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1/32 Northrop F-5A/B/C/D Freedom Fighter & T-38 Talon


SharkOwl

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As noted yesterday...

 

According to a post on BM Kitty Hawk will be following up the Tiger IIs with Freedom Fighters...

 

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235031721-132-northrop-f-5ab-freedom-fighter-by-kitty-hawk/

 

...although I'm more than happy to get an F-5E later this Winter or early Spring, March falling on the cusp (comes in a lion and goes out a lamb, as the saying goes).

 

Tony

 

 

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They possibly released an excellent RF-84F but that is not the point. They announced large kits for which it seems they did not have the means to change CAD into physical tooling... Having dreams is one thing but 'locking' a market with announcements that stay vaporware is a very bad thing for everybody! Bad for them as they will not be trusted anymore, bad for competitors that will be afraid to release a similar topic and bad for modellers who are waiting for ages for never to be released kits. I prefer companies that announce nothing but deliver!

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Tan Model are releasing LSPs: the test shots have already been done for the 1/24 Turkish drone.

 

If they don't proceed with the Su-33 I hope they sell the designs to a firm which will cut metal and inject styrene.

The Buccaneer is primarily a 1/48 subject with a tiddler to follow, apparently, which will likely sell in more than adequate numbers.

 

Back on a 100% positive thread, Kitty Hawk are making the Freedom Fighter, Tiger II and Tigereye. YES!

Let's buy them all so they follow up with their Thunder Factory jets.

 

Tony

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  • 1 month later...

A most recent message on TanModels facebook page seems to confirm there will be no 1/32 Northrop F-5A/B/C/D Freedom Fighter & T-38 Talon from TanModels in the forseable future.

 

The road is now wide open for Kitty Hawk to transform their project for a 1/32 Northrop F-5A/B/C/D Freedom Fighter family of kits from a ''may be'' to a ''confirmed'' status and may be for Wolf Pack to eventually produce a 1/32 Northrop T-38 Talon family of kits.

 

Lets hope and see !

:coolio:

SharkOwl

 

Reference : https://www.facebook.com/tanmodel/posts/806535572868039

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I think you'll see the Tan Model 1/32 Su-33 Sea Flanker before too long, and an all-new 1/32 slatted F-4E Phantom II sometime later.

When exactly is anyone's guess.

 

The Chinese and South Korean manufacturers are the best future bet for Freedom Fighters and Talons.

 

Tony

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I think you'll see the Tan Model 1/32 Su-33 Sea Flanker before too long, and an all-new 1/32 slatted F-4E Phantom II sometime later.

When exactly is anyone's guess.

 

 

 

you don't want to know my opinion on that....................................................................................................

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Horten will make money. It has that little crooked cross on it.......

Curiously, Z-M released the twin seat Horten as a resin conversion set instead of a new boxing, presumably to shift a few more single seater kits.

Aerodynamically attractive and it looks good in a plain wood and metal finish (without the 1930s National Socialist logo), but that nose gear is something out of TV's Scrapheap Challenge - which is probably exactly what it was.

 

If I'd flown the T-38 I would have long since bought one of those painted mahogany masterpieces featuring a blue canopy - though a 1/32 IM one in gloss white with NASA markings would be dandy.

 

Tony

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