Trumpeter 1/72 Mig-29A Fulcrum (9.12)
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 1:57 pm
As a lover of Russian Jets I was pretty exited to unbox this new release of the Mig 29.
Russian jest are quite big, the Flanker is really big and lends itself well to 1/72 but also the Mig 29 is "big enough" in 1/72.
Will not go into scale accuracy, that's for other forums to debate, I will just give You my impressions of this kit from a general point of view.
The box is quite small but sturdy as we have come to expect from Trumpy. The box art is beautiful, one of the best I have seen.
In the box everything is packaged very nicely in separate bags, and sensitive parts with extra foam wrapping. Excellent!
(Why Airfix, Revell and others cannot do this also in 2015 is beyond my comprehension)
The fuselage/wings comes in two separate halves which are put together in the box. (the same as all their Flanker kits) This immediately reveals the perfect fit!
Some shots of the AMAZING moulding and detail level...Im in love!
(Please keep in mind its 1/72 when You see the pics...)
Vertical fins...beautiful details...
Sprue with cocpit tub, two different nose cones etc. (one piece nose cones! )
Look at that beautifully moulded nose pitot tube...small scissors for scale, who needs resin or even brass!
Two identical sprues with wheels, seats, nozzles etc.
Seat is very nicely detailed for 1/72!
Sprue with horizontal tail planes and various small bits...NO ejection pin marks in the wrong places.
Two identical sprues with pylons/hardpoints, missiles etc.
Missiles...
Clear parts are as good as it gets...And perfectly protected.
Decals, three sheets including full missile markings. They are ok, but this is the only part of this kit that could have been improved.
Sorry for the bad pic!
Decals for IP are ok and totally fine at this scale.
Love Trumpeters colour call-outs! (even if they are not always accurate)
One Russian scheme
One Hungarian scheme
On the back of the missile paint chart there is a full colour print of the amazing box art! A given on the wall of the mancave
Not much to say about the instructions, Trumpeter standard, clear and easy to follow.
Conclusion
It does not get any better than this in 1/72 folks!
All the plastic gets 10/10 from me, the decals are fine but not quite Cartograf class.
This is the only thing that Trumpeter could improve in my mind.
There are two more versions coming!
And there is also a Mig 29 C coming from Zvezda lets see how that can match the ones from Trumpy.
Very highly recommended!!!
Russian jest are quite big, the Flanker is really big and lends itself well to 1/72 but also the Mig 29 is "big enough" in 1/72.
Will not go into scale accuracy, that's for other forums to debate, I will just give You my impressions of this kit from a general point of view.
The box is quite small but sturdy as we have come to expect from Trumpy. The box art is beautiful, one of the best I have seen.
In the box everything is packaged very nicely in separate bags, and sensitive parts with extra foam wrapping. Excellent!
(Why Airfix, Revell and others cannot do this also in 2015 is beyond my comprehension)
The fuselage/wings comes in two separate halves which are put together in the box. (the same as all their Flanker kits) This immediately reveals the perfect fit!
Some shots of the AMAZING moulding and detail level...Im in love!
(Please keep in mind its 1/72 when You see the pics...)
Vertical fins...beautiful details...
Sprue with cocpit tub, two different nose cones etc. (one piece nose cones!
)Look at that beautifully moulded nose pitot tube...small scissors for scale, who needs resin or even brass!
Two identical sprues with wheels, seats, nozzles etc.
Seat is very nicely detailed for 1/72!
Sprue with horizontal tail planes and various small bits...NO ejection pin marks in the wrong places.
Two identical sprues with pylons/hardpoints, missiles etc.
Missiles...
Clear parts are as good as it gets...And perfectly protected.
Decals, three sheets including full missile markings. They are ok, but this is the only part of this kit that could have been improved.
Sorry for the bad pic!
Decals for IP are ok and totally fine at this scale.
Love Trumpeters colour call-outs! (even if they are not always accurate)
One Russian scheme
One Hungarian scheme
On the back of the missile paint chart there is a full colour print of the amazing box art! A given on the wall of the mancave
Not much to say about the instructions, Trumpeter standard, clear and easy to follow.
Conclusion
It does not get any better than this in 1/72 folks!
All the plastic gets 10/10 from me, the decals are fine but not quite Cartograf class.
This is the only thing that Trumpeter could improve in my mind.
There are two more versions coming!
And there is also a Mig 29 C coming from Zvezda lets see how that can match the ones from Trumpy.
Very highly recommended!!!