Mark R
08-30-2007, 11:50 PM
The Top Flite B-25 is a very impressive model out of the box. Very high quality and detailed parts. As you can see there are many parts and this is quite the project.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x182/MDRonge/Top%20Flite%20B-25/topa0980-parts-lrg.jpg
Well packaged of course I decided to snap a picture of the fuselage. I haven't even touched it yet even though I have been working on it for a few days now. This is an IMAA legal airplane at a wingpans in the high 80's (inches). The scale is hard to tell, but this model is very large.
Fuselage:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x182/MDRonge/Top%20Flite%20B-25/P8300067.jpg
Some of the detailing is quite amazing, here is a picture of a dummy radial engine. Believe it or not, this took quite awhile to set up. Each of the small pins has to be glued in after the holes are made. Well if you want something truly scale looking you must do it yourself!
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x182/MDRonge/Top%20Flite%20B-25/P8300066.jpg
Here is a last picture of my work area (a ping pong table no less :D). There are plenty of wing panels so it is easy to install the seperate components, such as servos, the engine mounts and details. The stand holding the wing up on the left is included with the kit and is very helpful.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x182/MDRonge/Top%20Flite%20B-25/P8300065.jpg
First impression: Excellent! If you want a truly scale warbird, usually you have to build a kit. But realistically not all of us can build one. This is the closest you can get in an ARF and looks great so far. I will update this thread as more is completed.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x182/MDRonge/Top%20Flite%20B-25/topa0980-parts-lrg.jpg
Well packaged of course I decided to snap a picture of the fuselage. I haven't even touched it yet even though I have been working on it for a few days now. This is an IMAA legal airplane at a wingpans in the high 80's (inches). The scale is hard to tell, but this model is very large.
Fuselage:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x182/MDRonge/Top%20Flite%20B-25/P8300067.jpg
Some of the detailing is quite amazing, here is a picture of a dummy radial engine. Believe it or not, this took quite awhile to set up. Each of the small pins has to be glued in after the holes are made. Well if you want something truly scale looking you must do it yourself!
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x182/MDRonge/Top%20Flite%20B-25/P8300066.jpg
Here is a last picture of my work area (a ping pong table no less :D). There are plenty of wing panels so it is easy to install the seperate components, such as servos, the engine mounts and details. The stand holding the wing up on the left is included with the kit and is very helpful.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x182/MDRonge/Top%20Flite%20B-25/P8300065.jpg
First impression: Excellent! If you want a truly scale warbird, usually you have to build a kit. But realistically not all of us can build one. This is the closest you can get in an ARF and looks great so far. I will update this thread as more is completed.