jomamoce Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Dear all. any good, accurate and detailed Lockheed P-3C Orion in 1/144 scale in plastic? Thanks, José César Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I believe ARII/ LS are the only folks who released a P-3. I have one with Japanes markings I'm willing to part with. Sale or swap is fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jomamoce Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 I believe ARII/ LS are the only folks who released a P-3. I have one with Japanes markings I'm willing to part with. Sale or swap is fine. Thanks, It's any good? José César Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDWMatt Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 LS/Arii P-3 is a very nice little kit. Has recessed surface detail that is a little excessive (like many 1/144 kits), but looks acceptable after paint. Outline (for the most part) is very good. Biggest issue is the windscreen angle is too vertical. On my P-3 airtanker build, I sanded the windscreen to a more appropriate angle and polished it out again and it looks much better. The decals in some of the releases (especially the original LS releases) are not the best quality. There are a few aftermarket sheets, but almost all are OOP and hard to find. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redcorvette Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I know it might not be what you're looking for, but Revell did a "box scale" 1/115 P-3 some years ago. It's not 1/144, but it might be easier to find than the Arii/LS kit and less expensive. It's not particularly detailed, but the overall shape is OK and provides a basis for scratch-building some added details. FWIW, I've always thought the Hasegawa 1/72 kit was the best P-3, but you need a pretty big shelf for it when it's done. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kg4kpg Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I really enjoyed doing the Arii kit. Had some lousy Iranian markings but Starfighter Decals had a nice set to use. Here is a link to mine. Looking forward to doing another one soon. Chris http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=242093 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grey Ghost 531 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I know it might not be what you're looking for, but Revell did a "box scale" 1/115 P-3 some years ago. It's not 1/144, but it might be easier to find than the Arii/LS kit and less expensive. It's not particularly detailed, but the overall shape is OK and provides a basis for scratch-building some added details. FWIW, I've always thought the Hasegawa 1/72 kit was the best P-3, but you need a pretty big shelf for it when it's done. Mark The Revell kit is sort of a P-3A. Here's mine, laboriously converted to sort of a P-3C. The big differences are there's no sonobouy tubes on an A and the MAD boom is a lot shorter and not blended into the fuselage as much. I also opened the bomb bay and scratch built some Mk-46s and Harpoons as somehow, I couldn't find any aftermarket items in 1/115th. (shocker!) and put in a basic cockpit and smash formed the clear sighting blisters, the kit just had bumps molded into the fuselage halves. Plus, I think they're in the wrong spot, too low. I didn't fix that. Oh, I had to scratch build the props, too. If you can find the LS kit, buy that. Even if it's WAAAAY more expensive than this kit. Unless you like working on old, crappy kits like I do! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sakai Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I believe ARII/ LS are the only folks who released a P-3. I have one with Japanes markings I'm willing to part with. Sale or swap is fine. Sent you PM. TIA Mario Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Arii had recently re-released their P-3 kit. There some still available at HLJ.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jomamoce Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 Tanhks for the info! José César Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Al the work required to get the Revell kit to look like a P-3 means you ought ot just buy the LS kit to avoid the hassles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
salvine Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 If you like JMSDF schemes MYK makes some great decals. I just picked up the caution data set and its much nicer that the ones that come with the LS kits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattP Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 The LS/ARII kits aren't that hard to find either from Hobby Link Japan (HERE: http://www.hlj.com/product/ARI72164 ) or on eBay... It showed as backordered when I ordered mine fron HLJ last month, but it shipped-out 4 days after I ordered it... HTH Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mbittner Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 FWIW, Fox One has an EP-3E Conversion and a JASDF EP-3 Conversion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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