Dragon Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) I see Tamiya has announced this kit on their Facebook page. Pics look promising. Just wish it was 1/32. https://www.tamiya.com/japan/products/61121/index.html Edited January 26, 2021 by Dragon scvrobeson, mpk, RNoAF and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 What strikes me is a comment that retail on this will be over $100.00. That says to me that cost for tamiya to produce airplane kits to their standard are really going up. This may be a big factor on why we are not seeing more 1/32. Unfortunately this may be revealing why we may not see more for some time. scvrobeson and Sakai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Tamiya going head to head with ZM. This will be a nice kit. Thanks for the up-date. Sakai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanmoe Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, cbk57 said: What strikes me is a comment that retail on this will be over $100.00. That says to me that cost for tamiya to produce airplane kits to their standard are really going up. This may be a big factor on why we are not seeing more 1/32. Unfortunately this may be revealing why we may not see more for some time. Western governments have been printing money without any economic growth to support its value. The kit's cost may well be reflective of currency concerns as the world attempts to move past the pandemic. Please don't take those comments as political, one way or the other. Just simple facts. Edited January 26, 2021 by ivanmoe mpk and cbk57 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 The one immediate advantage I can see compared to the ZM kit, is that Tamiya have correctly portrayed the inter-canopy arch as the widest part of the structure. ZM have parallel canopy rails which look odd if you know the subject. Also the windscreen looks like it's part of the forward nose structure which again is a nice bonus for delineating the transparent portion properly. LSP_K2, mpk, Sakai and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Looks to me like Tamiya is putting a lot of money and effort into RC cars and trucks and some other toy-like jimcrackery for 2021 and very little into model airplanes. Apparently they think new LSPs are not where the money is. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I suspect the Mossie was a failure. I don't think it sold well. My LHS brought in several. I bought one of them but the others just sat and sat. I started my build with great excitement and have it about 80% done but it's now sat on the shelf of doom for at least 18 months or longer. I burnt out on it. I think Wolf Buddee did two. I don't think his is finished yet either and about the same time period. Gazzas, scvrobeson, dmthamade and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I can't help but think the Mosquito with no engines and a 50% price reduction would have done much better sales wise. Revell were knocking out basic Beaufighters and Mosquitoes for decades. A quality, unsophisticated basic Tamiya update could have done the same I feel. mpk, MikeC and dmthamade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Chek said: I can't help but think the Mosquito with no engines and a 50% price reduction would have done much better sales wise. Revell were knocking out basic Beaufighters and Mosquitoes for decades. A quality, unsophisticated basic Tamiya update could have done the same I feel. Have to say, you've just described how Hasegawa does/did kits. I have the Corsair/Mustang/Mosquito in the stash, i open the box and am intimidated by the kit, mostly by the sheer part count and stuff that i know i will leave in the spares box when/if i build them. I do like the idea of a "hollow" Mossie, engines/bombay details/gun details will all be left out on my build, but that's just me... Don ivanmoe, Chek, Gazzas and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Sheesh... more phantoms around than 109's now... These ppl got to get their priorities right. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiii Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, dmthamade said: Have to say, you've just described how Hasegawa does/did kits. I have the Corsair/Mustang/Mosquito in the stash, i open the box and am intimidated by the kit, mostly by the sheer part count and stuff that i know i will leave in the spares box when/if i build them. I do like the idea of a "hollow" Mossie, engines/bombay details/gun details will all be left out on my build, but that's just me... Don But isn't why we do this? Get satisfaction from assembling and painting these fantastic kits? Just sayin MikeC, dmthamade and discus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, markiii said: But isn't why we do this? Get satisfaction from assembling and painting these fantastic kits? Just sayin It's pointless if the its go unbuilt. I won't get through the Mossie so why buy it? We here are not casual buyers. Casual buyers out number us. Tamiya may have paid too much attention to folks like us. It's business. ivanmoe, Adrian, dmthamade and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 10 hours ago, markiii said: But isn't why we do this? Get satisfaction from assembling and painting these fantastic kits? Just sayin Yes, absolutely. How one modeller wants to fill the build compared to another is the difference. Like i said, "but that's just me". Don mpk and MikeC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 14 hours ago, LSP_Ron said: I suspect the Mossie was a failure. I don't think it sold well. My LHS brought in several. I bought one of them but the others just sat and sat. I started my build with great excitement and have it about 80% done but it's now sat on the shelf of doom for at least 18 months or longer. I burnt out on it. I think Wolf Buddee did two. I don't think his is finished yet either and about the same time period. I had a Mosquito and sold it, I think there is a point with LSPs that they become too LSP. When you get multiple detailed engines and so on it becomes a real beast. I cannot imagine ever building a 1/32 B-17 or Lancaster. I think of the Tamiya kits in terms of sub assemblies and that Mosquito had a bunch of major ones that were intricate and increadibly detailed. A builder like Wolf could easily spend two years on a subject like that. I heard a great podcast with Mike Rinladi and he won:t touch 1/32 for his books because it becomes at least a 1 year commitment for him to do a single kit. dmthamade, mpk and Jeff T 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I agree on the Mosquito. I have purchased the Tamiya kit twice now. The Fighter Bomber variants are probably my all time favourite aircraft so it was a must have kit for me as soon as it was announced. Well it arrived and I was daunted by the box contents. So much so I sold it on after it kept getting put further and further down the build pile due to its complexity. About 6 months later I bought another having thought about it and regretting selling the first one. I did attempt a start at the second kit but soon got bogged down and put it away. It’s just too much kit for me to take on. I’m currently waiting for some replacement sprues to replace bits I’d started on and once they arrive I’ll be looking to move this one on too. mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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