This resin
model kit is the McDonnell F2H-2N Banshee were the US Navys first single
seat jet-powered carrier-borne nightfighter.
This new
resin kit from Olimp
Models is part of
their Pro
Resin line of resin
kits. This little 1/72 kit comes packed in a VERY sturdy little
box. Upon opening the box, I was impressed by the huge number of
resin parts, but you also get 2 clear vac-u-formed canopies and a decal
sheet with options for 2 US Navy aircraft. This model has a separate
resin cockpit tub with raised detail on the side consoles and a separate
resin ejection seat with molded in seatbelts.
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Now....this is a resin kit,
so it will require the use of CA glue (Crazy Glue) to assemble it and the
parts are going to need a tiny bit of cleaning up, but this is very
minimal and will not in any way detract from the joy of building this kit.
If you've ever done any work with resin parts before you will have no
problem tackling this kit......go slow....be patient and enjoy the build.
I did a dry fit of the fuselage halves and they lined up very well but you
will need to clean up the mating surfaces before assembly.....this kit
should go together well if the rest of the kit has the same very good
level of fit.
As you can see from the
sample of photos of the resin parts, the fuselage detail on the exterior
of the fuselage is well done. The wings and fuselage have
excellently done recessed panel lines and will look quite convincing on
the finished kit. The seat is amazing....as is the cockpit and
once you paint it up....it will look very good.
The attachment points for
the resin parts is wonderfully thin making the removal of the parts from
the resin casting blocks a quick and easy job. Detail is very crisp
on most parts and the finished products will be a treat to behold.
It's good to see this 1/72
Banshee nightfighter kit from Pro
Resin as they
produce kits of an interesting variety of aircraft .
The kit parts
are pretty straight forward and the 6 pages of instructions cover the
assembly process in a clear and easy to follow way. The instructions
include paint codes in Humbrol, Model Master and Revell colours.
There are two
decal options that include:
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McDonnell
F2H-2N Banshee, VC-4, BuNo 123308, USS FD Roosevelt in 1950.
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McDonnell
F2H-2N Banshee, VF-82, BuNo 123300, Lake Champlain in 1954.
The decals are
very clearly printed....not too thick...not too thin and of good colour
coverage.
In 1/72 you
are dealing with tiny, tiny model kits but this kit goes to great lengths
to provide the modeller with excellent detail.
I am very
excited to see this kit being released. You can buy this Pro Resin
kit directly from Olimp
Models.
I would like
to thanks Oleg at Olimp
Models for sending
me this product sample.
Steve
Bamford
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