Lud13 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Ok...all of you guys that have old Trumpy kit and dont want it anymore, send them to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 That engine is nice, looks like it could certainly be built as a display piece of its own, I hope they offer that as an option, especially if you have to close the cowling or leave it open. It would be nice to do a closed up model and have that sitting next to it. Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Jennings Heilig said: I think that’s the plan. Short of magnets and stuff ala tamiya, that is the perfect solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Jennings Heilig said: I think that’s the plan. Are they going to make it so that the engine can be built on the airframe and it can be covered with external panels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 15 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Very nice engine. I don't do engines so I hope it doesn't jack the price up too high. If the engine looks that good detail wise the contour and dimensions of the rest of it will likely be pretty good too. I like the early P-40s , lottsa cool schemes Looks like another ZM concept. Well into $100 plus. If the kit ends up being a bit $$$$ painful I will buy the engine from you if that works. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 If the rest of the kit looks like the engine shown, in fit, form and finish, and the decals and clear parts are similar, 80US seems pretty good to me. The engine looks very WNW quality to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 It seems that if they included a few extra parts like the exhaust and the coolers you might be able to build the cowling closed up and still have the engine on display separately. That would be really nice if possible, but they would need to get the extra parts on the sprues. Tnarg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 3 hours ago, LSP_Mike said: If the rest of the kit looks like the engine shown, in fit, form and finish, and the decals and clear parts are similar, 80US seems pretty good to me. The engine looks very WNW quality to me. The only other in-line engine that I have seen with the degree of detail seen here was the Rolls Royce Merlin engines on the now-defunct WNW Lancaster kit. Those engines were in the test-shot phase and were loaded with all kinds of exquisite detail in the from of tubing and pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Agreed. Very nice looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 36 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: Just had an email from GWH. The engine will be able to be built and displayed on the engine stand as shown in the photos, separate from the aircraft, which will have parts for the exhausts and other stuff needed to show the cowling buttoned up! Can you build it with the engine on the air frame partially or fully buttoned up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 7 hours ago, Rick Griewski said: If the kit ends up being a bit $$$$ painful I will buy the engine from you if that works. Hi Rick, I'm not really concerned with the price, I've bot kits between 1 and 2 hundred dollars before. It looks like a pretty complex detailed kit which makes me think it ain't gonna be up there in price. ...maybe not Kagemusha, Johnny Cloud, Gazzas and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 33 minutes ago, Jennings Heilig said: I have to assume so, since the CAD shows that. Begging for a clear fuselage maybe! Or some other treatment treatment that displays the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: Just had an email from GWH. The engine will be able to be built and displayed on the engine stand as shown in the photos, separate from the aircraft, which will have parts for the exhausts and other stuff needed to show the cowling buttoned up! Excellent news! I was disappointed by ZM Ki-45 that provided a stand for an engine display. ZM then declared that there were no extra engine sprues available. Big tease that was. I should email them again. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Rick Griewski said: Begging for a clear fuselage maybe! Or some other treatment treatment that displays the inside. Not my preference and my guess is that it's probably not likely in the cards. I would expect that would be a feature we would be hearing about. Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) If this kit turns out to be a winner (note that does not mean there aren't any issues with it but said issues are below my "don't care" threshold), I still have AVG decals from EagleCals and Meteor Productions I can use.... Edited April 22, 2021 by Juggernut Rick Griewski, esarmstrong and zaxos345 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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