blohm & Voss flying boat, can’t remember the type. Very nice all the way around. Great surface detail, not alot of flash and the kit details look pretty good. I am in the midst of construction now, about 65% done, if you want to compare more details shoot me a PM.

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Eric,

Scott Van Aken of modeling madness has previewed and built a number of Anigrand kits, although I didn’t see the XP-67 listed as one. He generally has a high regard for the kits. Check out his website here and searched through the reads on Anigrand; I think you will find it helpful:

www.modelingmadness.com

Mark

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I’ve done the epoxy trick before and think I prefer superglue. Use some medium gap filling superglue and accelerator. Once you hit it with the accelerator you have about a five to ten minute window where it is still softer than the resin and can be sanded very well.

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I am currently building the Anagrand XB-46 kit and in general I believe the quality of the resin components is quite good. I have not noticed any sink holes or bubbles and the panel lines are quite fine. Assembly of the few major components has not resulted in any major fit problems. Some of the components are well designed to achieve a precise fit (fuselage sections and thre piece wing. However, there are no locating pins or connecting tabs so some care needs to be taken to realize the correct fit. I used short sections of paper clip wire to form supports for the horizontal stabilizer sections on my model.

I would recommend that you get the best set of references possible on the XP-67 as I have found the XB-46 kit to be lacking in details and the entire cockpit area was incorrect. Admittedly, the type of models provided by Anagrand are not well documented but if my experience on the XB-46 is any indication the company is more focused on producing a model kit of accurate dimensions but have not spent much time reviewing all the reference material that is available on the basic airplane.

If you can handle the price and you want a rare A/FC in your collection than Anagrand will kit will work out.

Incidently, I built the Rareplanes vacumform kit of the XP-67 many years ago and would highly recommend it if you can find it as it assembles eaily and will cost a fraction of the Anagrand kit.

Richard