A few more future releases. (1 Viewer)

[rochie]

I think it would have to be more than 50% of the kit to justify that mark-up. Remember the price-hike they did on the Airfix EE Lightning? Double the price, and only a few bits of PE added !

£16 for the Academy kit at my local shop ????

 

[Airframes]

Yep, and the kit as supplied makes into a very nice model.
The Tamiya 1/48th scale IL-2 is now available, seen at Model Hobbies for £49, normal retail price £55. Might be a reasonable kit, but seems a bit pricey to me ......

 

[jjp_nl]

Technically not a new kit by far..but I was very happy to get a message from Airfix stating that their excellent Seafire FR.46/47 (based on the no less excellent Spitfire MK.22/24 kit) is back in stock. I've been dying to get my hands on one of these since building the Spit MK.24, but as opposed to the Spitty MK.22/24 it is pretty hard to come by these days, so re-release of this is more then welcome...at least to me.

 

[Airframes]

Well done Jelmer.

 

[Catch22]

I saw the Il-2 last week Terry. Don't think I'll be dropping $70 for one. Ouch!

 

[Wayne Little]

like the look of that Seafire jelmer, nice one mate!

 

[Airframes]

I have no interest in WW2 Russian aircraft, but if I did, I certainly wouldn't want to pay that sort of money for a box of plastic, in that scale, for a medium-sized aircraft. Still bugs me that Revell can turn out some really excellent, large, 1/32nd scale, highly detailed kits, at acceptable prices (including recent price rises supposedly due to oil prices), whilst other manufacturers ask the Earth for a 1/48th 'fighter size' kit, or, worse, re-issue a kit, with a change of decals, and double or treble the price!
Methinks someone is extracting the effluent!

 

[jjp_nl]

Given the price of that kit...the Italeri reboxing of the Classic Airframes kit is still worth considering. The tamiya kit has ofcourse state of the art engineering and perhaps has a tad more subtle details and what not, but it's not like the Tamiya kit beats the CA kit by miles or replaces a really outdated kit or something.

 

[Crimea_River]

I'm with Terry 100%, though I've been guilty of sustaining the demand and thereby justifying the higher prices by succumbing to the urge to buy a few of these offerings. If everyone stopped buying Tamiya and others of this ilk and switched over to Revell, there'd be a reason for them to change their pricing policy but unfortunately for some of us, the market sets the price.

 

[Airframes]

Just spotted some more Future Releases coming from Revell, all in 1/32nd scale.
The He219A-7 we know about, due out in December.
In addition, there is also a new tool Messerschmitt Bf109G-6 due in December, and a Westland Lynx Mk88/HAS Mk2, due in October.
No definite prices yet, but given Revell's policy of issuing nice kits in this scale, at reasonable prices, I don't think we'll see the Hamidragripoff Inc silly prices associated with some manufacturers.

 

[Wayne Little]

Interested in the G-6....

 

[Airframes]

Yep, me too.

 

[Catch22]

They've reboxed Hasegawa kits before, could be one of them.

 

[Airframes]

Could well be Cory, although it's described as 'New Tool'.

 

[Crimea_River]

Possible counter move to a potential $100+ Tamiya G-6? Mustang, Zero, Spit...I gotta think a 1/32 Tamiya 109 is not far off.

 

[Catch22]

Yeah but the Mustang, Spit and Zero hadn't been truly nailed in 1/32, whereas beside the engine I imagine the Hasegawa one was pretty close.

 

[Lucky13]

Home Plus a P-61, Beaufighter and a Mosquito!

Trumpeter,

Curtiss P-40M / P-40N Warhawk Kittyhawk,
Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk,
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator,
North-American F-100F Super Sabre,
Grumman A-6A Intruder,
Grumman A-6E Intruder,
Douglas A-1D Skyraider,
Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk,
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Tropical,
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 (Late),
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10,
Messerschmitt Bf 109K-4,
Junkers Ju 87A Stuka
Noticed that'll be two P-61's! Have to admit that I wouldn't mind a A and B-26, B-25 and maybe a P-61! But they're big enough in 1/48!

 

[Wayne Little]

cool....!!

 

[Airframes]

Wasn't 'Wings XL' the chap who posted on the forum, and explained he'd been let down, with the first B-25 kit being released by HK Models?
Would like to see the Mosquito, but would be good if Revell released a new tool kit, in the same quality and acceptable price range as their Ju88 and He111, possibly with alternative parts for bomber/fighter variants.
Rather interested in that B-25C/D, as a RAF Mitchell II - would have to win the lottery first though, in order to get a bigger house!

 

[Lucky13]

Have no idea old boy!

Next thing from Trumpeter in 1/48 Douglas A-3D Skywarrior!

Hmmmm...