Piero Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/4/2020 at 10:24 AM, Kagemusha said: Anyway, back on track, I can't see the point of spending £140 on a brand new kit with the hope that an AM producer will manufacture items which should have been included in the kit, and I can't see anyone producing any Brimstones, it's not viable. I understand you point of you, today it's a pity that with a new kit we don't have the "correct" weapon load. But, at the same time Hasegawa almost always never put the weapon at all... and their kit are not cheap. Tamiya a little more, but is not cheap at all. As for the AM producers... we already have a good one UK-based AM that produce a lot of 1/32nd Post-War RAF Weapon Sets... with 1000lb iron bombs, TIALD pod, CPU-123 LGBs, Storm Shadow stand-off missiles, and even the Alarm missiles that only the Tornado were cleared to use, so why not for some new resin Brimestones and triple-launchers? Rick Griewski, Scotsman, Michael931080 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 The weapons options included with jet kits is a head scratcher for me. I have three modern jet kits and I am new to the jet scene. While I am learning about each type I see only a few weapons, being the model builder I am, that I want to use out of the kit. Many need futzing and many have been replaced by great AM. The decals on the AM are very good. My Tamiya F-15E kit has a new sprue but my attitude remains the same. IIRC my conversion to an Israeli type creates opportunities for different AM. Mission specific area will drive load out for my Trumpeter Harrier. A few are in the box. Just about all the kit weapons will go into the spares boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Some images of the new kit .. Scotsman, Rick Griewski, thierry laurent and 10 others 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Looks great! My Revell Tornado looks really long in the tooth to me right now. It may go onto the block when I get this new kit. Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 For me this kit seems a big improvement compared to the Revell's Tonka kit... my memory is fresh with my Tornado IDS kit experience. Here in Italy the price on the new kit should be 100€. I'll let you know a review as soon as the kit will be on the shop's shelf. CIAO! Piero thierry laurent, JayBee, viper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Gotta say that despite the weapons choices, the kit looks pretty good. I like the options for the flaps/slats/spoilers, and the reverse buckets able to be posed deployed. The panel lines do look a little wide, but I could live with it. The price tag is a little hefty so I’d have to be waiting until it’s a little less rich for my wallet. From what I can tell, it looks like an improvement on the Revell kit for sure. Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 At least the panel lines appears to cover the entire airframe , unlike the Revell kit , where the lines disappear when it comes the underside of the man fuselage , but man that looks like a really beautiful model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Even as the first photo appear I was ooooooooh that looks great. For me the flaps n slats and the buckets are a welcome option and then a ladder. After the initial wave the prices will come down then they’ll be a second wave (current buzz word). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Hopefully there'll be a GR1/GR1a at some point: these birds just look odd to me in anything other than grey/green wraparound and unit markings from an RAF Germany squadron, preferably 2 Sqn given my predilection for recce. The German examples look good too. Must stop, or I'll talk myself int buying more than one .... Kagemusha, Royboy and pacificmustang 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, MikeC said: Hopefully there'll be a GR1/GR1a at some point: these birds just look odd to me in anything other than grey/green wraparound and unit markings from an RAF Germany squadron, preferably 2 Sqn given my predilection for recce. The German examples look good too. Must stop, or I'll talk myself int buying more than one .... Agreed, gotta love the wrap around camo’. Edited October 10, 2020 by Stokey Pete Scotsman, Michael931080, Stevepd and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Pete , you little so and so , I have a couple of Revell GR1's and a basket-full of Resin sitting in storage calling to me to build a Brugen Camo bird... and your model is just making it worse!! - Shame on you ! Stevepd, wunwinglow and Stokey Pete 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Love it and im buying it. I already got the decals for it :-) Scotsman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I might fire up the 3d printer again, then. I had hoped for a much better selection of stores in this otherwise fabulous kit, but the payload is the whole point of this aircraft. I've just been made redundant, so I might dust of some old CAD projects. I do have a couple of LITENING pods in stock if anyone is interested. PM me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 38 minutes ago, wunwinglow said: I've just been made redundant Me to, 5 of us have been given notice as of 31st December. Still processing at the mo wunwinglow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Very sorry to hear that guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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