Gazzas Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Well.... according to you guys, Kotare may have shot themselves in the foot... since what they have planned to release next are even more Spitfires. I guess they are doomed. I hope not. I'd hate to see them fail. geedubelyer and williamj 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 I was told Kotare updated their instructions on their website with excellent color cockpit images, I can’t find the link, did they remove it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) New company launching an expensive kit (of a well covered subject) into a western economic melt down ....I would not expect them to sell thousands next year, just because of the belt tightening going on globally . A shame , but maybe coincidental that WnW couldn't turn a sustainable profit either ? Not wishing Kotare to fail , but struggling to see how they might succeed, sat here today in what must be tough times ahead for any hobby market in 2023 , especially as they missed the 2022 Xmas sales. Edited December 11, 2022 by Panzerwomble Tolga ULGUR, TankBuster and npb748r 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tissue and Dope Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 5 hours ago, MARU5137 said: https://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=41260&scale=1/24&erl=Testors-1-24-Bugatti-Royal-Coupe-Napoleon-835 Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc $59.00 Not Italeri and not 1:12 scale BUT 1:24 Scale . This is the 1/12 Bugatti I’ve ordered: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-4710-bugatti-type-35b--1446116 Kagemusha, quang and Uncarina 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 hours ago, ScoobyDoo said: I was told Kotare updated their instructions on their website with excellent color cockpit images, I can’t find the link, did they remove it? Click on "Instructions" at this page. Landrotten Highlander and geedubelyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastterry Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 My problem with some of these new kits is that having been seriously modelling for the last 35 years I already have 8 Spitfires, including a Mk 1 & 2, as well as 5 Bf109G's and a couple of P-40C's that have been built over the last 10 years or so. All of the models have some form of after market which lifts the standard a bit. What I'm trying to say is that these new kits (GWM, Z-M & Kotare) are all in the AUD$150+ range of subjects that I already have in the cabinet and I find it hard to get enthused even though they are state of the art kits. Having said all that I do hope that Kotare do have success and I will be up for a Mk Vc if and when they come out with one but I will pass on the Mk 1. Have passed on the GWM P-40C as well as the Z-M Bf109G and likely remain so unless somebody has a big discount sale. Just the ramblings of an old Aussie pensioner. TRF thierry laurent, ivanmoe, Panzerwomble and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 44 minutes ago, KiwiZac said: Click on "Instructions" at this page. They are back now, the link was definitely gone. I can find them again now. Kotare probably follows this website. Paul in Napier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I'm with Terry. I have 5-6 Hase 109s. They get no love now that ZM released theirs, it seems. Same with my olde Spittys.... Darren Howie and fastterry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 6 hours ago, LSP_Mike said: I'm with Terry. I have 5-6 Hase 109s. They get no love now that ZM released theirs, it seems. Same with my olde Spittys.... No matter which car you drive, what you’ll remember best is the ride. And I’m having such a fantastic ride with the ZM 109. Kagemusha, Rick Griewski, Jan_G and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 9 hours ago, LSP_Mike said: I'm with Terry. I have 5-6 Hase 109s. They get no love now that ZM released theirs, it seems. Same with my olde Spittys.... I was disappointed with Hasegawa 1/32 kits, I purchased a 109F and a 190D-9. They are more like large 1/48 kits and really Eduard has moved past the min terms of detail internal and external in 1/48. The new ZM kit looks really nice but I often find myself tempted by ZM kits although I have not bought or built one yet. It will happen just has not yet. I really like ZM as it is easier for me to delete stuff I don't want than to make stuff that is not there. Also if it is not there and I want it, I often end up buying after market and ZM eliminates some of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 OK someone has to say… Hasegawa 109s we’re the best of the times during a time when 1/32 was coming alive. A few warts for sure. I bet most of us could not envision another Mfgr G variant when it took so long to get the Hawgawa kit. Jeff T, Steve C, Cheetah11 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) If I ever find myself in a slump when I can't face starting anything complex, a Hasagawa 1/32 109 is my go to route out of these dry spells - easy quick builds a multitude of options as regards replacement parts and markings - there's a lot to be said for older simpler kits. Which brings me back to the Kotare Spit , looking at the instruction guide it looks at tho the most complex are is the Cockpit - no engine, no gun bays - my kind of model I've had a Tamiya F4u-1D waiting in the stash for years but the sheer effort it takes to complete a Tamiya Corsair just puts me off ditto the Spit XVI sitting next to it Edited December 12, 2022 by Scotsman fastterry, BloorwestSiR, MikeC and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) I suffer from a form of modeling ADHD so as such no one scale or subject forever fascinates me and I bounce from one area to another. While I stick more with LSP than anything else if I have had enough of LSP I don:t reach for a simpler LSP, I reach for a tank, an a Car or whatever else turns my fancy at the moment. I have no problem bouncing from 1/32 to 1/48 aircraft, of late I have even contemplated 1/72 but have not moved off contemplation so far. So I am not enthralled with simplified 1/32 planes as I could build an eduard kit that I like better of the 109. I much prefer the Eduard 1/48 kits to the Hasegawa 1/32 of the same subject especially 109G and onward. I have two Wingsy 109Es on the shelf I would not go the Eduard 109E route personally. As much of a Tamiya enthusiast as I am have never built the 1/48 Tamiya 109G and I owe myself one of those. I have felt better dialed into my .2 mm airbrush setup of late so maybe I am ready for 1/48 mottling again. Right now though I have big projects on the bench, 1/32 Tamiya f-4 and soon a 1/16 Tiger as my son wants the new AndyHHQ kit and that will have to go front of the line when it lands. Edited December 12, 2022 by cbk57 Rick Griewski, Kagemusha, Archimedes and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I am looking forward to the new Spitfire’s cockpit. I wonder if they would sell just the sprues for it. geedubelyer and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 As noted above Kotare pulled their instruction sheet briefly, they have now added quite a few pages especially covering the cockpit area. From what I am seeing this cockpit will offer more finesse in detail than the 1/24 Airfix Mk IX. This indeed is looking really good. They also added stencil pages and of interesting note they are showing stencils that were aparently located on the under side of the exhaust pipes. These guys are thorough. geedubelyer, Archimedes, Scotsman and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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