Hi Steve! 😀 Yes, they have some fun old kits -- all made in the USA. Their 1:40 Nike Missile (also a Revell re-box) is good, too... th-cam.com/video/-zdixJOGCns/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching!
Dear Steve, What a nice little kit! I must get a B25- I think a Dolittle variant would be a good one to do! Nice little piece about the dihedral change improving stability! Perhaps I could add that the Corsair employed a reverse dihedral, sometimes known as a "cranked wing" in order to shorten the oleo legs and thereby accommodate the 13ft 4" propeller which was the largest diameter fitted to a single engined aircraft at that point. Also a long undercarriage travel would have led to excessive bounce when "landing on" which could lead to the aircraft missing the arrestor cables. The other challenge would have been in stowing a very long oleo within the wing section when flying- the established design of course allows the main landing wheel to rotate through 90 degrees as the oleo folds back- an ingenious method of lowering potential drag and keeping the wing sections as thin as possible. Lovely review as usual with plenty to see- I particularly like that the instructions contain a picture of the completed kit- a good touch. Best regards, Z
Thanks, Zin! These kits aren't expensive, but they're fun and go together well. When buddy Scott's too busy, I'll be sure to address my aeronautical questions to you 😁. Thanks for watching... 👍
Hi Peter! Yes, well, that might have something to do with producing kits from 1950's molds... 😉. Airfix is starting to again, but it would be nice to see more of them -- and figures, too... Thanks for watching, and best to Mrs. O 😀🤗.
Two different USS Hornets mate, the Doolittle Raid was flown off CV-8, which was sunk at Midway in '42, the Apollo capsule was recovered by CV-12. (name in honour of CV-8
Right you are, and I posted a clarification in the description. Yorktown was the only US carrier lost at Midway, and I've now learned CV-8 was actually sunk well after that, on Oct. 26, 1942 at the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. Hit by Japanese bombers while her aircraft were deployed, she was eventually sunk by Japanese torpedoes. The Essex class CV-12 of Apollo fame was launched ten months later, decommissioned in 1947, reactivated for the Korean war and continued through in Viet Nam until June, 1970. Thanks for watching, and the correction! 😀
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Tuesday, 24 September, 2024) Thank you for your review. This kit is in a nonstandard scale for model kits, which can be a deterrence. From all I have seen of it, whilst its interior is overly simplified for today’s standards, it is appreciably better than I initially had expected, and one can build it to a serviceable replica of the original. If one has good skills for scratch-building, one can augment it with various details to create a quality reproduction. With the kit being in 1:64th-scale, it ought to fit in well with S-scale (colloquially, S gauge) model railroading displays, which also is in 1:64th-scale. This means that one could supplant the kit’s crew with better-molded figurines, as well as countless other bits and bobs that can facilitate fashioning a worthy facsimile in polystyrene. I would employ this kit in a forced-perspective ærial diorama (FoPÆD) of combat aircraft in various scales. Each model’s 1) propeller(s) would spin (this most likely would require metal replacements: I understand that the motor’s torque over time may warp or deform the polystyrene); 2) undercarriage retracted, the landing gear doors closed over their respective wheel wells; 3) separable flight control surfaces (ailerons, horizontal and vertical stabilisers, etc.) one can set in various ways corresponding to airborne manœuvres (banks and turns, dives and climbs, etc., to evade enemy fighters, or to engage ground targets, etc.), their corresponding cockpit fixtures similarly adjusted; 4) figurines accurately fashioned of resin, polystyrene, or similar material, kit-manufacturer, aftermarket, or 3D made, of a pilot/aviator set upon the seat, the crew at their stations (molded with positionable limbs and head to fit properly, so our doughty flyboy looks like he actually belongs there); 5) cowl flaps closed; and more . . . . At 12:59 in your video, you state that USS Hornet (CV-8) U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, decades after its service in the Second World War, had recovered several NASA astronauts from their re-entry and splashdown. No; in April 1942, the ship, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) (also a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier) escorting, bore LtCol. Jimmy Doolittle and his sixteen North American Aviation B-25B Mitchell USAAF medium bombers en route to Tokyo. Later that October, in another battle, an invasion fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy had inflicted so much damage upon the vessel that, after barely a year in service, our Navy had to scuttle it. The second USS Hornet (CV-12) was an Essex-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier (a larger, sturdier vessel) built during the war. It finished out the war with distinction, continu[ing] to serve the Navy until 1970 (source: “the space review”). Coincidentally, USS Yorktown [CV-5] U.S. Navy aircraft carrier had a rather similar fate: in the Battle of Midway (June 1942), it also had sustained crippling damage from Imperial Japanese Navy forces, requiring the same grim end. The second USS Yorktown (CV-10) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers the Navy had built during World War Two (source: Wikipedia “USS Yorktown [CV-10]”).
@@DavidRLentz-b7i Thanks for the info 😀. Yes, I believe it was the Essex class Hornet that recovered Apollo 11 -- a last hurrah as it were. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Yes, it's rainy days here, so I might bang it together this weekend. The Nike missile kit was lots of fun, and built up nicely. Since the Turdo-fascists banned Tamiya spray paints in Canada yesterday, effective immediately, I rushed out to the hobby shop and picked up a couple of new (old) kits along with what paints I could. Reviews coming soon. Thanks for watching, and subscribing! 😀
A 1/24 car doesn't go on it any way. It might if the swing arms were adjustable, but they aren't. See comment in the description. Thanks for watching! 😀
Can't say heard of Atlantis ,heard of Revell 👍👍.Looks nice kit . Ruler was good 👍 got some strawberries in our garden.
Hi Steve! 😀 Yes, they have some fun old kits -- all made in the USA. Their 1:40 Nike Missile (also a Revell re-box) is good, too... th-cam.com/video/-zdixJOGCns/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching!
I had this one as a kid in the 60s, it was a revell kit . Fun kit at the time.
Yes, Atlantis does a number of old Revell kit re-boxes. They're not very sophisticated, but fun and build up pretty well. Thanks for watching! 😀
Great Review Steve👍👍
Hi Anj! Hope you're well! Thanks for watching! 😀
Dear Steve,
What a nice little kit! I must get a B25- I think a Dolittle variant would be a good one to do!
Nice little piece about the dihedral change improving stability!
Perhaps I could add that the Corsair employed a reverse dihedral, sometimes known as a "cranked wing" in order to shorten the oleo legs and thereby accommodate the 13ft 4" propeller which was the largest diameter fitted to a single engined aircraft at that point.
Also a long undercarriage travel would have led to excessive bounce when "landing on" which could lead to the aircraft missing the arrestor cables. The other challenge would have been in stowing a very long oleo within the wing section when flying- the established design of course allows the main landing wheel to rotate through 90 degrees as the oleo folds back- an ingenious method of lowering potential drag and keeping the wing sections as thin as possible.
Lovely review as usual with plenty to see- I particularly like that the instructions contain a picture of the completed kit- a good touch.
Best regards,
Z
Thanks, Zin! These kits aren't expensive, but they're fun and go together well. When buddy Scott's too busy, I'll be sure to address my aeronautical questions to you 😁. Thanks for watching... 👍
Another great model to build. ❤
Atlantis also released the B 24 and B 26 to go with this kit. All 3 are different scales.
Yes, and the B-29 is 1:120. But they're fun little kits. Thanks for watching! 😀
Nice!
Thanks for watching, Betty! Glad to see the goldies are now all tucked in for winter 😀. See you!
Love the stand! Like a scaled-up Matchbox stand: Why don't manufacturers today (apart from Tamiya) offer that? 🤔
Hi Peter! Yes, well, that might have something to do with producing kits from 1950's molds... 😉. Airfix is starting to again, but it would be nice to see more of them -- and figures, too... Thanks for watching, and best to Mrs. O 😀🤗.
Goes back to 1954 when first issued.
A truly 'vintage' kit... Thanks for watching! 😀.
Two different USS Hornets mate, the Doolittle Raid was flown off CV-8, which was sunk at Midway in '42, the Apollo capsule was recovered by CV-12. (name in honour of CV-8
Right you are, and I posted a clarification in the description. Yorktown was the only US carrier lost at Midway, and I've now learned CV-8 was actually sunk well after that, on Oct. 26, 1942 at the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. Hit by Japanese bombers while her aircraft were deployed, she was eventually sunk by Japanese torpedoes. The Essex class CV-12 of Apollo fame was launched ten months later, decommissioned in 1947, reactivated for the Korean war and continued through in Viet Nam until June, 1970. Thanks for watching, and the correction! 😀
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Tuesday, 24 September, 2024)
Thank you for your review.
This kit is in a nonstandard scale for model kits, which can be a deterrence. From all I have seen of it, whilst its interior is overly simplified for today’s standards, it is appreciably better than I initially had expected, and one can build it to a serviceable replica of the original. If one has good skills for scratch-building, one can augment it with various details to create a quality reproduction. With the kit being in 1:64th-scale, it ought to fit in well with S-scale (colloquially, S gauge) model railroading displays, which also is in 1:64th-scale. This means that one could supplant the kit’s crew with better-molded figurines, as well as countless other bits and bobs that can facilitate fashioning a worthy facsimile in polystyrene.
I would employ this kit in a forced-perspective ærial diorama (FoPÆD) of combat aircraft in various scales. Each model’s 1) propeller(s) would spin (this most likely would require metal replacements: I understand that the motor’s torque over time may warp or deform the polystyrene); 2) undercarriage retracted, the landing gear doors closed over their respective wheel wells; 3) separable flight control surfaces (ailerons, horizontal and vertical stabilisers, etc.) one can set in various ways corresponding to airborne manœuvres (banks and turns, dives and climbs, etc., to evade enemy fighters, or to engage ground targets, etc.), their corresponding cockpit fixtures similarly adjusted; 4) figurines accurately fashioned of resin, polystyrene, or similar material, kit-manufacturer, aftermarket, or 3D made, of a pilot/aviator set upon the seat, the crew at their stations (molded with positionable limbs and head to fit properly, so our doughty flyboy looks like he actually belongs there); 5) cowl flaps closed; and more . . . .
At 12:59 in your video, you state that USS Hornet (CV-8) U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier, decades after its service in the Second World War, had recovered several NASA astronauts from their re-entry and splashdown. No; in April 1942, the ship, the USS Enterprise (CV-6) (also a U.S. Navy Yorktown-class aircraft carrier) escorting, bore LtCol. Jimmy Doolittle and his sixteen North American Aviation B-25B Mitchell USAAF medium bombers en route to Tokyo. Later that October, in another battle, an invasion fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy had inflicted so much damage upon the vessel that, after barely a year in service, our Navy had to scuttle it.
The second USS Hornet (CV-12) was an Essex-class U.S. Navy aircraft carrier (a larger, sturdier vessel) built during the war. It finished out the war with distinction, continu[ing] to serve the Navy until 1970 (source: “the space review”).
Coincidentally, USS Yorktown [CV-5] U.S. Navy aircraft carrier had a rather similar fate: in the Battle of Midway (June 1942), it also had sustained crippling damage from Imperial Japanese Navy forces, requiring the same grim end. The second USS Yorktown (CV-10) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers the Navy had built during World War Two (source: Wikipedia “USS Yorktown [CV-10]”).
@@DavidRLentz-b7i Thanks for the info 😀. Yes, I believe it was the Essex class Hornet that recovered Apollo 11 -- a last hurrah as it were. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Just built this kit. Go check it out. Got ya subbed.
Yes, it's rainy days here, so I might bang it together this weekend. The Nike missile kit was lots of fun, and built up nicely. Since the Turdo-fascists banned Tamiya spray paints in Canada yesterday, effective immediately, I rushed out to the hobby shop and picked up a couple of new (old) kits along with what paints I could. Reviews coming soon. Thanks for watching, and subscribing! 😀
the car doesn't go on the lift like that
A 1/24 car doesn't go on it any way. It might if the swing arms were adjustable, but they aren't. See comment in the description. Thanks for watching! 😀
Lousey show, dont advertise one item and show others.
I can only free so many from the prison of one thought -- I guess you'll have to wait... But, thanks for watching 😐.