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Jan 19, 2021
Plenty of Potential, But With Caveats
1 of 2 found this helpful The Celestron FirstScope 76mm tabletop "Baby Dobsonian" is normally listed as a beginners telescope. It is easy to use, but there are some minor issues with the design.
First, the location of the focuser. In the earlier design, like this one, it is located perpendicular to the altitude axis. While this seems like it would be easy to use, in fact it isn't; you have to lean over the instrument to look into the eyepiece. On the later models this was corrected by rotating it 45°, which makes it far easier.
The other issue with this version are the included eyepieces, a 20mm H and 4mm SR. While the 20mm eyepiece is somewhat usable, the 4mm is not. For a "fast" (that is to say, short) telescope like this, you want lower power eyepieces (also, due to the mirror's shape you are somewhat restricted). While the literature that first announced this telescope said that it was capable of up to 180x magnification, in practice that is far from the case. I would hesitate to take it above 50x, which means using a 6mm eyepiece.
However, when used with lower power eyepieces, such as a nice 20mm Plossl or Kellner, the views are good. Even a 6mm Plossl will allow you to see Jupiter's Galilean moons and Saturn's rings, though of course not in great detail.
There is also no finder scope included, though there is a mount for one.
My advice when purchasing this telescope is to buy better eyepieces, perhaps some inexpensive Plossl's and Kellner's, with no less than 6mm focal length. and no higher than 25mm.
The newer models rectify some of the design flaws, but there are still plenty of older ones out there, and with simple changes, it has the potential to be a nice little sky sweeper.
Nov 24, 2017
A Simplle Model With Possibilities
2 of 2 found this helpful The Lindberg USS DeLong is the latest in a series of reissues of a kit that goes back to the 1950's. While the stated scale is 1/300, it is actually 1/306, basically a scale determined by the length of the hull. This means that it is roughly 116% larger than the popular 1/350 scale.
Sadly, there are no injection molded models of this class, Rudderow, in the more common scale.
Because of the age of the model, this review is going to concentrate on the main features.
There are four sprue in the kit, plus a fourth mystery sprue not listed on the instructions (more on that shortly). The basic shape is decent, though the hull lacks the sheer of the model. The hull is a little blockish, most likely due to limitations in the molding.
The detail is a little coarse, but can be worked with. There are simulated "plates" on the model that are best sanded down.
The two main guns, the two 5"/38 caliber, are close enough though a little squat. Like the hull, this is probably a result of the limitations of the injection molding dies of the time.
The decals are for the USS DeLong in postwar colors. While the box shows the ship in an apparent World War II scene, the real ship never wore these markings in that conflict. Artistic license, perhaps.
Now, about that fourth sprue.
When this kit was originally produced, it was designed to be battery powered. It came with a motor that one had to assemble (no task for the timid!). Because the model has such a narrow beam, a false drop keep was included that one put a little weight in and attached to the bottom. This sprue has the vestiges of that heritage, and could easily be used with small commercially available electric motors.
But is the kit recommended?
Yes. It can ether be used as a good starting point by an experienced modeler, a nice beginners kit, or a challenge for a hobbyist to motorize and possibly even radio control.
As it stands, Lindberg was the only company that produced Rudderow models, this one and a smaller one in 1/535. Hopefully, the new Lindberg and Round2 will reissue it as well. Until someone makes a mass produced injection molded Rudderow, they are all we have.
Sep 18, 2018
Airfix In A Heller Box
This particular release by Heller is unusual. I'll explain.
Heller tooled their own F4U-1 Corsair in the 1970's, and it was one of the better ones from that period.
This kit, though, comes from a time with Heller and the venerable Airfix were affiliated, and is, in fact, the Airfix kit.
It was tooled a number of years before the Heller kit, and shows it. There are plenty of rivets, for instance, and many of the details are simple. However, it does capture the appearance of the bentwing fighter plane rather well. It is also a fairly simple build, and would be good for a beginner. Overall, a decent kit.