Cheap But Cheerful? Emhar LaGG-3 Plastic Model Kit in 1/72 Scale - Unboxing Review
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The Lavochkin LaGG-3 was a single-seat fighter used by the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. Join me in this video as I take a look inside the box of the Emhar LaGG-3 Plastic Model Kit in 1/72 Scale (EM2002) and see what this kit is like...
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A bagged Airfix Kit was only 19p when I was a child, whereas a bagged Frog kit was 11p. I nearly wet myself when our local bargain shop up town was selling two Frog kits for just 10p. My spend was 20p a week back then. I felt like a millionaire. Oh the pleasures of childhood.
1/6d for me back in the day, 7.5p in new money.
When I was younger…
Living in OHIO 🇺🇸…
I bought 1/72 REVELL and MONOGRAM
Kits for 49 cents to 59 cents US MONEY…
Now the Vintage Kits are going for
$20.00 plus on €Bay ….
So plastic kits cost just 20 cents back in teh days? Im just 15 so thats an odd thought for me. Its really fascinating tho
I get excited when I can get some kits 2 for £5 at swapmeets and things
@@ModelMinutes thats a nice price to be honest
I have built a couple of emhar 1.35 WW1 tanks and they have turned out nicely they are a bit rough around the edges but with a little work they were fine happy modeling everyone 👍
so like the bagged kits of airfix that cost 99 pence back in the day ,was my weekend treat when a small chap
Yeah a bit like that!
Nice vintage kit And great review. One thing should be noted about schemes. Back in the day the russian Aircraft were depicted with wrong colors in literature,models and museum aircraft. The number 71 should have black and AMT-4 (green) for upper surfaces and AMT-7 (blue) for underside. Number 43 should be AMT-11 (grey) and AMT-12 (dark grey) upper surfaces and again blue for underside.
Hope you have nice day And great time modelling.
I'll have to try and remember this when I come to build this model!
Very interesting. Considered buying this brand before, might try one out
Go for it!
Originally these were mentioned as a FROG kits that didn't make it to be issued since Frog folded in 1977. I used to get them bagged in the 80's, then under Red Star banner before being marketed by Emhar. Besides this one there should be MiG-3, Yak-3, and Anatra Anasal. Their MiG-3 was much better offering than Cap du Croix kit, later issued by Italeri and Encore. If it comes to lack of detail on the wings and fuselage, real thing beside acces panel an slats in late models, skinning was adhesive bonded plywood so no panel lines. Russians called "Laminated, Lacquered Coffin".
thanks for the info!
yep, i do have a box with those three or four kits
The moulds were made by Frog before they folded. It was part of a deal with The USSR that led to Novo kits, although for some reason they didn't go to Russia at the time.
The Frog book doesn't quite say why but the 4 moulds were kept until Novo folded, their receivers sold them to a guy called Jim Chapman (Red Star) who I think wanted to continue an arrangement with Russia similar to the one Novo had, they may have held them back as they had no instructions, decals or artwork and just didn't get time to make them practical or didn't get payed to do that, they were commissioned by the Russian side and even had 'Made in USSR' on them so were intended to be sent initially, there are some alterations between the 500 blue run and the Red Star kits apparently so that may have had some bearing also.
Hello modellmate.thats a nice fast dish.with sticky greetings from Brandenburg/germany.your fellow modellmate.christian
Hi 👋
Seems like a nice enough little kit Mat..i have seen worse....ideal for passing a few hours on a rainy Sunday afternoon👍👍
Totally agree!
@@ModelMinutes especially if you have lost yoyr mojo and want to get it back.🙂👍
I looked at that, and immediately thought of the old FROG rebags/reboxes by Novo. I bought quite a lot of them, and had a lot of fun. Woolworths used to sell them for about 12p each. The tiny little Bleriot XI was a particular favourite of mine.
Basic kits, but if you were careful, you'd get something nice at the end of it.
I think EMHAR are like Amerang, in that they repack, and market other peoples' model kits. I have a lot of their 1/76 WW1 figures and tanks, which are really nice, especially the artillery pieces.
That is really interesting! I dont have much experience of Emhar but they do have some interesting subjects
Interesting subject Matt. I have Zvezda's La-5 and that was...not great. This does actually look presentable.
I had heard good think about Zvezda kits, but maybe those comments only refer to their more modern ones . . .
@@ModelMinutes Some of their snap kits are excellent. The Fw190a-4 and BF109F-2 are really, really good for example.
According to scalemates the La-5 of theirs I have is a 1972 Italaeri rebox though.
@@VenlyssPnorr ah that would be it
I’ve just bought a Zvezda Su-33 I was hoping it would be as good as the Italeri su-27 I’ve jus finished 😅
@@ModelMinutes Zvezda now are some of the finest kits around, with sharp mouldings, good fit, interesting subjects, etc. However, they do have some 'Golden Age' kits if you hunt around. Look for very low prices, and they're typical 1960s and 1970s kits, sans interior detail, wheelwell detail. etc However cheap for someone not so concerned, and very basic, so a real afternoon build.
I built their F-94 1/72 kit a while back and it was a very rough kit indeed. I have a couple of their 1/24 Bedford truck kits in the stash and those mouldings look very nice.
Ah, I've got that F-94 to look at soon . . .
Honestly these past 3 weeks have been awful can you give me some encouraging words
I believe in you, you got this!
I like simple, basic kits that have solid parts that aren't so fine they snap in half just by looking at them.. and this kit falls into that category. Can't complain about the price either and the decals looks decent enough. The only thing that would cause me some bother is the lack of clearly visible canopy frames, especially as I rarely mask canopies, if at all. With my limited knowledge of old FROG kits, I'd say your review was perfectly fair and to the point.. :) Very good.. I may have to invest in this kit, it has been added to my list of possible future purchases... :)
Thanks! I think i would probably mask the canopy and then spray on a primer or something to build up the frames
Good informative video. However for a £5 I dont think its too bad a kit and you can always scratchbuild areas.
Good point 😊
Looks like a Starfix kit to me. I don’t think they did that aircraft but the tooling and moulding reminds me of them for sure
I've not experienced a starfix kit, but this is supposedly a Frog tooling
Not bad for the price.
this shit fire!! 🔥
sounds . . .safe . . ? lol
This looks like a model I would like to build…
Where is EMHAR from ???????
Most of us modelers can take a kit like that and make it look great ( like you MAT )….
MODEL MINUTES has introduced me to a lot of great kits
IPMS SHOW, coming up next Saturday here in NORTHWEST OHIO 🇺🇸 …
I have a list of model kits I’m looking for, I’ll look for this one
Looking forward to seeing what you do with it…
CHRIS 🇺🇸
I bought their Viking ship model and it seems nice enough. Better detailed than this kit though
Hi Chris - I'm pretty sure Emhar is a British company - going by the address on the box and paperwork. However it has a slight feel of being a British Mistercraft in the sense that they only have other mouldings which were previously made by another company. I could be wrong of course but I don't think many toolings are natively their own
Emhar was an English value brand acquired by Bachmann in 2016. Kits were originally made in England but moved to China in about 1990. The Welwyn address on your box indicates it was made before the Bachmann takeover.
@@andrewgrave
Thank you for sharing more information
I’m going to look for some of their products ( kits ) try one out…
HAVE A GREAT DAY….
CHRIS 🇺🇸
@@andrewgrave although there is a bachmann label stuck on the side? Is it possible it was still made after the takeover but it costs more to change all the boxes and instructions to reflect this change so they just use a sticker?
You mentioned Frog kits, I actually did a couple of their kits back in the late 60s as I was begining model building. I think one was the Fairey Battle, a carrier aircraft.
I don't think the Fairey Battle ever operated from carriers, do you think maybe it was a Firefly or Fulmar - I know Frog did a Firefly kit
@@ModelMinutes Yes, I think you are right, 👍👍
It could have been the Barracuda. Frog never made a Fulmar and the Firefly didn't appear until the early seventies
@@MCT954 Now that name rings a bell. Whatever it was, it was a torpedo bomber with a longish cockpit hood. (It was a long time ago,lol 🤣)
Thanks Matt. Looks OK for the price, a nice quick build or one that could be tarted up with a bit of scratch building. Best wishes, Nick
Thanks!
It's a Frog kit from 1977...that explains a lot...
:)
Well you've taught me something new. Can't say I've ever heard of this brand. Doesn't exist here in South Africa, or at least doesn't exist anymore.
I'm sure you could probably find one here or there - they seem to fall under the Bachmann brand at the moment so not sure if they will distribute in your area
It does, Esswex in Northcliff has quite a few.
I think it was a Frog test kit when Frog was sold and non-axis kits went to the USSR
Quite possibly
Frog ran 500 of each of the 4 moulds in dark blue.
Revell (initially Revell GB) released 11 ex Frog Axis kits from the late 1970's on.
Fun review love the subject matter Matt! 😊
Thanks so much!
@ModelMinutes welcome Matt! That's a rough kit lol!