[WWI] Special Hobby and Omega Noop 10s in1/48

[Mikko Saarela]

I came back from lurking mode just to say this:

Omega resin Nieuport 10: forget it, forget it, forget it! There's no 3 versions, only one version - the early one with observer sitting on the front seat - with different decals. Or at least my "Finnish version" had the early version parts in the box:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/saarela.mikko/Nieuports.html

The kit was almost hilariously crappy. One of the lower wings  - for example - had the wing ribs in 90 degree angle to the wing spar, on the other lower wing they go parallel with the fuselage (which is right)!!

Special Hobby Nieuport 10: Buy it, buy it, buy it! Like Paul sayz it is quite nice and does have options for the early and late two seater versions, too - tho many of the two seater parts have been blanked off the one seater version sprues. If the one seater version sells reasonably well, I think Special Hobby will release also the two seater versions in the future. OK, it might be, that the shape of the fuselage of the Omega kit is a bit better than the one of the Special Hobby kit. It looks like the later is 1-2 mm too thin on the top side of the fuselage. But still, I'd choose the Special Hobby kit anytime.


Mikko
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