Sgt Shultz II Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Is the Hobby Boss F-4F (Wildcat) a re-pop of the Tamiya kit? They look the same to me according to Youtube builds I looked up. Edited June 13, 2018 by Sgt Shultz II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Tamiya made a F-4F Phantom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Perhaps he meant F4F? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Probably, as it's posted in non-LSP works and both companies make an F4F in that scale. Could be a re-pop, but then again the ways to tool the same vehicle aren't too different. A lot of kits follow a very similar parts breakdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Hobby Boss has not done an F4F (Wildcat, not Phantom) in 1/32 scale - Hobbycraft however did release the Trumpeter F4F-4, P-38, F-105D and I believe also one of their F4U kits in Hobbycraft boxes back in the day. Those boxings came out around the same time as the original Trumpeter releases IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Shultz II Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Edited my original post and yes the Wildcat is what I am referring to. Both the Tamiya and Hobby Boss build identically from what I can tell. Both have detailed cockpits and engines/landing gear separate from the fuselage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Oh we're talking 1/48? I'd put money on reverse engineered copies, not a legitimate copy of the kit. Hobby Boss did the same with the Revell Rafale Gigant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigant Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Oh we're talking 1/48? I'd put money on reverse engineered copies, not a legitimate copy of the kit. Hobby Boss did the same with the Revell Rafale OK, so how do you do a "legitimate copy" of someone else's kit without "reverse-engineering" it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Legitimate copy... not the best choice of words but I meant something along the lines of reboxong under whatever contract or license agreement could be in place, or purchasing the molds to rerelease as original or with improvements/changes made to the molds. mattlow, Out2gtcha and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Scalemates doesn't seem to think the 2 kits are formally related. They have the 1994 Tamiya kit standing alone in that kit's timeline. And then the Hobby Boss F4-F4 is a 2007 changed parts iteration of the original 2007 F4-F3 kit. If the 2 kits seem identical I guess it's because Hobby Boss copied the Tamiya kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Shultz II Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 I just got the Hobby Boss kit and am greatly impressed with the detail! I am not impressed with the engine detail but the kit one will have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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