The Mistercraft Hunters are reboxes of ZTS Plastyk,2009.
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info👍
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Thanks. I normally mention this but was clearly too excited by my purchase... I'll try and remember to cover this in the build video
@ModelMinutes
Жыл бұрын
The quality control person was having a day off when these were manufactured 😂
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
Just A day off?🤣🤣🤣🤣
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
"Yes. There is quality to this model. Yes..." *Shakes box
@ModelMinutes
Жыл бұрын
@@jaws848 😂
@alexeveryman5080
4 ай бұрын
Most likely QC was political officer, too busy with other tasks ;).
@NOSHER
Жыл бұрын
It could have been worse...I also bought an Army Lynx .....oh,the horror!!!
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
That bad?...i was thinking of buying it
@pawelpw1161
Жыл бұрын
@@jaws848 If you need Lynx get yourself Hobbyboss
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
If you ever buy their saab draken kit then you are in for a real treat....NOT....even though the instructions CLEARLY show instalaton of seat,control stick and instrument panel into the cockpit tub...and then installing said cockpit tub into the lower fuselage half it does NOT include cockpit tub,does NOT include seat,does NOT include instrument panel and does NOT include control stick....at first i thought the sprue fell out of the box somewhere along they way or was accidently left out i then checked the parts layout diagram on the instructions NONE of those "missing" parts are shown on ANY of the sprues.
@NOSHER
Жыл бұрын
More like an "agro" hunter....I have a Plastyk boxing and bought an aftermarket decal sheet....then decided a Revell and an Airfix hunter were a better bet
@VenlyssPnorr
Жыл бұрын
"It gains a point....that's minus nine" :D
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
The Swiss version is the Patroille Suisse Aerobatic team rather than an annaversary scheme......unless they screwed that up too
@ZinzanModelling
Жыл бұрын
Dear Mr VFC, I was lucky enough to find and read the manufacturer's employee product packaging instructions. It is, (predictably), a short document and is entitled: "Product packing: F*ck it- that'll do." Regards, Z
@KEITHSWINFORD
9 ай бұрын
Oh, you reckon that's bad. Try Mistercraft 042608! CL-13/F-86F Sabre. Missing decals, missing parts, I'll fitting assemblies. Plastics that won't glue together. Unfathomable painting schemes. That's on top of the part raised panel lines, which I can except. Pure bilge! I shall be giving them a wide berth in future. I bought it because I thought it might be different, but I've struggled. It's not quite destroyed me, but not far off and it's taken weeks, and the results are genuinely awful. Good luck, mate!
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
They are NOTORIOUS for NOT including all the decal options they show on the front of the box.
@datamek
Жыл бұрын
Mistercraft using a lot of old tools from different manufacturers: this one is probably old FROG, later Novo in Russia . They have as well lot of old Heller/Smer and KP. Manuals have a lot of misstakes and decals not always correspond to cammos in manual. Its a budget old kits so you got what you paid for.
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
Don't know what you mean... these instructions have 8 different parts that are apparently all called part 16... This kit is the 1999 tool from ZTS Plastyk - should have mentioned that in the vid!
@pawelpw1161
Жыл бұрын
@@VFCproductions well ;-) ZTS Plastyk did some tuning of old Novo/Frog tools......with hobby knife :-) Before you buy any of Mistercraft kits you have to check which repack it is. There are few models by Mistercraft that are worth a while as vintage or are only option left, like soviet IL-4, originally by Zvezda. This Hunter is utter waste of time
@dpswets
Жыл бұрын
It's not close to a Airfix model ofc, but this kit can be enjoyable. I've made one from Mistercraft and also made one from the older Plastyk boxing which is cheaper and still available. Have to say I used aftermarket decals so I can't say much about those other than the mistercraft ones being crap almost always. With a bit of time and work it can look pretty good eventually.
@stevetheduck1425
5 ай бұрын
Have bought these kits precisely because some of them are the FROG kits I remember from my youth. A cheap way to get a dimensionally close kit, with plenty of scope for improvement, and not as expensive as a modern kit, half of which will be thrown away or replaced anyway. This is the modelling the way I did it most of my life. For the modeller who believes that a newer kit is always better, these are anathema. Not for me.
@robbielloyd5767
Жыл бұрын
I’ve have made the Fairey Fulmar 1/72 that’s a good kit. I’ve tried to make the the Su-22 but it ended up flying out of my loft window
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
I have done 3 of ther SU -17/20/22 kits and found them ok....not great but not awful either...you should see the Mig -29 and saab draken kits from them that i built...now THEY were bad
@robbielloyd5767
Жыл бұрын
@@jaws848 I bought the mig 29 kit a few years ago and I wish I hadn’t that went straight into the bin.
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
@@robbielloyd5767 that bad?
@johndell3642
Жыл бұрын
Agree about the Fulmar - not a bad kit. It's actually a reboxing of a mould with a long history - having been issued by both Revell and Airfix in the past. The AZ models Fulmar is the same mould but with a bit of photoetch thrown in.
@pawelpw1161
Жыл бұрын
I believe this is only tool for su22 on the market. it is also not that bad, main issue is fitting cockpit inside fuselage
@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204
Жыл бұрын
good vid thanks lee
@WayneWelly
Жыл бұрын
Typical mistercraft quality or lack of
@DavidJones-wr3sb
Жыл бұрын
Best place for these old kits is the bin 😂
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
This tooling isn't actually that old - 1999.
@tomjw1306
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Hobbycraft shops now seem to be peddling this junk. Loved the review though. Really made me laugh.
@stevetheduck1425
5 ай бұрын
No RAF markings, but Belgian and Swedish.
@steve1315
Жыл бұрын
Got their Mig 15 and Me 262 cheap and cheerful.
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
Define cheerful
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
@@VFCproductionsthe colours on the underside of the wings on the Swiss version ARE correct...the white should be white,however the grey thats shown on the fuselage underside is NOT correct...it Should be silver
@Jeff-cv4qn
Жыл бұрын
Ouch that rattling sound was painful !😂
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
It's a good job there is nothing valuable in the box!
@Jeff-cv4qn
Жыл бұрын
@@VFCproductions 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@bobholmstrom786
Жыл бұрын
Remakable that they are still in business
@samantharoberts351
7 ай бұрын
O it must of come out of the SZD Factory LOL
@ericbeaton7211
6 ай бұрын
Given that Mister Craft kits appear to be nearly all reboxed . Surely some of the criticism should be labelled at the original manufacturer.
@VFCproductions
6 ай бұрын
A valid point. I do think that Mistercraft releasing very poor quality tooling, whether their own or not, is the biggest issue here. They are selling a product that is rubbish and they clearly do not care about their image.
@stevetheduck1425
5 ай бұрын
@@VFCproductionsThis appears to be the 1960s FROG kit. A good place to start, in my opinion, and cheaper than an expensive kit with many parts to be replaced to be 'up to date'.
@VFCproductions
5 ай бұрын
@@stevetheduck1425 according to Scalemates this is the ZTS kit. The FROG kit is certainly similar, but there are enough differences that I believe this is merely an imitation.
@datamek
Жыл бұрын
P.S. Please test another polish kit from Arma Hobby....
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
I have an Arma Hobby kit ready to go. In the box it looks truly fantastic!
@Gibbo263
6 ай бұрын
It’s the only 1:72 hunter so I guess I’m stuck with it
@VFCproductions
6 ай бұрын
Buy the Revell one
@Gibbo263
6 ай бұрын
@@VFCproductions I can only find 1:144 from revell
@martinoconnor4314
Жыл бұрын
I have never built a Mistercraft kit or even owned one but I was once stupid enough to build a Starfix 1/48 (🤣🤣) Spitfire and Bf109.
@ricardoroberto7054
Жыл бұрын
I have only bought 2 mister craft kits. Both 1/72 spitfires and gave them to charity shops. Never again.
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
You gave them to a charity? Monstrous! What did the charity ever do to offend you so much?!
@ricardoroberto7054
Жыл бұрын
@@VFCproductions 😄
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
It depemds.i have a number of their kits and some were ok 1 is great and 2 were awful...there is a reason they are as cheap as they are....and their decals are normally rubbish.
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
No. The decals are super. It says so on the box...
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
@@VFCproductions i can tell you are being sarcastic...you really are in for a "super" time with the decals.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@nedlooby7419
2 ай бұрын
Ah smer?
@danestewart2539
Жыл бұрын
Why do mistercraft even exist? Hobby craft should be ashamed to retail these kits
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
This is a good question.
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
The problem with Misterkit /Mistercraft is they are a mixed bag due to many of their releases being kits from other companis...yes a lot of them are awful but some are great....for example their Fouga Magister is a straight up reboxing of the Hellar kit which is a great little kit.
@jasonmussett2129
Жыл бұрын
I' ve heard a lot about Mistercraft kits....nothing good.😭
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
Some of yjeir kits are okay....but mostbare garbage
@jasonmussett2129
Жыл бұрын
@@jaws848 yeah, they look it too🤮
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
@@jasonmussett2129 their fouga is okay as its a straight up reboxing of the Hellar kit.i have done 3 of their SU-17/20/22 kits and they are okay too...for the most part....although iy does NOT show instalation of inner lamding gears doors on the instructions there are parts on the sprie that LOOK like them so i assume thats what they are....but the Mig-29 and Sabb Draken kits o got from them wete a disaster
@jasonmussett2129
Жыл бұрын
@@jaws848 The Sthurmovik is even worse apparently. No detail at all.
@jaws848
Жыл бұрын
@@jasonmussett2129 Mat over at model minutes here on yt has a video on that very Sturmovik kit...the worst i did was the Draken kit
@ismaelmetero4121
Жыл бұрын
What do you expect for 8 euro? I think you only have yourself to blame.
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely only have myself to blame. I was intrigued
@kennesaw101
Жыл бұрын
Picked up a few of the mistercraft kits real cheap. I've never built one , I use them for paint testing.
@VFCproductions
Жыл бұрын
I'm using this one for patience testing...
@derekferguson385
Жыл бұрын
1,700 views and 77 likes. Looks like the kit is more popular than your video. 🤔
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