Great Wall Hobby

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Michael Benolkin has posted an in-box kit review of the new 1/48th scale Great Wall Hobby TBD-1 Devastator (kit number 4807) for all to see on CyberMobeler. 

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(image source: Michael Benolkin/CyberMobeler)

Additional kit reviews and images:

Modeling Madness - Great Wall Hobby TBD-1 Devastator (kit number 4807)

Hyperscale - Great Wall Hobby TBD-1 Devastator (kit number 4807)

[GTX_Admin]

Hmmm...I would have put money on their producing a P-38 or even a Fokker G-1 or XP-58 (yeah, I dream!) as their next kit given their apparent preference for twin tailed creations (Fw189 and P-61).

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Updated OP to add additional link for the kit review at Modeling Madness and Hyperscale

[Jeffry Fontaine]

In-box review of the Great Wall Hobby 1:48th scale MiG-29 Fulcrum (Late Type 9-12) kit number L48-11 courtesy of Brett Green at Hyperscale. 

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Link to main page at Hyperscale

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Frank Spahr has uploaded an in-box kit review including images of the Great Wall Hobby Vulcan B.2 (kit number L 1001) at Modelversium.de. 

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Turns out that Pit Road is the source of the molds for this kit. :)

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Another in-box review of the Great Wall Hobby 1:48th scale MiG-29 Fulcrum (Late Type 9-12) kit number L48-11 courtesy of Kai Röther at modellversium.de. 

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[Jeffry Fontaine]

Bernd Heller has uploaded a rather extensive in-box kit review of the GWH 1:48th scale Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-1 with Sonderaktion Schneekufen (Kit Number L4808) at Modellversium. 

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[finsrin]

Bernd Heller has uploaded a rather extensive in-box kit review of the GWH 1:48th scale Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-1 with Sonderaktion Schneekufen (Kit Number L4808) at Modellversium. 

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Whenever I see a Fw 189 picture it seems to be asking (pleading) for Garrett T-76 engines.

[ChernayaAkula]

^Turboprop Uhu?  THERE you go.

[finsrin]

How sweet that is  :)
Is what Fw-189 always wanted to be.  Creative build indeed  :)
Picture this:  Is a clear sunny day in the tropics with 90+deg temps and you are flying mid-day patrol sitting in that front greenhouse.
All a part of collecting flight pay   

[Rickshaw]

How sweet that is  :)
Is what Fw-189 always wanted to be.  Creative build indeed  :)
Picture this:  Is a clear sunny day in the tropics with 90+deg temps and you are flying mid-day patrol sitting in that front greenhouse.
All a part of collecting flight pay   

Open the window and you get a nice air-conditioned breeze. 

[elmayerle]

^Turboprop Uhu?  THERE you go.

Looks like it's fit with a pair of PT6As from the location of the exhaust.  I tend to agree with Finsrin that a T76/TPE331 fit would work better,   It would also let you do a more aesthetic exhaust pipe.

[GTX_Admin]

I tend to think Turbomeca Astazou turboprops as in the FMA IA 58 Pucará:



One could even have the Fw-189 reintroduced into service in Argentina...

[GTX_Admin]

Something that just snuck in:



Nice!!!

[Daryl J.]

1:48 F-15B/D.   

Just got to crawl over #85-130 a couple weeks ago.

[elmayerle]

I tend to think Turbomeca Astazou turboprops as in the FMA IA 58 Pucará:



One could even have the Fw-189 reintroduced into service in Argentina...

For what it's worth, the MU-2A prototypes flew with Astazou engines but the production aircraft went with TPE331/T76 engines.  I understand there was a prototype of a Pucara update/upgrade flown with TPE331's.

[GTX_Admin]

If you are into such scales, I note that Great Wall Hobby have released the following in 1/144:

[elmayerle]

Which immediately suggests a diorama of a Vulcan K.2 refueling an operational TSR.2 in camouflage.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Frank Spahr was kind enough to share some images of the kit contents in the Great Wall Hobby 1:144th scale TSR.2 (kit number L1003) at Modellversium.de. 



Kit includes both types of MARTEL missiles (4X MARTEL ARM - Antiradar and 4X MARTEL AJ.168 EO - TV guided) plus stores pylons to carry four weapons.  The kit also includes the huge fuel tank for the bottom of the fuselage. 

[Weaver]

Interesting - cheers!

On the buccaneer, AJ.168 required a datalink pod which cost the aircraft a pylon, so the loadout was only three MARTELs if any one of them was an AJ.168. Would this have applied to TSR.2 as well, or were they proposing to build the datalink into the aircraft?

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Brett Green has posted an announcement at HyperScale from Great Wall Hobby regarding what could be considered a "product recall" for the 1:48th scale F-15 B/D IAF/USAF (2 in 1) kit number L4815

I am impressed that GWH would go to such efforts to fix a problem and take care of each and every customer that purchased this kit.  It says a lot about their business ethic and in this day of every one wanting to make a fast profit it is nice to see a company that cares enough to provide the replacement parts at no cost to the customer. 

[Daryl J.]

An ethic that resulted in 3 MiG-29s from that company finding their way into My Great Pile...none of which were purchased second hand.   I like that about them.   

[GTX_Admin]

I am impressed that GWH would go to such efforts to fix a problem and take care of each and every customer that purchased this kit.  It says a lot about their business ethic and in this day of every one wanting to make a fast profit it is nice to see a company that cares enough to provide the replacement parts at no cost to the customer.

Maybe they could teach some non-Chinese companies a thing or two about customer service...

[GTX_Admin]

New 1/48 F-15C on its way:



Note the new AESA AN/APG-63(V)3 radar is quite well detailed - one could use this to super detail another kit since Singapore's relatively new F-15SGs have the same radar reportedly.

[GTX_Admin]

Supposedly set for late July release: