Special Models 1/72 Model 10 Electra

SPECIAL HOBBY 1:72 MODEL 10 ELECTRA
'INBOX Review'

Reviewer: Mark Schynert (taken from rec.models.scale)
a fully built review of this kit appears on SMAKR, see links below

Now, this is a limited-run injection kit, so fit may be equivocal, the injection gates are kind of thick, and the non-verbal instruction sheet is not the clearest. But the engraved detail is delicate, the windscreen/canopy is vacformed, and the cockpit details and engines are provided in some decent-looking resin.

Decals for Amelia Earhart's machine, a Rumanian one, and two Spanish color schemes. Doing Earhart's will be a little more challenging, as it had fewer fuselage windows, so the injection cabin windows will have to be used as plugs and filled in. And there is one gripe--a number of small parts are not included; the kit manufacturers expect you to fashion the exhaust pipes and miscellaneous antennae out of sprue. Maybe that's better than providing poorly-injected parts of these delicate items, and most of these additions are not challenging, but the RDF loop specified for the Spanish example is not something I'd care to scratch build out of sprue--getting something like that truly round would be a nightmare.

So, there it is. Mine cost $18.98; YMMV. I recommend it.

Mark Schynert

Note: Another inbox review of this aircraft can be found on "Internet Modeller"
URL: http://www.avsim.com/mike/awn/index.html - April 99 issue

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Special Hobby 1/72 Model 10 Electra

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