The standard of fit is pretty good, and particularly commendable areas are the wing roots, the front fuselage underside and the fit of the canopy. (The only other company I can think of which has similarly gone backwards is Revell: compare their 1/48 F-15E (2000) with the Tornado released 14 years later…)Īnyway, it’s not all bad news. 15 years later, this kit was a significant retrograde step, and judging by the FR.XIV I bought earlier this year, Airfix are still not back to where they were 23 years ago. In 1996, Airfix released two Seafire/Spitfire kits which were moulded to a standard comparable to the best anyone else was making. Oh, and as is usual with Airfix kits these days, a short shot part: the wheel hubs are not quite round) and there are huge panel lines, some (mainly the little circular panels under the wing) very poorly formed. Unfortunately the moulding quality is poor: sprue gates are very, very thick and encroach onto the parts themselves, there’s flash, shapes are poorly moulded (e.g. This Airfix Seafire fitted the bill perfectly.Īirfix does not hold back with offering lots of plastic: two wings to cater for folded/unfolded options, two canopies for open/closed, different undercarriage for retracted/unretracted, etc. Hobby Boss's 1/48 F4U-7 Corsair is available online from Ĭoming off the back of a fairly involved build, and facing the next challenge of making four 1/48 Hasegawa Skyhawks simultaneously, I needed a quick project to keep me motivated in between. 741 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, UK 1947
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