Revell 1/144 P-40

[BorgR3mc0]

I picked up 3 Revell Microwings kit at a flea market at Kingsday (yes, we still have a king. And we have a national holiday for that). These are ancient moulds but I had fun building a 1/144 Hurricane so I bought them anyway for € 1,- a piece.

This is going to be a quicky build. I am not going to scratch build an interior And wil probably brush paint it. Only modification is going to be to open up the intake. That is just a flat piece!

[Thomas_M]

Fast and dirty! What intake do you plan to open? This is no jet, yes?

[BorgR3mc0]

Fast and dirty! What intake do you plan to open? This is no jet, yes?

The large radiator intake under the propeller. It is closed!
For such a prominent feature it is unacceptable.

[Thomas_M]

Not good. At least those intakes should have some depth.

[KSaarni]

Interesting, have been intrigued by these cheap, tiny, simple kits but have never seen one built, even less as a WIP.

Will follow of pure curiosity...

- Kari

[BorgR3mc0]

Interesting, have been intrigued by these cheap, tiny, simple kits but have never seen one built, even less as a WIP.

Will follow of pure curiosity...

- Kari

To be brutally honest, these are dated and bad kits. If you want to builds something nice in 1/144 buy Platz, Sweet or Eduard.
As I understand Revell had problems with sells this batch of Microwings so they ended up at a big discount drugstore (Action) for a euro a piece.

Here is a pics of the Hurricane is build. The shape is weird in a lot of places. Just take a look at the oversized spinner.

[BorgR3mc0]

Et voila, the intake:



I scratched gear doors for an inflight pose.

[KSaarni]

Interesting, have been intrigued by these cheap, tiny, simple kits but have never seen one built, even less as a WIP.

Will follow of pure curiosity...

- Kari

To be brutally honest, these are dated and bad kits. If you want to builds something nice in 1/144 buy Platz, Sweet or Eduard.
As I understand Revell had problems with sells this batch of Microwings so they ended up at a big discount drugstore (Action) for a euro a piece.

Here is a pics of the Hurricane is build. The shape is weird in a lot of places. Just take a look at the oversized spinner.

Indeed, weird looking one...
Then I understand the current price level...

- Kari

[Thomas_M]

Et voila, the intake:



I scratched gear doors for an inflight pose.

Your fingers make clear how tiny even a fuselage in this scale is. The more it is remarkable that you could open this ultra-tiny radiator inlet...

[BorgR3mc0]

Indeed, weird looking one...
Then I understand the current price level...

- Kari

These are old Crown kits. And are the type of kits that gave 1/144 a bad reputation.
As said, newer 1/144 kits like those from Sweet or Revells modern jets are much better.
I just build this when I am in a bit of a slump. These kits are so bad that even my lazy brush painting (I am no BsYamato with a brush) won't matter.