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Polikarpov I-16 type 24 coming from ICM


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The 1/48 I-16 Type 24 is designated as kit# 48097.

 

There's also a listing for a I-16 Type 24 as kit# 32001. This would be the 1/32 kit.

 

It's possible for a company to release the same aircraft in multiple scale guys... just like Eduard, Tamiya, Hasegawa, ZM, Special Hobby, and a bunch of others have done...

 

The existence of the 1/48 doesn't disprove the pending release of the 1/32. It's possible that the listing for kit# 32001 is wrong, but.... we have no way of knowing yet. Given that it has a different kit#, I'm inclined to believe it's coming. Until proven otherwise.

 

(Technically it could even be a rebox of the Special Hobby kit, since Special Hobby has already reboxed ICM kits)

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The 1/48 I-16 Type 24 is designated as kit# 48097.

 

There's also a listing for a I-16 Type 24 as kit# 32001. This would be the 1/32 kit.

 

It's possible for a company to release the same aircraft in multiple scale guys... just like Eduard, Tamiya, Hasegawa, ZM, Special Hobby, and a bunch of others have done...

 

The existence of the 1/48 doesn't disprove the pending release of the 1/32. It's possible that the listing for kit# 32001 is wrong, but.... we have no way of knowing yet. Given that it has a different kit#, I'm inclined to believe it's coming. Until proven otherwise.

 

(Technically it could even be a rebox of the Special Hobby kit, since Special Hobby has already reboxed ICM kits)

Lets hope not.  The listing with Hannants says it's 100% all new tooling.

 

ICM's website lists the 1/48 scale kit as already being out, plus there are pictures of the parts at the ICM website of the 1/48 scale kit.  The Hannants listing indicates an expected release date of sometime in the 3rd quarter of 2017 for the 1/32 kit.

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It would be nice even if it's a 1/48 upscaling, as the 1/48 looks very good and detailed (more detailed than the plain SH kit, though the Hi-tech version is a bit better with a more accurate cockpit floor and parts)

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Perhaps they'll look at some Soviet AF twins at some time too, they always seem to be the bridesmaids these days. Here's hoping!   

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