RaceFuel
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SuperHobby and SprueBrothers have the repopped KH kits now, at least the majority of them
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9 hours ago, rafju said:
The promised Mirage F1.
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OH!...another wish
A Super Etendard/ SEM and a Mystere/Super Mystere. -
2 hours ago, Bill Cross said:
Apparently there is a company in Turkey bringing out ALL the Double Uglies in 32 scale.
Yeah Red Pill Models. Their -B looks promising so far -
New tool 1/32 F-4E, both hard and slat wing.
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11 minutes ago, spruebrothers said:
Sprue Brothers' shipment should arrive sometime the second half of January.
I've been a SB customer for 15 years and you'll have my business, much rather do SB anyway. -
Squadron has seemingly *all* of the 1/32 and 1/48 Kitthawks up for pre-order with a pending delivery in the next month. I reached out to Squadron but got no reply, but some of their delivery terminology has changed from "expected 1/31" to "tenative 1/31" so I'm a little gun shy pulling the trigger on something that is seemingly iffy, like the 1/32 Mirage 2000C and D/N.
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7 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:
Trumpeter’s rate of releasing any 1/32 kits, much less jets, has slacked off greatly since they started about 20 years ago. Other than the much delayed TBD and some meh F-35s, Trumpeter hasn’t done much in 1/32 over the last couple of years. For HKM, their single jet kit, the Meteor F.4, was almost 10 years ago. Other than the new A-20 series, their other recent 1/32 kits are reboxings or variants of previous kits.
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I genuinely am baffled by some of Tamiyas business decisions, especially related to 1/32 scale stuff. I know it's expensive to produce and can be risky..but Trumpeter and HKM don't seem to be too put off from cranking out some 1/32 jets with fairly impressive frequency..yet some absolute money printers are just left on the table with Tamiya..
A new tool 1/32 F-14? Super Hornet?
Ah well.
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6 minutes ago, Mark P said:
I'd like to see their F-5 series...
Mark Proulx
StormFactory is doing their F-5's
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/storm-factory-32002-us-navy-vf111-sundowners-f-5f-tiger-ii--1463664 -
I do hope before too long someone repops the Mirage 2000C and 2000D/N. Its frustrating that only at the very end did Kitty Hawk really take off
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On 10/7/2022 at 1:24 PM, cbk57 said:
I don:t know how at this point you under cut the Tamiya MkIX, this new Kotare kit retails for $105.00, so lets say sprue brothers marked these down and sells them at 89 each a like priced Kotare MK ix would still be selling about the same price as a tamiya Mk ix on ebay. However maybe there is enough market for both to live in that space. There are a lot of Tamiya Mk Ix kits on sale though and they are typically in the 70 to 90 range so are really pretty good value for money when you look at what comes in the box. I don:t really care for another Mk ix but that is a me thing, I have built three of the Tamiya Mk ix and I am not inclined to ever build another right now no matter who makes it.
I’m just going off of MSRP, so the Tamiya Spit is about $160 these days. Yeah you can get it less on eBay, but I was just using MSRP as a fair benchmark -
A WNW quality Spit V, IX and XIV that slots in price between the Revell and Tamiya kits wouldn't exactly break my heart.
- scvrobeson, Archimedes and MikeC
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Hey all,
I know, I know..."another Tamiya Spit"..but hey, it is what it is. This is my first serious large scale build, having previously been an exclusive 1/48 guy. Doing A IXe from 442 sqn, RCAF, specifically Y2K (MK304). Fairly well known Spit, but I wanted to do something than JEJ's or Pierre Clostermanns, etc. Using Tamiya so far, namely XF-71 for the cockpit green. I know it's not an exact match, but I intend to come in with some AB502 oils and pigments which will skew the color tone off normal anyway, so I figured I'd use what I had on hand and I knew would play well given our local weather conditions. Used the BarracudaCast remote contactor box and AceMaker gyro junction box. Planning on keeping the crew door shut but the canopy lid removable, so there won't be a ton of visibility in it, but enough.
Unfortunately this is where this build ended...a garage accident resulted in this kit and several others being destroyed.
Such is life.- denders, Isar 30/07, LSP_Kevin and 10 others
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It's interesting that they say they have no plans for anything other than a C wing, yet the parts break down seems clear to allow for an E Wing also..
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That really looks fantastic! What colors did you use in the marbling and weathering of this? Did you base the XF-62 with something or do any sandwich shading?
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22 hours ago, ringleheim said:
Revell is such garbage...but you know what you are getting when you buy it.
I've built their new 1/32 P-51D Early and FW-190A8 and both were outstanding kits
So it's hardly an absolute- David66, Rick Griewski, LSP_K2 and 3 others
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P-38s in Europe ~ Newest EagleCals EC#188
in Eagle Editions
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Might you perhaps consider some P-38J/L's from the PTO?
Kagero did some as part of their TopColour range but they're unavailable and almost impossible to find