I’ve just finished mine and absolutely loved it. The only real issue for me were the intake cones and lack of mesh representation. What makes it a real head scratcher is that on the pylon itself they’ve used both moulded and decal details to represent mesh, either would have been good for the intakes. I cut some masking tape templates to make some brass mesh to glue on but it was an unnecessary faff. Also agree that the IP decals are rancid 😂. That said there’s a lot of thought gone into this one with the modeller in mind and general fit is excellent - good job. One note on the original list, I believe the fuel points are moulded recessed so the decals should bed down into them.
Does look a lovely kit. It's strange about the missing mess on the cones, its almost like they just thought the aftermarket guys will do it much better, so why bother, which is a bit disappointing. Just a comment on the sound quality of your videos. When you are in the chair, the sound quality isn't great - the louder (?) parts of your speech are rather hash/start to break up, and it makes it a bit unpleasant to listen to. When you are at the bench, we dont get this and it much nicer to listen to. Hopefully you can make some tweeks to improve this.
I think the problem might be the microphone is too far away and so it struggles and starts to distort, I'm going to experiment with trying to find the ideal distance. Thanks for the feedback. As for the Chinook, I'm sure they're working on PE or 3D resin replacements as we speak...
Airfix kits have steadily improved over the last 10 years, but they seem to have made a big leap forward in the last 24 months.
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I’ve just finished mine and absolutely loved it. The only real issue for me were the intake cones and lack of mesh representation. What makes it a real head scratcher is that on the pylon itself they’ve used both moulded and decal details to represent mesh, either would have been good for the intakes. I cut some masking tape templates to make some brass mesh to glue on but it was an unnecessary faff. Also agree that the IP decals are rancid 😂. That said there’s a lot of thought gone into this one with the modeller in mind and general fit is excellent - good job. One note on the original list, I believe the fuel points are moulded recessed so the decals should bed down into them.
I'm sure they're working on PE or 3D resin replacements as we speak...
Only went on one, and for a dusty environment,it was almost immaculate
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Lovely kit! But as I have Italeri's 48th one, another in whatever scale is too many Chinooks for me.
That's quite a big model in 1:48!
Does look a lovely kit. It's strange about the missing mess on the cones, its almost like they just thought the aftermarket guys will do it much better, so why bother, which is a bit disappointing.
Just a comment on the sound quality of your videos. When you are in the chair, the sound quality isn't great - the louder (?) parts of your speech are rather hash/start to break up, and it makes it a bit unpleasant to listen to. When you are at the bench, we dont get this and it much nicer to listen to. Hopefully you can make some tweeks to improve this.
I second the sound comment; it isn't terrible by any means, just something you notice.
I think the problem might be the microphone is too far away and so it struggles and starts to distort, I'm going to experiment with trying to find the ideal distance. Thanks for the feedback. As for the Chinook, I'm sure they're working on PE or 3D resin replacements as we speak...