HobbyBoss 1/32 A-26B Resin2detail,1Manarmy and Eduard aftermarket
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2023
- A video to show the mostly known errors with this kit and the available corrections for it. resin2detail 1/32 A-26 products here :- www.resin2detail.com/search-r...
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While I'd personally LOVE an A-26 in this scale I'm afraid I'd have to give it a miss with all the errors/poor moldings, Etc. This just cries out for an adequate replacement ( not just the parts) by some one or any one. Love all the notes and add-ons, but afraid it's not for me personally best of luck and keep up the great work, Dane
This is very nice Nigel - enjoyable video as always. I watched this Thursday, very interesting. Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it
Nigel, one more tidbit to share of wrongness, the A26 doesn't have symmetrical cowl flaps and there is no flap on the very top. Also there are 3 types of exhaust headers. One really wonky one, seven of another type and one more that looks similar to the seven but the pipes are on a slightly different curve. I missed this video initially but I'm really happy that I caught up with it. A new tool is definitely needed.
OMG!! It really is a POS!!
Oh Nigel, thank you so much for this. I have an affinity with the A-26 after seeing Double Trouble crash in 1980 at Biggin Hill. Like you I love big scale planes and I raced out to get this kit on release and then the issues started showing up, which is now an avalanche! It may have been an unusual video for you but an invaluable one to those wanting to make an accurate Invader. Thanks again.
There were early B and early C (Blocks 0 to 15) with flat top canopy, wing without guns (and with a small ammo hatches) and late B/C (Blocks 20 to 60) with clamshell canopies and guns in wings. 6 gun nose could be for early and late both cause it is modular/reconfigurable from the Day 1. However, yes, 6 gun nose appears earlier in the production and can be seen at WW2 exclusively. Also early C had 1 MG at the right side of the glass nose while the late one has 2 of them.
Dorsal turret was the feature of all the planes at WW2 and only few of them in Korean war. Also at Korean war some planes (especially B-26C and RB-26C recons) have internal inserted fuel tanks on the places of both turrets, top and bottom. Top position looked like R2D2 that case :)
And of course early and late ones had different R2800 versions which are visible by the engine carter details.
B-26K and RB-26K (glass nose) were completely different: another engines, externally reinforced wing and fuselage, new fin and rudder of 20% greater sqare space...
Think I might leave this one on the shelve ,Nice looking plane
Yes Paul, the A-26 from ICM or the Revell rebox is awesome.
Some good stuff there belly turret in my view needed.
It's worth it.
So basically just keep the rivet detail in a small bag and scrap the rest ? A £70 odd quid kit becomes very expensive if you have to buy all that extra stuff to correct it.
Wow, this kit is barking very loud 😂
The ICM in 48th scale look waaay better, i think.
It is.. in fact the ICM Skycrane is a better rendition of an Invader than this thing!!
Guess that’s a no no kit nigel 👍
Sorry for the huge number of writing faults.
No need for apologies Walter.
After fitting all that aftermarket there won’t be much of the original left!
Hallo Nigel, I sag your Video about the "faults" of the Hobby Boss A-26B. There are some interesting Videos from Kermit Weeks whi bought an A-26B and Restaurator IT. I assume, Hobby Boss has Tagen this A-26B as a template for its Model and explains perhaps the "discrepancies" mentioned.
For exampel: the Restaurator A-26B has at least temporary a two pilot configuration. Also the different Note configurations (different numbers of guns) ist mentioned in the videos. As well as the disk breaks instead of drum breaks can be explained.
I recomment you to see the videos.
Regards Walter
I have seen the videos Walter. I try to not take any information from restored Aircraft, especially the A-26 which had such a long service life and so many variants.
as mentioned in some of the videos that I've dropped on the A-26, there are no 2
A-26s that are alike anywhere. they've all been loved, altered, mutilated and otherwise transformed by the different owners and operators. you can get basic details from current aircraft, but you really need to go to archival photos to achieve relealistic WW2 accuracy.
It would be interesting to see a diagram of what is left of the original kit if you use all of the aftermarket!! I think I'd be after a bit of a refund from HobbyBoss!
I have seen it written that it would be better to start again rather than make upgrades?
The thing is, the average model buider does not care about accuracy. He just wants a B26 in their collection. As for me? Ill do some pe and resin but i'm not going ovetboard. I don't have the skill set that nigel has. I can paint and weather with the best of them. Lol
have you seen the one that Kermit Weeks has restored?
yes
Nigel, these are huge modifications and changes. Now, is it worth buying this kit? Sorry for asking. 😮
Not really...
Was thinking are there (in other scales) any good invader kits available?
Yes, ICM is pretty good I believe.
Good review Nigel, I also noticed the Ailerons are both in the dropped position. Not sure that is correct even when on the ground?
Yep.. great eh!!
and also missing the inner flaps, those are connected with the outer flaps...
Oh dear, the horror of Hobby Boss strikes again.
I love the shape and powerful lines of the Invader. But, in my opinion this kit is just a POS, so disappointing to look at. Maybe I live long enough to see a „real“ 1/32 scale Invader.
This could end up being a very expensive exercise, if someone bought all this after market stuff Nigel. I wonder how the 1/48 ICM kit compares to this kit? I understand that if you buy the Revell Invader kit. It is all the ICM plastic, but much cheaper.
Is this Andrew??
@@NigelsModellingBench Not sure what you mean mate?
Are you Andrew Gledhill? I recognize the thumbnail image.
@NigelsModellingBench yes lol. Don't know why it's started putting my Smeg name up lol. If you really want to know. Always loved Red Dwarf. So I always put at least 1 Smeg in any online names lol.
@@NigelsModellingBench Changed my RUclips Handle lol.
Was curious about the kit as at £70 isn't too bad and as I wouldn't be that fussed about accuracy... However, my local shop had it for £140 and others were up to £150. At that point you do want something that is reasonably accurate out of the box. Interesting video as always.
It's about £70 at Hannants Glen.
Maybe OzMods could be persuaded to do corrected fuselage halves, wings, cowlings and landing gear. They've pretty much done a similar job for the AZ Vultee Vengeance kits. One thing's for sure. You're going to need a bigger spares box!
Surely, they may as well make a new kit lol.
In this age of sustainable resources, how about melting the plastic down in a sacrificial hot-pot and sending the molten blobs back to HobbyBoss? Do you think they would get the message>
Great idea!!
@@NigelsModellingBench How about a "sacrificial melt-pot trophy" for utterly unusable kits? Second thoughts - might upset the supply side...
Mind boggling how they can get so much so wrong?? Student designers?
Yeah I think they are pretty young Paul?
That's been a hallmark of Chinese kits since Trumpeter came into being. Some kits are pretty damn decent with others, not so much.
why bother? .. boycott crap, then they get the idea