Confusionreigns178 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 15 hours ago, Zola25 said: But it is a bit worrying that some of the very productive manufacturers like Trumpeter are also not releasing much in 1/32 anymore.. Good thing I still have a big stash to dig into I suspect that the market for 1/32 kits might have shrunk in recent years. Why this might be, I have no idea. I was told by an old-hand at the London Hannants shop that they are not selling many 1/32nd aircraft these days. This is a worrying trend from my point of view, as I very rarely buy anything smaller than '32nd. Happy New Year, folks. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Confusionreigns178 said: I suspect that the market for 1/32 kits might have shrunk in recent years. Why this might be, I have no idea. I was told by an old-hand at the London Hannants shop that they are not selling many 1/32nd aircraft these days. This is a worrying trend from my point of view, as I very rarely buy anything smaller than '32nd. Happy New Year, folks. Chris. It seems to me that it could be their price point that's affecting their LSP sales rather than the scale itself. When I look at some of the online discounter prices and some of the others, the price variations are very noticeable indeed. The difference is as much as 10 - 20 percent and on big ticket items that's a lot of money off and then if you include free delivery with that too it's not surprising that retailers who want the full RSP would suffer some loss of sales. If the scale wasn't selling then surely the manufacturers wouldn't produce the quantity of products that it does. Every picture tells a story as the saying goes, I suggest that our scale is in very rude health indeed considering it's smaller niche within the overall market place. Happy New Year to all of my LSP comrades and keep on buying those new kits. Derek B and Stevepd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Dave Williams said: Hasegawa’s 190D was released with the larger TA152 tail in at least one Hasegawa boxing. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10316473 The Revell rebox of the kit also included both tails. https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/1/9/7/103197-72-instructions.pdf Hasegawa released their Raiden kit twice as the early J2M2, which had nose guns. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10519757 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10183015 I stand corrected. Well, despite being wrong, at least it makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Australian Retailer $1149 AUD ... *cough, cough ... splutter!* Rog chrish, TankBuster, GusM and 4 others 1 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Artful69 said: Australian Retailer $1149 AUD ... *cough, cough ... splutter!* Rog Same here in Canada but in Loonies rather than AUD. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
is it windy yet? Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 8:06 AM, BloorwestSiR said: Same here in Canada but in Loonies rather than AUD. Carl Is it available in Canada yet? BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, is it windy yet? said: Is it available in Canada yet? I don’t think the kit is actually available anywhere. Still has yet to be released AFAIK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, is it windy yet? said: Is it available in Canada yet? Not yet. I asked at a couple hobby shops what they thought the price was going to be. One said they expected it to be around $1100 CAD. The other initially said $300 but when they double checked, came back with the same $1100-1200 estimate. Carl KiwiZac and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigels modelling bench Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Hi all, I am in regular contact with Border Model about this kit,(and have actually just received a pre production copy of the Stuka). They are having a few technical issues at the moment which has slightly delayed the kits launch. As far as I can tell, they want it to be perfect? adameliclem, Paul in Napier, monthebiff and 3 others 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Nigels modelling bench said: Hi all, I am in regular contact with Border Model about this kit,(and have actually just received a pre production copy of the Stuka). They are having a few technical issues at the moment which has slightly delayed the kits launch. As far as I can tell, they want it to be perfect? So are we talking about technical issues with the Ju-87 or the Lanc? Confused with your wording that's all. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigels modelling bench Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 minute ago, monthebiff said: So are we talking about technical issues with the Ju-87 or the Lanc? Confused with your wording that's all. Regards. Andy Sorry Andy. The Stuka is pretty much done. I was saying I have a pre production kit that has been reviewed on You Tube. The Lancaster has hit some small technical issues, probably sink marks or fogged clear parts, something along those lines? Nige monthebiff, scvrobeson, Kagemusha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Thanks for the information Nige, hope you can update us when the release date is close. scvrobeson, Stevepd and monthebiff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigels modelling bench Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, Kagemusha said: Thanks for the information Nige, hope you can update us when the release date is close. Sure will.. because when that day comes I'm praying he'll be asking for my delivery address again... everything including fingers crossed. Nige scvrobeson, KiwiZac, Stevepd and 4 others 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pup7309 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 So the ex WNW Lanc is just selling from China right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 7 hours ago, Pup7309 said: So the ex WNW Lanc is just selling from China right? Places outside China have it listed for pre-order. Andy’s Hobby HQ in the US, for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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