I acquired the HpH Mig 15 in 1/32 scale last year; this is also a resin kit. If this is typical of their production I’d say that HpH go to great lengths to produce a comprehensively detailed kit. The kits are expensive but the box does contain a considerable amount of very well modelled/cast parts & thorough instructions. I do wish they’d have taken the hint from how Paul Fisher creates his resin aircraft kits & cast the fuselage in one piece (well one front & one rear half to the Mig 15) thus avoiding a difficult to deal with joint in resin, down the spine of the aircraft (happily the Macchi appears to have a one piece fuselage). That aside I rate HpH highly.
Having said that, from the parts I’ve had from Ron in the past I think any kit he’s involved with will have a standard of casting even better than HpH. I’m not knocking the HpH kits, far from it, they are excellent – it’s just that people like Ron (Aviattic) & of course Taurus have raised the bar even higher. I hope Ron makes his version available in some form but in the meantime we have at least a kit of a very interesting seaplane, one which is of manageable proportions as well.
The HpH website gives the details but it’s a resin kit with photo-etch parts & HGW textile belts.
Regards
Russell
