One example of this rare kit is now on Ebay, for a starting price of 180 Euros, which made me look into it...


I found this old thread on this really great build:

http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=85814&st=40

As usual, the very first thing I looked at was the outline accuracy of the vacuform canopy, with a result that is informative... The change in angle probably exaggerate some issues, but the differences are so large they can take much more exaggerations...






A very nice build anyway: Up to you to see if a minimum of 180 Euros is worth it...

This is exactly the kind of subject we would see more of if manufacturers displayed any imagination... That and a 1/48th Coronado (a bit farfetched that one), or far better yet, a 1/48th C-46, DC-4/C-54 or Il-4...

Maybe the apparent success of the Revell PV-1 will wake up some of the manufacturers before their coma becomes eternal... The way things are going I don't expect any of the perfectly sensible last three types above in that scale in the next forty years though... I think you can safely start scratchbuilding them...

Gaston