MikeC Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I was browsing Hannants website (as one does) and spotted these: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SH32005 https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SH32012 New to me - anyone know any more? I'm certainly in for an Allison Pony or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Mooted a while back, if I remember correctly. I'm wondering if these might not be resurrected Hobbycraft toolings, but that's really Special Hobby's usual style. Looking forward to seeing what eventuates, whatever the case! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 39 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Mooted a while back, if I remember correctly. I'm wondering if these might not be resurrected Hobbycraft toolings, but that's really Special Hobby's usual style. Looking forward to seeing what eventuates, whatever the case! Kev Correct ... circa 2012/2013 ... Super Hobby (online retail) has them on their stock list as a future item in 2012 and they're in the LSP Database with the same description as at 2013. No indication of when Hannants posted the kit to their inventory as a future release either?! IIRC the reviews I've read on the Hobbycraft kit weren't all that bad ... so it would be nice to see them re-popped ... as by the time I went hunting for pre-P.51D offerings, they were scarce as rocking horse poo. Rog Out2gtcha and MikeC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Quote ^^^ If I,m not mistaken, Special Hobby did a release of Eduard's 1/48 scale Focke Wulf Fw.190A-6 about 4 or 5 years ago and they also did a release of a 1/48 scale Junkers Ju.88c night fighter, that was in actual fact the ICM model. Beyond that, I remember nothing about Special Hobby using other companies' molds. I hope this is their own kit. I would like to see their take on this aircraft and I would like to see them go all in with the after-market stuff like they did with the Hawker Tempest kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmare Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 5 hours ago, MikeC said: I was browsing Hannants website (as one does) and spotted these: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SH32005 https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SH32012 New to me - anyone know any more? I'm certainly in for an Allison Pony or two. MikeC these are old SH plans. Announcement was 7 years ago but i assume that they stopped developing this as LSP_Kevin is saying. https://www.super-hobby.com/products/P-51A-Mustang.html Good news is that Zoukei Mura is working on P-51B/C. https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/77743-zoukei-mura-2019-2020-new-p-51bc-bf-109g-and-ar-234-announced/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 2 hours ago, esarmstrong said: ^^^ If I,m not mistaken, Special Hobby did a release of Eduard's 1/48 scale Focke Wulf Fw.190A-6 about 4 or 5 years ago and they also did a release of a 1/48 scale Junkers Ju.88c night fighter, that was in actual fact the ICM model. Beyond that, I remember nothing about Special Hobby using other companies' molds. I hope this is their own kit. I would like to see their take on this aircraft and I would like to see them go all in with the after-market stuff like they did with the Hawker Tempest kits. SH also re-popped the Czech Model F-80 and T-33 kits. MikeMaben and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 1 hour ago, LSP_K2 said: SH also re-popped the Czech Model F-80 and T-33 kits. AFAIK it is for the simple reason they had made the molds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I think Czech Model may even be another MPM brand (as was Special Hobby, until they recently rebranded everything under the SH label). Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 50 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: I think Czech Model may even be another MPM brand (as was Special Hobby, until they recently rebranded everything under the SH label). Kev That's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 3 hours ago, thierry laurent said: AFAIK it is for the simple reason they had made the molds. Interesting, as our database lists the SH kits as Czech Model molds. Do we have it backwards? I was never aware of the SH kits until long after the Czech models kits had been released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 It would be very informative if the date for the product offering were posted. We would then know if this announcement current and relevant or a left over from a time long far away. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 14 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Mooted a while back, if I remember correctly. I'm wondering if these might not be resurrected Hobbycraft toolings, but that's really Special Hobby's usual style. Looking forward to seeing what eventuates, whatever the case! Kev "eventuates" hmmm. I guess that saved typing a word. LOL Rick nmayhew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Jennings Heilig said: Special Hobby changed its name from something else I can’t recall offhand, but they’re the ones who made the Czech Models molds. Czech Models was just a marketing name used by MMD. No such company existed in the Czech Republic. That makes sense. So just MMD commissioning and branding an MPM product, which they then released under their own Special Hobby label. Subsequently, MPM integrated most (if not all) of its various brands, and switched to calling itself Special Hobby. Or at least, that's how I understand what went on. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 Just a bit of an update: I clicked the links in my OP, and the Allison Mustangs are no longer listed by "Big H". But they're still on the wants list for someday. Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Seems like someone out there would resurrect the hobbycraft kits. They are buildable, and look like early Mustangs when completed. An Allison Mustang would be an ideal kit for Hasegawa to release. MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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