Mandrake Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I know there is alot of speculation and interest over this kit yet nobody seems to of seen it! Well I just saw it at my new local hobbyshop and had a look inside the box. It wasn't a long detailed look and I don't know much about the F-22 or Italeri kit its meant to be based upon but heres what I do know: Plenty of nice details, the seat especially. Suface detail is recessed, even and very comprehensive although is somewhat heavy. Some mild flash on a few peices but nothing to really worry about. Forgot to look at the decal sheet though, sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Group Captain, Did you happen to notice if the weapons bays looked detailed? Regards, Murph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mandrake Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 Group Captain, Did you happen to notice if the weapons bays looked detailed? Regards, Murph Sorry Murph I didn't. I just asked for a quick look inside and didn't want to take too long as I had no intention of buying it. I did buy a few other models though :D I did however notice some seemingly nicely detailed Sidewinders and JDAMs though. I might be going there again next week so I could try again, seem to get on well with the owner so shouldn't be a problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murph Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Mandrake, Thanks for the help. Now if they would finally get around to importing the new RofG Typhoon and MiG-21 kits into the States..... Regards, Murph Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David-L Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 (edited) delete this account! Edited January 5, 2018 by David-L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David-L Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 (edited) delete this account! Edited January 5, 2018 by David-L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David-L Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 (edited) delete this account! Edited January 5, 2018 by David-L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iron Eagle Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Cool, there has been a long debate about this kit in the past, now we know what it is really like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark S. Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Gents: Does anyone know who stocks this kit in the states? Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyGeorge Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I finished buiding the Mini-Hobby F/A-22 a few weeks ago: IMHO it's an easier build than the Italeri kit(which I built several years ago). The fuselage is basically 2 pieces vice the 4 of the Italeri. The fit is better. The one area where the Italeri is better is if you want the weapon bay doors closed. In this instance Italeri has fewer parts for the doors-they molded them with scoring so you had to seperate the doors to show them open; Mini-hobby gives you all the doors as individual pieces. I agree with the other posts-this is an early production version-to me it looks like "Raptor 01". I also agree, we will probably have to wait on Hasegawa for a production version-but if some reports in Aviation Week are true the JASDF wants this plane-maybe it won't be to long. For Murph-I live in the USA, but no one seems to carry the kit here so I placed an order with Hannants. Be advised though Hannants has a mininmum order threshold, :D so either order 3 of them, or look through the on-line catalouge and order some other kits to go along with the Raptor :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk117 Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I just looked at it at the hobby store. My impression is that it's an improved copy of Italeri's kit. The intake interior is a dead giveaway... The 1/72 Berkut is much the same, an improved copy of italeri's offering. Improved = finer lines, better parts breakdown. Don't know how it fits because i just looked at it in the box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I also agree, we will probably have to wait on Hasegawa for a production version-but if some reports in Aviation Week are true the JASDF wants this plane-maybe it won't be to long. Where did you here that? With JASDF cutting F-2 production due to funding constraints, I can't see how they could justify an even more expensive aircraft like the Raptor. I also think most of the F-22 technology is not going to be allowed to be exported - to anyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tire-kicker Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 So what I get from all this is that the MiniHobby F-22 kit offers nothing else, other than better fit and a so so cockpit? I guess the inaccuracy pre-evaul holds true. like most, just waiting for a quality manufacture to do one right in 48th. Ho-Hum. Yeah, it's going to be a while! Rich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark S. Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) Gents: Dug this up from the past. Has anyone bought this kit. I'm looking for the 1/72 scale kit number. Mark Edited February 8, 2006 by Mark S. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flanker27 Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 hi Mark, what kit number are you looking for? The item number is 80210 on the minihobby box. I got it on ebay for about US$10 including shipping. I have some pics of the sprue if you are interested Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark S. Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 flanker27: If you would post the pics I'd appreciate it. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flex_cs Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 flanker27: can you also ppost the pics of the decals just to have an idea how good it is? thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flanker27 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 sorry if the pics is not sharp.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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flanker27 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 and the decals.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flanker27 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 the decals is not great though.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
172flogger Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 (edited) edit Edited August 19, 2009 by 172flogger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
172flogger Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hi. Is new Hobby Boss Raptor unmodified reboxing of older Mini Hobby kit ? In HB 2009 catalogue both F-22A and Su-47 are listed as "Retro series". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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