BV213 - 1st resin wif

[Deon]

This was my first Wiff resin by unicraft - BV213

Painted for service in mediterranean and balkans 1946..

[John Howling Mouse]

Wow, you sure can pull off these resin kits nicely.  How do you find the Anigrand kits, build-wise?  Easy clean-up, good fit, etc.?  I ask because I have three of them in the stash but have never built one, yet.

[sotoolslinger]

Mo good stuff from the new dude

[Deon]

Wow, you sure can pull off these resin kits nicely.  How do you find the Anigrand kits, build-wise?  Easy clean-up, good fit, etc.?  I ask because I have three of them in the stash but have never built one, yet.

These are Unicraft kits  and compared to Anigrand there's a lot more work to do, plenty of filling, sanding, priming , sanding,  repeat (I guess that's what PSR stands for?). Also the kits need to be build with a jig or at least a close eye on alignment so that the butt joined sections can be adjusted. You can see that  the 213 rear fuselage is a little twisted. Some of the cockpits u/c bays need hollowing out too. There has been a marked iprovement in quality over the years. Igor is a prolific producer and the prices are very reasonable and the service and comms are top notch. It all comes down to the exchange rate, so i tend to buy a 2-300 dollar batch every couple of years. I like these kits because they challenge me as a modeller, there's plenty of scope for scratch work and many of these paper project (especially the Luft 46 types are tiny and so easy to store). There are stacks of UAVs for real world modelers and even civvie types.

[NARSES2]

Wow, you sure can pull off these resin kits nicely.  How do you find the Anigrand kits, build-wise?  Easy clean-up, good fit, etc.?  I ask because I have three of them in the stash but have never built one, yet.

These are Unicraft kits  and compared to Anigrand there's a lot more work to do, plenty of filling, sanding, priming , sanding,  repeat (I guess that's what PSR stands for?). Also the kits need to be build with a jig or at least a close eye on alignment so that the butt joined sections can be adjusted. You can see that  the 213 rear fuselage is a little twisted. Some of the cockpits u/c bays need hollowing out too. There has been a marked iprovement in quality over the years. Igor is a prolific producer and the prices are very reasonable and the service and comms are top notch. It all comes down to the exchange rate, so i tend to buy a 2-300 dollar batch every couple of years. I like these kits because they challenge me as a modeller, there's plenty of scope for scratch work and many of these paper project (especially the Luft 46 types are tiny and so easy to store). There are stacks of UAVs for real world modelers and even civvie types.

One of the best and fairest descriptions of Unicraft I've seen. And yes PSR does stand for putty, sand, repeat - to the power of 5 for some of Igor's stuff.

JHM - Anigrand are a good midway point in resin kits. Need some work and lack interior detail etc, but build quite easily in my experience although they can vary as to how many pin holes you have to fill.

Chris

[Sisko]

Nice one!

I haven't tried Igor's stuff. I have built a few planet kits and some of them were better than some main stream kits I have built.

[Deon]

Ive just been given an Ardpol kit of a PWS 10 (Polish I think).

I've had a close look a it, dry fitting etc and I believe it may be the best quality resin Ive ever seen bar none!

The trailing edges are razor sharp and the moulding quality is perfect.

They're a bit pricey at £22.00 for a small fighter but the sheer pleasure of putting the kit together is probably worth it.

They dont have a large range so the whiffery is limited but if anyone wanted a little Polish Whif....