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Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004What the postie brought me today
4x Mbox Hawk 200 Dragon SU 24 72nd, i heard that a new brand was much better, mentioned here but forgot who by. Also the box art nose looks much longer than the kits stumpy nose, which is correct? 32nd Trump Mig17F, had the Mig15 for a couple of years(got the resin from the US via a guy here but never completed, must do tho), but got this one, looks the same styled tooliing so same faults. Mbox RAF bi plane thing. The Mbox kits were coverd in Chinease writing, so i guess these tools were shipped out and tooled from there and packed up. I really want to do a nice hawk 200 or other single seater version, maybe mix with Italeri kits, i have a few decal sheets, of variing quility. Jules, The Matchbox Hawk 200 isn't even close to the shape of the real thing - I wanted to do one or three too. I did start on designing a conversion for the 200 from the Italeri, but I haven't finished it.... surprise, surprise. Scale Aircraft Modelling published some plans a while back that look pretty good compared to pics of the real thing - if you want I'll look them out and give you the issue details, or send me your snail address and I'll copy them and post to you. RobG > 4x Mbox Hawk 200 > Dragon SU 24 72nd, i heard that a new brand was much better, mentioned here [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I really want to do a nice hawk 200 or other single seater version, maybe > mix with Italeri kits, i have a few decal sheets, of variing quility. > Dragon SU 24 72nd, i heard that a new brand was much better, mentioned here > but forgot who by. Stream / Strim (or whatever Western approximation of the Cyrillic name is appropiate). Cheers, Andre thanks > > Dragon SU 24 72nd, i heard that a new brand was much better, mentioned > here [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Andre >4x Mbox Hawk 200 >Dragon SU 24 72nd, i heard that a new brand was much better, mentioned here >but forgot who by. Also the box art nose looks much longer than the kits >stumpy nose, which is correct? It's Strim (or Streem, or Stream for a phonetic translation, written CTPNM in cyrillic) and despite the shortcomings of short-run kits (some flash, thicker plastic and so-so fit) it's much better than the Dragon kit (very nice engraved panel lines and rivets and much more accurate). About the Dragon kit, there are 2 of them: the Su-24 Fencer C (with short nose) and the Su-24M Fencer D (longer nose with refuelling probe). I wouldn't bother too much about accuracy: to have an accurate model you'd have to almost rebuild it (so better buy the Strim kit). Anyway it looks like a Fencer (just shorten the undercarriage legs, they are 2-3 mm too long) Hope this helps. -- Yuri Rambelli To send e-mail write "mclink" instead of "non.credoproprio" in the return address. > >4x Mbox Hawk 200 > >Dragon SU 24 72nd, i heard that a new brand was much better, mentioned here [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > To send e-mail write "mclink" instead of "non.credoproprio" in the > return address. Thanks Uri, i sold my Dragon kits last year when i heard about the better one, but picked up one from a seller where i got a load of other kits for about 5bucks. Seems Hannants are out of stock of the Stream kit at present, not cheap tho >Thanks Uri, i sold my Dragon kits last year when i heard about the better >one, but picked up one from a seller where i got a load of other kits for >about 5bucks. > >Seems Hannants are out of stock of the Stream kit at present, not cheap tho Yes, but also the Dragon Fencer D wasn't so cheap. The Fencer C instead was also boxed by Italeri and much cheaper... Btw, if you are able to get the Strim kit, you can use some parts from the Dragon one (the Strim doesn't have any weapon nor drop tanks and the decals, at least in my sample, have the white a bit out of register). -- Yuri Rambelli To send e-mail write "mclink" instead of "non.credoproprio" in the return address. > >Thanks Uri, i sold my Dragon kits last year when i heard about the better > >one, but picked up one from a seller where i got a load of other kits for [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > -- good idea thanks |
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