C-141B Roden
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I was a loadmaster on 141s in the early 80s, so this plane holds a special place in my heart. Up until now, the only plastic kit has been the crappy undersized 1/200 Testors/Dragon/CyberHobby offering. I even submitted a short article to Airfix Model World arguing for a new tool in 1/144. The minimum scale it should be. Well, it seems one company was listening to my (and many others) opinion. Roden came out with a total new tooling in 144. And, sadly, it is mediocre.
To start. The plastic is...funky for lack of a better term. It looks almost recycled to me. But not a biggy.
The next thing that jumps out is there is no option for the cargo doors to be open. She is buttoned up tight. Well darn. It would take a ton of surgery and scratch building to pose her open. Ergh.
On to dry fitting! Ummmmm, locating pins? Hello? Oh there you are. All two of you for the fuselage. One front, one rear. And no matching hole for them to go in. Nothing to speak of on the wings either. Ergh again.
Cockpit...none. Granted, in
