HpH news - 1/32 Kate, Marauder, Ventura and 1/48 B-47

[Out2gtcha]

The Kate looks fantastic! Really looking forward to this one.

[Borsos]

The Border Models Kate in 1:35 scale is on preorder here in Europe for 74€. I am really curious how much the HPH Kate in 1:32 scale will cost…

[Anthony in NZ]

I'm really hanging out for the PV-1.....

[Jan_G]

more pics posted by Mirek over on modelforum.cz

https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=105045&start=5415

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kaeone57]

On 1/2/2024 at 5:07 PM, Anthony in NZ said:

I'm really hanging out for the PV-1.....

Mmmmmm... Ventura!!!!!

 

Alfonso

[Kagemusha]

The price has been revised due to it now being a HpH predominately resin kit at Hannants

[D Bellis]

7 minutes ago, Kagemusha said:

The price has been revised due to it now being a HpH predominately resin kit at Hannants

$255 US?!? 

 

So much for that. 

 

Just damn. What a bummer... 

D 

[scvrobeson]

Ouch, that's a big price, but it is in-line with the other HpH kits. Going resin with plastic details is certainly an odd way to do things, but hopefully it allows them to be successful with it

 

 

Matt 

[Bill M.]

Well, with this once all-plastic Infinity kit now being both resin and plastic and released by HPH, I wonder if they will be including the resin and etched parts in the kit that Infinity offered for their all-plastic kits, at an additional price?

If those sorts of detail parts are included, it will be easier to justify the higher price. 

But regardless, I will be buying one of these kits (in 1/32 scale, I might add). It is a kit I have long wanted.

[Pup7309]

Interesting conundrum for scale purists. This or the Border 1/35 for much less

[quang]

It’s still too early to say anything about the kit but… main components in resin with smaller parts in styrene ? Looks like the modelling world has suddenly turned upside down.

Even more disturbing is the proposed color schemes.


HPH is offering the obligatory Fuchida’s machine, the red-tailed AI-301 which led the ‘Hawaiian operation’ strike force on December 8, 1941.
The colour profile shows it equipped with a torpedo although it’s a well-documented fact that during the raid, AI-301 was part of the high-altitude group of Kates carrying type 99 bombs

FOR INFO ONLY

Not to say that AI-301 never carried torpedoes in her lifetime, but if you want to represent the famous plane on that fateful day, you’d have to swap the torpedo for a bomb.

 

Having said that, there are great days coming for Kate lovers everywhere 

Cheers,

Quang

[LSP_Kevin]

My understanding is that the fuselage of the Kate will be injection-moulded, as those parts had already been tooled.

 

Kev

[dennismcc]

Well at £215 the HpH kit is well outside my budget so for £72 I have defected and ordered the Border Kate.

I want a 1/32 Kate but not at that price, and the Border aircraft kits have been getting good reviews.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[quang]

24 minutes ago, dennismcc said:

for £72 I have defected and ordered the Border Kate.

You turncoat! 

[Borsos]

Oh, if my math hasn’t let me down, one HPH Kate will be about 2 1/2 Border Kates…

I am curious now, how the HPH will get together compared to the Border kit.