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Very nice, some figures would be good also, if you have any suitable. Robin.
 
It’s an OK model, but not one of John’s best in my opinion. There’s just something “off” on the tooling to me... I think it’s the wing dihedral, which seemed a bit too steep on mine. He also left off a ton of stenciling ranging from the identification stenciling that should be on the left side of the fuselage to the Hamilton Standard logos on the prop, etc.

Still, that’s an excellent photo and setup you have there, Wayne 😃
 
tmanthegreat said:
It’s an OK model, but not one of John’s best in my opinion. There’s just something “off” on the tooling to me... I think it’s the wing dihedral, which seemed a bit too steep on mine. He also left off a ton of stenciling ranging from the identification stenciling that should be on the left side of the fuselage to the Hamilton Standard logos on the prop, etc.
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Apart from the particulars, offering iconic types like the Mustang or Spitfire strikes me as something of a risky proposition for a manufacturer. I suggest that because collectors have been looking at models, book and movie images, not to mention the real thing, for their entire lives. We've got a picture of the planes seared into our imagination and it's darn hard to shake. I've become keenly aware of this phenomena collecting mahogany models. In viewing such subjects, I'm invariably harder on replicas of planes that I'm familiar with, a Corsair, perhaps. On the other hand, I tend to evaluate more obscure types, from WWI maybe, more on the paint work and quality of construction. Missing in those instances is the longing for perfection in detail and scale. If that makes me sound shallow, so be it. I can take the scorn! ;)

Jenkins' best scale model?

Fokker D.VII, any one of them. :cool:

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ivanmoe said:
Apart from the particulars, offering iconic types like the Mustang or Spitfire strikes me as something of a risky proposition for a manufacturer. I suggest that because collectors have been looking at models, book and movie images, not to mention the real thing, for their entire lives. We've got a picture of the planes seared into our imagination and it's darn hard to shake. I've become keenly aware of this phenomena collecting mahogany models. In viewing such subjects, I'm invariably harder on replicas of planes that I'm familiar with, a Corsair, perhaps. On the other hand, I tend to evaluate more obscure types, from WWI maybe, more on the paint work and quality of construction. Missing in those instances is the longing for perfection in detail and scale. If that makes me sound shallow, so be it. I can take the scorn! ;)

Jenkins' best scale model?

Fokker D.VII, any one of them. :cool:

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Sent from NAMC terminal
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I have to agree, John’s Fokker DVIIs (as well as his Spad and Albatross) are among his best. My favorite of his WWII aircraft is the F4F Wildcat 😎
 
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