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Fuss free Hasegawa kits?
Topic Started: Jun 9 2018, 04:44 PM (385 Views)
Boucheron
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Hey all,

I'm off to a local (ish) hobby shop called The Hobby Hangar, which deals almost exclusively in Hasegawa kits. I'm after something that will build into a well detailed and accurate kit right out of the box, and which won't fox me with difficult camo or crappy decals. Any suggestions?

They have a lot of the combo sets and loads of Japanese aircraft.
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Mark Schynert
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The only Hasegawa kit I've built recently (last five years) is the Spitfire VII, and that was pretty straightforward. By extension, some of the other Spitfire kits are probably essentially the same. Pretty funny; made me reflect on the fact I have about thirty Hase kits, yet I rarely consider them. Nothing particularly wrong with the kits, but there always seem to be different subjects I'd rather start.
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RJ Tucker
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Their Panther, Cougar & early Harrier (GR1, AV-8A) kits are older molds but pretty straight forward builds that yield accurate models. HTH!

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RJ
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Chuck1945
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The Hasegawa Spitfires do go together rather well but VII, VIII, and IX all suffer from dimensional errors. The wing is in the wrong place and, if I remember correctly, the rear fuselage is too short and the front too long. Held at arms length and with at least a slight squint, they are acceptable Spitfires but not really accurate.
Chuck
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Eduard Spitfire IXc, VIII, Monogram/Starfighter BFC-2
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jvenables
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Mark Schynert
Jun 9 2018, 05:34 PM
The only Hasegawa kit I've built recently (last five years) is the Spitfire VII, and that was pretty straightforward. By extension, some of the other Spitfire kits are probably essentially the same. Pretty funny; made me reflect on the fact I have about thirty Hase kits, yet I rarely consider them. Nothing particularly wrong with the kits, but there always seem to be different subjects I'd rather start.
I often tend to be like that too. I have nothing against Hasegawa kits but from my experience, whilst they look great in the box and appear to promise a trouble free and relatively quick build, they nearly always require more work than I initially estimated. This is especially so with the older Hasegawa kits, which usually have minimal interior detail; if this deficiency bugs you, then they are best avoided.

I have not built many newer Hasegawa releases but I have their B-25J "Silver Wing" on the bench at the moment and so far it has been a delight to build, with plenty of interior detail and with a few minor exceptions, fits together very well.
James from Brisbane, Australia
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Boucheron
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I cheaped out and didn't get anything.

Almost $40 for a dual combo of two very basic Ki-27s?

Would you like me to bend over for you, first?!?! What a rip-off!


I have enough models at home.
Edited by Boucheron, Jun 10 2018, 04:38 AM.
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Mark Schynert
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Chuck1945
Jun 10 2018, 02:23 AM
The Hasegawa Spitfires do go together rather well but VII, VIII, and IX all suffer from dimensional errors. The wing is in the wrong place and, if I remember correctly, the rear fuselage is too short and the front too long. Held at arms length and with at least a slight squint, they are acceptable Spitfires but not really accurate.
I agree they aren't all that accurate, but that wasn't the question asked, and they are not downright horrible. That's the only Hase Spitfire I had, and I got around to it because at the time I didn't have access to a decent VII. Happily there are much better alternatives now.
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Mark Schynert
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jvenables
Jun 10 2018, 02:48 AM
I often tend to be like that too. I have nothing against Hasegawa kits but from my experience, whilst they look great in the box and appear to promise a trouble free and relatively quick build, they nearly always require more work than I initially estimated. This is especially so with the older Hasegawa kits, which usually have minimal interior detail; if this deficiency bugs you, then they are best avoided.

I have not built many newer Hasegawa releases but I have their B-25J "Silver Wing" on the bench at the moment and so far it has been a delight to build, with plenty of interior detail and with a few minor exceptions, fits together very well.
Not so different there either--the lack of interiors came to bug me, because right at the outset, I had to solve that problem, and I'm not a big fan of cockpit work to begin with.

The only Hase kits I've bought recently (and by that, I mean about five years ago now!) are a trio of Ju 88 variants: C, G, and Ju 188. I've some interesting Aeronavale decals for a postwar Ju 188, and it's supposedly on my short list. And then there's the two B-26G kits I've acquired more or less by accident in the last year, by way of raffle or Christmas exchange. There they sit, and I imagine I'l dispose of one or both before long.

Really, what it comes down to is that the recent splurge of Czech kits is offering a lot more for a lot less, mostly, and what I'm left with are kits that are good but not great for subjects I am eager to build, and kits that are quite good that I'm not generating much enthusiasm for.
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MDriskill
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Well, probably too late considering your subsequent email...yeah, Hasey kits are very nice indeed, but their pricing in the US definitely makes you go “huh?” sometimes.

But back to your original question, you mentioned the shop had lots of Japanese subjects. Hasey’s more recent kits of WW2 Japanese bombers (various G3M Nell, P2Y Frances, and Ki-67 Peggy variants) are superbly accurate kits, with quite good interior detail. Likely the best kits of these big twins that we will ever see.
Edited by MDriskill, Jun 11 2018, 01:25 PM.
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Boucheron
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MDriskill
Jun 10 2018, 04:57 PM
Well, probably too late considering your subsequent email...yeah, Hasey kits are very nice indeed, but their pricing in the US definitely makes you go “huh” sometimes.

But back to your original question, you mentioned the shop had lot of Japanese subjects. Hasey’s more recent kits of WW2 Japanese bombers (various G3M Nell, P2Y Frances, and Ki-67 Peggy variants) are superbly accurate kits, with quite good interior detail. Likely the best kits of these big twins that we will ever see.
Thanks. Those sound like they're worth the price of admission. It's when they charge 2010s prices for 1980s kits, that I get miffed.
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Zambudio
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MDriskill
Jun 10 2018, 04:57 PM
But back to your original question, you mentioned the shop had lots of Japanese subjects. Hasey’s more recent kits of WW2 Japanese bombers (various G3M Nell, P2Y Frances, and Ki-67 Peggy variants) are superbly accurate kits, with quite good interior detail. Likely the best kits of these big twins that we will ever see.
Absolutely right! To the WW2 Japanese twins mentioned, I should add the Ki-49. The Hasegawa kit is really nice.
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