bigtim
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people wonder why the complaints come out around scale accuracy its the $$$they want for them people.
if your going to have to spend 650$ for a aprox.60-80 size warbird then shoulden't it be closer to the scale outline.
I would think so,like so many have pointed out, it costs no more to make a plug that is as accurate as possable in profile.
as long as you have a flyable airplane of course. some consessions sometimes need to be made, but some of the points being made are seriously legitimate .
forums like this one are full of information, you would have thought that a company with the rep of YT/KMP would have gone out and solicited information from there adoring public, so they would have bragging points on there scale looks.
there have been numerous posts about there other planes and how good they look and how scale they are lord knows I have read them add nausium.
here's a prediction, I would bet in the next couple of years H-9 comes out with a couple of axis planes,and for 270$ they will sell like hot cakes, not because they have the scale details, but because there close in there looks to the plane there trying to represent, they fly easy, are not that expensive,and come with there flimsy H-9 retracts which keep the cost down and do work.
even CMPro is sold out of there FW 190 and enough has been said about that one to fill a library, but people will suck up the bad points for less$$$ the more you pay the more accurate the model should be thats the bottom line is it not.
it's not because it's composite construction big deal that means nothing to the average modeler joe average wants a plane that looks good and for the money it better look good.
if this plane had come out at 499$ like so many of there other planes, I don't know how much complaining there would be,a little I am sure because nobody is ever satisfied no matter how cheap,but ask top dollar and let the criticism begin,its to be expected.
there has been no word from YT/KMP about "this is the first run if you want it for less then get this one the new and improved one will be out later this year at the regular price"or somthing like that the silence is defening.
if this is there production run and there won't be any corrections or refinements then its obvious there not listening to there fan base,there was a heated debate obout the high prices of skyshark kits and how there for the "diserning modeler" and all that hoey,the reply from the owner was "it's my party and if you don't like it then leave" so everybody did.
any one noticed there aint no more skyshark kits available
kits are going away fast, at least the ones that offer variety,like skyshark did for instance.
modelers want scale accuracy,I have a building collection of kits, if I build one a year then I am killing it,the 2 H-9 planes I have are not the scale wonders I would like but they do fill a void in my collection and when there flying they don't look too bad either for 259.00.
for the apologists I would say go ahead and buy it if its works for you ,for the detractors save your $ and keep glueing that balsa simple as that,speak with your wallets.
I guess I will end up building that FW-190 A8 kit this winter after all.
by the way where is the company men with some answers to the questions being posted,inquiring minds wan't to know, how they feel about there product and what the public at large is saying.
< Message edited by bigtim -- 7/22/2007 9:11:42 AM >
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RE: YT/KMP FW-190A - 
I like the looks of the KMP Warbirds. I would have never noticed that a few things were off to scale until it was mentioned. One thing I do know is when the German Aircraft Factories made there planes, they were not all exactly the same. 
