Has anyone ever built the Esci Hs 129 in 1/48 scale?
Whats it like? etc etc

Hi Joe,



I have the kit in the SuperModel reboxing with the Opel Blitz truck from Italeri. The kit is not as nice as the Hasegawa offering in the same scale. I know I won't build the aircraft so if you want it, I can send it to you for free.

Jean-Luc

Hi yes please tell me what you want and I'll send it.
Joe

I partially built it many years ago and eventually trashed it. As I remember, minimal details and very thick decals, not even Solvaset would make them conform.

Hi Joe,




I want nothing. Just PM me your adress and the Hs 129 kit is yours.

Jean-Luc

I have built one many years ago, at the present moment I can not recall any frustrations with the kit. There are a few update sets available in cast resin, verlinden has one and so dose hi tech though it is now out of production. There are several after market decals out. It dose make into a nice representation of the 129. Have a few more in the stash to build There is a German company that makes the gun pack update for the 37 and 75.

FWIW,

The ESCI kit is _not_ a nice kit (at all). Compared to the Hasegawa kit it is truly a let down. I built the Hasegawa kit first (and was a very pleased with the project).

Sometime later an ESCI kit came into my possession and I couldn't even believe I was looking and a rendition of the same aircraft.

Life is too short for bad kits. (IMHO)

Cheers,
Fred

Many thanks Joe