Airfix A1362 – German Light Tank Pz.Kpfw.38 – Escala 1:35

韓国アカデミー社のOEM製品なのでエアフィックスのオリジナルを期待するとがっかりかも。
変に作りにくいところはない良キットだと思います。

キット内容は
1.内部再現なし
2.部分連結履帯
3.半身のフィギュア１体、全身のフィギュア１体付きで、ヘッドは４種類から選択
4.エッチングパーツなし
といった感じ。

エアフィックスオリジナル製品のような粘っこさのある材質ではありませんでした。
細かいところに目立つ押しピン跡があるので、そういうところを直していると時間がかかるかも。
穴あけの指示があるのでピンバイスを用意しておくといいでしょう。

アカデミー製品は実店舗では取り扱っているところが少ないので、入手しやすくなったのはありがたいですね。

Being British and of a certain age I have a natural desire to see Airfix do well. They were an integral part of any child of the 60’s and 70’s. We all know of their travailles in recent times and it appears that in many ways they are getting back on track.

Now, Airfix were never at the high end of the market and some of their kits were a little ‘basic’ but in recent times they have done a superb job with some of their new moulds for their aircraft.

They have also seen that AFV modelling has become much more popular – probably in line with some of the superb videos on YouTube – and wanted a slice of the pie. And they have done this by buying or using other manufacturers output notably Academy.

Not sure who makes this rebox but compared to my last Airfix tank, the Tiger 1 at least the instructions are clear(ish). If you are expecting the quality of that is in the new aircraft mouldings then forget it. Useable but very average.

Which, this model is. There are some good points which, is the crisp mouldings and mostly good fit.

However, where I feel this model is not up to what one would hope for is the track system. It is the dreaded – in my eyes – sectional track that means you have to assemble it all in one go before painting. This to me makes it nearly impossible to do the best job because in order to do so I find painting the track seperately works best.

On some sectional track models it is possible to do this but the overall delicacy of the parts here makes that somewhat unlikely.

Overall, this is a reasonable, if lower end rebox that’s thankfully relatively cheap. It’s maybe a good kit to practice on but for me, I think in future I’ll go with RFM or MENG for the better quality AFV kits.