I have now unwraped my Stirling & i first displayed it standing with the undercarrage legs down .However it did not look quite correct i think they havent got the angle correct in as mutch the undercarrage legs are a little to short . Does any one else agree with this or am i wrong ? Other than that i think it is agood model .
I was delighted to receive my Corgi Stirling.
My wife bought it for me as a Christmas present from NAUTICALIA because my father was a Stirling pilot.
She paid a fortune for it ages ago but sadly it did not arrive in time for Christmas.
Who cares - I joyfully opened the box - took it out and looked at it in wonder at the quality.
And then I noticed that the port inner engine was pointing upwards out of line with the other three.
At first I thought the engine nacelles were a push fit and would easily be put right but it was fixed solid.
I contacted Nauticalia who had no more left to exchange and so I contacted Corgi to ask them to replace it.
To date they have offered to do absolutely nothing other than telling me how proud they are of the quality of their products, that it is not a fault I can correct myself and referred me back to Nauticalia.
I refuse to buy those appearing on ebay at inflated prices so it seems I have the choice of being stuck with it or giving it up altogether for a cash refund. Wish I had built my own Airfix verson now.
Stirlings are still available in the shops - I saw one in Model Zone Basingstoke today for £119.00 - I think those on e-bay are simply chancing their arm that they will get a sale.
I have now unwraped my Stirling & i first displayed it standing with the undercarrage legs down .However it did not look quite correct i think they havent got the angle correct in as mutch the undercarrage legs are a little to short . Does any one else agree with this or am i wrong ? Other than that i think it is agood model .
I thought you may be interested in this thread from the Diecast Forum.........you're not wrong, they didn't get it right at all.
Thanks EGDGZTCW your modification looks realy good & makes the model look realistic . I dont think i wll be able to modify my models undercarrige as i dont have the modeling skills to modyfy it .
Not my modification but soemeone who clearly has the patience and skill to do it from the Diecast Forum. It's a shame Corgi didn't get it right as it's the one thing that made the Stirling such an impressive sight. I hope Corgi address the problem in future Stirling issues but I wouldn't hold out for it to be done on the forthcoming "Middleton" model, I could be wrong.
Memories........... I've forgotten what they are !!
To me, and this applies to plastic kits as well, the panel lines are to wide and deep. At that scale I suspect in reality they should be almost invisible but a simple score line should be better. I realise this doesn't work to well with die cast maybe leave the lines off?
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
The plastic kit is nowhere near as bad as the diecast re panel lines etc.
From the first photos of the Corgi Stirling, I have always though that it somehow looks wrong and too 'toyish'.
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Wish I had built my own Airfix verson now.
