Guest Vulcan32 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 These are the Christmas surprises I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Is not Trumpeter famous for announcing kits that never materialize? Is not Hobby Boss a part of Trumpeter? If in fact they ever build a 1/32 kit of a B-24, I think I would have to get one as the thing would be huge and impressive, despite the flaws it would undoubtedly come with. I'd overlook that in a heartbeat as long as the overall appearance is about right. I might even revert to my youth and hang it from the ceiling! For years I hung a 1/48 Monogram B-24D from the ceiling down in the family basement. Had the shark mouth decals on it...I think the plane was "Moby Dick". LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I don't get the negativity, every Hobby Boss 1/32 kit has been released without delay, so why should the Liberator be different? But now I remember... there's that doomsday cult who said, mmmhmmm... that the world - just earth, so any Martians reading this worry not - is going to end the day after the first 1/32 B-24 kit is released! Anyhoo, all the very best for 2018, just don't make any plans for 2019. LSP_K2 and Bill Cross 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I was not under the impression that they did that well on the P-61... hope it's true And please don't mention the TBD - I want that one so badly that the never appearing Trumpy kit is painfull to me David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smitty44 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) Well this otta bring Klaus out of retirement for sure. Cutting Edge B-24 schwag anyone? Edited December 26, 2017 by Smitty44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 No it didn't... But the 109 never had the multitudes of varying window/turret combinations that the B-24 had. Mark Proulx . Realistically, I think they are only going to make one J kit. Maybe if we're lucky they put in both the Emerson and Consolidated nose turrets, maybe just one. I think the best we can hope for is that they offer one accurate configuration. The costs of the mold are going to already be high enough to prohibit making every conceivable combination of turrets, canopy, and nose glass. Even Monogram never messed with all that in their 1/48 kit. I just wish they'd throw in a ERCO nose turret to make a PB4Y-1. Vandy 1 VX 4 and MikeC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Never thought I'd get to build a 1/32 Liberator in the markings my Great Uncle flew in, now it looks like I will, similar to this... https://ws-clave.deviantart.com/art/B-24-GB-356-Sqn-1-548104850 A photo he took of the Bridge over the River Kwai http://www.rafb24.com/index.php?option=com_rsgallery2&page=inline&Itemid=&id=310 dutik, ringleheim, nmayhew and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasta 14 addict Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Bombers are not my cup of tea,so......no thank's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 (edited) If they do copy from a kit (we are talking "CopyBoss" here) hope they use the 1/48 Monogram kit - Correct the Ball turret position first! Even if they do keep it how it is, issue is moot since I would do a Ploesti Raider... Sure would want a clear fuselage half if it incorporated inner details Edited December 26, 2017 by phasephantomphixer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Why a mistake? Its simply a first for them, they arent afraid of large scale at all so would have thought them the logical choice for a surprise large scale large release? Why cant you see a main stream company releasing one? Hk have two large 4 engined releases out with a lancaster due shortly HB simply want a slice of the action with the most produced 4 engined bomber of all time... Aware that the B24 is a minefield.. you know what, i for one dont care if they get it perfect, close , not so good or even crap, at least its another 4 engine heavy i can enjoy building without resorting to a full scratchbuild. My predictions are that it will be crucified way before its realeased, it will be a fair to middling kit but most will hate it and class it as unbuildable due to either its lineage or the writers will to be a ( unwittingly ill informed) keyboard warrior Happy xmas .... discuss..... I'll be happily proven wrong when I see the kit. If it's at a good price point, I'd probably even buy one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 From my understanding, the P-61 had some inaccuracies (landing gear doors and nose for example), and their Il-2 had some surface texture issues (rear fuselage riveted when it should have been smooth wood). However, at the end of the day, the P-61 looked like nothing but a P-61, and the same can be said for the Il-2. I'm optimistic the B-24 will be the same. I'll probably get one, because it's a strangely attractive lumbering beast. Certainly looks like a bomber meant for war. Here's to hoping in the near future we'll get the bomber that just seems would be perfect in our scale... a B-26 Marauder. I can dream, right? phasephantomphixer and David66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCarrot Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Wow, gonna be an expensive year... :s Bomber_County 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 The Liberator has never been my cup of tea. However this may open the road to a Privateer and this would make my day!!! Vandy 1 VX 4 and GMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I'd love to see a 24D but the J would be welcome too. I don't know too much about the Libs, nor do I have a lot of printed matter on it. I much prefer the 17 to the 24 but I'd buy a copy of either (or both). Hmmm...if they did an H, they could release all 12 Zodiac bombers decals.... Now that'd be something. If they do the D, I think I'll fancy myself doing a PB4Y-1 in anti-submarine camo. An AWFUL lot of white on a plane that size. Vandy 1 VX 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 As others have said ... Trumpeter and Hobby Boss are very quick at whacking down "place cards" on particular kits ... Arrival times to market ... if even at all ... are less forthcoming. Having said that ... I'm in for an O/D ETO variant. Not noted for their supreme accuracy ... but close enough not to stress most out here. Il.2 series wasn't bad ... as was the P.61 ... a couple of errors depending on the variant you would like to make - AM around to fix should you wish Vb Spitfires were a little off ... More in shape than anything else ... but some handy resin from HpH sorts some of the more obvious talking points out on that one also. With all of the weird and wonderful variations ... If the variant in the box isn't accurate for the markings in the box ... it's liable to be reasonably accurate for something! ... and already ... I can foresee the AM industry going to town with correction sets and upgrades ... Whether it arrives or not ... One less kit for HK to worry about (if they were even considering it) Rog David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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