Fantastic Plastic : Buck Rogers : Princess Ardala's Launch |
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| The 80s will never die! Break out the spandex jumpsuits and big hair, Buck Rogers is on the way, and hot on his heels is the ever so sultry (in that Draconian way) Princess Ardala. Her usual mode of getting from here to there? Why it's her royal draconian launch of course. Now you can have your own royal livery in 1:72 scale with Fantastic Plastic's latest release. Cleanly cast in an appetizing light brown resin, the few parts require minimal clean up. But in my sample, a couple of broken parts and a few prominent sub-surface bubbles means this is going to require some model making skills just a bit beyond beginners level. But this is a great subject that's distinctive and off the well-worn path for Sci Fi hardware modeling. In fact, I can't recall that anyone has even commited this design to resin before. So kudos to Fantastic-Plastic for breaking new ground and giving the sci-fi modeling fan a new, and interesting model kit to relive those glory days of Gil Gerard round-house kicking galactic villians into submission! "Be-de be-de be-de. Let's get 'em, Buck! " | |
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Scale: 1:72 |
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There were a couple of broken pieces-nothing that a little pinning and glueing wont fix. Some of the pieces were a little warped out of the box: the front canard that you see to the left and the large, thin landing skid piece that shown in the upper right corner of the picture above. A few seconds emersion in hot water softened the pieces. I then held the warped piece against a wooden ruler and run it under cold water for a couple seconds and the parts were restored to thier proper shape. Shown at the left is the broken canard. |
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Very nice casting overall. No air bubbles or terribly obvious seam lines. The detail on the main hull is pretty well defined. Mine came with 2 broken pins, but they are thick enough to be drilled and pinned back into place. I think it may be okay to simply glue them back on, but as they form the brace for the landing skids, the added strength could only be a good thing. |
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There's a few bubbles in the nose, but it looks like they can be popped and filled with putty or CA glue. Detail seems a bit soft as the bottom of the window frame is more indistinct than the top, but I think it can be built up with a bit of epoxy putty, otherwise, I think it will paint up very nicely. |
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