Eons ago, Mark wrote
Quality being equal, I consider resin kits and vacuforms to present the
same degree of difficulty. If anything, vacuforms are more forgiving, but they do often require more raw time. The biggest problem with resin
IMHO is warping, which can often be corrected, but it's a pain. So were
I confronted with a choice of a resin kit and a vacuform for the same scale and subject,first shape fidelity, then price and content (decals?
white metal? cockpit detail?) would drive my decision. It's true that I
have superseded about two dozen vacuform kits over the last few years, what with the many limited-run injection kits of relatively obscure subjects coming from Eastern Europe, but there's still plenty tucked away for me to work on. Frankly, with something really large, like a PB2Y Coronado flying boat, resin is out of the question--too expensive,
too heavy, and the finished model too fragile.
Mark Schynert
Well, I have just opened the Kora Models resin PB2Y and it's pretty impressive at first sight. Very nicely moulded resin, very thick main parts but very nice detail - all in fine quality resin. There is an etched fret for the cockpit and three substantial metal beaching gear legs. Options for the early PB2Y-3 patrol bomber and PB2Y-3R transport. Referring back to comments above, I quite agree - it is quite expensive (120 euro) and those mighty wings will require decent spars for their long term longevity.I will put it together with cyano and pin everything so it won't be fragile. The only competition is the Mach 2 kit, which is worthy but not an outstanding piece of moulding. Kora also sell the detail parts separately for those who have already got a Mach 2 or Contrail kit. I have some reasonable references (Air Enthusiast ?57is good and another AE has a colour pic of an RAF one) but no doubt Tom at MAI has the usual reference pack for those in need. I'm quite looking forward to doing this one.