Nino_Belov Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) . Edited August 13, 2020 by Nino_Belov Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dude Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) Greetings! I checked the 2 4811 kits i have ( one built one still in the box) and both have the early version lower fuselage style. All the other 9-12 versions i have are the new style undersides. I bought the 4811 kits at different times so it seems they are not updated parts. Hope this helps! Edited November 1, 2018 by The Dude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 2 hours ago, The Dude said: Greetings! I checked the 2 4811 kits i have ( one built one still in the box) and both have the early version lower fuselage style. All the other 9-12 versions i have are the new style undersides. I bought the 4811 kits at different times so it seems they are not updated parts. Hope this helps! How do you tell if you have the early fuselage? I have a late version kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ijozic Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Mstor said: How do you tell if you have the early fuselage? I have a late version kit. There's an incline behind the forward wheel well. On the initial lower fuselage, it was just behind the well (kind of inline with the beginning of the main wheel wells), on the corrected ones it was moved further back (close to be inline with the middle of the main wells). The kit is not that well engineered, though. Those locating pins on the fuselage should help stretch it correctly, but when I mated the top and bottom fuselage halves, there's a step between them on the LERX extension. It might be possible to fix it by pressing hard on the top fuselage around the cockpit to compress it until the glue settles (or perhaps use super glue there), but the problem is that there's plenty of spots around the fuselage which need pressuring to fit well. And of course, I forgot to insert the horizontal stabilizers, so by the time I managed to stick those in and apply all the holding clips, the glue on the LERX part was already settled of course. And even so, there are some lines around the tail with noticeable gaps plus the wide gap between the tip of the wings of the bottom fuselage half and the wingtips on the bottom side. Again, kind of a bummer given the asking price, I hope they improved that on newer kits. Edited November 1, 2018 by ijozic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doppelgänger Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Nino! How are you doing, my mate? There's a good picture by Gabor to explain what ijozic has typed above: Revised 9-12 kits should look like the 9-13. Also, I think there was something related to the short length of both missile pylons and underwing tanks related to the #4811 kits and also with the intakes? Check out this link Cheers, Onigiri Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Just checked and I have the corrected piece. Thanks for re-posting that pic Doppleganger! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nino_Belov Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) . Edited August 13, 2020 by Nino_Belov Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doppelgänger Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 19 hours ago, Mstor said: Just checked and I have the corrected piece. Thanks for re-posting that pic Doppleganger! So good to know, Mstor, my mate! You're quite welcome. 16 hours ago, Nino_Belov said: My brother :-) , I am fine, thanks :-) Very well, Nino! Any news regarding that awesome Aviation Art 1/48 jewel kit as of late? Cheers you both. Onigiri Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nino_Belov Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) . Edited August 13, 2020 by Nino_Belov Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Rock Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Early 9-12 kit can be built as both early and late aircraft and it comes with corrected parts. From memory, the early kit doesn't come with R-73 missiles and APU-73 pylons but with four R-60s and APU-60 pylons. If you're after R-73s, Eduard Brassin set includes four R-73 pylons as well. Cheers, Miro. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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