I picked this up a while ago, and finally finished it. The guys in the local IPMS chapter have nicknamed it the “espresso machine”. This is a 1/32 McDonnell/Douglas XV-1 Convertiplane by Glencoe. Its an old kit. Not the best on detail, but not the worst. A lot of flash though. The decals were in good shape. The glass, well, you can see from the pics. Its finished in plasti-kote Bumper Chrome [auto paint] with different metalizers put after. I actually like the way it came out. Something very far from a helo drab chinook or Hawk.
Really nice looking kit! From your post, I assume no real issues with it? I have come close to grabbing one a couple of times but I shied away because of two previous Glenco kits that I have tangled with.
Thanks guys. Its a real weird helo, if you can call it that. Since the main rotor is not shaft driven, can it really be called a helo? When I did the research on it, I was amazed at the concept of pumping fuel up through the rotor shaft and out the rotor blades to small ram-jet engines to power the lifting rotor. Very futuristic.
Honestly, aside from some flash and a lack of cockpit detail, its not a bad kit. The fit was ok, but I did have to use some CA and quikset to assemble some of it. The kit is old. The plastic had some warp issues, but nothing major.
Late fifties to about mid sixties the tipjet rotors were all the rage for design since it wouldessentially do away with a tail rotor (no torque tranmitted from the rotor back through the shaft to the transmission deck) and some designs were rather successful, including the Fairy Rotodyne which has been released a couple of times over the years and was apparently used shortly in England. The problem with that one was the screaming noise it made when the little tip turbines came up to speed.
Yep, great build, thanks for sharing this one, yoiu dont often see it anywhere built up and Glenco kits arent known as the best!
