New range of 1/72 DC-8 kits coming from Mach 2

[tomprobert 3,397]

For the fans of 1/72nd scale airliners, Mach 2 are realeasing a series of DC-8 kits. 
 

https://www.aviationmegastore.com/douglas-ec-24-us-navy-expected-december-2020-gp110usn-mach-2-gp110usn-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=174343

 

https://www.aviationmegastore.com/douglas-dc8-50-armee-de-l-air--french-af-sarigue--expected-december-2020-gp110aaf-mach-2-gp110aaf-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=174344

https://www.aviationmegastore.com/douglas-dc8-30-pan-american-airlines-expected-december-2020-gp110paa-mach-2-gp110paa-airliner-modelling-kits/product/?action=prodinfo&art=174336

 

As well as military versions, lots of airliner liveries coming soon including KLM, Swissair, UTA, Scandinavian, Iberia and Aero Mexico. 
 

Salivating over this one!

 

Tom

 

 

 

 

[LSP_Kevin 32,473]

What type of kits are these likely to be, Tom? By that I mean, resin, vac/resin (a la Welsh Models), or short-run injection-moulded?

 

Kev

[Jennings Heilig 15,676]

LOL... this ought to be good.  

[tomprobert 3,397]

8 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said:

What type of kits are these likely to be, Tom? By that I mean, resin, vac/resin (a la Welsh Models), or short-run injection-moulded?

 

Kev

Hi Kev,

 

They are injection-moulded but certainly come under the ‘short run’ bracket. 
 

As Jennings insinuates, the quality of Mach 2 kits is somewhat ‘variable’...

 

Tom

[LSP_Kevin 32,473]

Thanks, Tom. That's pretty much what I understood of the brand, too.

 

Kev

[boiss123 37]

Great another piece of plastic we have to carve a kit out of lol.

 

[Jennings Heilig 15,676]

"Somewhat variable" - like the yield on nuclear weapons.  There's bad, and then there's *really* bad, and then there's really *really* bad.

[chrish 4,745]

With anybody else (meaning me) I’d suggest steer clear of Mach II but with Tom building such great models from vac. kits that’s probably like the rest of us (again, me) going from an old Revell kit to a new Tamiya kit.

They're kind of like those old “Chip Away” kids toys from the 1970’s where you get a block (or blob in this case) of plastic and a little chisel and hammer and go to work removing everything that doesn’t look like the finished product.

so, yes...”this should be interesting” was pretty much what I thought but couldn’t put into words (Thanks J!) 

I’ll definitely pull up a chair to watch Tom build one though!

[Lee White 3,131]

3 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said:

"Somewhat variable" - like the yield on nuclear weapons.  There's bad, and then there's *really* bad, and then there's really *really* bad.

....And then there's Mach 2.

[MARU5137 16,120]

Tom..

Thank you for posting  it.

Your efforts  are much appreciated.

 

Oh I like 1:72 Scale .. 

[europapete 193]

Having tried to tackle a Mach 2 kit before, I would suggest that they will probably be around a DC 7 1/4 or 7/1/2 rather than an 8. Regards, Pete in RI

[jenshb 868]

6 hours ago, Lee White said:

....And then there's Mach 2.

You took the words right out of my mouth...

[kalashnikov-47 675]

I have the Vostok and Soyuz rocket kits.  At least there's no "clear" parts involved with those.

[Jennings Heilig 15,676]

1 hour ago, jenshb said:

You took the words right out of my mouth...

 

 

To paraphrase an old saying: twice bitten, never going to waste my money again.

[Lee White 3,131]

I had the Airfix 1/72 Valiant, and was 'gifted' a Mach 2 Valiant. It was like comparing a stone spear to a Japanese Katana. The only place the M2 kit excelled in was the box art, a cool pic of an orange sky, a white Valiant hurtling away from the nuclear blast it had just unleashed. Airfix? Not so dramatic.

Edited November 11, 2020 by Lee White