TAMIYA 300060312 TAM60312-OS Hobby Model Aeroplane Kits, Grey

Incredible model, and an awesome version of this powerful warplane. I have just completed the build and I am blown away by the detail of this kit. Bear in mind you need to spend around 50% more on paints unless you are already stocked up with Tamiya, but at just over £80 this was an amazing bargain. One or two points to note; this is a kit for experienced model-makers. Although Tamiya have got to considerable lengths to get amazing detail into this kit, they have also made some amazingly sloppy and just plain stupid decisions when it comes to where to join spruces to delicate or visually prominent pieces of this model, such as the nose cone! I mean, come on... join the spruces to the parts that will be glued and positioned out of sight for goodness sake, not on a critically visual focal position such as slap bang in the middle of the nose cone! This happens again and again with this kit and requires lots of careful attention with scalpel, wet and dry paper and buffing to rectify. As if that wasn't enough, some of the pieces appear so badly fitting that I am sure they are from a different model kit and just handed over to this kit to make do. The wheel wells are perhaps the worst offenders. These seem to be designed to be modelled closed, even though the kit comes with die cast metal wheel struts. You have to cut apart the fused parts of the wheel well covers with a scalpel if you want to make the kit with wheels out. WHY? Surely 99% of all model makers will be wanting this option so why plan against this? Just sloppy, lazy decisions yet again. And as for attaching the now separated wheel well covers... All I will say is, "good luck!" Tamiya clearly do not want this to happen. Worst of all though is the ultimate sin with a model plane... the damn canopy does not fit! I kid you not... the clear plastic canopy comes in two parts and rear part sits on top of a supporting frame. Neither the canopy or the supporting frame fit to meet with the front part of the canopy - so you CANNOT fit this as a closed canopy as shown in the photo here. You will have to have the canopy open, which thankfully for me is how I intended it to be. Just be aware of this. So, overall an incredible model of an amazing aircraft. Decent selection of weapons, including the "bunker buster" which, quite frankly is a bit of a let down visually, (looks like a bulimic 2000 lb-er)

great kit

Absolutely top quality model kit from Tamiya ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ the detail is incredible

Prodotto di medio facile gestione per la realizzazione del modello finito ( con un po' di esperienza da parte della persona che si appresta a costruirlo) Gli stampati in plastica sono perfetti quini incastri per incollaggi e viti danno facile e perfetto assemblaggio Buona la sequenza di montaggio nelle istruzioni ( è Tamjia) Attenti alla verniciatura non sempre facile seguendo le istruzioni Per l'armamento più che le istruzioni seguire le foto di velivoli reali per non appesantire troppo il modello Piccola pecca per visualizzare i motori con il modello montato occorre luce ausiliaria .

Awesome Kit

Excelente calidad y muy detallado y realista , las instrucciones súper claras como siempre tiene tamiya en sus productos

la qualité et le souci du détail de Tamiya pour une très belle maquette

This product has two disadvantages. The first is that the shape of the ejection seat is not detailed. Unless you're going to make a pilot seated, you'll need a upgrade resin ejection seat. Second, it is not possible to select the status of ailerons and flaps when assembling except the tail wings. Except for the above two disadvantages, this product is perfect. Except for additional armament, molds were made in 1993 and are now quite old sprues, but the surface texture and detail are excellent even in the current standard. It includes metal landing gear struts, and the fuselage and main wings are firmly fixed with screws, so reinforcement is not required. The product released in 1993 did not contain medium-range air-to-air missiles, but this product has a very faithful armed composition. Although the CFT is made integrally with the fuselage, it is impossible to separate it, but in reality, you can hardly see the F-15E without the CFT, so I don't think it matters. The consistency between the parts is also good. As a result of matching the parts to each other, there is a slight step difference between the large parts, but this is superior compared to the products of the same period and is good even compared to the Revell, Hasegawa, and Italeri products of the 21st century. No ejection defects occurred. Overall, this product is far superior to Revell's 1/32 scale F-15D/E and has many advantages compared to GWH's 1/48 scale F-15E. Personally, I think it's the best F-15E strike eagle model. I'm quite pleased. The delivery speed was also fast and it arrived safely.