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The Revell 1/72 109E DEFINTELY featured a hinged canopy. And when I made mine back in 1972ish I was chuffed that the hinge worked. Of course, being 1/72, the hingeing system was completley overscale and incorrect for the 109.
I also remember seeing their 1/72 P-51 Mustang built up and it featured a workable sliding rear section to the canopy. This was achieved by having a slot cut into the upper fuselage behind the canopy into which a runner on the bottom of the canopy was inserted. Again, the arrangement was totally inaccurate.
I also remember seeing their 1/72 P-51 Mustang built up and it featured a workable sliding rear section to the canopy. This was achieved by having a slot cut into the upper fuselage behind the canopy into which a runner on the bottom of the canopy was inserted. Again, the arrangement was totally inaccurate.
Eric Mc said:
The Revell 1/72 109E DEFINTELY featured a hinged canopy. And when I made mine back in 1972ish I was chuffed that the hinge worked. Of course, being 1/72, the hingeing system was completley overscale and incorrect for the 109.
I also remember seeing their 1/72 P-51 Mustang built up and it featured a workable sliding rear section to the canopy. This was achieved by having a slot cut into the upper fuselage behind the canopy into which a runner on the bottom of the canopy was inserted. Again, the arrangement was totally inaccurate.
Ahhh thanks EricI also remember seeing their 1/72 P-51 Mustang built up and it featured a workable sliding rear section to the canopy. This was achieved by having a slot cut into the upper fuselage behind the canopy into which a runner on the bottom of the canopy was inserted. Again, the arrangement was totally inaccurate.
saves me from brain-ache
I remember that sliding canopy, brilliant
for the early days of plastic modelling, it's all come on leaps and bounds hasnt it?
It certainly has.
Another howler with the Revell P-51 was the colour scheme. The box art and painting instructions depicted the aircraft in a basic all metal colour scheme but with a large part of the airframe in gloss red. It looked great but was totally wrong. The red should have been a gloss green. There was an article on this particular aircraft in a recent model magazine.
Having said that, some of those early Revell 1/72 kits make up into nice little models. Their WW1 stuff still stands the test of time as does their P-26 Peashooter and Polikarpov
Another howler with the Revell P-51 was the colour scheme. The box art and painting instructions depicted the aircraft in a basic all metal colour scheme but with a large part of the airframe in gloss red. It looked great but was totally wrong. The red should have been a gloss green. There was an article on this particular aircraft in a recent model magazine.
Having said that, some of those early Revell 1/72 kits make up into nice little models. Their WW1 stuff still stands the test of time as does their P-26 Peashooter and Polikarpov
Sorry Perdu, if Eric says so it must be right! I have absolutely no recollection of the hinged canopy. I must be thinking of the Matchbox version. I remember the Mustang(?) with a slot, in fact I bought what I thought was an unbuilt one a few years back. I didn't even open the box at the time. Unfortunately it contains what appears to be an Airfix Kittyhawk:
Here are a few others I collected over the years (love the SE5a):
And here are a couple of out of box builds (apart from rigging wires), SE5a and Stearman. They do need dusting:
Here are a few others I collected over the years (love the SE5a):
And here are a couple of out of box builds (apart from rigging wires), SE5a and Stearman. They do need dusting:
Edited by dr_gn on Sunday 28th February 15:15
That Revell 109 was the first 109 model I ever built. Not long after my brother built the Matchbox 1/72 109E (which would have been a brand new issue at the time). I've since built quite a few 1/72 109s, including the Airfix 109E (which is quite nice), the Heller 109F (which is bad), the Hasegawa 109G (nice) and the KP Avia 99 and 199 variants (which are actually rather nice little models).
By all accounts, the best 1/72 109s around these days are the Fine Molds kits - but they are expensive for what they are.
By all accounts, the best 1/72 109s around these days are the Fine Molds kits - but they are expensive for what they are.
Eric Mc said:
That Revell 109 was the first 109 model I ever built. Not long after my brother built the Matchbox 1/72 109E (which would have been a brand new issue at the time). I've since built quite a few 1/72 109s, including the Airfix 109E (which is quite nice), the Heller 109F (which is bad), the Hasegawa 109G (nice) and the KP Avia 99 and 199 variants (which are actually rather nice little models).
By all accounts, the best 1/72 109s around these days are the Fine Molds kits - but they are expensive for what they are.
I always rated the Matchbox stuff (in the 1970's):By all accounts, the best 1/72 109s around these days are the Fine Molds kits - but they are expensive for what they are.
http://www.matchboxkits.org/product_info.php?cPath...
Still looks great today - check out the completed model picture.
They were always nice and crisp - although some of the surface detail was a bit heavy handed.
Their between the wars biplanes are still sought after.
Luckilly, Revell will shortly be reissuing the old Matchbox Gloster Gladiator and Hawker Fury.
I hope they get around to reissuing the Siskin, Stranraer and Boeing P-12.
Their between the wars biplanes are still sought after.
Luckilly, Revell will shortly be reissuing the old Matchbox Gloster Gladiator and Hawker Fury.
I hope they get around to reissuing the Siskin, Stranraer and Boeing P-12.
Eric Mc said:
They were always nice and crisp - although some of the surface detail was a bit heavy handed.
Their between the wars biplanes are still sought after.
Luckilly, Revell will shortly be reissuing the old Matchbox Gloster Gladiator and Hawker Fury.
I hope they get around to reissuing the Siskin, Stranraer and Boeing P-12.
You can still get them on ebay no problem.Their between the wars biplanes are still sought after.
Luckilly, Revell will shortly be reissuing the old Matchbox Gloster Gladiator and Hawker Fury.
I hope they get around to reissuing the Siskin, Stranraer and Boeing P-12.
Eric Mc said:
The Revell 1/72 109E DEFINTELY featured a hinged canopy. And when I made mine back in 1972ish I was chuffed that the hinge worked. Of course, being 1/72, the hingeing system was completley overscale and incorrect for the 109.
I also remember seeing their 1/72 P-51 Mustang built up and it featured a workable sliding rear section to the canopy. This was achieved by having a slot cut into the upper fuselage behind the canopy into which a runner on the bottom of the canopy was inserted. Again, the arrangement was totally inaccurate.
Ok, after a bit of research: there were two versions of the Revell 1/72 Bf109. The earlier one had the hinged canopy, the re-tooled version (late '60's) had a one-piece canopy. This type was introduced in a boxed set with a Tempest. This will be probably be the one in the recent Revell re-release:I also remember seeing their 1/72 P-51 Mustang built up and it featured a workable sliding rear section to the canopy. This was achieved by having a slot cut into the upper fuselage behind the canopy into which a runner on the bottom of the canopy was inserted. Again, the arrangement was totally inaccurate.
Having said that, the versions I built were definitely all from the earlier type box pictured previously. The older I get the worse my memory gets.
I think the Tempest also had a sliding canopy.
Edited by dr_gn on Monday 1st March 09:49
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