 FOV & Target
My wife and I are snowbirds and just located the Target near Hilton Head Island,SC. I probably wouldn't go near a store the size of Target, but comments on the site regarding FOV models made me curious.
I found three models and at $10.99 each brought all three home.
Hurricane (white), (95429)
Mitsubishi Zero (95032)
F4U-1D Corsair VMF 323 (95428)
The Hurricane is probably the poorest example of the three: Over done inking, inconsistant inking, especially on the elevators, and an open seam directly behind the cockpit. The weathering is a bit too much and the shape of the nose seems odd to me. There's a coice of wheels up or down. I'm returning it and checking it against other copies on the self.
The Zero compares favorably to the Corgi I have, but since the pooch is 800 miles from here its a little too far to do a noseto-nose comparison. The red ink lines on the flaps look strange, but I assume the manufacture got it right. Wheels fixed down. I'm happy with the model
The Corsdair is the best of the litter. The pilot needs to lose about 50 pounds, the open cown flaps appear to my eye to be open too wide. One nice touch is the ability to remove hatches on the upper wings and see the ammo belts. Nice touch.The prop could do with better decals, otherwise it compares well with the two Corgis I own. Wheels up or down.
Now I'm looking forward to finding other issues, especially the B-25 and B-26.
Do yourselves a favor and take the plunge. |