Faust Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 That old saying about not judging a book by its cover seems to be true! When I got the Sword 1/72 TF-9J Cougar with the Vietnam-era decals and weapons, I was pretty excited. The kit looked decent, and despite being a bit expensive, I figured it would be a fairly easy project. Yeah, well… turns out, it’s not quite as nice as it looked. I’ve been battling this thing for a bit, and while I’ve now got it together, I have to say it’s a lot more short-run than I’d have thought. However, I’ve wanted a Twogar forever, so I’m still glad I’ve got it. I think. Check out how it’s going at the update below, and when they say “buyer beware”, remember that they may have had this thing in mind! https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/2022/10/13/sword-1-72-tf-9j-twogar-update/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Thanks for the build link - you're a talented writer ... as well as modeler! Looking forward to the next "chapter". Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Faust Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Thanks man, I appreciate the compliments! Cross your fingers the painting isn't as violently temperamental as the building stage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Smith Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Just finished up the single seater 1/32 Fisher Cougar. Like your kit, required a lot of small details that chewed up time. The splitters on the wings were cast very thin and they were cracked and damaged from years of handling and no idea how many times this kit was shipped from one buyer to another. But I wound up cutting them off, scribing channels into the wing and shaping brass to replace them. Out of shape landing gear openings and doors and a couple of missing parts I had to replicate. Shortly after I finished that build I came across a Fisher twogar. Nope, not ready to go there. Stick with it! It will be a beautiful model when you’re done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Boyer Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Perhaps I'm used to building limited-run kits like Sword, Special Hobby, Valom, and Roden, but I didn't have much trouble with the Twogar kits that I built. I think the nose wheel is too small, and I replaced it on one of the two models. I made the trainer using Caracal decals, and I made the Marine FastFAC out of the box: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Faust Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 Both of those look great! I'm just finding the fit is much less good than the look of the kit would imply - almost Pegasus- or Pioneer-like in spots. That, and the soft, often-rescribed detail is a bit of a pain. I wish everything could be as nice as a 1/72 Academy Stuka.... sigh... I've built plenty of POS kits, and this is no worse in most ways, but it was a lot more expensive for what I'm getting than I'm used to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chriss7607 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Wow.. it's really that bad? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Faust Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 Yeah, it is. It's by no means the worst kit I've built, but it's surprisingly work-intensive for such a small plane. Like you've seen, the fit of a lot of the components is more than "a little off", and with all the detail being so soft, the sand-rescribe-resand cycles are very tedious and numerous as I've worked to bring all the bits together. It's like an old Frog, in a lot of ways. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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