Hi Nige. Years since I've seen a heller kit. They seem to have improved no end from when I was a kid. Great subject and think it will look the business in 48th
Yep! The company has been through several acquisitions. Since 2019 that it is owned by a German company “Glow2B” they have started to become more active, although so far all they did was reboxing older kits. The best they have done is reboxing the latest F-16 of Kinetic.
Just starting building this. The exterior detail is not terrible by any stretch - especially for the year when this was tooled. But yes, someone needs to redo a 48 scale of this ASAP. With a little work and maybe some extras it’ll probably look pretty decent. What I would say is that the interior cockpit detail is non existent, and the fit of the two fuselage halves is atrocious. Gonna persevere though as I’m trying to do all the Gulf War RAF stuff…
I bought it new for just under € 30,- and for that money I 've seen a lot of kits that were far worse than this one. Only thing is that it doesn't have a pilot while I build all my models gear-up and flying.
Hi Nige. Years since I've seen a heller kit. They seem to have improved no end from when I was a kid. Great subject and think it will look the business in 48th
Cheers mate. To be honest they’ve not done anything new really they are just reboxing older kits I believe
Yep! The company has been through several acquisitions. Since 2019 that it is owned by a German company “Glow2B” they have started to become more active, although so far all they did was reboxing older kits. The best they have done is reboxing the latest F-16 of Kinetic.
Just starting building this. The exterior detail is not terrible by any stretch - especially for the year when this was tooled. But yes, someone needs to redo a 48 scale of this ASAP. With a little work and maybe some extras it’ll probably look pretty decent. What I would say is that the interior cockpit detail is non existent, and the fit of the two fuselage halves is atrocious. Gonna persevere though as I’m trying to do all the Gulf War RAF stuff…
Great stuff mate I hope it goes well for you. I’ll hopefully be doing mine in a gulf war scheme. Good luck with the build and thanks for stopping by.
Cool model. 👍
Thanks for stopping by mate.
I bought it new for just under € 30,- and for that money I 've seen a lot of kits that were far worse than this one. Only thing is that it doesn't have a pilot while I build all my models gear-up and flying.
Yeah it’s an ok kit I’m more disappointed with the decals if I’m honest. Thanks for stopping by mate.
1. The color codes are Humbrol.
2. The fifth color sceme is for an Indian aircraft.
Thank you.
Heller should just give up
Maybe mate but they do some interesting stuff that’s not available anywhere else