Avenger2614 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) How on earth am I the first person to post this? I saw on Facebook, in the "Phantom Phreaks" page, a user posted sprue shots from a new manufacturer called "Red Pills Models" who are releasing a new-tool F-4B, which is apparently the long-rumored cooperation project with SprueBrothers. The poster's name is Ed Okun, so if he's a member here, perhaps he can post the sprue shots here as well. I will attempt to upload them myself so we can all have a gander and begin the speculation. Hopefully this is the real deal! If these sprue shots are real, the initial detail looks good, but I would say it lands somewhere between Tamiya and Revell. Let the games begin! **EDIT** Photos added below. -Daniel S. Arvada, CO Edited November 22, 2022 by Avenger2614 Tony T, Gene K, firefly7 and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger2614 Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Edited November 22, 2022 by Avenger2614 Paul in Napier, D.B. Andrus, Rockie Yarwood and 15 others 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I'm wondering how quickly Cutting Edge and GT models resin conversions will appear on Ebay ..? phasephantomphixer, Pete Fleischmann, Ryan and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Sprues look like recent Revell ones. I would not say Tamiya, at least not the 2022 Tamiya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: Sprues look like recent Revell ones. I would not say Tamiya, at least not the 2022 Tamiya. Nose wheel appears to have horrible sink marks, not common with most Tamiya kits. Aside from that though, what I see looks excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger2614 Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 I'm beginning to wonder if this will be entirely new-tool, or just conversion parts for existing Revell parts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 41 minutes ago, Avenger2614 said: I'm beginning to wonder if this will be entirely new-tool, or just conversion parts for existing Revell parts... Not really relevant as even in such a case they need to make a new front fuselage, a new tail, new main wings, new wheels, new cockpit with new seats and new exhausts! And I do not even consider the warload! So, you need to replace close to 80% of the Revell parts to release a B. Avenger2614 and Paul in Napier 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Thanks Daniel S. - Good to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaf-man Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Avenger2614 said: How on earth am I the first person to post this? I saw on Facebook, in the "Phantom Phreaks" page, a user posted sprue shots from a new manufacturer called "Red Pills Models" who are releasing a new-tool F-4B, which is apparently the long-rumored cooperation project with SprueBrothers. The poster's name is Ed Okun, so if he's a member here, perhaps he can post the sprue shots here as well. I will attempt to upload them myself so we can all have a gander and begin the speculation. Hopefully this is the real deal! If these sprue shots are real, the initial detail looks good, but I would say it lands somewhere between Tamiya and Revell. Let the games begin! **EDIT** Photos added below. -Daniel S. Arvada, CO Ed is a member here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Thanks for posting. Looking good so far. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Can’t help noticing the resemblance to Tamiya’s 1/48 F-4B in terms of parts breakdown (seats, jet exhausts, external fuel tanks)…and that’s a good thing! Edited November 22, 2022 by allthumbs Gene K, TankBuster and cmayer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, LSP_K2 said: Nose wheel appears to have horrible sink marks, not common with most Tamiya kits. Aside from that though, what I see looks excellent. Well is this not the sort of thing test shots are used to find? Hopefully they fix the issue. Having not built or even checked out the Tamiya 1/48 F-4B are the jet exhaust nozzles molded the same? Not so sure I like the fact the the nozzles have been quartered into four parts each. Kind of wondering how the seems on those will be and how difficult would it be to fill them if necessary. Though I suppose this might be a good case to use the old Q-tip, Squadron white putty and finger nail polish remover trick... Anyway it looks pretty good so far. Here's hoping we have a great 1/32 F-4B at last. Edited November 22, 2022 by Mark B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcour Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 The nozzle details on the exterior surface looks good, cannot say the same for the interior faces and actuators. Good to see someone had the good idea to include the cockpit mirrors. Looking forward to seeing how the rest comes as well as the announced other F-4 variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Well, they are Red Pills Models, facing the realities of the complexities in producing such a kit. All I say is, "Red Pills Models, Take My Money". I don't mind a tad of filling and sanding in order to get a 1/32 F-4B. It already looks way more of a thoroughbred than my planned Tamiya-Cutting Edge mongrel. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Quote Tamiya-Cutting Edge mongrel. Mixed breeds can be ok with a little work Kagemusha, MikeMaben, Gene K and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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