Air Force 1 Models X-47B

[aferguson]

Have been tempted to get one of these. A nice looking model of an interesting aircraft. Unfortunately, the model is ruined by the piano hinge they used for the wing folds. Ghastly. Very distracting.


http://www.flyingmule.com/products/AF-00015

[Dauntless]

Not likely those hinges look like that in real life?

I choose not to buy much modern aircraft, but AF1 seems to be suffering the fate of other companies that came before with unnecessary play features.

It's like Dragon Warbirds 1:72 planes that have ailerons, rudders, flaps that move, super detailed but too many moving parts. Or folding wings on the 21st Century Toys Corsairs. Are they really necessary to make the model more appealing when they actually distract from the detail or are problematic staying on like the Dragons?

A few things are cool like spinning props on airplanes or sliding canopies and u/c landing gear in the case of modern jets, but even little things like this actually stop people from buying them if the detail is compromised I think.