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 Hi All Guess by now most of you know about my obsession for flying wings of a previous era well here is another that I managed to get at a very good discount along with some other goodys. This will be going in the stash for now but will be built at a future date. The kit comes in a sturdy box with a nice if not wishful thinking picture of the Ho 229 attacking a Lancaster bomber, lifting the lid and there's a sturdy cardboard box that on lifting that lid shows lots of parts in two segmented area's mostly of a light grey plastic but several sprue's of clear plastic aswell all are free of flash and minimal ejection marks this is the norm with Zoukei-Mura kits as they are short run kits. A closer look at the sprue's reveals a high level of detail such as panel lines and rivets even on the clear plastic parts its the same as this is the ghost skin version. The instructions are very nicely printed very clear and have English text and made to look like old type blue prints/working drawings the Large decal sheet is nicely printed and has all the smaller hatch/safety labels/markings. A quality kit that will not disapoint in fact any of there kits are of this calibre. Zoukei-Mura also do upgrade sets for this kit and I managed to get hold of the No VII concept notes along with the weighted tyres , metal undercarriage, metal guns and the etch set as a package. The pilot figure with the large preasure helmet I managed to find separately but could only manage to find one of the two combustion chamber sets. There are many books out there on this subject but two of the better are below along with the last book which is an in depth book on flying wing theory and the story of the Horten brothers trials and tribulations. Regards Andy   arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Andy,
you should build the Jamsine models skeleton ho229 kit
Carl
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I was looking at this kit myself, but recently started seeing lots of very unfavourable reviews of Z-M kits. It might be just about their older kits, but the general prevailing opinion was that they are really poorly done with bad fit - completely out of what should be expected at their price point. Looking forward to your impressions when you start the build... Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Looks like a very nice kit I also think you should have a look at the Jasmine model one too, although their instructions are somewhat lacking
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Hi Carl I keep looking at that kit but still cant decide Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Michu can you add some links to these bad reviews as I cant find them and would like to read what they have to say. Regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Dave It is a nice kit and should build into a nice kit regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote: Hi Michu can you add some links to these bad reviews as I cant find them and would like to read what they have to say. Regards Andy Will be difficult as these were mostly opinions from people building them on various Facebook groups. And I don't remember anything bad ever written about this particular kit. Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Rank: Vice-Master Groups: Registered
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One of the recent that I managed to find, just not sure if this is an open group: https://www.facebook.com...malink/1627092337553587/Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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