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Started by Nigel Bunker, December 05, 2007, 09:38:16 AM

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December 05, 2007, 09:38:16 AM Last Edit: December 05, 2007, 09:38:49 AM by Nigel Bunker
I bought a kit and it was covered in flash. Also the undercarriage is way too thick, and most seams needed putty.

No, not some east european Frog repop but a 72 scale Hasegawa Kfir.

Hang your head in shame, Hasegawa.

I forsee ARCers and Hypercalers committing hara kiri with modelling knives at hearing this news. Their God has fallen.
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B777LR

#1
December 05, 2007, 09:49:25 AM
Pictures? :rolleyes:  

Jennings

#2
December 05, 2007, 09:49:56 AM
I'm guessing you're under 25 years of age ;)  That kit came out in about 1978 or so (I built it in high school).  Given the age of the molds, some flash is not to be unexpected.  It's still the best Kfir C2 kit in 1/72 though.

It wasn't bad for its day, and it still isn't horrible.

:)

J
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Nigel Bunker

#3
December 05, 2007, 10:00:46 AM
QuoteI'm guessing you're under 25 years of age

Oh Jennings - if only - I'm 54.

And i was trying to be ironic. It will be a nice model when finished (shame about the undercarriage)
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Shasper

#4
December 05, 2007, 01:38:22 PM
One reason why I stick to the Italeri Kfir kit ;)

SHas B)  
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Mossie

#5
December 05, 2007, 01:53:23 PM
I'm academic about flash.  I've seen some kits lambasted for flash, but if it's easily knocked off with your finger it's hardly a problem even if it's all over & the edges rarely need more work than normal.  If it's heavy, well then it's a problem but some people just see flash & assume the worst.
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Supertom

#6
December 05, 2007, 03:31:40 PM
Better flash than short-shot.
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SinUnNombre

#7
December 05, 2007, 04:07:46 PM
QuoteBetter flash than short-shot.
I agree. It's a lot easier to have to get rid of extra plastic, than it is to add what's not there. And I've had some kits where I bought more than one release at different times, and one had a ton, the others had none at all. It's almost a case-by-case thing, you can't really can't judge a kit from one boxing.

Jon

dragon

#8
December 05, 2007, 04:10:39 PM
I will take flash over warping any day. :banghead:  
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The Rat

#9
December 05, 2007, 07:34:11 PM
Flash - meh... No problem to anyone who owns even a dull rusty #11 blade. And it can be used to fashion ultra-thin, and therefore more accurate, blade aerials and the like.
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#10
December 06, 2007, 01:55:56 AM
QuoteFlash - meh... No problem to anyone who owns even a dull rusty #11 blade. And it can be used to fashion ultra-thin, and therefore more accurate, blade aerials and the like.
Nice tip Rat, never thought of that! :thumbsup:  
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lancer

#11
December 06, 2007, 02:21:19 AM
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QuoteFlash - meh... No problem to anyone who owns even a dull rusty #11 blade. And it can be used to fashion ultra-thin, and therefore more accurate, blade aerials and the like.
Nice tip Rat, never thought of that! :thumbsup:
YOu leqrn something new every day.. :thumbsup:

I remember building the HasesKfir a long time ago, I also built the Italeri version, although it was kitted as an F21 and the markings were for a USN aggressor training machine. The Kfir ended it's days literally as a target. It got shot to peices  
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#12
December 06, 2007, 03:00:12 AM
QuoteThe Kfir ended it's days literally as a target. It got shot to peices
:unsure: Strange, so did mine, once I was done cannibalizing it.
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#13
December 06, 2007, 03:17:30 AM
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Nice tip Rat
If anybody knows about flashing, it'd be the Rat !


Or maybe Radish......


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#14
December 06, 2007, 06:09:06 AM
I generally don't like Hass kits. They build their kits so that you have to buy a resin or photoetch cockpit. A decal that is too large and a closed canopy is not what I expect from such a revired model company that charges me 35 bucks for a 72nd scale Skyhawk. Or, makes a big friggen deal about their "new" release when it's a 30 year old set of molds with new decals. Not cool.

I'm not complaining, it's just an opinion. I am not a JMN, but I like seeing a nice bit of detail, accurate or not, in the office.

Gary P
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