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| Contemplating an Airfix Walrus... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 15 2012, 11:35 AM (693 Views) | |
| llordlloyd | Mar 15 2012, 11:35 AM Post #1 |
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The kit looks okay apart from no interior whatsoever. Very simple of course. I've found plenty of walk arounds but just a few interior pics. Looks like the nose gunner's station is just plain floor boards? Or maybe it would have been like that for a general purpose/search-rescue plane? Is the Matchbox kit significantly better? Any other hints? |
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| peebeep | Mar 15 2012, 11:50 AM Post #2 |
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I'd favour the Matchbox (or Revell re-box) personally, the mouldings should be a little cleaner and the fit better. If you PM me an e-mail address I can forward some reference material. peebeep |
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| Seahawk | Mar 15 2012, 01:33 PM Post #3 |
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Same here. The Airfix kit is late 1950s vintage, the Matchbox/Revell from sometime in the 1970s. The Matchbox kit is an easier build though don't expect it to be significantly better in the internal detail stakes. Both Airfix and Revell currently have nice transfers. (Bit of a turnround from a few years back that I bought an Airfix kit because of of rather despite the transfers.) |
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| Bert | Mar 15 2012, 03:44 PM Post #4 |
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I built the Matchbox kit a few years ago. The Airfix kit, I built when it first was released........way back then, (showing my age), so I don't remember much about it. I can say a few things about the Matchbox kit. There is one internal detail I was surprised to see. The wheelwells were boxed in with some internal structure. Something I hadn't expected in a kit of this age. The fuselage and rear gunner's clear panels are molded solid. No clear parts are provided. The model went together well, however the engine is the biggest challenge, getting it together and positioned correctly. The guns are probably the best I've encountered in a kit of this age. Actually very good for a kit of any age. I detailed the interior quite a bit and replaced the canopy with a vacform from Falcon and added some assorted PE parts. I guess it depends on how much time and effort you want to put into this kit. It can be made into a good representation of a Walrus. HTH, -Bert BTW, I have pics of my build, if you care to see them. They could possibly help with your decision. |
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| ca-15 | Mar 15 2012, 10:25 PM Post #5 |
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Hi Lloyd, As you may have seen in the other sub forum, I have obtained a Valom Seagull V (Basically an early Walrus). It has quite a bit of interior detail and a few photos in the instructions of the interior. I believe you are in Australia, so I could send you some photocopies of the instructions if I had your address (or email?) Cheers Michael |
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| llordlloyd | Mar 17 2012, 10:49 AM Post #6 |
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Odd thing is Bert, from what I've seen the Walrus wheel wells have no internal structure, they're as plain as the inside of a suitcase. Seems the engine pod points slightly to port, presumably to counter torque reaction. Of course Bert we all want to see the pics! |
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| Bert | Mar 18 2012, 11:52 PM Post #7 |
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Since I built it several years ago, and while looking over my build once again, heck....maybe I added the internal structure? You're correct about the engine Peter. I'll post some pics of mine in the Completed models forum. I don't want to highjack this discussion. |
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| llordlloyd | Mar 19 2012, 01:11 PM Post #8 |
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Hijack away mate, that's what we're here for. Since I posted that I have seen an image of the Fleet Air Arm museum Walrus, whose wheel wells are lined with a thin board with octagonal cut-outs. However the other image I looked at, maybe an Australian or Canadian restored/preserved aircraft (?), had utterly plain wells. Unfortunately I will be away from home for a few weeks so I won't get to start this one. |
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| Dave Fleming | Mar 19 2012, 09:06 PM Post #9 |
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One point about the Airfix Walrus - in spite of claiming to be a mk II, the plastic is much closer to a mk I |
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