Just picked this up for 10 bucks I figured for that price I couldn’t go too far wrong. Can’t seem to find any reviews or info on this kit. Other then decals no AM parts either. I know there 1D kit is a hobby craft repop. I see a few problems with the kit but for the price it looks good. anyone know if this is a new kit or another knock off?
Stan,
I don’t have that one, and don’t really know anything about it. Here’s the only review of it I have seen:
Academy seems to have missed on the fuselage shape on that one.
Thanks frank, I look on arc but miss this one. This kit is odd in that it has some real nice detail in some places and others are left lacking.
Glad to help Stan! [tup]
I am really baffled about molding gaffes like this! I’m not losing sleep…but who engineers this stuff? I have many older kits that profile perfectly! Just my [2c]
Build it for fun if you like it, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about it.
That said, I have one in my pile, and the shape of the fuselage is odd, to say the least… I have spent a lot of time around warbirds, and this model looks different enough from the real thing that it bugs me, so its very low on my to-build list…
Stan If your looking for info on the Academy F4U-4B see if you can pick up a copy of
Detail and Scale #56 on the Corsair.It has the pro’s and con’s in their review section
on the kits that are out there.
Jim K.
Thanks for the info guys. I do build some rags from time to time. I built that hobby craft 109 and It also has some bad shape issues. For 10 dollars I can use it as parts kit for my others. I usually build these as out of box to take my mind off of larger project. There also good for trying new tecniques that may make a mess out of a more expensive kit.
compairing it to my other corsairs it becomes very apperant that the fuselage around the cockpit is bloated. It seems this condition starts at about at the windscreen and goes to the antenna at the rear. The noes and tail section seem ok. It odd that academy can’t get the fuselage right on a 1/48 scale fighter this common. Also it seems they picked areas and decided to give them pretty good detail and others like the oil coolers and landing struts are all but devoid of any detail. It’s sad, this kit has the potential to be very nice.
I’ve got this kit as well. I’m no expert on the Corsair but even I thought it looked odd. I imagine I’ll use it to practice techniques to use on other birds, like my mediocre(sp) air brush skills.