Brett Green of Hyperscale.com, as usual, doesn’t make you wait long for a review – all it takes is for the kit to fly from Poland to Australia. This time he also takes a close look at the new model kit and discusses it in detail, illustrating the review with many photos of mouldings and other kit parts.
Let’s check out Brett Green’s assessment of Arma Hobby’s latest model!
“Arma Hobby has added a new family to their ever-growing range, 1/72 scale Curtiss Hawk.
The debut offering is the Curtiss Hawk H-75 A-1/A-2. This variant broe the brunt of battle over France in the first year of the war, plus French North Africa up until the Armistice.
Arma Hobby’s 1/72 scale Curtiss Hawk H-75 A-1/A-2 comprises 75 parts in light grey plastic; seven parts in clear plastic, yellow Kabuki die-cut self-adhesive paper masks, decals for three marking options and a link to downloadable 3d detail parts.”
Curtiss H-75 A1/A2 – plik z detalami do samodzielnego wydruku 3D
“The grey plastic parts are delivered on just two sprues. Moulding quality is excellent. The plastic parts otherwise boast a lovely smooth texture.
Being a long-run kit, the parts are moulded with all the alignment aids that you would expect including pins, holes, slots and tabs.
Moulding quality is excellent.
Some of the sprue attachments are moulded to the surfaces of the kits so take care when cutting these off and cleaning them up.
Surface textures are just gorgeous. Recessed panel lines, raised venbts, circular fastener heads and other structural details are very fine.”
“The engine is simply broken down into three parts but detail is not compromised.”
“The cockpit floor is moulded as the centre section of the wings.”
“The wing parts are full span lower and upper halves. They are suitably thin at the trailing edges. Aileron hinge lines are appropriately heavier than the general panel line detailing.”
“Elevators and rudder are moulded as separate parts and may be posed to taste.”
“Some cockpit sidewall detail is moulded directly to the inside of the fuselage halves.
Additional separate parts include, throttle quadrant; instrument panel with a moulded pair of rudder pedals, control column and more. “
“Clear parts are impressively transparent and free from distortion.”
“Decals are printed perfectly by Techmod.
They are luxuriously glossy, colours are well saturated and everything is in perfect register.”
Conclusion
“Arma Hobby’s 1/72 scale Curtiss H-75 A1/A2 is a little gem of a kit with its crisp surface textures, high moulding quality, thoughtful parts breakdown, useful options and high level of detail.
This is a another excellent offering from Arma Hobby.”
Whole Review at Hyperscale!
Read the whole Brett Green’s review at Hyperscale.com!
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Modeller, son and father of a modeller. Loves digging through references and analysing old photographs. He builds aircraft, ship and vehicle models, the older the better. He has a weakness for Polish equipment, but does not despise the RAF, FAA and Great War topics. A journalist by training.
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