beefychicken
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Recently a family member went to Cape Canaveral and came back with a rather large kit as a gift for me. Picture below (office chair for scale). I did post this one picture earlier in the Stash thread.
No photos of the unboxing, just some boring words here; for starters, the box is apparently larger than it needs to be. There seems to be two reason for this, one; marketing of course, who wants a large scale rocket in a small scale box? The other more practical reason is that the box can be converted to store the finished kit. I find this a reassuring bonus as I have no where to put this thing once its complete!
Overall there are lots of parts. Most are typical for a Revell kit in that some have a bit of flash, some parts show evidence of poor pours leaving cavities (not the tooth kind). The details are what one would expect for a Revell kit that was tooled in 1969 (at least according to Scalemates).
And if you read other reviews of this kit, most people have taken the time and added expense to detail and correct it with aftermarket kits and home grown innovation. In my case, I decided to just build it out of the box because I am just that kind of person. I tend to build what I am given and rarely if ever reach for the detail parts catalog or research very much for accuracy adjustments.
Instructions are clear and easy to follow and do a good job with guiding the painting by identifying the colors and locations that get painted.
What I really found interesting was the kit came with some paint, a brush and glue. I put the glue aside for now but became intrigued with the paint.
I gave the paint and brush a quick go on a small part then decided, hey, why not do a paint brush model like the old days when I started this hobby? So that's what I have been doing for the most part.
I only airbrushed a few parts so far and will probably only airbrush a few more while maximizing the amount of brush strokes I can get in.
So, overall opinion, the detail is mushy, the molds need updated badly, and the accuracy is ... well, off the mark a bit - I won't take the time to repeat what others have said on the accuracy front; there is at least one detailed write up in this forum. I would highly recommend doing some research before ever deciding to jump into this kit (unless you are an "out of the box" builder like me)
Thats enough words for now, I will post some progress pics over the coming days and weeks and months.
Thanks for reading this far!
No photos of the unboxing, just some boring words here; for starters, the box is apparently larger than it needs to be. There seems to be two reason for this, one; marketing of course, who wants a large scale rocket in a small scale box? The other more practical reason is that the box can be converted to store the finished kit. I find this a reassuring bonus as I have no where to put this thing once its complete!
Overall there are lots of parts. Most are typical for a Revell kit in that some have a bit of flash, some parts show evidence of poor pours leaving cavities (not the tooth kind). The details are what one would expect for a Revell kit that was tooled in 1969 (at least according to Scalemates).
And if you read other reviews of this kit, most people have taken the time and added expense to detail and correct it with aftermarket kits and home grown innovation. In my case, I decided to just build it out of the box because I am just that kind of person. I tend to build what I am given and rarely if ever reach for the detail parts catalog or research very much for accuracy adjustments.
Instructions are clear and easy to follow and do a good job with guiding the painting by identifying the colors and locations that get painted.
What I really found interesting was the kit came with some paint, a brush and glue. I put the glue aside for now but became intrigued with the paint.
I gave the paint and brush a quick go on a small part then decided, hey, why not do a paint brush model like the old days when I started this hobby? So that's what I have been doing for the most part.
I only airbrushed a few parts so far and will probably only airbrush a few more while maximizing the amount of brush strokes I can get in.
So, overall opinion, the detail is mushy, the molds need updated badly, and the accuracy is ... well, off the mark a bit - I won't take the time to repeat what others have said on the accuracy front; there is at least one detailed write up in this forum. I would highly recommend doing some research before ever deciding to jump into this kit (unless you are an "out of the box" builder like me)
Thats enough words for now, I will post some progress pics over the coming days and weeks and months.
Thanks for reading this far!
