Spectre711 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Is the only kit out there the MPM kit? Looking for one in 1/72 or 1/48th scale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oyazigee Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Hi! Try the Olimp Models company from Ukraine, They have just released three different versions of the FH-1 Phantom I in 1/72. I even believe that you can order directly from the producer. http://olimpmodels.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MiG31 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Hi! Try the Olimp Models company from Ukraine, They have just released three different versions of the FH-1 Phantom I in 1/72. I see they've released kits of the F2H Banshee, but that is a totally different aircraft. For 1:48 Collect-Aire released a kit. See a review here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 As great looking as those kits are,,,,they are not FH-1, they are three different versions of the F2H-2, it would be quite difficult to convert a Banshee into a Phantom there were more kits than just the MPM, but, I have no idea what quality of model you'd get from the Airmodel, Formaplane, Griffin, or O'Neill kits,,,,,at least the MPM kit is injected plastic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
-Neu- Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) The MPM kit is the only kit AFAIK. Its okay, but you need to do quite a bit of work to get it acceptable. The cockpit needs a few details (the seat is waaaay overscale but can be cut down.) The intakes are non-existent, (the yellow is my putty addition ) ...as are the wheel bays. I had to scratchbuild all of those. The Gears are actually pretty good. Buuut, after a bit of work you get a nice model. Edited December 4, 2011 by -Neu- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MiG31 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 The MPM kit is the only kit AFAIK. As noted in prior posts the MPM kit is not the only FH-1 available. There are others available in 1:144' date=' 1:72 and 1:48. I do agree that the MPM kit needs some work. Supposedly the "upgraded" kit with resin bits is better, but I only had the basic kit from which to work. Here it is compared with the Academy F2H-3/4 "Big Banjo": [img']http://i42.tinypic.com/erwx2s.jpg[/img] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 oops, I sorta fibbed,,,,,,I do know what the Griffin model looked like all built up, there are two pics in the Ginter FH-1 book's review section,,,,it is the O'Neil kit that I don't know the appearance of the Formaplane kit appears to be in the "don't bother to seek one out" category, it was the Vacuform alternative to the Griffin, back in 1981 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harold Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 There was a 1/48 scale vac kit made by VP Canada. It had some resin parts as well. The pressings are very nice (although in thin styrene) and seem to be quite accurate. I have one... No you can't have it.... Harold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 IIRC there was a 1/72 vacuform from Rareplanes, which if like most other Rareplanes kits, was probably quite nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spectre711 Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 I have seen the Griffin kit around but since it is a vac kit I was reluctant to pick it up. I have no experience with vac kits but this might be a way to start. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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