thierry laurent Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 4:20 AM, ChuckD said: Has there been any discussion of add-on PE for these kits? I was pretty put off but their helldiver release that was A: expensive in its own right, and B: practically required factory PE to be complete. Add to the fact that the PE was/is almost never in stock anywhere, which only magnifies my frustration. Do we know if the Kate and Val be handled similarly? Wait and see but, for the Vampire, add-ons are not really required. phasephantomphixer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill M. Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 These assembled parts look good from what I can see. Would like to see more. But being a 1/32 Val, it would have to be really, really bad before I turned it down. I’ll be happily buying one for sure! Same with the Kate. Bill M. coogrfan, Archimedes, Rick Griewski and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Bill M. said: These assembled parts look good from what I can see. Would like to see more. But being a 1/32 Val, it would have to be really, really bad before I turned it down. I’ll be happily buying one for sure! Same with the Kate. Bill M. Agree. Even if it's a dog I'm still intending to buy the Val, with the intention of an OOB + mostly rattle can build over the winter. Quite exciting to have something completely different. Am picking up courage to buy a Vampire 3 as the AM flaps give it a lot more character. Am assuming those will be forthcoming for the Val, too. Tony Edited September 7, 2022 by Tony T saw the canopy test fit pics and it's all looking rosy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill M. Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 30 minutes ago, Tony T said: 31 minutes ago, Tony T said: Edited 15 minutes ago by Tony T saw the canopy test fit pics and it's all looking rosy Where did you see this? I would be interested in seeing this myself. Bill M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Bill M. said: Where did you see this? I would be interested in seeing this myself. Bill M. https://www.infinitymodels.cz/en/ scroll down a bit.. /Niels Bill M., Tony T, Fanes and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 I have started to get worried about this kit. I’ll take all kits as I find them but, based on the reviews so far of the Helldiver and what seems to be a SNAFU on the tanks on the latest Vampire FB5 kit, I am concerned that Infinity, despite the best of intentions, are not hitting the quality level that will ensure success. I want the Val to be accurate and, as much as that, I also want it to fit well. So i am crossing my fingers that this will be the case and they will up their game versus the previous releases. Best regards, Paul Mark_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Archimedes said: what seems to be a SNAFU on the tanks on the latest Vampire FB5 kit. Nothing of the sort Paul - they include two types of tank - the later ones were used on Swiss Vampires, and probably others. Box art is wrong - and instructions misleading - but to damn it for that is unfair IMHO. As to fit - these are short run toolings - they require a little fettling. Iain LSP_K2, Kagemusha, Bill M. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 15 minutes ago, Iain said: Nothing of the sort Paul - they include two types of tank - the later ones were used on Swiss Vampires, and probably others. Box art is wrong - and instructions misleading - but to damn it for that is unfair IMHO. As to fit - these are short run toolings - they require a little fettling. Iain Fair enough @Iain I stand corrected. On fit: as I said; I am not averse to doing some work on a kit. I’m mostly looking for accuracy. I do hope it fits well but I am not unrealistic what a short-run kit can be like. Thanks for the clarification! Best regards, Paul phasephantomphixer and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill M. Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 The way I look at it, this will likely be our one and only chance to get a 1/32 scale Val. I’m willing to do some extra work to end up with a decent build. I’m not expecting Tamiya quality, but if it is accurate with reasonably good detail, I’ll buy it. Bill M. dennismcc, coogrfan, firefly7 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Sprue G is ready As is sprue H and apparently "There will be a lot of good news next week, stay tuned" Rick Griewski, TankBuster, esarmstrong and 10 others 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY IVAN5 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Hey, It's Japanese ww2 I'll put up with a lot [ as far as fit goes] and I'll get the Kate too! I really dig doing Japanese aircraft and have for a long time . Bring it on! coogrfan, firefly7 and Rick Griewski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) These sprues suggest that Infiniti have climbed a steep learning curve after the Helldiver kit that featured a $h!tload of aftermarket add-on stuff that had to be cobbled together by the model builder if one wanted to go beyond the pedestrian basic kit. These sprues suggest that a great deal of this model might be built from the box into a very nice model. Watch this space for future developments... Edited March 26, 2023 by esarmstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 9 hours ago, Kagemusha said: "There will be a lot of good news next week, stay tuned" They are going to announce that they bought the Wingnutwings moulds... Scotsman, Borsos, Rick Griewski and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 OK by me just do not mess with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 I will just buy one and see for myself. All the sprue shots show me is progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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