Dragon de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 1/72 (Cyber-hobby)

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Dragon de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 1/72 (Cyber-hobby)

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Newly arrived at iggie towers, this is the Dragon de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 1/72 Image

Initially released in 2011 as an FAW.1 version, I somehow missed this new tool kit and it wasn't until the release of the FAW.2 that I got hold of one.
If you have built the Frog (and others) old tool kits, I suspect your face will break into a huge smile on opening this box just as mine did; the immediate impression of quality cannot be missed!
There are 5 sprues of grey plastic and two of clear (albeit there are only a total of 5 clear parts ;-) ) plus nice clear instructions and some lovely Cartograph printed decals. A total of six different aircraft can be built from this boxing (obviously there are only parts to build one actual model :roll: ).
Panel lines are fine, but deep enough that they will take weathering washes well I suspect, and there are lashings of internal details to work with, from a full IP for the pilot to detailed U/C bays...all a far, far cry from the old kits.
I paid a shade under £14 incl. postage for mine; well worth every penny and more!
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Jim
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Re: Dragon de Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.2 1/72 (Cyber-hobby)

Post by JamesPerrin »

Unfortunately shape wise it's pretty sucky from all accounts, especially around the nose/cockpit. Like their Sea Venom excellent details but the basics are all wrong.

However it will look like a Sea Vixen and probably go together a lot easier than either the Xtrakit (has plenty of issues) or HighPlanes kits, and you got a bargain at that price I think originally they were north of £30!
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