Comparing 2 AH-1 kits

[ysi_maniac]

Comparing Testors/Italeri AH-1W 1/72 and Hobbycraft AH-1Z; I saw that this last kit's fuselage is about an inch shorter
Is this correct?

[Dizzyfugu]

Hard to tell - but since the Z has a four-bladed prop it will certainly be shorter overall. Are you sure that the measures are just fuselage length, or do they cover "overall length with both rotors in action"? AFAIK, the Z's fuselage should not be that shorter - but I cannot confirm this with certainty.

[Supertom]

Carlos, unfortunately the AH-1Z kit is underscale, which would account for the shorter length. 

[ysi_maniac]

Hobbycraft kit looks to be 1/82, in fact.