Dave Williams Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/06/preview-part-iv-italeris-new-32nd-scale.html Hopefully the production kits don’t have the sink marks across the flaps and on the tail fin. For better or worse, the panel lines and plastic seem similar to the F-104 kits. I think the panel lines look inferior to the new tool Revell kit, although it looks like Italeri is using multiple parts to build up fuselage, which should avoid the areas of the Revell kit lacking detail because they were at 90 degrees to the mold. Edited June 12, 2020 by Dave Williams Rick Griewski, Michael931080, scvrobeson and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 looks good to me so bring it on Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Interesting it has the fairing under the RWR which isn't there on the GR. 4... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Yeah... please Italeri go on with the Big Fin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Something to look forward to for the end of the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Hopefully it will be done in several versions, I can't imagine they would not do an Italian one, for example! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 40 minutes ago, wunwinglow said: Hopefully it will be done in several versions, I can't imagine they would not do an Italian one, for example! For sure... the 3D shows a mix of parts for the GR.1/GR.4 and the italian ECR and IDS-MLU versions. Also, if you look at how the front and rear fuselage and the wing lerx-glove are broken down an F.3 version could be possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Looking forward to Italeri releasing this kit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Piero said: For sure... the 3D shows a mix of parts for the GR.1/GR.4 and the italian ECR and IDS-MLU versions. Also, if you look at how the front and rear fuselage and the wing lerx-glove are broken down an F.3 version could be possible. An F3 would almost be a new kit. I have been working on a conversion set on and off for ages, but the Revell kit is so flimsy it is very tricky to keep it all lined up! If they did do and F3, I'd be thrilled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Woo Hoo .. thr one day I give The Modelling News a miss, and this turns up, typical As fro the kit , yup I forsee multiples of this one in my life .. bring it on .. As fro the F3 yes I do detect a wiff of one in the parts layout , but I agree with you Tim, as someone who scratchbuilt an F3 from the self same Revel kit , it really is a non trivial task , I did it , but man I'd like full kit of it , and remember Italy flew the F3 fro a few years , so perhaps.. just perhaps! Tony T and wunwinglow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Scotsman said: ... and remember Italy flew the F3 fro a few years , so perhaps.. just perhaps! Excellent point, well made!! We can but hope, even me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 IMHO Italeri would be really off the mark if they ignored the F3 version, thereby losing LOT's of sales! Potentially those sales could exceed the GR4's because there simply isn't any competition there at all for a 1/32 version as yet. I know I'd be up for a few for a start!! Scotsman, firefly7 and wunwinglow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly7 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 So would i Royboy, i think you're absolutely right. Air to air, give us the F3 already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) Would Big changes be required if I were to convert? Rick Edited June 13, 2020 by Rick Griewski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Unless I missed something, I don't see any air intake trunking or compressors. In this day and age and considering the scale, open cavities into the fuselage is a bit lacking IMO... Granted the KH Mirage 2000 doesn't have it either, but at least the shock cones hide a lot. The ramp inlet doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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