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FINALLY - a 1/72 injected C-131!


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But as for any Mach 2 kit releases, we need to see the kit before letting our celebrations begin

True, but I don't really find them to be more difficult to build than any other short-run company. I've wrestled with enough early Valom, MPM, Pavla, Siga, Ace, and Pegasus kits, and they compare with the three Mach 2 kits I've built.

Mike

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Probably the only chance to get a C-131 unless we all want to do the Airmodel kit. I know it's cool and all to complain about Mach 2 kits, but they are buildable. It just depends on if you want to work for a subject. Same goes for A-Model and Fonderie Miniatures. If you want the subject, you man up and build it. Putty and sanding isn't hard to do, neither is fixing some errors. Or sit on the internet and whine, whatever floats your boat.

I'll wait and see what the price looks like for US customers. Hannants shipping can be a pain sometimes for pricing. Might be cool to add to the collection in day-glo and white.

Matt

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Mach 2 or not, I'll need several! Considering our vac option (Execuform), which I built in the late '80s, Mach 2 would have to be a piece of cake! I have several Convair twins I want to build, but just can't bring myself to do another, not to mention several, Execuforms.

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The problem is, everybody to date (including Proteus) has used the Execuform drawings as their basis. And it's a fact that the Execuform drawings are *wildly* inaccurate in every single way. And I do mean *wildly* inaccurate. I've got a ton of reference on the 240/340/440 and the Execuform drawings look about as much like a Convair Twin as they do a Twin Pioneer.

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Looks like Hannants has them in stock now for $69.88 :)/>/>

I found this picture here:

http://www.twosixdecals.co.uk/Mach-2-Convair-C-131D-Sprue

The angle of the rudder looks to be correct going by that photo, so that's good news.

I think the "add to cart" button is calling my name...!

-Derek

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It's a Mach II kit, nuff said!

Mine is sort of OK. It had a nasty crack in the fuse when it arrived, easy to fix, but also cracked canopy, the one I needed to use!! Lots of flash & make sure you have a brand new coarse file handy.

I buy only the kits that have a Canadian connection and then only work on them when other kits have been going together too easily!?

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It's a Mach II kit, nuff said!

Mine is sort of OK. It had a nasty crack in the fuse when it arrived, easy to fix, but also cracked canopy, the one I needed to use!! Lots of flash & make sure you have a brand new coarse file handy.

I buy only the kits that have a Canadian connection and then only work on them when other kits have been going together too easily!?

:thumbsup: Thanks!!!!!!!!

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I'd love to lay my hands on the kit so I could really see what the quality is compared to the pile of research data I've collected on the Convair. But given Mach 2's track record, I'm not willing to potentially waste $80 or more just to find out that it was, in fact, wasted. I really, honestly, truly hope I'm wrong and that Mach 2 might have gotten their act together on this one. I'd **love** to have a 1/72 Convair Twin that looked really good.

J

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I'd love to lay my hands on the kit so I could really see what the quality is compared to the pile of research data I've collected on the Convair. But given Mach 2's track record, I'm not willing to potentially waste $80 or more just to find out that it was, in fact, wasted. I really, honestly, truly hope I'm wrong and that Mach 2 might have gotten their act together on this one. I'd **love** to have a 1/72 Convair Twin that looked really good.

J

Pictures of the sprue and pictures of built model look good. Of course pictures don't tell you of the quality of the product. I am giving up beer for a month and will probably buy one. Who knows until you try.

Frank

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I'd say the sprue pics look okay for what they are, but the built up on the Hannants site looks to me like they used the tired old, wildly inaccurate plans from the Execuform kit, just like Proteus did.

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By the way-can anyone comment on their Vickers Viscount?

Isaac

If they will pay you for the work you'll be putting in building one properly and correcting issues, you'll become the majority actionist of Mach 2

Regards

Euge

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Whoa! Airmodel made a C-131? Even tho I have no real issues with the Execuform kit, I'd like to see the Airmodel kit, tho I've already ordered two of the Mach 2 kits. Does the Airmodel kit come with resin details?

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I'd say the sprue pics look okay for what they are, but the built up on the Hannants site looks to me like they used the tired old, wildly inaccurate plans from the Execuform kit, just like Proteus did.

I wonder if maybe the buildup might actually be the Execuform (or Proteus) kit..wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened. I've got an Academy/Minicraft B-17G, but the photos on the side of the box are clearly the Hasegawa kit. I've also got an AMT XB-35 Flying Wing, but the photos on the box are obviously of an old vac-form kit with props and wheels from the spares bin. I'm assuming that in both cases, the boxes were made before the kit was available for the graphics department, so they just used what they could get.

In any case, there's no way to be certain until somebody with knowledge of the type and accurate plans actually gets their mitts on the Mach 2 kit.

SN

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In any case, there's no way to be certain until somebody with knowledge of the type and accurate plans actually gets their mitts on the Mach 2 kit.

SN

Well...I'd settle for any reasonable modeler who is willing to give us their opinion of the kit(s) they have in hand. If they bought a Mach 2 kit, they must have some interest in the craft. I don't think too many folks put down that kind of money on a lark.

That said, I've a number of Mach 2 kits and I've never started one. My first Amodel kit, a Li-2 NB, is my primary workbench project at the moment. I'm finding it a bit more of a challenge than mainline kits, but, so far, that's largely due to necessary flash removal. Personally, I'm not too happy with the sprue attachments, particularly on some of the finer parts. Anyway...I've a Dornier Do-26 and an Amiot 351-354, both Mach 2, waiting in the wings to join the queue to the workbench.

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