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kitbasher

#75
October 03, 2011, 02:17:18 PM Last Edit: October 04, 2011, 12:41:43 PM by kitbasher
Never bought or built anything from Unikraft.  There's clearly strongly held views about them on this forum, so just how crap (or not) are they, peeps?
;D ;D
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#76
October 03, 2011, 03:32:27 PM
Think of the worst resin kit you've ever had, multiply it by a thousand and you're still not close. By way of comparison, the Final Touch/Kitbits Seafire FR47 is Czechmaster quality compared to Unicraft.

I've thrown away better quality castings than Igor is charging top dollar for.
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NARSES2

#77
May 10, 2012, 01:19:17 AM
Oh well looks like this could be my next purchase from Adrian Hampton, and before anybody says anything, I know, I know  :banghead:

http://www.unicraft.biz/on/hawker1048/hawker1048.htm
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Mossie

#78
May 10, 2012, 01:39:29 AM
Go for it Chris, it's a nice looking bird.  Got your eye on the BP P.99 & P.100 coming up, as well as the Bristol F.11/37????? ;D
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Thorvic

#79
May 10, 2012, 04:13:22 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 10, 2012, 01:19:17 AM
Oh well looks like this could be my next purchase from Adrian Hampton, and before anybody says anything, I know, I know  :banghead:

http://www.unicraft.biz/on/hawker1048/hawker1048.htm

You might want the DP Casper Operation Musketeer decal set to go with that  :wacko:
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#80
May 10, 2012, 04:27:12 AM
It'd be more likely to be Korean war than Suez.  Any that were in still in service by 56 would more likely be RAuxAF, so the Xtradecal Meteor sheets would be more appropriate, or possibly the Modeldecal RAF Sabre sheet for ones serving in Germany.

It's tempting, I'll admit, but I've been burned far too often by Igor, although the thought of cleaning it up and recasting it to do a better job is intriguing...
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#81
May 10, 2012, 04:39:36 AM
There are Isreali & Egyptian aircraft on that sheet Lee as well as the British & French (Plus Adrian stocks the DP Casper sheet so extra plug to support Lonewulf  ;))
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#82
May 10, 2012, 07:31:08 AM
Quote from: Mossie on May 10, 2012, 01:39:29 AM
Go for it Chris, it's a nice looking bird.  Got your eye on the BP P.99 & P.100 coming up, as well as the Bristol F.11/37????? ;D

Must admit they are the type of thing I like
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Martin H

#83
May 10, 2012, 09:33:40 AM
Quote from: The Wooksta! on May 10, 2012, 04:27:12 AM
Its tempting, I'll admit, but I've been burned far too often by Igor, although the thought of cleaning it up and recasting it to do a better job is intriguing...

Ive had similar thoughts Lee. Altou I will most likely get one for my self anyway
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

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#84
May 10, 2012, 02:23:59 PM
Cockpit interior is likely to be a Sea Fury or similar.  The Special Hobby Baghdad Fury 2 seater has a spare resin cockpit for the single seater...
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kitbasher

#85
May 10, 2012, 02:42:53 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on May 10, 2012, 01:19:17 AM
Oh well looks like this could be my next purchase from Adrian Hampton, and before anybody says anything, I know, I know  :banghead:

http://www.unicraft.biz/on/hawker1048/hawker1048.htm

I've been picking up, fiddling with and putting down a Spitfire (High back) and Me 262 hash-up that is beginning to look not that dissimilar to the P1048.

Once I'me able to devote more time to it I'll start up a build thread.  Meanwhile I'm also tempted by this kit - maybe I'll wait for Chris's 'review'!
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Martin H

#86
May 10, 2012, 02:56:48 PM
Its been said on here before that Igor's masters are great, but his choice of resin and some of the short cuts he takes in casting let the product down big time. Also you would expect that as experience is gained over time, quality would improve. But that appears to have stalled, its still pretty much the same product quality wise as when I got my first Unicraft kit (the Martin baker Tank buster)  10 or more years ago.
Igor's out put is prolific,and in many cases he is the only likely source for many of the subjects he covers. But Im sure the poor quality resin and other issues will impact Unicraft negatively in the long run.
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

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luft46models

#87
May 10, 2012, 04:21:28 PM
I won't buy them any more and given my Luft 46 addiction I was an obvious target, they are just too unbuildable and as I get older I realise I'm not going to finish everything in the cupboard that I want to build anyway so why add bad kits to the pile when much better ones deserve to be built.

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kevincallahan

#88
May 10, 2012, 05:04:20 PM
That Hawker 1048 is just the sort of thing I'd love to build, but I've got too much previous experience of the "Russian Merlin". I have that MB Tankbuster too.
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NARSES2

#89
May 11, 2012, 07:45:07 AM
Whilst agreeing with everything said about the "quality" of Unicraft kits I'll repeat what I've oft said in the past - pick the kit up, do a bit, put it down and pick it up again a week latter and repeat until finished. Works for me.

Quote from: Martin H on May 10, 2012, 02:56:48 PM
But Im sure the poor quality resin and other issues will impact Unicraft negatively in the long run.

And yet strangely Martin he's been going for how many years ? Must be a lot of modelling masochists out there or perhaps it's just the subject matter ?
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