New release posted on Welsh Models web site:-rn

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Thanks!

I'd love to see this in 1/72nd as an all-injection-molded kit!

How are Welsh kits in regards to assembly and detail?

They vary. The older ones are almost completely vac form while the newer ones usually have a vac fuselage with resin wings and detail parts. They're very good for shapes, but of course they won't have as many small detail parts as the modern injected kits do. Once they're built and sitting on your shelf, they're difficult to tell from an injection kit. Take a look at these two models. One is Welsh, and the other is Minicraft. Try and figure out which one is which:



The Welsh kit is one of the older full vac kits. It came with white metal wheels and I used a set of Aeroclub props. The Minicraft is right out of the box except for the decals.

If you've never seen a vucuform kit built, and if you are interested, you should read through this thread.

The surface details of Welsh models' vacuformed parts are reasonable. The resin parts, wheels, engines, other bits and bobs, will be quite good. He's got a very good resin casting program. some items like antennas, pitot tubes, etc, may be left to the model builder to scratch build. THat 747SP is mostly vacuformed. newer, smaller kits in the Welsh catalog contain all cast resin parts.

vac or resin, its a very different experience to build than any injection molded plastic model. There are no numbered parts. "parts count" is irrelevant. Assembly is left to the model builder. The instructions are minimal. Sometimes adding spars and doubling plates will be needed according to the model builder's discernment. There are no interiors or wheel well boxes, anything like that has to be scratch built.

Welsh model kits are challenging, and as Jessie ably demonstrates, can be finished to a very high standard.

Thanks guys! Nice builds there Jessie. I heard the Minicraft one has shape issues but side by side I am having a hard time seeing any.

We have another vac and resin campaign planned for this spring, with Jessie C as our leader. If this interests you, you can follow along or dive in and see what you can do.