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Great Wall Hobby P-40B Tomahawk in 1/32


Jan_G

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Welcome to LSP Yufei, we could keep all of you very busy at GWH!

I think as far as measurements, nothing beats the real thing, PLUS

you could get a nice trip to Seattle out of the deal if you travel here;

 

https://flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection/United-States/Curtiss-P-40C-Tomahawk.aspx

 

There are more lacking aircraft in our scale of course, like None available in kit form that are

popular enough to sell well;

 

Japanese Nakajima B5N Kate

Japanese Judy

German Dornier Do17

German Dornier Do 217

German Focke Wulf Ta 154

Or need an accurate kit release;

American P-51B(C) Mustang

British Bristol Beaufighter

British Hawker Typhoon

American Martin B-26 Marauder

German Messerschmitt Me 410

 

That is if you stick to WWII.

Modern aircraft lacking list;

 

Canadian Avro CF-100

Canadian Avro CF-105

American Convair F-102A

American Convair F-106

American General Dynamics F111 Aardvark

American A-12/SR-71

American Lockheed F-22

American McDonnell F-101B or RF-101B Voodoo

Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25

Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 31

American Northrop F-89 Scorpion

Sweden Saab Draken

Sweden Saab Gripen

Sweden Saab Viggen

 

Decent start, new tooling in 1/32!

 

 

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Everyone seems to be missing the grand prize here:

 

If GWH is indeed embarking on the first of (hopefully) many 1/32 subjects, they have already done, in 1/48th (so the CAD + engineering is mostly done) an:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait for it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Devastator!!!!!

 

 

Come on GWH, the time is now.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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3 hours ago, b757captain said:

Everyone seems to be missing the grand prize here:

 

If GWH is indeed embarking on the first of (hopefully) many 1/32 subjects, they have already done, in 1/48th (so the CAD + engineering is mostly done) an:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait for it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Devastator!!!!!

 

 

Come on GWH, the time is now.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

That also means f-15 and fw189 ect 

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On 10/1/2018 at 4:44 AM, haneto said:

Good evening gentlemen.

I have some relationship with GWH so maybe I can share some more background information.

The original plan was to make the P-40N, advised by GWH boss' Taiwan ditributors (or retailer, whatever).

I suggested him to reconsider that since we already have the decent Hasegawa 1/32 P-40N and the price is quite competitive,

so my recommendation is the early P-40 especially P-40B, which still deserves a good kit and also even more important or iconic for AVG compared with P-40N.

 

The reference I recommend GWH to use is from a Japanese super talent air modeller Mr. Jumpei Temma's homepage, "Wings of Pegasus".

(Some pages have English version but mostly in Japanese.)

http://www.geocities.jp/yoyuso/

 

In his built of the 1/48 P-40B, he made very detailed and inspiring research/investigation work for the whole P-40 family, with the latest full rivet plans.

http://www.geocities.jp/yoyuso/p40b/p40b-1.html

 

So his plan was a great help for GWH to decide the CAD proportion and what you see in Tokyo Hobby Show 2018, is the 3D print parts based on the CAD design.

 

And from what I heard from GWH, their 32 scale series shall have the full rivets surface, detailed cockpit and full engine, similar like Tamiya 1/32 scale kits.

 

Let's wait and see...

 

Yufei

It would be terrific if GWH engineered the rear quarter windows properly, unlike every other P-40 kit on the market. The quarter windows are not a butt fit around the edge. They exist within a frame. Include the frame!

 

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