What do you guys think of Trumpeter, Hobbyboss and I Love Kit? Did you know they were all the same parent company, and does it change your views on them?
I've built some of the Trumpeter armor in 1/35. Fit was good. Instructions and decals were okay. I have the other brands in my stash and they look good in the box. The packaging for some of the more complex kits is quite nice and the parts seem well protected.
Nothing much. I like Trumpeter and Hobby Boss since they released some 1/35 JGSDF machines that aren't released by Japanese manufacturers. Love their 1/72 F-14A Wolfpack version. Too bad Hobby Boss didn't released a 1/72 version of the YF-23, but they released a 1/48 version. Hopefully these 3 release model kits of bigger planes like ASW, AWACs, and transport aircraft in 1/72 scale
I cannot comment on the quality of the products, all I can say is that when I'm making purchasing decisions, I prefer choosing something that is made in a country that isn't threatening to attack my homeland. Sure sometimes the product might legitimately be better, but I'm not paying that tax.
Agreed. I avoid buying Chinese whenever possible, which is much easier with hobbies than it is with everyday necessities, where they've wormed their way into the production streams worldwide and are nearly invisible unless you constantly check everything you buy.
Thank you, that was very interesting. Scale modelling has been my hobby for more than 50 years. I would never have thought how well our hobby would develop! We are now living in golden times (as far as plastic models are concerned).
@@mathewkwan8181 For model kits, shopping in person is pretty dead. Just buy from Taobao. Guangzhou and Shanghai still some great shops for kits. And obviously Hong Kong. But for other places online shopping is the thing.
I love a LOT of the kits Trumpeter and Hobbyboss have...and here in Norway they are at a nice price also..but Takom gave them a BIG challenge in price and detail...but I will buy a lot of kits from Trumpeter and Hobbyboss in the future. Most of all I am so so happy for the high standard the plastic kits have become..and the big range of kits out there.
I've only built some of the 1/72 pre painted Squadron models which are just unassembled MRC Easy Model (HobbyBoss) kits. Easy to assemble and detailed enough for me. Lead me to collect a slew of MRC Easy Model aircraft to display in my hobby room.
I’ve built a lot of Trumpeter 1/350 battleship kits in addition to my Tamiya collection. I have spent twenty years fuming because neither company has produced a 1/350 version of the battleship HMS Vanguard.
I personally love the LAVIII and the Leopard 2A6 CAN and the Leopard C1A1, I also really like the Canadian AGVP Husky and Cougar kits. I have a few aircraft and a few ships and I have been happy with each one. Glad I found this video.
Excellent recap on ZY, mate. A small caveat. Only things released will be the ones actually hitting the shelves. It's been a classic move from Trumpeter and the likes to announce something and never release it. One day, the whole story will be told about the PRC's scale modeling companies and holdings. It's crazier than anyone would think. My first Trumpeter kit was the KV-2 in 1/35th scale, years ago. An absolute blast of a build for someone who seldom builds ground targets. Very, very enjoyable. Cheers.
Completely agree, though the level of vitriol levelled at them for "non-release" or delays is rather OTT in my view given the scale of their releases overall.
Thanks for the overview, mate. Please let us know what you choose, and in the proper time, how your assembly proceeds. As for that early 1940s dive bomber (Devastator?) in several scales, one might consider a forced perspective aerial diorama of several in formation.
Thank you for sharing about the video,i like you model-kit talk show! i knew their are related brand,although some are bad accuray,but there are a lot good stuff and excellent kits,i built a lot of kits from trumpeter,they are my teenage memory.CHEER!
I'm assuming they are waiting for orders before committing to tooling, whereas it seems a lot of retailers like to see production kits before they commit to orders. This is actually characteristic of a lot of Chinese companies - the production catalogue contains a lot of items never released because orders didn't come.
I see what you mean about some the square shaped models. I think the skill in building boxes is in the painting and weathering to make it interesting. I rarely do armour myself though so what do others think? I do like Trumpeter kits, never had a bad one so I must look more closely at the other companies. All the best , Ian
I like building armour (though I feel more of an aircraft modeller!) and I agree, the weathering is the real pleasure in them. HobbyBoss armour is very good from my experience, though I must say I've never yet seen an "I Love Kit" model in the wild!
@@MannsModelMoments Armour and vehicles are a nice wee side project. I’ve actually recently been taking Matchbox, Majorette and even Oxford vehicles and stripping them down and rebuilding them with extra details, appropriate colours and markings for the RAF Germany dioramas I’m building. Nice little projects, eg, I ve used a Majorette set to make a Rapid, Runway Repair Royal Engineer section repairing a bomb damaged part of a runway. All the best, Ian
Trumpeter turned out some lemons. Haven't bought any Hobby Boss but I picked up 3 WWI aircraft, they look pretty good. Trumpeter's duds were their F4F Wildcat, and the P-40 blows. Even after the world complained, they still haven't fixed the super shallow cockpit or the bizarre prop angle. The tailplane and elevators are also badly off. Their tanks are pretty good, I love their KV-1s. I'd also love to see them do a WWII Soviet river boat, with the T-34 turret(s) in 35th.
I'm sure it has to do with the relative access to actual aircraft - our access to ex-Soviet/Russian and Chinese subjects is poor, theirs is first hand, whereas the reverse is mostly true for "Western" aircraft. That means research is more limited, and mistakes easier to make. Still, having a global community of modellers allows us to avoid the sh*t and grab the gold! :-D
@@MannsModelMoments This is true. But still, a mining of the internet provides more than enough on both of those to make sure the mistakes they made wouldn't have. Unlike them, we don't block access to google and a quick search will bring up articles, drawings and photos. While getting measurements off of a photo is a good trick, just looking at it would tell you that the silhouette is off or that the cockpit floor is the top surface of the wing or the tail planes are wrong. Maybe the access wasn't as good back then but when your purchasers complain, try to make an attempt to fix it. They did with the Wildcat, but the P-40 is still a mess.
Yes, I find China quite fascinating as a country/regime - on the one hand individual Chinese nationals I've met seem rational and relatively well travelled (of course, because they are not the poorest in the vast farming lands away from the cities), which seems at stark contrast to the control the regime tries to exercise over its people. It seems a very Ying-Yang discrepancy.
Thanks for the overview . All three brands are good. I have a lot of Trumpeter Armor. I get 1/16 is popular with many but I have only one and I'm not looking forward to owning more. But I would like to see a 1/24 STZ T 34... or a US T3 or other early tank. . I think it could be a good scale for some armor modelers. LOL... I wonder how much of a percentage of new kits actually get built.? LOL. I remember the old US Aurora company would always advertise kits it never made. The funny thing was the company would always deny it did that while you were holding the advertisement in your hands..
The gunship version of the Huey UH-1b at 8:25 is NOT a UH-1B, it is a UH-1D and it incorrect, it has wire cutter modifications that were fitted to Huey's between 1981-1984.
Thanks for the heasd up on these! The 1/200 scale Arleigh Burke class DDG is a welcome addition, as are the Fletcher class destroyers if they come to fruition. A quick point - the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were battleships (schlachtschiffe) according to the Germans, and the US Navy. The British referred to them (erroneously) as Battlecruisers. Pocket Battleships were the British designation for the Panzerschiff (literally armored ships) of the Deutschland Class (Deutschland, later renamed Lutzow, Admiral Scheer, and the Admiral Graf Spee). They were built to the limitations the Germans followed (mostly) to replace older pre-WWI battleships. The hope is the limited displacement would result in a coastal defense ship, but instead produced a long range, moderately armored large cruiser type well suited for raiding. Probably more than you want to know about the subject 🙂
You're quite right about the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau not being Pocket battleships, I was thinking of the Graf Spee (too much research for the old brain to contain!). please do keep correcting me when I have "senior" moments! In terms of the "erroneous" designation of the British, however, I'll agree to disagree. The terms Battleship and battlecruiser are both historical and vague, and designations tended to be depending on the individual country's definitions. Battlecruisers were originally fast, hard hitting ships that sacrificed some armour for speed, but looking at displacements, armaments and speeds through WWII vessels is a real mess, and it's only with a historical eye we can look back and criticise designations in this way. The rapid evolution of technology from the pre-dreadnought era to the dominance of aircraft carriers made a mockery of formal designations. For example, the British Battlecruiser HMS Hood (also termed a Battleship!) had a displacement of almost 47,000 tons, carried 15 inch guns, 12 inch armour belt and could make 32 knots. The Battleship Bismark was almost 50,000 tons, carried 15 inch guns had a 12 inch armour belt and 30 knots. Gneisenau has much lighter at 38,000 tons, 11 inch guns (which were intended to be replaced with 15 inch guns), 13 inch armour and made 31 knots. I think the relative evolution of ships, aircraft and AFVs during WWII is fascinating, and very happy to discuss! Thanks again for the comment! :-)
@@MannsModelMoments I always figure the folks who pay for them can call them what they want LOL. I've seen copies of the original drawings of the Scharnhorst (I'm building a 1/96 scale Gneisenau) and they are marked "Schlachtschiff", not "Schlachtkreuzer". The US Navy agreed, and in ONI-204 (the fleet recognition manual for German ships) , they are designated BB-1 and BB-2, with Bismarck BB-3. Ostensibly, they were "Treaty" Battleships, built to the limit of 35,000 tons, much like Allied classes like the King George V and North Carolina, with similar armor and slightly higher speed. The US Navy never had battlecruisers, (two were laid down and designated CC-1 and 2, but they were converted into the Lexington and Saratoga) but they did have a class of large cruisers (CB), the Alaska class. They had 12" guns, but much lighter maximum armor (9")
@Mann's Model Moments Hitler had wanted the much heavier gun at the beginning but while the 11 inch turret was available, 15 inch turrets would have to be developed. That would have taken considerable development time. So the plan was to go with nine 11 inch guns in triple turrets and then re-gun the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau with 15 in guns in twin turrets in the future. I imagine that the ship magazines would then have been able to carry more projectiles though I'm not sure as the 15 inch shell was considerably larger. They would have been formidable ships.
@@bahoonies They were formidable ships even with the 11" guns, which were very accurate. In fact, Scharnhorst is tied with Warspite for the longest gun hit in history, putting a shell into the hanger of HMS Glorious at 15 miles. The Gneisenau put one into the bridge of the carrier a few minutes later at similar range.
@@Warshipmodelsunderway Indeed they were formidable as built once they had been given clipper bows to solve the serious sea keeping problem. I was just imagining their capabilities as 15" gun fast battleships. Did you know that one of the 11" turrets off Gneisenau was installed in Austrått Fort in Norway? It is a museum today. Another of her turrets was placed at Fjell Fortress on Sotra Island in Norway. Sadly that turret and guns were scrapped in 1968.
Merit is also one of their brands. As a 1:350 ship builder i am happy with their products showing many ships not available elsewhere for a fair price. But they have their issues, especially with fidelity. Even ships conserved as a museum are reproduced mostly inaccurate.
don't bother me on who makes the kits as long as they are of good quality for the amount of cost.as for as 1/48 bombers like the b-24j,built a many of them when old monogram brought them out back in the 70's-80's.they are a definite ceiling hangers.the b-29 alone will take a 1\4 space of a 15x20 room hanging from the ceiling.
I agree - it's about value rather than pure cost or reputation for me. As for ceiling hangers, not sure my partner would approve...otherwise she'll start displaying Michael Kors handbags all over the house!
I’m waiting for the trumpeter 1/35 ACH-47 I’ll be surprised if it gets released. I wish there was someone to contact, I was hoping they would do an MH-47 too.
Generally if a model isn't in the catalogue, it means it's not in current production, so the only way to buy it would be from a retail outlet that has prior stock, ebay etc
Great Video! One thing that i think worth to mentino is that , the accuracy of the trumpeter kit is really depends on who designed it, not the subject and era, at least according to my experiences. There is definitly aa AB two team system within trumpeter like the rumor states. trumpeter's soviet and chinese subjecst no matter the designed era has some this and that issues similar to EU and US subjects. eg. the turret of trumpter's zbd-04 is a straight up coptypaste of their their bmp-3 kit(edit: After I took another look, it's actually even smaller comapred to the bmp-3. Big mistake trumpeter:( ), which is too small compared to the real deal. Their T-80 kits, the track is inaccruate(but they get it correct on their workable track product which sold seperatly), the suspension has some accuracy issue and their T-80U kits big shape is correct but small parts are a mess. The IR light is way too small(8.5mm compared to 1cm least) and they used the rubber plate from T80b kit, which is inaccurate and makes the kit looks toyish(however easy to fix if you have RPG T-80U kit spare part in hand). Their new released T-72 ural's turret is straight up mess(with a high price also!). Even worse compared to the offering by amusing hobby, who has history of inaccuracy when coming to T-72 related subjects.
Interesting to hear - as I said, my experiences are limited with Trumpeter and Hobbyboss, and maybe I've just been lucky (or not that vigilant!) in those
@@MannsModelMoments I agree. HB and TR are generally good model brand to get a kit from and my first choice when I want to get a good kit that bang for its bucks. Most of the problems that I've pointed out won't be a problem for majority of the modeller anyway. Plus they are the manufacture with the largest available production line I believe. Which means you will probably stumbled on one of their kits anyway. Cheers！
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Monday, 19 August, 2024) Hello again, Mr. Mann. I trust that you and yours are well, and productive. Whilst I have heard of Trumpeter, Hobby Boss, and I ♥Kit, and that a huge manufacturing conglomerate had them under their ægis in some fashion; however, I had not recalled the name of that last. Exactly what are these three modelling brands? Do they each have a particular range? At round 8:27 of your video, you mention the Trumpeter 1:35th-scale kit of the Bell UH-1B Huey U.S. Army Utility Helicopter, and its rougher cousin, the Gunship variant (which they oddly erroneously gave the same designation). At 9:07, you dryly note your surprise for its size in that scale. Revell (USA? I am uncertain as its status) made several Huey kits, in 1:32nd-, 1:48th-, and 1:72nd- scales-which, were I to partake, I would combine to present in a forced-perspective ærial diorama (FPÆD) of a southeast Asian battlefield. The company also made a Huey kit in 1:25th-scale, which has my attention in the sense that I would convert one to a civilian municipal use, the helicopter repainted in white, with a wide, red band about the fuselage, and markings along both sides in white against the red that reads “FIRE RESCUE”. I would pose it airborne, hovering round forty metres above a fire brigade in the process of confronting a serious apartment block fire, centring round a tableau of AMT’s three large fire trucks (all in 1:25th-scale, of course): the Pumper; the AeroChief (this with a large, manned water cannon atop a telescoping boom), and the Ladder Truck, just then extending its main apparatus. I also would include AMT’s 1970 Chevrolet Impala Fire Chief car, a sheriff’s cruiser, adapted from AMT’s 1970 Ford Galaxie model kit, and assorted other municipal emergency response personnel and their vehicles. One possible source of the commotion would be the Model Craft kit of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver pontoon float plane, which had crashed into an upper storey at the near end of a brickwork residence. (Incidentally, this last is the only model of a conventional civilian aircraft in this scale that would be able to serve this purpose. In truth, I would rather find something appreciably more interesting. But what? Trumpeter and Airfix make aircraft kits in 1:24th-scale (I cannot recall any others, let alone those of sufficient quality). The British firm’s earlier offerings were too basic (as I have read some here in TH-cam politely phrase the issue) in the details and many sub-assemblies, as well as erroneous in their exterior shape. Some of the Chinese kit-maker’s first models had serious mistakes of key components (in one case, a fighter’s cockpit was too small). Since then have both begun the effort to improve their results. Even so, the very thought of such grand military vehicles as the North American Aviation P-51D Mustang USAAF air superiority fighter (I cannot bring myself even to mention any others!) meeting so forlornly empty a fate as a fierce collision, a fiery explosion, and swift destruction-well, I would find it just unthinkable! Even Airfix’s Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat USN carrier-based fighter I could not squander all its excellent details through smashing it into a building! (Were it a dramatisation of a terrible crash and burn upon the aft deck of one of the new Essex-class aircraft carriers during the heat of battle, as heart-stoppingly tragic as that horrific tableau would be, would be different, for too often is such the fate of war, a story one can tell without words though the distinctive blend of artistry and history that is the diorama.)
Had to look both of those up to know what they were! I'm sure at some point they're likely too, they do seem to be pretty good on obscure Russian/Soviet armour
'RMS Titanic' All the Steam Ship companies, eg White Star, Cunard etc, which had a British Post Office contract and were premier passenger liners, where styled as 'Royal Mail Ship' they also were fast ie 'Blue Riband' class to show speed! The Chinese have simply misunderstood the designations of 'mail ship' in this context.
The RMS ship in their picture is not Titanic, but her sister Britanic, Titanic never got to the dazzle camouflage stage. Her other sister Olympic was, I believe, a hospital ship, so would have been painted white. Informative video, thank you.
@@davidpowell6098 Olympic was a troop transport ship so she also got the dazzle camouflage. As well as the distinct honor of sinking U-103 by trying to ram it and striking it with her propellers (cutting open the pressure hull) after sighting the uboat.
@@davidpowell6098 Not quite right! The RMS Olympic was the first White Star ship in the Olympic class 1911. She became an armed troop transport during WW1 and even sank a U Boat. She was the only sister to survive the war and received the dazzle paint job during war service. She went on as a very successful passenger ship after the war and was finally broken up in 1935 after receiving many refits and improvements including being converted to an oil burner. The HMHS Britannic, the other sister was more similar to the Titanic and was requisitioned before entering passenger service to become the hospital ship that was painted white with the recognised hospital green stripe paint trim. She was running empty near Greece when in theory (possibly torpedoed according to some) apparently she hit a mine and sank. The wreck is still there today mainly intact in shallow waters. 👍
@@johnnyhollis9977 : A German submarine had laid mines in the area, and that is probably what sunk her, a mine. Even though she had improved water tight bulkheads, unluckily the doors were open in the morning for breakfast if I remember correctly.
I’ve heard rumors of a 1/48 U-2/TR-1 from them. Also a way to differentiate an F-35C from an A or B is that the wings are wider, not the stubby wings that give the others the nickname “battle penguin”.
Yeah, poor old "Fat Amy"! My comment in the video was specifically to the 1/350 & 1/700th scale aircraft though - would you be able to tell without them side-by-side??
@@MannsModelMoments I’m not sure I could tell the differences of the scales at a glance, but at a glance I could tell differences of B vs C based on ratio of wingspan to fuselage, assuming model company got it right.
If that's huge, then what about the Liberator in 32nd scale? Because HobbyBoss has one in that scale. (Length: 67,6 cm/26.6 inch Wingspan: 105 cm/41.3 inch). I knew Trumpeter and HobbyBoss were from the same company, I Love Kit however was unknown to me as brand itself.
I like the big chonky 1/16 and ~IF~ they ever release the SdKfz 251s of any type, it will be a godsend.. my other armor is lonely without support troops.
Re the USS Michael Murphy. The real ship is 160m L x 20m W x 10m Draught. At 1:200 scale that's 800mm L x 100mm W x 50mm Draught. However the 50mm is the draught, not the keel to top of the mast height. That's probably 100mm or more. Allowing say 10mm each side and top to bottom - if there's a shelf above it - and each end - that needs 820mm x 110mm x 120mm.
@@MannsModelMoments indeed! we've been on it several times. Though last year it almost sank because they were doing less than the bare minimum to maintain it
Dirty trick: Announce a model you are thinking of manufacturing but don't tell anyone how serious you are. That will discourage anyone else from trying to manufacture a kit of that subject.
There is nothing on their parent company page, everything is handled by their brands; www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?l=en www.hobbyboss.com/index.php?l=en www.ilovekit.com/index.php?l=en
@@MannsModelMoments Going to get a Classic Airframes Whirlwind in 48th and if that is any better. It is one of my favourite I have trouble recalling how many Airfix 72nd Whirlwind I've built over 45+ years 👍
Those Hobbyboss Chineese APCs are used in quite a few places. The Type 63 is quite old at this point ,but there are many variants , including an Ambulance and a FAC vehicle. Besides China ,Vietnam , Pakistan ,Sri Lanka, North Korea ,they also made their way all the way to Albania . Some states in Africa have them as well. I saw one in Zimbabwe covered in posters with loudspeakers ( turned way up) ,"encouraging " the people to vote for Mugabe.
I can see why they used the names Trumpeter etc as they seem to roll off the tongue a lot easier than the name of the parent company you used in the opening to the video and I don't know where to begin spelling it
Trumpeter, HB and any other Asian kit manufacturers are just a Russian rulet runners in terms of shape accuracy and detail (I'm not speaking about Hasegawa, Tamiya, Zoukey Mura and GWH). Good accurate kit probability in their lines is about 50% of good/shit ratio.
Yeah... not gonna do it. Not only that, but the overall quality of the sprue is terrible, like they inject it then remove it to quickly... the parts aren't bent or smashed, they finished cooling and warped or something...🤔
Thanks for the info, but I think you forget that just building a mode with good detail and accuracy is all for naught, if the fit and the design of the parts for assembly is questionable not to mention the instructions. But given all that you can't beat the price of Hobbyboss and Trumpeter kits.
As I mentioned, I've not found that issue with Trumpeter and HobbyBoss kits myself - fit has always been at least good (certainly no worse than other manufacturers) and I've had no issues with instructions. Of course, my personal sample size is small, so I can only give my own anecdotal evidence here.
I don't believe so - GWH are part of the Lionroar company based in Shanghai, over 1500km away. Mini Hobby Models also does reboxes and older kits from Trumpeter and other companies, so I believe either a recaster or licensed 3rd-party.
Bought the hobby boss 1/16 tiger 1kit opened it and there were no instructions! tried contacting the company but no reply. Not saying the quality of their kits isn't good but customer service is not
Mainly interested in the 1/48 WW2 aircraft, will be interesting to see how the Hurricane compares to the Airfix kit,i just wish the Hobbyboss version was an early mk.1.
It's based on the 1/24th Trumpeter, or the same CAD work. Good news as they got someone who knew the subject, as the basic shapes are excellent. One of the best shaped Hurricane models. Better than the Airfix kit which has some annoying and hard to correct errors. One thing I don't like is the recessed rivets. And the decals are worthless accuracy wise, and one of the colour schemes is laughably wrong. Define "early Hurricane" ... the problem with the Mk.I Hurricane it is far more complex in detail that is usually understood, it's not just fabric vs metal wing... for example, in summer 1940, hawker made 85 Hurricanes with fabric wings, that are otherwise standard mid to late Mk.I's, there are 5 possible propeller/spinner combinations etc etc, the only reference that gets most of this is the Wingleader Photo Archive. Arma Hobby might do this, Eduard have said they will do the entire family, and they would likely get it right in detail.
@@MannsModelMoments See my comment above, the decals with the kits will be worthless, as they have no idea about RAF colour schemes. Hopefully aftermarket will copy some of the markings offered in the Arma Hobby IID kit, which actually has new, carefully researched, schemes offered.
@@markbelsom3174 Absolutely. I want to do some of the BoB mid production fabric wing options myself. The only fabric wing in 1/48th is the now long gone Classic Airframes, and that was 'inspired' by the Hasegawa kit. But the Hobby Boss kits are based on the 1/24th Trumpter, and these are the same, Mk.I , Mk.IIC, IIC trop and IID. I suspect it won't be until Eduard do the family you'll see one again, but I correspond with Arma and will suggest it too them, though they are doing a IIC this year, and if they set up the sprues, and IIB would be easy, and that covers a lot of options, and it's pretty easy to make a IIA, IID and IV from those as well.
I think that's a fair comment - we have easy access to WWII/post war subjects from many countries (including Migs and Sukhois), whereas Chinese access to the same is probably more limited and working from remote sources is more risky. Airfix, for example, 3D scan aircraft from museums
Very interesting and informative. Thank you for putting in so much effort for us! But I have to point out two little mistakes I hear you repeatedly say: Firstly, please don't say "Sidkawits" - the abbreviation "Sd. Kfz." stands for "Sonderkraftfahrzeug" (special motor vehicle) and is spelled out. And secondly, "Ausf." is also an abbreviation, which means "version", "variant", or "type". But this time it is neither spelled out nor is it pronounced "Ausf" - just like the British "Mk." is not "mmkh" but "Mark". So future usage should be: Sd,Kfz. = EssDeeKayEffZed Ausf. = Ausführung (or simply "type") Apart from those two all your other German pronunciations were almost spot on!!!
Thank you! You may be _ technically_ correct (the best kind of correct, by the way!), but unfortunately I'm and old dog who has said them this way all his life (I blame my dad!). I know of many others who do the same....not that it makes it right, but I can be wrong in company! I can try to change, but I'll probably slide into bad habits in the future...try to close your ears when it happens! :-D
@@MannsModelMoments LOL, I'm an old dog too, but you know what they say "old dogs CAN learn new tricks". I get where you're coming from, it sometimes is very hard to change ingrained habits, I can definitely relate to that! And I'm very thankful that you took my comment as what it was meant to be - a constructive criticism, and not wise-assery 😎 Quick unrelated question: when will you be building stuff again?
As an aside, I originally did this as a kid because I had no idea it was a short-form, same for Pzkpfw! The thing is, "Panzerkampfwagen" is a lot easier to say! As for building, the fourth part of the Spitfire series is out on Wednesday as a Premier - hope you can make it 😀
Always difficult to tell how closely the operations work together without being directly involved, especially in China where external clarity is not really there. To me I don't really mind if they are three companies working under one parent or one company making kits in the same place with the same team under different brands, as long as what they're making is good!
@@MannsModelMoments I agree 100%, I just think people need to do their research before making claims of some companies not being under the same umbrella, if you know what I mean?, anyway I love your video's, very informative, keep up the good work.
1/72 S-3B? At least there's something that builders can choose to instead of buying Hasegawa's 1/72 S-3A, then builders must buy conversion parts to S-3B
@@MannsModelMoments Yeah, and it's high time for some new tooling of several old kits from other manufacturers 1. 1/72 F7U Cutlass 2. 1/72 F11F Tiger 3. 1/72 P-3C 4. 1/72 Shinden Kai 5. 1/72 YF-23 Especially the 1st 3 (Cutlass, Tiger and Orion). I think it's been years since some of those are released but no rerelease had been done for years...?
I really wish the YF-23 had won the competition against the YF-22. I know the Raptor is an unparalleled aircraft, but the YF-23 was just such a cool and futuristic design. Can you imagine squadrons of them patrolling the US skies and shooting down balloons? 😂
I have a hard time spending my money on Trumpeter/HobbyBoss. They're a mixed bag. What they do have going for them, is their selection, especially in 1/32...but I rarely do any in that scale...so that's a mute point. Those I have done, have clunky to flat out wrong cockpit details. Aftermarket fixes that at the expense of more money...or scratchbuilding at the expense of time. They have all had some accuracy issues, mainly in shape. Ya, the kit looks like the aircraft it represents, but there's always something "off". I don't hate em...but for the price, I'll go elsewhere!
@@lesliestephenson1298 No, you're talking about the difference between the B and the C, I said I wasn't sure what the Noticeable difference between them would be at 1/700th scale. As for the Prince Charles/Prince of Wales, your comment focussed on a 2 second piece of a 30 minute video....so congratulations on winning the pedant award.
I think you mean Revell (a 1967 tool that has been released many times) - or do you mean the 1/24th scale Monogram from 1969? Monogram have never done a 1:32nd scale Huey - only 1:24th, 1/48th and 1/72nd.
Not correct! The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were real battleships! As "Pocket Battleships" were called Admiral Scheer, Admiral Graf Spee and Deutschland, later remamed as Lützow!
When watching this video it took a while to get used to your pronunciation of Sd.Kfz. You seem to try to pronounce that as one word, but it is an abbreviation so it would be S D K F Z (all single letters). It stands for Sonderkraftfahrzeug which translates to Special (Sonder Sd.) Motorized Vehicle (Kraftfahrzeug Kfz). It is part of the German Army catalogue numbering in WWII. You'll also find the Kfz. designation on its own, for trucks and cars.
I know but I'm not a native German speaker and it's a real mouthful for a native English speaker to keep saying. I imagine the Romans would have trouble with us using "etc" (or even our pronunciation of et cetera) too. At the end of the day, we all know what we're talking about, I apologise in advance for my pronunciation of most non-English words, and you get to laugh at how I say it. No harm, no foul, I'd say....
That's an important point - one would hope your local supplier could help...unless you purchased from the internet, which is one drawback of doing so....
Was pretty disappointed with the Hobby Boss Land Rovers. The hardtop 110 (which it wasn't; it was a Wolf version, not sure they know the difference) was ok. The WMIK/RSOV versions were full inaccuracies, the most noticeable was the roll cages being too tall. The Trumpeter 5112 Huey Gunship is not a -1B variant, as illustrated. The illustration is a UH-1D/H -- with weapons systems it didn't use in Vietnam, antennas and cable cutters that were post war additions and markings that are an inaccurate hodgepodge of various aircraft. Who does the research for these kits? It's not like it's hard to find accurate information and illustrations with a minimum of effort. It's like someone looks at a few pictures without researching the various differences in each version of the actual vehicle/aircraft. I've wanted a Vietnam -era Huey slick for a very long time; so will this be a slick or gunship?? Is it going to be a Vietnam or post war version -- or an inaccurate amalgamation of both? We'll see....
There are rumors that one of the trumpeter's chief kit designer is a relative of company's owner. Hence he can do whatever he want with the kit that he is responsible for. Other designers are pretty legit. Hence the total inaccuracy of some of kit contrary to some other kits near perfect accuracy.
Oh now that's a very juicy piece of gossip! It wouldn't surprise me (nepotism happens all over the world, after all) and it's always a shame as it detracts from any company and erodes it's image
Trumpeter is average brand for armor ,doesn't come close to ryefield models , meng , border models and so on , for planes no idea I built only armor , the price for Trumpeter is lower so is the quality
Very interesting and welcome information but could do with much less talkee, talkee and much more showee, showee. At least show more of the subject matter with the talk in the background.
If you look at company's like ICMs 1/35th aircraft, they tend to be helicopters and other Army subjects that fit with armour and vehicles - so I think the intent is for dioramas there. 1/32nd has been a more traditional aircraft and car scale
They don't really seem to be a car company - Revell and Airfix Di have a number of new releases, and there's the bit Italerj Stratos coming of course....
My money is that this Chinese company will have the Queen Elizebeth carrier in the shops ahead of the UK’s Airfix. And with the help of Chinese intelligence it’ll be more accurate to boot.
@@MannsModelMoments Hello Mr. Mann I note Trumpeter’s Type 45 Destroyer is generally regarded as more accurate than Airfix’s offering of this Uk warship.
1/48 sembra rendere il soppravvento alla 1/72,purtroppo nella picola scala rimangono molte lacune,vi sono modelli molto datati che andrebbero aggiornati,anche modelli interessanti,personalmente non amo la 1/48,troppo grandi troppo consumo di colore,troppo di tutto,Hasegawa assente da molto con nuovi modelli continua con riedizioni,solo airfix e revell producono qualcosa in 72,modelli interessanti ma con qualche pecca,per rivitslizzare la 72 sarebbe interessante inserire nelle scatole un kit di mascheratura per capottine il costo non subirebbe molta variazione come pure x l'acquirente,in 72 esempio da moolto nessuno non aggiorna i modelli della us navy del periodo WWII,come pure il mitico MMcD F4 phantomnelle sue varie versioni,oppure anche il Grumman F111,anche academy sembra distrarsi dall 1/72,hobby boss non mi soddisfa dal lato tecnico troppo semplicistico sembra abbia ereditato lo stile matcbox senza i pannelli come gole,
Hobby Boss 1/72 F-5E Tiger II. That is an utterly trash kit. Copied and somewhat modified from the Italeri one, and made practically everything worse on it. Yes it has engraved panel lines instead of the raised ones of the Italeri, but that is the only positive thing about that kit.
Naval wargames are typically a MUCH smaller scale - starting at around 1/2400th and going down to 1/6000th - 1:1200 is way too big for any 20th century naval engagement
oh contre mon frere we here in the states we do use those scales especially for smaller engagements like the battle of river platte. Though for the big fleet engagments yes we use 1/2400 any smaller and you start needing a magnifying glass.🚢
@@MannsModelMoments Because they're China. Is your head so deep in the sand you can't see the issues with their human rights abuse, genocide toward their own minority religious and ethnic groups, conquest and colonization of Tibet, illegal claims to both international waters and the waters of every one of their Southeast Asian neighbors - plus the Philippine Islands. And if that isn't enough for you, they've very much kept the Ukrainian war going for Russia and the jury is still out on whether their lax as hell food safety regulations led directly to the COVID pandemic. Oh, and they'll probably start WW3 by attacking Taiwan sooner rather than later. You aren't going to doing any kit building after that. But sure, buy from them all you like.
@@richmcgee434 When was the last time China successfully invaded another country? China ain't ever going to invade Taiwan because they got no chance of making it work. They been going on about it since 1949 and zip all has happened in all those years. You had more chance of the Soviets launching nukes than China invading Taiwan. I got bigger news for you pal too. Look at all the stuff around people's homes - 90% of it is "MADE IN CHINA" Good luck trying to buy anything not Made in China without spending a ton more money than you need to.
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You've never seen Trumpeter, Hobbyboss or I Love Kit in the US??? As these were in the 2023 catalogue I couldn't show kits, seeing as they weren't released at the time!! (This video is almost a year old now, the 2924 version will be out soon)
Who is more sad - the one who "waffles" or the one who watches the waffler and complains? If you just want to see pictures, then just go to the website and look - no talking, you're a happy person (well, probably not if you're complaining about talking in a release discussion video!)
I think that's a pretty nonsensical thing to say about a model kit or about a model company that's been going for 25 years with some of the most modern techniques available
What do you guys think of Trumpeter, Hobbyboss and I Love Kit? Did you know they were all the same parent company, and does it change your views on them?
No I like Trumper I've got some of these kits
No I like Trumper I've got some of these kits
I've built some of the Trumpeter armor in 1/35. Fit was good. Instructions and decals were okay. I have the other brands in my stash and they look good in the box. The packaging for some of the more complex kits is quite nice and the parts seem well protected.
Knew they were linked. Have a few, fit is always good. Some have questionable accuracy 😂. Choose an a team one, and you're ok.
Nothing much. I like Trumpeter and Hobby Boss since they released some 1/35 JGSDF machines that aren't released by Japanese manufacturers. Love their 1/72 F-14A Wolfpack version. Too bad Hobby Boss didn't released a 1/72 version of the YF-23, but they released a 1/48 version. Hopefully these 3 release model kits of bigger planes like ASW, AWACs, and transport aircraft in 1/72 scale
I cannot comment on the quality of the products, all I can say is that when I'm making purchasing decisions, I prefer choosing something that is made in a country that isn't threatening to attack my homeland. Sure sometimes the product might legitimately be better, but I'm not paying that tax.
Same here
Agreed. I avoid buying Chinese whenever possible, which is much easier with hobbies than it is with everyday necessities, where they've wormed their way into the production streams worldwide and are nearly invisible unless you constantly check everything you buy.
You are right. War grave robbing is another issue.
Thank you, that was very interesting. Scale modelling has been my hobby for more than 50 years. I would never have thought how well our hobby would develop! We are now living in golden times (as far as plastic models are concerned).
I am Chinese and live in the same city as ZY, but I never knew about all the family relation between these brands until your video. Thank you!
I am new to Doumen (Zhuhai). Where does one buy model kits in Guangong area... Zhuhai, Zhongshan especially. Thanks.
@@mathewkwan8181 For model kits, shopping in person is pretty dead. Just buy from Taobao. Guangzhou and Shanghai still some great shops for kits. And obviously Hong Kong. But for other places online shopping is the thing.
I love a LOT of the kits Trumpeter and Hobbyboss have...and here in Norway they are at a nice price also..but Takom gave them a BIG challenge in price and detail...but I will buy a lot of kits from Trumpeter and Hobbyboss in the future. Most of all I am so so happy for the high standard the plastic kits have become..and the big range of kits out there.
I picked up a couple of the Trumpter tank models when I was visiting China, nice kits was quite impressed with them.
I've only built some of the 1/72 pre painted Squadron models which are just unassembled MRC Easy Model (HobbyBoss) kits. Easy to assemble and detailed enough for me. Lead me to collect a slew of MRC Easy Model aircraft to display in my hobby room.
I’ve built a lot of Trumpeter 1/350 battleship kits in addition to my Tamiya collection. I have spent twenty years fuming because neither company has produced a 1/350 version of the battleship HMS Vanguard.
I've built a few trumpeter ship kits,I wish somebody would produce a 1/350 nelson/ rodney,
I personally love the LAVIII and the Leopard 2A6 CAN and the Leopard C1A1, I also really like the Canadian AGVP Husky and Cougar kits. I have a few aircraft and a few ships and I have been happy with each one. Glad I found this video.
Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video with all the releases, thanks so much looking forward to the next one
Thanks for watching! Hopefully you'll be on for Part 2 later!
Excellent recap on ZY, mate. A small caveat. Only things released will be the ones actually hitting the shelves. It's been a classic move from Trumpeter and the likes to announce something and never release it.
One day, the whole story will be told about the PRC's scale modeling companies and holdings. It's crazier than anyone would think.
My first Trumpeter kit was the KV-2 in 1/35th scale, years ago. An absolute blast of a build for someone who seldom builds ground targets. Very, very enjoyable.
Cheers.
Completely agree, though the level of vitriol levelled at them for "non-release" or delays is rather OTT in my view given the scale of their releases overall.
@@MannsModelMoments Yes. that's a valid point. The amount of flak they receive sometimes is wholly unjustified.
There are a lot of "keyboard warriors" out there! Stay safe! 😀
@@MannsModelMoments You too, mate. Cheers.
Still trying to finish my Hobbyboss 1/16 Harrier.
Thanks for the overview, mate. Please let us know what you choose, and in the proper time, how your assembly proceeds.
As for that early 1940s dive bomber (Devastator?) in several scales, one might consider a forced perspective aerial diorama of several in formation.
That's a great idea!
@@MannsModelMoments , thanks.
Thank you for sharing about the video,i like you model-kit talk show! i knew their are related brand,although some are bad accuray,but there are a lot good stuff and excellent kits,i built a lot of kits from trumpeter,they are my teenage memory.CHEER!
Thanks for sharing!
I'm assuming they are waiting for orders before committing to tooling, whereas it seems a lot of retailers like to see production kits before they commit to orders. This is actually characteristic of a lot of Chinese companies - the production catalogue contains a lot of items never released because orders didn't come.
Interesting point - I guess cross-checking with the new catalogue will be something I should look at too when it's released
I see what you mean about some the square shaped models. I think the skill in building boxes is in the painting and weathering to make it interesting. I rarely do armour myself though so what do others think?
I do like Trumpeter kits, never had a bad one so I must look more closely at the other companies.
All the best ,
Ian
I like building armour (though I feel more of an aircraft modeller!) and I agree, the weathering is the real pleasure in them. HobbyBoss armour is very good from my experience, though I must say I've never yet seen an "I Love Kit" model in the wild!
@@MannsModelMoments Armour and vehicles are a nice wee side project.
I’ve actually recently been taking Matchbox, Majorette and even Oxford vehicles and stripping them down and rebuilding them with extra details, appropriate colours and markings for the RAF Germany dioramas I’m building.
Nice little projects, eg, I ve used a Majorette set to make a Rapid, Runway Repair Royal Engineer section repairing a bomb damaged part of a runway.
All the best,
Ian
Trumpeter turned out some lemons. Haven't bought any Hobby Boss but I picked up 3 WWI aircraft, they look pretty good. Trumpeter's duds were their F4F Wildcat, and the P-40 blows. Even after the world complained, they still haven't fixed the super shallow cockpit or the bizarre prop angle. The tailplane and elevators are also badly off. Their tanks are pretty good, I love their KV-1s. I'd also love to see them do a WWII Soviet river boat, with the T-34 turret(s) in 35th.
I'm sure it has to do with the relative access to actual aircraft - our access to ex-Soviet/Russian and Chinese subjects is poor, theirs is first hand, whereas the reverse is mostly true for "Western" aircraft. That means research is more limited, and mistakes easier to make. Still, having a global community of modellers allows us to avoid the sh*t and grab the gold! :-D
@@MannsModelMoments This is true. But still, a mining of the internet provides more than enough on both of those to make sure the mistakes they made wouldn't have. Unlike them, we don't block access to google and a quick search will bring up articles, drawings and photos. While getting measurements off of a photo is a good trick, just looking at it would tell you that the silhouette is off or that the cockpit floor is the top surface of the wing or the tail planes are wrong. Maybe the access wasn't as good back then but when your purchasers complain, try to make an attempt to fix it. They did with the Wildcat, but the P-40 is still a mess.
Yes, I find China quite fascinating as a country/regime - on the one hand individual Chinese nationals I've met seem rational and relatively well travelled (of course, because they are not the poorest in the vast farming lands away from the cities), which seems at stark contrast to the control the regime tries to exercise over its people. It seems a very Ying-Yang discrepancy.
highly recommend their 1/48 scale T-34 series. One of the cheapest full interior kit in the market and it's not bad for it's price.
Thanks for the overview . All three brands are good. I have a lot of Trumpeter Armor. I get 1/16 is popular with many but I have only one and I'm not looking forward to owning more. But I would like to see a 1/24 STZ T 34... or a US T3 or other early tank. . I think it could be a good scale for some armor modelers. LOL... I wonder how much of a percentage of new kits actually get built.? LOL. I remember the old US Aurora company would always advertise kits it never made. The funny thing was the company would always deny it did that while you were holding the advertisement in your hands..
The gunship version of the Huey UH-1b at 8:25 is NOT a UH-1B, it is a UH-1D and it incorrect, it has wire cutter modifications that were fitted to Huey's between 1981-1984.
Thanks for the heasd up on these! The 1/200 scale Arleigh Burke class DDG is a welcome addition, as are the Fletcher class destroyers if they come to fruition.
A quick point - the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were battleships (schlachtschiffe) according to the Germans, and the US Navy. The British referred to them (erroneously) as Battlecruisers. Pocket Battleships were the British designation for the Panzerschiff (literally armored ships) of the Deutschland Class (Deutschland, later renamed Lutzow, Admiral Scheer, and the Admiral Graf Spee). They were built to the limitations the Germans followed (mostly) to replace older pre-WWI battleships. The hope is the limited displacement would result in a coastal defense ship, but instead produced a long range, moderately armored large cruiser type well suited for raiding.
Probably more than you want to know about the subject 🙂
You're quite right about the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau not being Pocket battleships, I was thinking of the Graf Spee (too much research for the old brain to contain!). please do keep correcting me when I have "senior" moments!
In terms of the "erroneous" designation of the British, however, I'll agree to disagree. The terms Battleship and battlecruiser are both historical and vague, and designations tended to be depending on the individual country's definitions. Battlecruisers were originally fast, hard hitting ships that sacrificed some armour for speed, but looking at displacements, armaments and speeds through WWII vessels is a real mess, and it's only with a historical eye we can look back and criticise designations in this way. The rapid evolution of technology from the pre-dreadnought era to the dominance of aircraft carriers made a mockery of formal designations.
For example, the British Battlecruiser HMS Hood (also termed a Battleship!) had a displacement of almost 47,000 tons, carried 15 inch guns, 12 inch armour belt and could make 32 knots. The Battleship Bismark was almost 50,000 tons, carried 15 inch guns had a 12 inch armour belt and 30 knots. Gneisenau has much lighter at 38,000 tons, 11 inch guns (which were intended to be replaced with 15 inch guns), 13 inch armour and made 31 knots.
I think the relative evolution of ships, aircraft and AFVs during WWII is fascinating, and very happy to discuss! Thanks again for the comment! :-)
@@MannsModelMoments I always figure the folks who pay for them can call them what they want LOL. I've seen copies of the original drawings of the Scharnhorst (I'm building a 1/96 scale Gneisenau) and they are marked "Schlachtschiff", not "Schlachtkreuzer". The US Navy agreed, and in ONI-204 (the fleet recognition manual for German ships) , they are designated BB-1 and BB-2, with Bismarck BB-3. Ostensibly, they were "Treaty" Battleships, built to the limit of 35,000 tons, much like Allied classes like the King George V and North Carolina, with similar armor and slightly higher speed.
The US Navy never had battlecruisers, (two were laid down and designated CC-1 and 2, but they were converted into the Lexington and Saratoga) but they did have a class of large cruisers (CB), the Alaska class. They had 12" guns, but much lighter maximum armor (9")
@Mann's Model Moments Hitler had wanted the much heavier gun at the beginning but while the 11 inch turret was available, 15 inch turrets would have to be developed. That would have taken considerable development time. So the plan was to go with nine 11 inch guns in triple turrets and then re-gun the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau with 15 in guns in twin turrets in the future. I imagine that the ship magazines would then have been able to carry more projectiles though I'm not sure as the 15 inch shell was considerably larger. They would have been formidable ships.
@@bahoonies They were formidable ships even with the 11" guns, which were very accurate. In fact, Scharnhorst is tied with Warspite for the longest gun hit in history, putting a shell into the hanger of HMS Glorious at 15 miles. The Gneisenau put one into the bridge of the carrier a few minutes later at similar range.
@@Warshipmodelsunderway Indeed they were formidable as built once they had been given clipper bows to solve the serious sea keeping problem. I was just imagining their capabilities as 15" gun fast battleships. Did you know that one of the 11" turrets off Gneisenau was installed in Austrått Fort in Norway? It is a museum today. Another of her turrets was placed at Fjell Fortress on Sotra Island in Norway. Sadly that turret and guns were scrapped in 1968.
I have built a few Trumpeter kits very detailed and clear instructions really nice kits too build.
Cool models. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome!
Merit is also one of their brands. As a 1:350 ship builder i am happy with their products showing many ships not available elsewhere for a fair price. But they have their issues, especially with fidelity. Even ships conserved as a museum are reproduced mostly inaccurate.
don't bother me on who makes the kits as long as they are of good quality for the amount of cost.as for as 1/48 bombers like the b-24j,built a many of them when old monogram brought them out back in the 70's-80's.they are a definite ceiling hangers.the b-29 alone will take a 1\4 space of a 15x20 room hanging from the ceiling.
I agree - it's about value rather than pure cost or reputation for me. As for ceiling hangers, not sure my partner would approve...otherwise she'll start displaying Michael Kors handbags all over the house!
@@MannsModelMoments oh well your models her hand bags might make for a crafty room....lol
I’m waiting for the trumpeter 1/35 ACH-47 I’ll be surprised if it gets released. I wish there was someone to contact, I was hoping they would do an MH-47 too.
If a model is not in the catalogue how are you supposed to order it? Are they on the website?
Generally if a model isn't in the catalogue, it means it's not in current production, so the only way to buy it would be from a retail outlet that has prior stock, ebay etc
Great Video! One thing that i think worth to mentino is that , the accuracy of the trumpeter kit is really depends on who designed it, not the subject and era, at least according to my experiences. There is definitly aa AB two team system within trumpeter like the rumor states. trumpeter's soviet and chinese subjecst no matter the designed era has some this and that issues similar to EU and US subjects. eg. the turret of trumpter's zbd-04 is a straight up coptypaste of their their bmp-3 kit(edit: After I took another look, it's actually even smaller comapred to the bmp-3. Big mistake trumpeter:( ), which is too small compared to the real deal. Their T-80 kits, the track is inaccruate(but they get it correct on their workable track product which sold seperatly), the suspension has some accuracy issue and their T-80U kits big shape is correct but small parts are a mess. The IR light is way too small(8.5mm compared to 1cm least) and they used the rubber plate from T80b kit, which is inaccurate and makes the kit looks toyish(however easy to fix if you have RPG T-80U kit spare part in hand). Their new released T-72 ural's turret is straight up mess(with a high price also!). Even worse compared to the offering by amusing hobby, who has history of inaccuracy when coming to T-72 related subjects.
Interesting to hear - as I said, my experiences are limited with Trumpeter and Hobbyboss, and maybe I've just been lucky (or not that vigilant!) in those
@@MannsModelMoments I agree. HB and TR are generally good model brand to get a kit from and my first choice when I want to get a good kit that bang for its bucks. Most of the problems that I've pointed out won't be a problem for majority of the modeller anyway. Plus they are the manufacture with the largest available production line I believe. Which means you will probably stumbled on one of their kits anyway. Cheers！
Sometimes I wonder why is there a 1/32 and a 1/35 scale range. They are so close in size to each other.
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Monday, 19 August, 2024)
Hello again, Mr. Mann. I trust that you and yours are well, and productive. Whilst I have heard of Trumpeter, Hobby Boss, and I ♥Kit, and that a huge manufacturing conglomerate had them under their ægis in some fashion; however, I had not recalled the name of that last. Exactly what are these three modelling brands? Do they each have a particular range?
At round 8:27 of your video, you mention the Trumpeter 1:35th-scale kit of the Bell UH-1B Huey U.S. Army Utility Helicopter, and its rougher cousin, the Gunship variant (which they oddly erroneously gave the same designation). At 9:07, you dryly note your surprise for its size in that scale. Revell (USA? I am uncertain as its status) made several Huey kits, in 1:32nd-, 1:48th-, and 1:72nd- scales-which, were I to partake, I would combine to present in a forced-perspective ærial diorama (FPÆD) of a southeast Asian battlefield.
The company also made a Huey kit in 1:25th-scale, which has my attention in the sense that I would convert one to a civilian municipal use, the helicopter repainted in white, with a wide, red band about the fuselage, and markings along both sides in white against the red that reads “FIRE RESCUE”. I would pose it airborne, hovering round forty metres above a fire brigade in the process of confronting a serious apartment block fire, centring round a tableau of AMT’s three large fire trucks (all in 1:25th-scale, of course): the Pumper; the AeroChief (this with a large, manned water cannon atop a telescoping boom), and the Ladder Truck, just then extending its main apparatus. I also would include AMT’s 1970 Chevrolet Impala Fire Chief car, a sheriff’s cruiser, adapted from AMT’s 1970 Ford Galaxie model kit, and assorted other municipal emergency response personnel and their vehicles.
One possible source of the commotion would be the Model Craft kit of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver pontoon float plane, which had crashed into an upper storey at the near end of a brickwork residence. (Incidentally, this last is the only model of a conventional civilian aircraft in this scale that would be able to serve this purpose.
In truth, I would rather find something appreciably more interesting. But what? Trumpeter and Airfix make aircraft kits in 1:24th-scale (I cannot recall any others, let alone those of sufficient quality). The British firm’s earlier offerings were too basic (as I have read some here in TH-cam politely phrase the issue) in the details and many sub-assemblies, as well as erroneous in their exterior shape. Some of the Chinese kit-maker’s first models had serious mistakes of key components (in one case, a fighter’s cockpit was too small). Since then have both begun the effort to improve their results.
Even so, the very thought of such grand military vehicles as the North American Aviation P-51D Mustang USAAF air superiority fighter (I cannot bring myself even to mention any others!) meeting so forlornly empty a fate as a fierce collision, a fiery explosion, and swift destruction-well, I would find it just unthinkable! Even Airfix’s Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat USN carrier-based fighter I could not squander all its excellent details through smashing it into a building! (Were it a dramatisation of a terrible crash and burn upon the aft deck of one of the new Essex-class aircraft carriers during the heat of battle, as heart-stoppingly tragic as that horrific tableau would be, would be different, for too often is such the fate of war, a story one can tell without words though the distinctive blend of artistry and history that is the diorama.)
I hope they going to release 1/35 scale 2S4 Tyulpan and 2S5 Giatsint , no one had Made them in 1/35 injection kit
Had to look both of those up to know what they were! I'm sure at some point they're likely too, they do seem to be pretty good on obscure Russian/Soviet armour
Didn't saw them on the yearbook but will be a nice addition to my stash if Trumpeter actually release them
'RMS Titanic' All the Steam Ship companies, eg White Star, Cunard etc, which had a British Post Office contract and were premier passenger liners, where styled as 'Royal Mail Ship' they also were fast ie 'Blue Riband' class to show speed! The Chinese have simply misunderstood the designations of 'mail ship' in this context.
Thanks for the clarification!
The RMS ship in their picture is not Titanic, but her sister Britanic, Titanic never got to the dazzle camouflage stage. Her other sister Olympic was, I believe, a hospital ship, so would have been painted white. Informative video, thank you.
@@davidpowell6098 Olympic was a troop transport ship so she also got the dazzle camouflage. As well as the distinct honor of sinking U-103 by trying to ram it and striking it with her propellers (cutting open the pressure hull) after sighting the uboat.
@@davidpowell6098 Not quite right! The RMS Olympic was the first White Star ship in the Olympic class 1911. She became an armed troop transport during WW1 and even sank a U Boat. She was the only sister to survive the war and received the dazzle paint job during war service. She went on as a very successful passenger ship after the war and was finally broken up in 1935 after receiving many refits and improvements including being converted to an oil burner. The HMHS Britannic, the other sister was more similar to the Titanic and was requisitioned before entering passenger service to become the hospital ship that was painted white with the recognised hospital green stripe paint trim. She was running empty near Greece when in theory (possibly torpedoed according to some) apparently she hit a mine and sank. The wreck is still there today mainly intact in shallow waters. 👍
@@johnnyhollis9977 : A German submarine had laid mines in the area, and that is probably what sunk her, a mine. Even though she had improved water tight bulkheads, unluckily the doors were open in the morning for breakfast if I remember correctly.
I’ve heard rumors of a 1/48 U-2/TR-1 from them.
Also a way to differentiate an F-35C from an A or B is that the wings are wider, not the stubby wings that give the others the nickname “battle penguin”.
Yeah, poor old "Fat Amy"! My comment in the video was specifically to the 1/350 & 1/700th scale aircraft though - would you be able to tell without them side-by-side??
@@MannsModelMoments I’m not sure I could tell the differences of the scales at a glance, but at a glance I could tell differences of B vs C based on ratio of wingspan to fuselage, assuming model company got it right.
If that's huge, then what about the Liberator in 32nd scale? Because HobbyBoss has one in that scale. (Length: 67,6 cm/26.6 inch Wingspan: 105 cm/41.3 inch). I knew Trumpeter and HobbyBoss were from the same company, I Love Kit however was unknown to me as brand itself.
A 32nd scale liberator sounds...insane!!
I like the big chonky 1/16 and ~IF~ they ever release the SdKfz 251s of any type, it will be a godsend.. my other armor is lonely without support troops.
I like 1/48 armour because it works well with 28mm stuff.
Re the USS Michael Murphy. The real ship is 160m L x 20m W x 10m Draught.
At 1:200 scale that's 800mm L x 100mm W x 50mm Draught.
However the 50mm is the draught, not the keel to top of the mast height. That's probably 100mm or more.
Allowing say 10mm each side and top to bottom - if there's a shelf above it - and each end - that needs 820mm x 110mm x 120mm.
a 1/200 scale Sullivans?! would love that, it is stationed right here in western new york
Easy reference then! :-D
@@MannsModelMoments indeed! we've been on it several times. Though last year it almost sank because they were doing less than the bare minimum to maintain it
Oh - the Russian maintenance regime then!? 😂
Dirty trick: Announce a model you are thinking of manufacturing but don't tell anyone how serious you are. That will discourage anyone else from trying to manufacture a kit of that subject.
Still waiting for a 1/350 HMS Rodney which they promised ages ago.
TBD is not a dive bomber. It’s a Torpedo or level bomber. Thus the TB designation.
Thanks for the clarification!
Why they called the Titanic a 'Mail Ship' when the M of RMS /is/ Mail - RMS is Royal Mail Ship - is a mystery.
Because they carried the royal mail.
@@scouseaussie1638 Yes I know, that's my whole point. Calling the Royal Mail Ship Titanic a 'Mail Ship' is a tad superfluous, and/or redundant.
What is the url for this company please? I find their main page says nothing about hobbis or kits.
There is nothing on their parent company page, everything is handled by their brands;
www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?l=en
www.hobbyboss.com/index.php?l=en
www.ilovekit.com/index.php?l=en
Try Building the trumpeter 48th Whirlwind. Hardly any detail and cost a fortune
That's a shame - I really like the Whirlwind
@@MannsModelMoments Going to get a Classic Airframes Whirlwind in 48th and if that is any better. It is one of my favourite I have trouble recalling how many Airfix 72nd Whirlwind I've built over 45+ years 👍
Those Hobbyboss Chineese APCs are used in quite a few places. The Type 63 is quite old at this point ,but there are many variants , including an Ambulance and a FAC vehicle. Besides China ,Vietnam , Pakistan ,Sri Lanka, North Korea ,they also made their way all the way to Albania . Some states in Africa have them as well. I saw one in Zimbabwe covered in posters with loudspeakers ( turned way up) ,"encouraging " the people to vote for Mugabe.
I can see why they used the names Trumpeter etc as they seem to roll off the tongue a lot easier than the name of the parent company you used in the opening to the video and I don't know where to begin spelling it
Absolutely!
As a 1/144 builder, certainly a little disappointed as was hoping they'd add to their flanker range with a Su-33 or a new tool frogfoot
Trumpeter, HB and any other Asian kit manufacturers are just a Russian rulet runners in terms of shape accuracy and detail (I'm not speaking about Hasegawa, Tamiya, Zoukey Mura and GWH).
Good accurate kit probability in their lines is about 50% of good/shit ratio.
Yeah... not gonna do it. Not only that, but the overall quality of the sprue is terrible, like they inject it then remove it to quickly... the parts aren't bent or smashed, they finished cooling and warped or something...🤔
Thanks for the info, but I think you forget that just building a mode with good detail and accuracy is all for naught, if the fit and the design of the parts for assembly is questionable not to mention the instructions. But given all that you can't beat the price of Hobbyboss and Trumpeter kits.
As I mentioned, I've not found that issue with Trumpeter and HobbyBoss kits myself - fit has always been at least good (certainly no worse than other manufacturers) and I've had no issues with instructions. Of course, my personal sample size is small, so I can only give my own anecdotal evidence here.
I'm hoping for a Harbin SH-5 in 1/144th scale.
That would be interesting....such a weird looking aircraft! It looks like that narrow wing has been accidently stuck on too far back to me!
@@MannsModelMoments Yes it's not a well documented aircraft but I'm sure China can produce a model kit.
Mini Hobby Models and Great Wall are also from this parent company.
I don't believe so - GWH are part of the Lionroar company based in Shanghai, over 1500km away. Mini Hobby Models also does reboxes and older kits from Trumpeter and other companies, so I believe either a recaster or licensed 3rd-party.
Bought the hobby boss 1/16 tiger 1kit opened it and there were no instructions! tried contacting the company but no reply.
Not saying the quality of their kits isn't good but customer service is not
That's a very good point - have you tried the Scalemates site? They often have PDFs of instructions - not sure it'll be on there, but worth a look!
I gonna start modelling again , untested in 1/48 now
Well welcome back!
Mainly interested in the 1/48 WW2 aircraft, will be interesting to see how the Hurricane compares to the Airfix kit,i just wish the Hobbyboss version was an early mk.1.
I must admit I'm quite interested in the IIC & D Tropical versions with some nice desert schemes!
It's based on the 1/24th Trumpeter, or the same CAD work. Good news as they got someone who knew the subject, as the basic shapes are excellent. One of the best shaped Hurricane models. Better than the Airfix kit which has some annoying and hard to correct errors. One thing I don't like is the recessed rivets. And the decals are worthless accuracy wise, and one of the colour schemes is laughably wrong. Define "early Hurricane" ... the problem with the Mk.I Hurricane it is far more complex in detail that is usually understood, it's not just fabric vs metal wing... for example, in summer 1940, hawker made 85 Hurricanes with fabric wings, that are otherwise standard mid to late Mk.I's, there are 5 possible propeller/spinner combinations etc etc, the only reference that gets most of this is the Wingleader Photo Archive. Arma Hobby might do this, Eduard have said they will do the entire family, and they would likely get it right in detail.
@@MannsModelMoments See my comment above, the decals with the kits will be worthless, as they have no idea about RAF colour schemes. Hopefully aftermarket will copy some of the markings offered in the Arma Hobby IID kit, which actually has new, carefully researched, schemes offered.
@@troysmith5144 I wouldn't mind a fabric wing mk.1.
@@markbelsom3174 Absolutely. I want to do some of the BoB mid production fabric wing options myself. The only fabric wing in 1/48th is the now long gone Classic Airframes, and that was 'inspired' by the Hasegawa kit. But the Hobby Boss kits are based on the 1/24th Trumpter, and these are the same, Mk.I , Mk.IIC, IIC trop and IID. I suspect it won't be until Eduard do the family you'll see one again, but I correspond with Arma and will suggest it too them, though they are doing a IIC this year, and if they set up the sprues, and IIB would be easy, and that covers a lot of options, and it's pretty easy to make a IIA, IID and IV from those as well.
My experience with them is hit and miss. Some of their kits are really great, however some are not well executed at all with poor research.
I think that's a fair comment - we have easy access to WWII/post war subjects from many countries (including Migs and Sukhois), whereas Chinese access to the same is probably more limited and working from remote sources is more risky. Airfix, for example, 3D scan aircraft from museums
Very interesting and informative. Thank you for putting in so much effort for us!
But I have to point out two little mistakes I hear you repeatedly say:
Firstly, please don't say "Sidkawits" - the abbreviation "Sd. Kfz." stands for "Sonderkraftfahrzeug" (special motor vehicle) and is spelled out. And secondly, "Ausf." is also an abbreviation, which means "version", "variant", or "type". But this time it is neither spelled out nor is it pronounced "Ausf" - just like the British "Mk." is not "mmkh" but "Mark".
So future usage should be:
Sd,Kfz. = EssDeeKayEffZed
Ausf. = Ausführung (or simply "type")
Apart from those two all your other German pronunciations were almost spot on!!!
Thank you! You may be _ technically_ correct (the best kind of correct, by the way!), but unfortunately I'm and old dog who has said them this way all his life (I blame my dad!). I know of many others who do the same....not that it makes it right, but I can be wrong in company! I can try to change, but I'll probably slide into bad habits in the future...try to close your ears when it happens! :-D
@@MannsModelMoments LOL, I'm an old dog too, but you know what they say "old dogs CAN learn new tricks". I get where you're coming from, it sometimes is very hard to change ingrained habits, I can definitely relate to that! And I'm very thankful that you took my comment as what it was meant to be - a constructive criticism, and not wise-assery 😎 Quick unrelated question: when will you be building stuff again?
As an aside, I originally did this as a kid because I had no idea it was a short-form, same for Pzkpfw! The thing is, "Panzerkampfwagen" is a lot easier to say!
As for building, the fourth part of the Spitfire series is out on Wednesday as a Premier - hope you can make it 😀
@@MannsModelMoments I'll be there!
Could you say these companies are sister companies, Becker's models states they are not related, but this proves different.
Always difficult to tell how closely the operations work together without being directly involved, especially in China where external clarity is not really there. To me I don't really mind if they are three companies working under one parent or one company making kits in the same place with the same team under different brands, as long as what they're making is good!
@@MannsModelMoments I agree 100%, I just think people need to do their research before making claims of some companies not being under the same umbrella, if you know what I mean?, anyway I love your video's, very informative, keep up the good work.
Thank you!
The Devastator was a torpdeo bomber, not a dive bomber.
Longer time for the model pics would be great
This video is for the 2023 catalogue - all the 2024 ones have more focus on the catalogue pics
1/72 S-3B? At least there's something that builders can choose to instead of buying Hasegawa's 1/72 S-3A, then builders must buy conversion parts to S-3B
Let's see when it comes out... :-D
@@MannsModelMoments Yeah, and it's high time for some new tooling of several old kits from other manufacturers
1. 1/72 F7U Cutlass
2. 1/72 F11F Tiger
3. 1/72 P-3C
4. 1/72 Shinden Kai
5. 1/72 YF-23
Especially the 1st 3 (Cutlass, Tiger and Orion). I think it's been years since some of those are released but no rerelease had been done for years...?
I really wish the YF-23 had won the competition against the YF-22. I know the Raptor is an unparalleled aircraft, but the YF-23 was just such a cool and futuristic design. Can you imagine squadrons of them patrolling the US skies and shooting down balloons? 😂
I have a hard time spending my money on Trumpeter/HobbyBoss. They're a mixed bag. What they do have going for them, is their selection, especially in 1/32...but I rarely do any in that scale...so that's a mute point. Those I have done, have clunky to flat out wrong cockpit details. Aftermarket fixes that at the expense of more money...or scratchbuilding at the expense of time. They have all had some accuracy issues, mainly in shape. Ya, the kit looks like the aircraft it represents, but there's always something "off". I don't hate em...but for the price, I'll go elsewhere!
F35B is a VTOL and F35C is a catapult launch aircraft. The QE partner ship is the Prince of Wales not Prince Charles.
And the point of your comment?
@@MannsModelMoments Your commentary was incorrect
@@lesliestephenson1298 No, you're talking about the difference between the B and the C, I said I wasn't sure what the Noticeable difference between them would be at 1/700th scale. As for the Prince Charles/Prince of Wales, your comment focussed on a 2 second piece of a 30 minute video....so congratulations on winning the pedant award.
Monogram did a 1:32 Huey over 50 years ago.
I think you mean Revell (a 1967 tool that has been released many times) - or do you mean the 1/24th scale Monogram from 1969? Monogram have never done a 1:32nd scale Huey - only 1:24th, 1/48th and 1/72nd.
1:24 maybe?
I expect so - the first couple of releases had a clear body so you could see inside!
Not correct! The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were real battleships! As "Pocket Battleships" were called Admiral Scheer, Admiral Graf Spee and Deutschland, later remamed as Lützow!
I think this was covered in the comments before
When watching this video it took a while to get used to your pronunciation of Sd.Kfz. You seem to try to pronounce that as one word, but it is an abbreviation so it would be S D K F Z (all single letters). It stands for Sonderkraftfahrzeug which translates to Special (Sonder Sd.) Motorized Vehicle (Kraftfahrzeug Kfz). It is part of the German Army catalogue numbering in WWII. You'll also find the Kfz. designation on its own, for trucks and cars.
I know but I'm not a native German speaker and it's a real mouthful for a native English speaker to keep saying. I imagine the Romans would have trouble with us using "etc" (or even our pronunciation of et cetera) too. At the end of the day, we all know what we're talking about, I apologise in advance for my pronunciation of most non-English words, and you get to laugh at how I say it. No harm, no foul, I'd say....
The Freccia is not an armoured car.
Customer support is awful try contacting them for spare parts
That's an important point - one would hope your local supplier could help...unless you purchased from the internet, which is one drawback of doing so....
250 new kids from a company ^^ tats wat i reded first.^^
Was pretty disappointed with the Hobby Boss Land Rovers. The hardtop 110 (which it wasn't; it was a Wolf version, not sure they know the difference) was ok. The WMIK/RSOV versions were full inaccuracies, the most noticeable was the roll cages being too tall.
The Trumpeter 5112 Huey Gunship is not a -1B variant, as illustrated. The illustration is a UH-1D/H -- with weapons systems it didn't use in Vietnam, antennas and cable cutters that were post war additions and markings that are an inaccurate hodgepodge of various aircraft. Who does the research for these kits? It's not like it's hard to find accurate information and illustrations with a minimum of effort. It's like someone looks at a few pictures without researching the various differences in each version of the actual vehicle/aircraft. I've wanted a Vietnam -era Huey slick for a very long time; so will this be a slick or gunship?? Is it going to be a Vietnam or post war version -- or an inaccurate amalgamation of both? We'll see....
There are rumors that one of the trumpeter's chief kit designer is a relative of company's owner. Hence he can do whatever he want with the kit that he is responsible for. Other designers are pretty legit. Hence the total inaccuracy of some of kit contrary to some other kits near perfect accuracy.
Oh now that's a very juicy piece of gossip! It wouldn't surprise me (nepotism happens all over the world, after all) and it's always a shame as it detracts from any company and erodes it's image
Trumpeter is average brand for armor ,doesn't come close to ryefield models , meng , border models and so on , for planes no idea I built only armor , the price for Trumpeter is lower so is the quality
Very interesting and welcome information but could do with much less talkee, talkee and much more showee, showee.
At least show more of the subject matter with the talk in the background.
A bit difficult to do when none of these have been released, and just showing images from a catalogue is effectively a Powerpoint presentation!
Armor should move to 1/32 (&1.48). It’s so dumb. Then you get these odd aircraft kits in 1/35 but not traditional aircraft scales like the ICM CH-54.
If you look at company's like ICMs 1/35th aircraft, they tend to be helicopters and other Army subjects that fit with armour and vehicles - so I think the intent is for dioramas there. 1/32nd has been a more traditional aircraft and car scale
The Dana is not Russian.
Well, no cars......*sigh*
They don't really seem to be a car company - Revell and Airfix Di have a number of new releases, and there's the bit Italerj Stratos coming of course....
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were battlecruisers, not pocket battleships.
Are you sure? because the kits I built they can easily fit in my pocket.
My money is that this Chinese company will have the Queen Elizebeth carrier in the shops ahead of the UK’s Airfix.
And with the help of Chinese intelligence it’ll be more accurate to boot.
Maybe!
@@MannsModelMoments Hello Mr. Mann
I note Trumpeter’s Type 45 Destroyer is generally regarded as more accurate than Airfix’s offering of this Uk warship.
That is an interesting, if slightly worrying, observation!!
1/48 sembra rendere il soppravvento alla 1/72,purtroppo nella picola scala rimangono molte lacune,vi sono modelli molto datati che andrebbero aggiornati,anche modelli interessanti,personalmente non amo la 1/48,troppo grandi troppo consumo di colore,troppo di tutto,Hasegawa assente da molto con nuovi modelli continua con riedizioni,solo airfix e revell producono qualcosa in 72,modelli interessanti ma con qualche pecca,per rivitslizzare la 72 sarebbe interessante inserire nelle scatole un kit di mascheratura per capottine il costo non subirebbe molta variazione come pure x l'acquirente,in 72 esempio da moolto nessuno non aggiorna i modelli della us navy del periodo WWII,come pure il mitico MMcD F4 phantomnelle sue varie versioni,oppure anche il Grumman F111,anche academy sembra distrarsi dall 1/72,hobby boss non mi soddisfa dal lato tecnico troppo semplicistico sembra abbia ereditato lo stile matcbox senza i pannelli come gole,
Hobby Boss 1/72 F-5E Tiger II. That is an utterly trash kit. Copied and somewhat modified from the Italeri one, and made practically everything worse on it. Yes it has engraved panel lines instead of the raised ones of the Italeri, but that is the only positive thing about that kit.
1/1200 and 1250 are for us wargamers who need small scale models for our games not detail which you prize so much.
Naval wargames are typically a MUCH smaller scale - starting at around 1/2400th and going down to 1/6000th - 1:1200 is way too big for any 20th century naval engagement
oh contre mon frere we here in the states we do use those scales especially for smaller engagements like the battle of river platte. Though for the big fleet engagments yes we use 1/2400 any smaller and you start needing a magnifying glass.🚢
@@woofdogmeow Well you guys have a LOT more space than the rest of the world!
Don’t buy Chinese 👎🏼
Why not?
@@MannsModelMoments Because they're China. Is your head so deep in the sand you can't see the issues with their human rights abuse, genocide toward their own minority religious and ethnic groups, conquest and colonization of Tibet, illegal claims to both international waters and the waters of every one of their Southeast Asian neighbors - plus the Philippine Islands. And if that isn't enough for you, they've very much kept the Ukrainian war going for Russia and the jury is still out on whether their lax as hell food safety regulations led directly to the COVID pandemic.
Oh, and they'll probably start WW3 by attacking Taiwan sooner rather than later. You aren't going to doing any kit building after that.
But sure, buy from them all you like.
@@richmcgee434 When was the last time China successfully invaded another country? China ain't ever going to invade Taiwan because they got no chance of making it work. They been going on about it since 1949 and zip all has happened in all those years. You had more chance of the Soviets launching nukes than China invading Taiwan.
I got bigger news for you pal too. Look at all the stuff around people's homes - 90% of it is "MADE IN CHINA" Good luck trying to buy anything not Made in China without spending a ton more money than you need to.
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never heard of these in the u.s. you didn't show the actual model! hard to judge without seeing what your talking about.
You've never seen Trumpeter, Hobbyboss or I Love Kit in the US??? As these were in the 2023 catalogue I couldn't show kits, seeing as they weren't released at the time!! (This video is almost a year old now, the 2924 version will be out soon)
@@MannsModelMoments 2924!! I won't be here. 😄
@@suppylarue220 haha...typing on a phone or wishful thinking...I'll let you decide!!
They will knock off snything
I think that's maybe a tad unfair when applied to ZY as they're producing original toolings....
If you calll yourself a "modeler" and "have never heard of" Trumpeter, you are not a modeler.
So you've heard of Zhongshan Yatai then? that was what the video was about, not Trumpeter.
Sorry, you sai9d China, which means CCP. I'm done.
Yawn
@@Andy.Gledhill.Models. Snort of laughter.
@@alvermillioncranky8360 Pathetic pal.
Why do you keep telling us what you are interested in? I don't get it.
Perhaps because this is my channel??
250 kits that I have absolutely no interest in.
All military crap.
Just because they're not your personal interest doesn't make them "crap"
Models are a rip anyone can make better if they try from next to nothing . Most modelers just suck .
I don't think that's fair at all
Then why watch and comment on a modelling channel?
god you CAN waffle on can't you? why such a quick glance at the pics? rather see box art than you, cut the blah, blah, blah and get to the point...
Who is more sad - the one who "waffles" or the one who watches the waffler and complains?
If you just want to see pictures, then just go to the website and look - no talking, you're a happy person (well, probably not if you're complaining about talking in a release discussion video!)
I have a HMS Wafrspite by Trumpeter,
A 1/48 C-119 or B-47???
Chinese? It'll fall apart after 6 months and you won't be able to replace it with the original version
I think that's a pretty nonsensical thing to say about a model kit or about a model company that's been going for 25 years with some of the most modern techniques available
Use better glue…😉
Not Chinese glue though... 😂