David, that is a real oldie of a swalbe kit. I wonder if I can find an old monogram or matchbox version in my stash. Then we can make a old timer kit parade

Looking forward to see how it builds up.

David,
Welcome to the campaign. I've never known of Jo-Han models before so i had to look up your kit. It's definitely vintage... 1973. I was only 7 years old, then. I'm keen to see how it'll look.


Damian, there's certainly some detail disparity in the moldings between your two kits. Keep up the good work.

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Damian it looks to me that the canopies on the dragon kis open and close. is that correct?

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Hi Joe. It certainly looks that way, but then the support prop might fix it in the open position. I will let you know when we get to that stage!

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also i don't know why the hobby boss and tamiya kits waste plastic with radio details in the fuselage that can't be seen when at the very least a set of wing slats would be more useful. an engine would be too much to ask for too i guess. lol

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Yes, some engine detail on at least one wing would be great. The other Dragon kits, and their Cyber Hobby releases, all have at least one engine with internals.

I will start the parts clean-up on stage 1 of both kits in the next couple of days, really looking forward to getting stuck in!

Shell, Pasi it will be great to see your work on the 2 large-scale kits here as well.

Cheers, D

good luck with yours, are you adding any photo etch?joe

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good luck with yours, are you adding any photo etch?joe

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Thanks Joe! The Dragon kit comes with a bit of photo-etch for the wheel bays and cockpit. The Hobby Boss kit I picked up from another modeler and came with an Eduard etch set. I will be using the PE on both kits.

Looking forward to your Hobby Boss build, they are putting out some very nice quality kits now.

Cheers, D

hi gary. it's not my first ab, i have a neo gravity feed .35 needle that i added a pre set handle to. so i gave myself a xmas present this year and bought a grex xgi-.2m. i hope to be able to use it to do the squiggle lines on this build. i played with it a little and was able to do finer lines with lower pressure than the neo. i'm looking forward to using it.

gary what scale is your build? is it the old 1/48 monogram

joe

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hi gary. it's not my first ab, i have a neo gravity feed .35 needle that i added a pre set handle to. so i gave myself a xmas present this year and bought a grex xgi-.2m. i hope to be able to use it to do the squiggle lines on this build. i played with it a little and was able to do finer lines with lower pressure than the neo. i'm looking forward to using it.

gary what scale is your build? is it the old 1/48 monogram

joe

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Yessir, it is. The box said 2006, but the plastic said 1978.

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hi gary. it's not my first ab, i have a neo gravity feed .35 needle that i added a pre set handle to. so i gave myself a xmas present this year and bought a grex xgi-.2m. i hope to be able to use it to do the squiggle lines on this build. i played with it a little and was able to do finer lines with lower pressure than the neo. i'm looking forward to using it.

gary what scale is your build? is it the old 1/48 monogram

joe

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Yessir, it is. The box said 2006, but the plastic said 1978.

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Sorry to hear about your unfortunate discovery Gaz. A really good website to investigate kits is Scalemates which will provide you with a lineage of your chosen beasty

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hi gary. it's not my first ab, i have a neo gravity feed .35 needle that i added a pre set handle to. so i gave myself a xmas present this year and bought a grex xgi-.2m. i hope to be able to use it to do the squiggle lines on this build. i played with it a little and was able to do finer lines with lower pressure than the neo. i'm looking forward to using it.

gary what scale is your build? is it the old 1/48 monogram

joe

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Yessir, it is. The box said 2006, but the plastic said 1978.

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Sorry to hear about your unfortunate discovery Gaz. A really good website to investigate kits is Scalemates which will provide you with a lineage of your chosen beasty

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Thank you, Russell. Unfortunately, I bought the kit before I had ever heard of Scalemates. Since then, I've gotten into the habit of looking for reviews unless its for somebody like Dragon or Tamiya.

The more I build it, the more memories I think I have of 1978 when I built it the first time...

Looking good, Zon! I'm wishing I had a Tamiya kit instead of a repop of the ancient Revell kit.