Very nearly the first kit I ever built - but I picked the Supermarine Walrus instead. I have built a couple since - but as 'Thunderbirds' style 'Heli-jets' - they were used as such on the show, albeit heavily modified. Not a bad kit as such, but that two part transparency for the cockpit is horrible. Not bad with say, Tamiya Extra Thin cement, but a nightmare with the gloopy stuff we had in the past. It's a sod to fit using PVA glue even. I wish Airfix had retooled those parts.
Great to see this , in my 60s and remember building this made such a mess of it but this brings back such good memories . Cheers keep your vids coming big fan from NZ👍🇳🇿
Nice unboxing video and its done me a big favour to be honest, because Im half way through building a 1996 boxing of this kit which used the 1959 tooling..... Let me just say that cockpit.... S H O C K I N G !!! Absolitely no detail apart from a bulging door on each half 😢 . I was considering buying the new vintage classics version just for a replacement cockpit if they had re-engineered the clear part tooling, but it appears not. Oh well, I best just press on with the cockpit glazing from the 1996 boxing and you've saved me £15.99. Cheers mate. 👍 By the way, the 3 side windows in my 1996 boxing all went into place without any issue. I think the only bonus for you when you build it will be the more modern plastic, because Ive found my version has very brittle plastic sprues, which have resulted in a couple of repairs during my build. Best of luck with your build though. 👍
Very nearly the first kit I ever built - but I picked the Supermarine Walrus instead. I have built a couple since - but as 'Thunderbirds' style 'Heli-jets' - they were used as such on the show, albeit heavily modified.
Not a bad kit as such, but that two part transparency for the cockpit is horrible. Not bad with say, Tamiya Extra Thin cement, but a nightmare with the gloopy stuff we had in the past. It's a sod to fit using PVA glue even. I wish Airfix had retooled those parts.
Great to see this , in my 60s and remember building this made such a mess of it but this brings back such good memories . Cheers keep your vids coming big fan from NZ👍🇳🇿
Cheers Mike!
Nice unboxing video and its done me a big favour to be honest, because Im half way through building a 1996 boxing of this kit which used the 1959 tooling.....
Let me just say that cockpit....
S H O C K I N G !!!
Absolitely no detail apart from a bulging door on each half 😢 .
I was considering buying the new vintage classics version just for a replacement cockpit if they had re-engineered the clear part tooling, but it appears not. Oh well, I best just press on with the cockpit glazing from the 1996 boxing and you've saved me £15.99.
Cheers mate. 👍
By the way, the 3 side windows in my 1996 boxing all went into place without any issue.
I think the only bonus for you when you build it will be the more modern plastic, because Ive found my version has very brittle plastic sprues, which have resulted in a couple of repairs during my build.
Best of luck with your build though. 👍
no wonder I made a mess of it 50 years ago as a 10 year old thinks I binned it !
I was only thinking the other day I'd love to make one of these again. Great review!
@@PeterPie132 cheers Peter
I think what is throwing off your perception of the part count is , there’s what 10 or 15 parts in the rotors 😂
As this wanders about in my head, would it be feasible/beneficial to make a splitter that runs all the way down the front out of cards stock?
@@scurvy8895 I'd be interested to see that.