Lots & lots of Fulcrums

In other words, this is a pivotal point in your life.......

RobG (the Aussie one)

Bill,

AFAIK, the newer issues have not been retooled (but later Hasegawa kits include an updated missiles sprue that was not in the initial issue).

HTH,

Andre

The accepted wisdom is that there is no really accurate MiG-29 in 1:72 scale - just as there is no accurate Sukhoi Su-27.

The best MiG-29 is the Italeri kit - although it has its faults.

Forget all issues of the Hasegawa & Fujimi MiG-29's - unless you are not concerned with accuracy.

Replace the wheels on the Italeri kit (they are way too small) - and you have a reasonable replica.

Thanks for the info. Does this include the Eastern manufacturers? One would think that Zvezda & Kopro would have more examples to work with (IIRC, they make the best MiG-23MF & Su-25, respectively.)

Good to know. Thanks!

SNIP

I've seen some here in the UK under the brandname 'Kitech' which is probably a rebox of one of the above, any ideas which? (It's priced at £2.49! Cheap!)

Nick

The Zvezda is not so good, the Kopro/Mastercraft is not so bad. In general shape and panel lines position it's more accurate than the Italeri (compared to 4+ drawings), but the panel lines are raised and small parts lack detail. The Bilek is the Italeri kit with different decals. The Eastern Express MiG-29A should be a reissue of the Nakotne. I haven't seen the Kondor because they are difficult to get in the west, but I think it will be reissued by Eastern Express (Hannants lists it as a future release). From what I heard it should be accurate (and it's the only Fulcrum C available) but with less detail than the Italeri kit.

So, I think the more accurate (or the least inaccurate) is still the Italeri kit. Btw there are also some nice aftermarket parts for the Fulcrum from Parts & Extratech (photoetc.), Tally Ho (resin nozzles) and Neomega (seat and cockpit: really nice, but with a couple of shape errors that must be fixed).

My 0.02

Fulcrum A KP = Kondor

Really? So this would mean the Kondor kit isn't a Fulcrum-C (9-13) as the box says. I have the KP kit and it's a standard Fulcrum-A (9-12) with even optional 2 seat cockpit for the MiG-29UB.