Guest Clunkmeister Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I've had several B-17s pass through my hands and have never been able to get really excited about them. Not the Liberator, now she's my baby. Not like a T-28, but the next thing to it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Wow - this model has certainly started some 'Chitter-Chatter' here! Pip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 glad i bought my "consilidated mess" book the other day It's the best book you can buy on the B-24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I think regardless of what HB lists the new Libs for, I think you will soon enough after they come out be able to pick one up for the mid $200s or less eventually I'm hoping. Even cheaper if you buy from mainland Asia and that would be with shipping. I've bought some real bargains from shops on Ebay located in mainland China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCarrot Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Even cheaper if you buy from mainland Asia and that would be with shipping. I've bought some real bargains from shops on Ebay located in mainland China. Unless one lives in "That'll be 21% VAT, 5% Import duty and €15 handling fee"-Europe... David66, Lothar, wunwinglow and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Unless one lives in "That'll be 21% VAT, 5% Import duty and €15 handling fee"-Europe... Indeed, you guys do seem to almost randomly get your posteriors handed to you in VAT. I don't see it getting regularly and evenly applied in all the same type situations though which is a bit confusing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCarrot Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I'd understand it if the purchased goods were in direct competition with European products but for these kind of goods it just feels like plain (or plane ) robbery. Especially the "handling fee". Oh we took ten seconds to look inside your package, that'll be 15 euros please. Then again where do you draw the line as to what's competition and what isn't... Still, it sucks! Out2gtcha and David66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Perhaps we should have a competition on what they'll get wrong, I'll wager that the fins will be too big,because if you draw up from a side view of a photograph the fins are nearer to the camera lens so appearing bigger. Or think of the most expensive and difficult resin casting to correct it, say a whole new fuselage front end that has to be grafted to an incorrect cross section rear half ( somehow ) David66 and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Perhaps we should have a competition on what they'll get wrong, I'll wager that the fins will be too big,because if you draw up from a side view of a photograph the fins are nearer to the camera lens so appearing bigger. Or think of the most expensive and difficult resin casting to correct it, say a whole new fuselage front end that has to be grafted to an incorrect cross section rear half ( somehow ) lol Graham. Id like to give Trumpy/HB the benefit of the doubt, and hate to be that negative, but with the complexity and myriad of parts, additions, subtractions, variants and sub variants, Id guess they will most definitely get something wrong. I'm just hoping its minor enough that it doesn't throw the general look of the aircraft off. David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Meh, I think you are all going soft. This thread is two days old and no torches and pitchforks yet? In the old days the box art and the words Hobbyboss/Trumpeter would have been enough to render it "unbuildable" on day one! Pfft! EvilCarrot, Out2gtcha, Kagemusha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Meh, I think you are all going soft. This thread is two days old and no torches and pitchforks yet? In the old days the box art and the words Hobbyboss/Trumpeter would have been enough to render it "unbuildable" on day one! Pfft! See, now we dont get this kind of crap round here anymore! PhilB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 See, now we dont get this kind of crap round here anymore! Oh I don't know? I see many of the "usual suspects" are still around. Maybe the medication is finally kicking in? Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Oh I don't know? I see many of the "usual suspects" are still around. Maybe the medication is finally kicking in? Well yeah, its just not as effective as it used to be. PhilB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 This seems like great news. I can't see why anyone wouldn't be happy about this development who wants a Liberator in our scale. Can't wait to see the AM stuff that goes with it. Zotz going to bring us some sexy nose art? Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) Trashing a model before it even comes out? Seriously guys, I have other sites I could go to if I really wanted to real that kind of stuff. I really, really, REALLY want a B-24 in 1/32 scale. This is the closest we've ever been to the realization of it actually happening. Why not just be thankful that we might just be getting a semi reasonable facsimile of a B-24 in our scale, and save the trash talk until the kit's in hand and the "Caliper Crew" and the "Red Line Gang" take it apart rivet by rivet, panel line by panel line? I'm over here doing a happy dance, and allyerbitchins messing with my happy factor Edited March 12, 2018 by Clunkmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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