Got back from Yuma and picked mine up from the neighbors (great folk, he didn;t even open it).
Damn.
You see the pictures. You read the numbers. And it still stuns you to hold these huge frellin' pieces.
Dang.
I would but my calipurs aren't that long.
And I've just discovered that in all the moving & shoving I have lost the front spike.
But it should be about 26cm which is what my quickie measure with steel ruler shows me (estimating where the spike was).
Well had I been able to post when this threaad first started (vladidation issues, long story) I would say YES, I'm in and Sounds Great! and all that other jolly rot.
As it is, now I'm late.
Sounds great, prices looks good, can't wait to start seeing parts.
Depends on the era. They don't use zinc chromate green much anymore. And IIRC most patch panels are primered before use.
Still they could be in such a rush that they grabbed what ever was near and used it. Or they could have popped a panel off a donor aircraft and used it.
And I understand the flaws in those Ertl/AMT instructions. A few of the diagram are so vague & poorly drawn I gave up and used the box art as ref.
Why, why can't we get somebody decent to master a new version of some of the classic SW verhicles...like Fine Molds. Just wish they've move into a bigger scale.
Actually, it wrong too. Pistons on the inside but the serrated lines on the upper leg are supposed to match up with the serration's on the joint.
Nice paint on it. Looks nice ('cept that leg thing).