ReccePhreak Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Interesting to see how the aircraft is prepped for the LASER scanning. As long as it has the recce pod and the ECM pod, I will probably get one. That's about all I can afford. Larry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcatfreak Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Gentlements, these scans (pics posted by Floggerman) were not made by Kitty Hawk!!! Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragonlance Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 4 hours ago, Tomcatfreak said: Gentlements, these scans (pics posted by Floggerman) were not made by Kitty Hawk!!! Thanks Well hopefully it wasn't Revell AG. Vedran Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 3 hours ago, dragonlance said: Well hopefully it wasn't Revell AG. Vedran Why? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 1 hour ago, B.Sin said: Why? exactly my tought! why? i mostly heard good thing of their latest releases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floggerman Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 12 hours ago, Tomcatfreak said: Gentlements, these scans (pics posted by Floggerman) were not made by Kitty Hawk!!! Thanks It seems my source was not correct, sorry for the confusion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragonlance Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 6 hours ago, B.Sin said: Why? 4 hours ago, mingwin said: exactly my tought! why? i mostly heard good thing of their latest releases. Because everything in 1/48 after the Rafale is less accurate and has worse fit. Vedran Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 15 hours ago, Tomcatfreak said: Gentlements, these scans (pics posted by Floggerman) were not made by Kitty Hawk!!! Theses scans were made for who then ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Hobbyboss ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ReccePhreak Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 2 hours ago, B.Sin said: Hobbyboss ? I doubt it, since HobbyBooBoo doesn't do that much research. They just download some iffy drawings and a few photos from the internet. Just my 2¢. Larry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fighting Eighty-Four Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I thought I read somewhere about Tanmodel scanning an Su-17/22. But that may have also just been my imagination. LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boom175 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) Wow! It does seem to capture the "brutish" look of the late model fitters Edited January 18, 2017 by boom175 Spelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 53 minutes ago, HomeBe said: Windscreen: better than the future HobbyBoss one but still off. V.P. Unbuildable! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 29 minutes ago, B.Sin said: Unbuildable! Maybe not, but it is a good question how that passed quality control. Assuming there is any. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Berkut said: Maybe not, but it is a good question how that passed quality control. Assuming there is any. Although I'm a stickler for accuracy, there's no such thing as a perfect model. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I hate that argument. It is just white noise. Of course there is no such thing as perfect anything. Doesnt excuse Kitty Hawk from making blatant mistakes, unwillingness to pay attention and general laziness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewPerren Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Not an SU expert, can this be used to do a Polish Fitter ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Looks great! Any pictures of the actual plastic breakdown? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 5 hours ago, AndrewPerren said: Not an SU expert, can this be used to do a Polish Fitter ? Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 On 15/11/2016 at 0:51 AM, ReccePhreak said: I doubt it, since HobbyBooBoo doesn't do that much research. They just download some iffy drawings and a few photos from the internet. Just my 2¢. Larry Well given they picked up the stuff AMK missed on the Mig-31 what do you propose to call AMK from now on? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 My pros: - the proportions and overall shapes look ok to me - option to drop the slats and flaps that HB doesn't seem to have - surface detailing looks nice My cons: - missing "rounded corners" on windscreen... no biggy as easy to fix but I find weird the CAD had them - front landing gear is too compressed... not too big issue again - I don't expect the kit to be cheap at all I'm going to buy and build one. More of them if I'm happy enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Scaremonger Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Looks good! When is the release date expected to take place? Will have to sell my KP kit and CE bits on evilBay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Oh, I just wish a smaller scale version would surface as well. But... it's not the subject of this discussion. Interesting, how much work they've done in order to scan the real aircraft. Can't be bad, especially when the basic shape looks pretty nice. Okay, details off here and there, like the windscreen. I've studied these late Fitters quite a lot, but I suppose they didn't have two types pf windscreen side windows a la MiG-21bis? I strongly think that was not the case. So, some corrections obviously ahead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, janman said: Interesting, how much work they've done in order to scan the real aircraft. Can't be bad, especially when the basic shape looks pretty nice. Well it seems they didn't scan: Also what I find strange is the regression between the CAD and the plastic: Still the shapes look better than the HB to my eyes. And for a 1/72 kit, well I hope that Modelsvit is thinking about it ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Okay, sorry. I thought I had read everything. I stand corrected! Actually, it felt way too good to happen anyway. It just blows my mind how hard it is to design an accurate windscreen for a (usually Soviet!) aircraft! We don't even need a list to prove that... Especially when you already got it right at the beginning! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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