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Post by kashleymor on Jan 22, 2009 18:48:52 GMT
Just picked up mine from the lhs, stunning kit, any-one else got one yet? Just wondered if there are any known probs/issues with it. Mind you, looks great in the box anyway. Am no expert, but looks like it will build into a good looking TSR.2 to me! Kirk ;D
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Post by Rob Monfea on Jan 23, 2009 12:40:05 GMT
Only thing I've noticed so far is that a couple of the panel lines around the main wheel wells cut through inset panels and these will need filling accordingly.
Plan to start mine once I've cleared the decks a bit (got 2 Eurofighter Typhoons and a HMMWV on the go at the moment).
Cheers,
Rob M.
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Post by seb on Jan 23, 2009 12:49:24 GMT
... Just wondered if there are any known probs/issues with it..... If it turns out to be a 1/48 version of the 1/72 - I wish you all the luck!
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Post by martinhale on Jan 23, 2009 18:44:00 GMT
... Just wondered if there are any known probs/issues with it..... If it turns out to be a 1/48 version of the 1/72 - I wish you all the luck! I got two but I havn't been able to stop drooling yet to make a start and given the size of the thing I need to get the work bench a bit clear first. There is much more detail in the kit than the 1/72 version. Breakdown of parts is similar but initial reports sugest that the fit of parts is much better. i was also assured by Trevor (Mr airfix) Snowden that the fit issues with the smaller kit were going to be addressed in this version. I should be awesome when built. Martin
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Post by kashleymor on Jan 23, 2009 23:57:55 GMT
Thanks for the replys everyone. Short update- So far, going well. Inst panel details not brill but may not be visible when canopys are on. Shame that there are no decals for them, as my dial painting ain't that good!. Main u/c wheelwell/ bomb bay looks nice and busy, but there is a nasty big gap at the back of the rear wheel well where it meets the bottom of the fuselage. There is a chance it might not be visible when the gear doors are on tho. Wing top and bottom fit together very well. Be careful with them, the locating lugs are a great, but tight, fit. Quick fuselage check shows excellent fit. Well, back to putting it together!
Cheers Kirk
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Post by kashleymor on Jan 24, 2009 11:15:14 GMT
Couple more small gripes......Just spotted another huge gap! This time at the back of the nose wheel bay where it joins the bottom of the fuselage. Won't be seen if you have the aft doors closed tho, as in 99% of TSR-2 pics. Have just dry fitted the nearly complete cockpit and have found the seperate combing over the front instrument panel is at least 2 mm too high, along with the panel itself, although it does all fit, it completely blocks the view through the front windshield. Easily fixed with a file! ( Martin, I guess this means it no longer qualifies as an out of the box build? ) Worse is the windshield itself, although nice and clear, it is about 1mm short of its intended position, cosequently leaving a nasty little step up to the front fuselage. I think it may be sortable with a bit of filler and some very careful sanding, but I haven't worked out how to keep the profile 'line' along the nose cone to the top of the windshield....yet! Don't get me wrong, I still think it's a woderful kit (so far!) it's just a shame something as visually important as the windshield wasn't reworked at the cad/ test-shot stage. Anyway, back to it! Kirk
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Post by chadders on Jan 25, 2009 22:16:54 GMT
I noticed the front combing/IP when I opened the box. Reducing it by 2mm, as you quite rightly mentioned will help, but I would go more like 3mm to be more like the real thing. That would bring the molded detail in line with where it should be. Mark
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Post by martinhale on Jan 26, 2009 6:17:55 GMT
Kirk, yes it will qualify for Straight kit as fettling of parts of a kit to fit has to be allowed. Otherwise we would have virtually no entries at all in the SK classes.
Martin
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Post by paulkirsopp on Jan 26, 2009 19:23:26 GMT
I'm about ready to start painting mine. Just keep an eye on the instruction sheet there are a few errors. (The bomb is also shown the wrong way around). I've found no problems in assembly, not at all like the 72nd scale kit, although the gear doors look like they're going to put up a fight, so mine will be open. I'm going to finish her in raspberry ripple from the A&AEE testing Storm Shadow. Hate to say this but apart from a poor cockpit there's not much to moan about. Well done Airfix, bring on the Sea Vixen.
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Post by phoenix54 on Jan 28, 2009 14:45:05 GMT
Hi all, just a thought, seem to remember something on Britmodeller about some of the parts being shown wrong way round, could explain the gap?
Paul
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Post by tim on Nov 16, 2011 19:15:40 GMT
Guess it depends how accurate you want to make it. The 48th kit is pretty poor in terms of fit, detail and accuracy.
The fuselage is very odd. The upper fuselage should have a slight humped appearance and it should slope down slightly towards the cockpits (the kit doesn't). There is also an odd fairing between the upper fuselage and the upper wing surface which isn't there on the real aircraft.
The windscreen is oddly shaped (better replaced by a CMK set), and the inner portion of the wing trailing edges are not broad enough (the flaps would hit the fuselage if they were deployed on the kit). The exhaust vents above the air intakes are horrible and difficult to fix. More minor issues are the air intake shapes (especially when seen from the front). The cockpit interior is grim. The ghastly over-scale lumps on the wing tips need to be improved too although most of them could simply be sanded off as XR219 didn't have any plate aerials fitted.
The forward fuselage is also oddly shaped with a "pinched" appearance which could be improved. Surface detail is way too heavy with big grooves, and many of the panel lines in entirely bogus places. Worth bearing in mind that the real aircraft has a very clean finish and panel lines can hardly be seen. There are other problems too but it all rather depends how much accuracy and detail one can be bothered to incorporate.
In short, it's a nice kit as a general portrayal of TSR2 but it does need an awful lot of work to turn it into anything which looks really convincing. The 72nd scale kit is better although it also suffers from some of the same accuracy issues.
I've been assembling a 48th kit for about a year now, applying more and more filler, plastic card, and abrasive paper... and I'm still not happy with it!
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