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Hero Schwimm reviewed
Wierdy
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Ukraine / Україна
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Posted: Monday, July 18, 2016 - 07:31 PM UTC
Here is a link to a good old Chinese site:

http://www.moxingfans.com/test/other/2016/0711/2168.html

IMHO upon seeing the images:
Pros
-No moulding/fit issues encountered
-Clear instructions
-Moderate parts count
Cons
-Sparse decal sheet
-Wheels beg for replacement
-Not sure it has any real advantages above venerable Tamiya kit cause I don't have one.

And what is your opinion?
supaderpa
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Posted: Monday, July 18, 2016 - 08:08 PM UTC
It is slightly cheaper than the Tamiya kit but as I have built the Tamiya Schwimmwagen, the Tamiya has more decal options and also a driver figure.

Otherwise everything else looks almost identical. Would have preferred if they gave an option for a canvas hood cover.
HermannB
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Posted: Monday, July 18, 2016 - 08:31 PM UTC
Fine that they used my Schwimmwagen pics from Primeportal!
alanmac
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Posted: Monday, July 18, 2016 - 09:57 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Fine that they used my Schwimmwagen pics from Primeportal!



and to put their logo signature in the bottom corner of the images.....

typical of the attitude from this part of the world over intellectual property. Send them an email.
brekinapez
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Posted: Monday, July 18, 2016 - 10:52 PM UTC
You know they'll just ignore that email.

Comparing it to my Tamiya I noticed right off that the drain ports on the sides just behind and below the front seats are missing, and the engine air vents are plastic and not mesh screen. Some other detail seems a bit softer than the Tamiya, but damned if it doesn't look like they reverse-engineered a Tamiya kit to make this as the folding tops have their creases in the exact same way. The plastic also looks softer than Tamiya's.

I'll probably stick to Tamiya kits.
Wierdy
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2016 - 06:45 PM UTC
...and the Kubel:

http://moxingfans.com/test/other/2016/0718/2191.html

So what's the verdict?
Poor decals, no figures, moulding issues...These two kits do not offer any improvement over good old Tamiya in terms of accuracy, finesse and detail. Making these new interpretations doesn't make any sense to me. Especially when you can buy Tamiya ones at 3$ each from Japan.
165thspc
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2016 - 11:43 PM UTC
Not much of a review.

Are we going to see sprue shots? Construction photos?

So far two links have been posted but together they both contain a total of one photo of the model between them and that one is in shadow. All the other photos are of the real thing.

Do not have any concept of Hero's thinking on starting their business with a kit that is already out there by the thousands but they had better quickly do something to differentiate their offering from the competition or hang it up and go home.
Bizarre
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2016 - 11:53 PM UTC
you need to click on second page below,etc
MikeyBugs95
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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2016 - 12:07 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Not much of a review.

Are we going to see sprue shots? Construction photos?

So far two links have been posted but together they both contain a total of one photo of the model between them and that one is in shadow. All the other photos are of the real thing.

Do not have any concept of Hero's thinking on starting their business with a kit that is already out there by the thousands but they had better quickly do something to differentiate their offering from the competition or hang it up and go home.



The second link has plenty of pictures on page 3-7. I haven't seen the first link yet but I'm assuming it's similar.

Edit: Yep. Pages 3 onward have sprue shots/kit pics. You just need to go beyond page 1.
brekinapez
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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2016 - 03:06 AM UTC
Yeah, these are based right off the Tamiya molds, somehow. I was just checking out the Kubelwagen, and just like the Schwimm some of the molding is crazy close to Tamiya's. Comparing the folded tops shows all the same folds in the same places, which seems very unlikely they would both match perfectly. Now, the Hero molds show a little cleaning up of the folds but they are still in the same spots. Hell, if I fold my own top not every fold will come out the same as the last time I folded it, so something is going on with these kits re: the Tamiyas.

Still staying with the Tamiyas if given them or Hero as an option.
165thspc
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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2016 - 04:06 PM UTC
OK, I got it - found the additional pages.

A multi-language web page might be in order here?
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