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Hopefully they really don't Maybe another reason why our never ending wishlists go unnoticed

I see Trumpeter brings their announcements to life faster than it did earlier. Nevertheless I am still inclined to believe without any particular reason that this one could take longer than 2025. They could seriously be working on it and they could be indeed nearing the release, but it is also quite possible that this is just about probing the market to see if there is enough interest... ...which I observe is lacking a bit. Maybe I'm wrong, but I would expect a new 1/32 release to spark more excitement than seven pages. The other possibility is that not many modelers are fond of the Viking in large scale. Which then again may discourage Trumpeter even if it was really their intention to make the release.

Sure, no trouble at all, I'm on vacation and will be back next week. I had posted the images of the first edition (it was two years ago if I'm not wrong) so I did not think it would still attract interest but I'll take care of it when I'm back.

My two kits arrived three weeks ago. The kit has x2 Rb04 antiship missiles and x4 rocket pods.

My two Viggens arrived about three weeks ago. Good packaging, nice box art and a better content with new layout inside the box. I had posted the first Viggen pictures so I didn't post any this time. I'm away on vacation, I'll put some pictures when I return.

#12948 here I had to try two times to have the payment go through. Then asked Jetmads for confirmation, they replied the card issuers apply security filters to make sure the transactions are genuine and they also say this is normal when they start any preorders which cause a spike in the number of payments on their site, making the banks alerted and check the site activity.

Maybe... but one I would hardly rely on if I was a manufacturer, given the diversity of any such list. And probably not the best way of choosing their subjects too I should say, considering Kitty Hawk is rumoured to place too much emphasis on these and we all know how they were rewarded.

Why the mystery, I will never understand! If a manufacturer is making a new kit then why not announce whatever it is? Are they afraid of competition? Well, then just announce the kit when it is about to be launched and your competitors cannot catch up. This does not help anybody, does it? I don't see the modelers benefiting from this other than making wishlists and nor do I think it helps the manufacturers at all in any way. Sincerely asking, am I missing something?

My favourite Japanese aircraft! Looks better than the Zero, imho. A very nice model with very nice finish.

Absolutely beautiful!

Wow, how I missed that as a fan of the Harrier!! That's a feast to my eyes, really great job!

My nozzle part... completely untouched like blackbetty's above. If that's rubbish... well... much likely that's it is about the eye of the beholder...

1/32 Alpha Jet is a dream that I don't think will ever come true. Some good looking aircraft are just... unlucky...

I have the HpH kit. It's a good one, still in the box. Today's detail offerings or 3D stuff would improve the kit considerably I think, starting with the nozzles. I'm not sure if it is available though and I think its price on their shop may be obsolete.

Cartograf decals.

I did, after several hours. FB comment says they are quite busy responding.

That is not a reservation number, you probably placed a blank order for the Draken which is not open for sales until October 29. I had done this before for the FH-1 Phantom, they said they put my name in the kit's emailing list and my blank order would be invalid.

Jetmads replied to my email about the Ouragan and the Draken: Hello, Please be informed that any project tagged as Future Release displayed on our website is within our release plans and 1:32 M.D.450 Ouragan is certainly one of them. However, the Ouragan project has not yet been announced officially as the release schedule is yet to be decided, but we are pleased to inform you that its design is in progress. We should hereby note that the line-up of future projects on our website does not imply a release sequence, whereas which project comes first totally depends on its level of completion and production team’s workload and schedule. Therefore, any project can come up earlier than the many others that our designers are working on and this may include some other projects that even are not listed in our current catalogue nor we ever announced before but have been working on since our start-up. As for your query regarding the 1:32 J35 Draken, we have been receiving too many requests to bring it at once and this will be the top topic to be discussed in the next management meeting. Best, JETMADS Team

I asked them about the Ouragan about an hour ago and also the Draken. I'll post here when there is a reply.

I don't remember this one being announced before but nothing wrong in their running multiple projects simultaneously. I won't complain as many of their projects are exciting ones attracting my interest so whichever comes first is fine with me. Nor would I complain because a manufacturer is productive. I hope this comes with a large variety of decals options, including some civilian schemes.

What a fantastic design that is! And a great project to follow as well!! Seems to be progressing so nicely.

I do not use facebook so I could not see any images. But there seems so much to go before we have a kit flesh, based on what's been said. Not an easy investment nor a cheap one of course, but I wish things could roll faster.

I guess at least they should unveil it at some point as all the completed projects seem to have a box art displayed on their website.