[b-huj]

I finally saw it in the flesh and I am deeply unimpressed. Whatever criticism I had for ealier Herpa releases, this one wipes them away single-hand for being such a fiasco...
1) panel lines are too wide, too shallow, look like hand-carved
2) clear plastic canopy is barely clear, railing/frame is so thick and poorly moulded!
3) there is a huge gap between the wing and the fuselage, as well as the exhaust
4) pitot tube is huge, thick and looks like a third sidewinder
5) no air-intakes moulded, only grey paint to simulate it.

overall, i think this is a roughly improvised release and does look like a far cry from the releases we've been getting so far. Candy toys pose a serious threat for price/quality against this pricey little piece of diecast.

[b-huj]

two last images, notice the single mould for the tailhook and ventral fin...and the huge "pitot tube" (AKA "third sidewinder"). Panel lines on the F-22 now look subtle by comparison (and it is not because of the silver paint, or different light conditions).

[SKUNKY]

Yechhhh!...you sure that's not a Hubley toy from the '60's, b?.....

[Phantom Phan1200]

Im not one to bash much of anything, but thats bad really bad.

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by Phantom Phan1200

Im not one to bash much of anything,.....

I know exactly what you're saying, Phan...I'm the same way....

[Phantom Phan1200]

Originally Posted by SKUNKY

I know exactly what you're saying, Phan...I'm the same way....

[aeroeng]

That might be the worst die-cast I have seen . It looks worse than the toys from the dollar store I get my one year old to play with . I'm not a rivet counter either. That nose gear looks pretty funny.

[b-huj]

I am not joking, I do collect these 1/200 little diecasts to complEment (thanks Skunky) my airliners, and this is so far the worst I've seen, even when compared to 1/144 plastic "trading toys" from Japan...Attached is a picture I took from a shop display, it is a 1/144 plastic toy sold for probably a third of the price of that Herpa diecast, it's blurry and it was taken in a rush but you get the idea.

[Rush104]

Maybe they got the people who designed FM's 1/48th mold to design this...FM's 104 isn't too impressive, either.

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by b-huj

I am not joking, I do collect these 1/200 little diecasts to compliment my airliners, .

b, do your airliners suffer from inferiority complexes?....

I understand completely as I'm always fishin' for pats on the back too....