Not the best result after all your hard work, upwards and onwards to the next
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The past bad reviews of the kit must have really stuck fast. Can't it get any worse for the poor kit. I was looking forward to see the challenge completed and dispel all bad omens cast on it to get enough courage to get one.
Oh well Ian...you could show us a pic with sensor tabs over exposed parts. :smiling6:
Cheers,
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What a shame Ian , it was looking great , i suppose it just wasnt meant to be . Theres a lesson to be learnt in all this though, dont let your coffee go cold :smiling5:Comment
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That’s probably the first time I have heard of a model coming to an end in that way
Unfortunate, but accidents happen, I suppose …
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I''m more concerned as to the cup and of course your skin Ian
Normally I only glue the part to my self then spend time looking for it till it dawns on me.Comment
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That’s a bit of a blow Ian. I must admit id have been tempted to jump up and down on it as well…Comment
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That's a shame Ian.
PeteComment
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Sorry to hear that Ian, did make me chuckle though as I know how it feelsComment
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Well to put this to bed I will just post
The Conclusion
What can I say. After the initial joy of a modern new tooled Model of maybe one of the best looking jets of its time, my joy turned to horror. All the in box reviews praised it to the clouds, with some comment on the errors in the instructions, which where 'corrected' with photocopied corrections (sort of).
Then the build reviews started to turn up. The kit was put way to the back of the stash.
Many years later, I got the urge to build it. Most of the build is well covered in the thread so I will not go into that to much but sum up on a few points.
First point of note the parts where swimming in release agent and had to be well cleaned in warm soapy water and scrubbed with a brush! Generally the plastic was good and the detail fairly sharp. Close examination did reveal some softness in detail here and there, mostly curvy corners not quite pulling it off.
Things that where just silly: the way that the top wing surface was joined. Airfix did a very easy one part top main wing part. Kitty Hawk has the wing in two parts joining at the fuselage, resulting in a joint right through all the panel and rivet detail. Why do this in such a prominent place?
All the open panels where made as just that. OPEN! with no option of just closing them. I am pretty sure that if all was built up as intended, the build would have been OK. However, if you are going to do a kit that has this feature, you might want to actually put the detail in the exposed bays..
Of the hundreds of photos of the Jaguar with very cleare photos of what went where, they missed a chance to do it right and just did the 'meh that'll do' job.
A sprue of panels that fitted as a closed option will save a lot of work for those not wishing to spend hours fettling to get then to fit or even more time scratching the parts.
No way on this Earth can the full engine be fitted and close the doors, so that also needs a work round.
The way that the undercarriages are made up and built are also very awkward to do. A lot more detail would not go amiss either. There is more plumbing on the legs of this bird than there is in a small home. Not One wire, tube or hose was even attempted! Poor show.
So It can be built, but is a lot of work. But as in my last post. (la silencio playing in the back of my head) Due to the strange way that the model is designede and the (excessive) use of CA all ended in a fatal collision with a table top and floor.
Could I fix it up... maybe
Do I want to....nope.
If you have this kit, build it 100% as intended and it will be OK.
If you want one closed and parked buy the Airfix one.
PS I have today got the last of the CA, and all the layers of paint off my thumb!
Ian MComment
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HI Ian im a bit confused by what you have said an this is not critisuim but just an observation
:thinking: lot more detail would not go amiss either. There is more plumbing on the legs of this bird than there is in a small home. Not One wire, tube or hose was even attempted! Poor show
(Ian qoute ):sad:
chris b ps an glad you got your self all cleaned up as thats how i was a couple of days ago fingers all gluded togeather as this c/a use to burn when goin off but now it seems to me it dont maybe the have weakened itComment
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Ouch! That was a pity - I love the aircraft and was enjoying your build. Points to note ... ? (# 1- CA has good adhesive qualities - I also know this from bitter experience!)
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I'm not sure what has confused you Chris.
The real aircraft has tubes, wires, hoses all over the undercarriage for electric, brakes, hydraulic lines and all that. In the kit there is not even the largest of them.
The ones you can see on the nosewheel leg are some that I put on myself as they are very noticeable.
Also in the service bays that they have made to be shown open they are as good as empty in the kit but in real life they are packed full to the point where you can hardly see the walls of the compartment for things. Even the well detailed electronics bay in the nose, although a fair effort is far to shallow, Photos of the real thing you can see that the 'gubbins' go right back, almost all the way to the other side and there are wires everywhere.
My point was that if they are going to detail a kit and brag about it, they could have done a lot better than they have.
It is almost like they have started, had a look at the real thing and thought. "hmmm maybe not".
Oh yes, mostly on things that you do not want to stick together! lolComment
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I must remember to never buy a Kitty Hawk kit. Life's too short to spend time fixing problems with poorly designed kits.
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