Reply to thread

Hobby Boss kits in 48th scale are rather expensive here in Japan. I really wanted a kit of the YF-23 and HB has one in 1:48 scale, but it was just far more than I was willing to pay for. I ended up getting the simplistic Dragon one in 1:72 scale. Hobby Boss is distributed in Japan through Doyusha.


I currently have HB's 1:72 P-40B "Easy Fit" in my list of unfinished projects. It's a snap kit and the cockpit interior comes molded together as one piece. There's no instrumentation panel to speak of, and in fact that part of the cockpit is rounded for some reason. While the cockpit interior is lame, the outside is fairly well-detailed. The decal sheet lacks some decals. It's Charles Older's Hell's Angels #68 Flying Tigers kit. It lacks decals for the starboard registration number on the tail and the nose art under the cockpit. Other than that, the decals are nice quality. Someone I know said they have a German plane (I think it's a Fockewulf) in that same easy fit series and it has a full interior.


The only only other HB kit I have in my stash is the Su-47 Berkut. I've looked at the parts often and it seems like a decent enough kit. Currently their F-5 Tiger II is being redistributed and I'm tempted to pick it up.


Back
Top