Model: Fokker G1.B
Publisher: Model Card(?) Nr. 3
Designer: Miroslaw Zbyryt (?)
Scale: 1:33
Format: Hardcopy
Distributor: Out of print
Six parts pages (two pages of thin, four of cardstock). Sufficiently detailed construction diagrams for all but the least experienced card modelers to successfully perform the build. The parts are printed on poor quality card stock...more like heavy manila-colored construction paper than actual card. Level of detail poor....no cockpit, no wheel wells, engines 2D graphics. Printing quality fair....noticable color voids, but good color registration. No ink smudging, but poor quality of paper wicked the ink and made crisp lines all but impossible to achieve. Draftmanship good, considering the model appears to be hand-drafted, not digital. Artwork fair, more cartoonish in style than realistic. No attempt at shading or weathering. Construction method is butt-jointed segments. Kit is occasionally available on Ebay. I would not recommend this model to absolute beginners, but would be a good kit selection for anyone having mastered the basic papermodeling skills.
Model Card is only a guess on my part as to the publisher...the cover contains only "Model Kartonowy," which for all I know could be just a statement it is a card model rather than the name of the publisher. Judged as a construction kit, it would at best be only average by 1984 standards (apparent publishing date of the kit), and just manages a passing grade by today's standards. Overall grade a D+. I would not recommend purchase of this kit if intended for construction rather than a collector's item, unless you have a real soft spot for the subject. The kit may make a starting point for someone into kit redraws, but would require the aircraft equivalent of a Scorpio to ever become impressive.
Instructions: C+
Paper quality: D+
Level of detail: D
Printing quality: C
Artwork: C+
Value for money: NA
Skill level: Novice
Publisher: Model Card(?) Nr. 3
Designer: Miroslaw Zbyryt (?)
Scale: 1:33
Format: Hardcopy
Distributor: Out of print
Six parts pages (two pages of thin, four of cardstock). Sufficiently detailed construction diagrams for all but the least experienced card modelers to successfully perform the build. The parts are printed on poor quality card stock...more like heavy manila-colored construction paper than actual card. Level of detail poor....no cockpit, no wheel wells, engines 2D graphics. Printing quality fair....noticable color voids, but good color registration. No ink smudging, but poor quality of paper wicked the ink and made crisp lines all but impossible to achieve. Draftmanship good, considering the model appears to be hand-drafted, not digital. Artwork fair, more cartoonish in style than realistic. No attempt at shading or weathering. Construction method is butt-jointed segments. Kit is occasionally available on Ebay. I would not recommend this model to absolute beginners, but would be a good kit selection for anyone having mastered the basic papermodeling skills.
Model Card is only a guess on my part as to the publisher...the cover contains only "Model Kartonowy," which for all I know could be just a statement it is a card model rather than the name of the publisher. Judged as a construction kit, it would at best be only average by 1984 standards (apparent publishing date of the kit), and just manages a passing grade by today's standards. Overall grade a D+. I would not recommend purchase of this kit if intended for construction rather than a collector's item, unless you have a real soft spot for the subject. The kit may make a starting point for someone into kit redraws, but would require the aircraft equivalent of a Scorpio to ever become impressive.
Instructions: C+
Paper quality: D+
Level of detail: D
Printing quality: C
Artwork: C+
Value for money: NA
Skill level: Novice