moeggo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 HLJ just tweeted this photo! Looking Great!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtypecanare Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tamiya-live Live video from Shizuoka Hobby Show Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtypecanare Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Images are at the link below: http://www.tamiya.com/japan/hobbyshow/news1105/report/news2.htm#60322 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mungo1974 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 HLJ just tweeted this photo! Looking Great!!! Pure top shelf plastic p.orn...can't wait Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gocoogs Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Images are at the link below: http://www.tamiya.com/japan/hobbyshow/news1105/report/news2.htm#60322 The wing looks a tad too rivet-ish, but that's nothing a little Mr. Surfacer can't fix. Can't hardly wait to get my hands on this baby. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 (edited) Rivets on a Pony's wing - oh the horror!!! :crying: :crying: Edited May 12, 2011 by MikeC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JimC Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 So...the rivets aren't a big deal? There sure is a lot of 'em. Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gocoogs Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Rivets on a Pony's wing - oh the horror!!! :crying: :crying: :D A minor nuisance, nothing more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Rivets on a Pony's wing - oh the horror!!! :crying: :crying: Looks like we will have to do a bit of filling and sanding to get a good looking wing. Ah well...we have to do some of the work I guess! Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gocoogs Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 So...the rivets aren't a big deal? Not really, they appear to be little more than dimples. I wouldn't be surprised if a single coat of Mr. Surfacer did the trick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn C. Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I got a chance to see the new Trumpeter 1/32 A-4 last week. I was surprised and delighted to see that they had fired the MAd Riveter. It appears he did not stay unemployed for long! I Other than that it looks darn nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Y'all DO realize (rhetorical question) how engraved rivets are put into a steel too, right? The way you get really fine, restrained rivets like the Tamiya Spitfire is for a talented craftsman (not a computer) to work them down on the inside of the female mold cavity. The initial test shots (of which this is most assuredly one) will have MUCH bigger rivets than the final product - unless it comes from Trumpeter, in which case they clearly don't care. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 (edited) Y'all DO realize (rhetorical question) how engraved rivets are put into a steel too, right? The way you get really fine, restrained rivets like the Tamiya Spitfire is for a talented craftsman (not a computer) to work them down on the inside of the female mold cavity. The initial test shots (of which this is most assuredly one) will have MUCH bigger rivets than the final product - unless it comes from Trumpeter, in which case they clearly don't care. It can be done by computer these days... Thats if you go to the right place ;) Edited May 12, 2011 by moeggo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 But wouldn't a dimpled rivet be a raised "pip" on the mold, not a divet? I'm not saying this definately wasn't done by hand, BUT it would be an aweful lot of cutting to remove everything but the rivet by hand wouldn't it? Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor01 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Why does the picture of the wing with rivets look different than the sprue shots in the video? The sprue shots laid on the table at Shizouka show a wing with seperate control surfaces, the picture with rivets appears to have molded on control surfaces. Tamiya may be having a little fun with the internet crowd. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Well, I cant afford one, so you lucky early buyers will find out. This model looks fantastic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 (edited) Looks like we will have to do a bit of filling and sanding to get a good looking wing. Ah well...we have to do some of the work I guess! Sean Yes, indeed, and if I ever do build this kit of course I'll fix it, as the man said a coat or two of Mr Surfacer and they're probably gone. But but the point is they shouldn't be there in the first place. Only the current trend for rivets everywhere explains it, as all Tamiya had to do was what they did for their excellent 1:48 kit which is my 2nd favourite kit of all time, their P-51B being my 1st. (edited for typo) Edited May 22, 2011 by MikeC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtypecanare Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 (edited) Edited May 13, 2011 by gtypecanare Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TF51GREGWISE Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 (edited) No one is perfect, not even Tamiya... I will still buy one. LOL first glance why did they install a battery in a WW2 warbird? To bad the spade doors will need work to fill in the inner pan and the radiator exit door is shaped wrong. Total doom and gloom ha!! Edited May 14, 2011 by TF51GREGWISE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 why did they install a battery in a WW2 warbird? Why would they not? WWII P-51s had batteries in them. To bad the spade doors will need work to fill in the inner pan and the radiator exit door is shaped wrong. Total doom and gloom ha!! Huh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TF51GREGWISE Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 (edited) Why would they not? WWII P-51s had batteries in them. batteries for radios yes, but not a battery located between the oil tank and aftercooler. This was done well after most mustang left U.S. military service Huh? I look at mustangs all day every day and at first glance these are wrong. I'm sure after I buy my copy I can make a longer list... but why? Edited May 14, 2011 by TF51GREGWISE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tourist Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 I agree about the radiator exit door, it looks weird. I think maybe Tamiya will include a different one for the open position (at least I hope). The battery is correct behind the radio, this is not the radio's battery but the main battery. It was moved in front of the oil tank on P-51D-30s to make room for an IFF set (also included by Tamiya in the kit). The same thing was done at field depots on some earlier blocks, for example the P-51D-20 and 25s that were on Iwo Jima. The confusion comes from the fact that Tamiya shows the battery both under the engine cowling and behind the radio on these test shots, when in fact the option is for one or the other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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