Ooh no, I don't think so!

kitbasher · June 05, 2023, 04:22:18 AM

Seen in a hobby shop at the weekend, manufactured by an outfit called 4D Model and selling for around £7. And no, I didn't. Not even out of curiosity.
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perttime · June 05, 2023, 04:34:41 AM

it COULD be interesting to see what is actually in the boxes. Maybe.

Gondor · June 05, 2023, 05:05:26 AM

Going by Scalemates, it's actually a Spitfire. And going by the picture on the page for the produce, you saved yourself some money to spend on something else.

Gondor

zenrat · June 05, 2023, 05:09:59 AM

If i'm thinking of the same company 4D model are a Chinese outfit who specialise in knocking off other people's moulds.
I'm pretty sure a number of my Eggplanes were (badly) made by them from Hasegawa originals. They were pre"painted" and decorated (badly) and one of them was shortshot with a lot of the nose missing (very obviously - so no QC was done).

Dizzyfugu · June 05, 2023, 05:13:59 AM

I have seen 1:72 tank models from 4D. and these looked HORRIBLE - with the same ugly 1-piece running gear used on several models (which do not use that type of torsion bar suspension at all). Maybe things evolved since then, but I would not have high hopes.

kerick · June 05, 2023, 11:30:19 AM

If they can't get the label on the box right I just try to imagine the mess inside.

Gondor · June 05, 2023, 01:14:46 PM

As some people cant follow links, below is the picture from the Scalemates web page on the kit.

This is one of the worse kits I have ever need, Lee will probably be able to make a very long list of problems with it.

Probably easier to say that it bares a very slight passing resemblance to a Spitfire.

Gondor

kerick · June 05, 2023, 10:50:24 PM

That is a hot mess!
The fuselage looks like a P-40

perttime · June 05, 2023, 11:49:31 PM

"Sortafire"?

scooter · June 06, 2023, 04:01:03 AM

Quote from: Gondor on June 05, 2023, 01:14:46 PM

Quote from: kerick on June 05, 2023, 10:50:24 PMThat is a hot mess!
The fuselage looks like a P-40

Quote from: perttime on June 05, 2023, 11:49:31 PM"Sortafire"?

"Spit-hawk"?
"Toma-fire"?
"Kitty-fire"?

zenrat · June 06, 2023, 04:25:15 AM

Spittyhawk.

kitbasher · June 06, 2023, 04:45:08 AM

Quote from: perttime on June 05, 2023, 11:49:31 PM"Sortafire"?

'Chuckitonthefire', more like!

NARSES2 · June 06, 2023, 05:45:14 AM

Quote from: kitbasher on June 06, 2023, 04:45:08 AM
Quote from: perttime on June 05, 2023, 11:49:31 PM"Sortafire"?

'Chuckitonthefire', more like!

And you probably poison everybody with the fumes the burning plastic gives off

perttime · June 06, 2023, 05:52:57 AM

What if they actually built some like that?

Old Wombat · June 06, 2023, 06:43:53 AM

Gentlemen! Please!

Why are you all going off like a bunch of JMN rivet-counters?

It's a Whif-in-a-Box! What more could you ask for?