Short review by Dave Coward
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Background
Rather than go into the background of the actual aircraft if you follow the following link you`ll get a full Here Now Review plus a brief history.
Aftermarket Extras:
Lyrca Thread
Introduction
Now I have to admit that 1:72nd isn’t really my cup of tea but I was in need of a quick build of a Tiger Moth as a present and two of these had just turned up on Geoff`s desk. Question was which one to build then I decided it was just as easy to build the two together so off we go. This isn’t intended to be an in-depth build – the Tiger Moth kits are easy builds with relatively few parts, so this is more of a ‘quick-review’.
The first thing that you notice when you open the box is how small these kits are (now I remember why I like 1:32nd !!) but the detail looks nice on them and the lack of panel lines means no trenches; well nearly none and those that are visible are reasonably restrained.
The next thing I noticed is the lack of parts, well I suppose this is a small plane in a small scale so what else would one expect.
Bearing these facts in mind this was going to involve quick and simple building which was good as I was on a 48hr deadline to get at least one of them finished.
Straightforward cockpit
The cockpit is very simple and consists of a floor, two seats and two control columns. You could add some seat belts but in this scale I wasn’t that bothered. You do have the option to have the front and rear cockpit doors open. If you want to do this you will have to cut them out and new doors are to be found on the spruces. Once the cockpit is painted and assembled it can be glued into the fuselage sides and these can be joined together – good fit here with no issues. One thing to point out though is the ‘Red’ civilian version will need new tail plane fillets fitting. Like the doors it’s just a case of cutting out the existing part and fitting in the replacement.
