tomprobert Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 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 Derek B, Swatto, Jack and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 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, Derek B and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Thanks, Tom. That's pretty much what I understood of the brand, too. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiss123 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Great another piece of plastic we have to carve a kit out of lol. chrish and scvrobeson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 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. Rockie Yarwood, kalashnikov-47, scvrobeson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Lee White said: ....And then there's Mach 2. You took the words right out of my mouth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalashnikov-47 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 I have the Vostok and Soyuz rocket kits. At least there's no "clear" parts involved with those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaf-man Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 All said is true about Mach 2,but at least the man deserves the credit of going to unpaved territory of least expected kits from mainstream or at all Even the most prolific 1/72 airliner maker as Welsh didn't tackle these subjects..yet He was the first with DC-4,maybe Revell got inspired? :-) And the C-123,with Roden following Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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