Special Hobby Mohawk Mk IV

[LindsayT]

Anybody know anything about this kit?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Special-Hobby-1-32-Mohawk-Mk-IV-/261143501552?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3ccd5d9af0

 

Is that a good price? Does anyone else do a Mohawk in 1:32? I'd like to build one some day so I'm trying to get a feel for what's out there.

 

Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks.

 

Lindsay

[Paulster]

Built the Special Hobbys P-39. Lot of work but came out OK considering the price of the kit $(50). Seeing as most new 32nd scale kits are between a buck to a buck and a half worked out good.

[Grant]

Hmm, I've heard mixed reviews about Special Hobby but nothing about this particular kit. Paulster seems to think it's ok with lots of work so I guess it's a roll of the dice.

[Mikester]

Built the P-36, decent kit but definitely not shake and bake.  If you don't an aversion to filling and sanding you should be OK.

[Michel borderline Beekveld]

Lindsey,

 

It's a badly engineered kit. I bought this kit because my dad very likely saw these things fly overhead, when he was a 7 year old. That is, before the japanese locked him up in a camp.

 

Cowl is separated from the fuselage halves. It tried to fix the cowls halves to each individual fuselage half first, before closing the fuselage completely.

The fit of the fuselage was poor, and due to its minimal contact area, the cowl snapped off.

I tried reinforcing strips on the inside, but hey hey, whadduyuno. That's where the bulkhead is. IIRC instrument panel was too large for the cockpit.

Don't even start about the fuselage wing joint (i dry fitted). It isn't there.

 

There is a reason why you don't see many built-up fotos of this plane.

 

MBB

[LindsayT]

Thanks for the thoughts, everybody, and thanks for waving a giant red flag, MBB. It's taken under advisement.

 

I had an uncle who flew Mohawks and then Mk VIII Spits in the war. Hence my interest in building the former.

 

Anybody know if anyone else makes a Mohawk?

 

Thanks,

 

Lindsay

[Michel borderline Beekveld]

Well good old Tom Cleaver managed to make a decent model out of it.

 

http://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/cleaver/tmc32mo.htm

 

As always, my experiences say more about my modelling skills, then the kit itself.

 

It is still "in the pile", but it has been there for years.

 

HTH.

 

MBB