LanceB Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 In the latest issue of Scale Aviation magazine, there is an official "scoop" announcement that Fine Molds will release a 1/72 Y-Wing this year. The official public announcement with expected release date, price etc. will be made at Shizuoka in late May. Let the rejoicing begin! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GMK Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 EXCELLENT! Another one to add to the collection! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CraigSargent Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Excellent news. Good to see they are continuing with the franchise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Hingtgen Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Finally! Now if they could do a B-wing and ISD, I'm all set. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Way cool, and it is about *&^%ing TIME! They are probably finally doing one since RoG's announced kit due out in September will be 1/73 scale and they know there are a LOT of Y-Wing maniacs (myself included) who want FM to go ahead and release some. I expect to order probably four or five of these then (three for a space diorama, one for maybe a ground diorama and one to do OOB). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GMK Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Pics are up on www.hlj.com looks brilliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Wise Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I'm in with both feet. As with the X-Wing, I'm good for three kits. Randy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 I'm in with both feet. As with the X-Wing, I'm good for three kits.Randy OK, pardon me for making a blatant plug here. Randy (and everyone else), if you have a local hobby shop you buy from, tell them you want this kit, and that your friends want this kit, and their friends' friends... Then have your local shop owner send a mail to lance(at)hlj.com. We do wholesale discounts and are always willing to talk to shops to get them what they need. You may want to hint they are going to need TIEs and X-wings and maybe even Falcons to go with the Y-wings. I don't know how many Y-wings are going to be in a carton, but my gut feeling is 18 or 24. From the size and parts count, we're talking what, a Hasegawa Ju88 or He111 in size? So probably 24 per carton. If your local hobby shop can handle that quantity, and everyone outside of Podunk, Iowa should be able to for a Y-wing, have them write me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Too bad it's not in 1/48 scale. Hopefully the price will be reasonable and it can be found in my area once it is released. The pics of it are here: http://www.hlj.com/misc/ywing/index.html Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Man that is one PRETTY looking test shot. Looks like the Ion guns on the topside aren't quite ready and some of the vane details aren't yet finalized either as these appear to be a couple areas where detail is missing from the test shot. But, that is why it is a test shot. This one is going to be a GREAT model. I have a feeling though that given the parts count in this model and the size of the pieces that this kit is probably going to be more expensive then the X-Wing. The X-Wing is a relatively simple design on the surface in comparison to the Y-Wing. I don't think she will be as expensive as say a Millenium Falcon, but maybe somewhere between the Slave Ones and the X-Wing kits probably. And this is speculation on my part as I have no idea what price FM will charge for these. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I agree, I'm quite impressed. Really almost makes me want to put up my SMT 1/48 resin one for sale, if I knew I wouldn't take a total loss on it...now, THAT'S one fantastic looking one, although I haven't got the space for it once built.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CraigSargent Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I'm guessing the sales of these items is what keeps FM bringing out new models. I'd think for quality kits like this of a cult movie, demand would be pretty high. Be nice if they eventually did the all pivotal ships from the original trilogy - given the constant scale of 1/72, realistically, I'd think we could see snowspeeders, A-wings, B-wings, Darth Vaders advanced TIE, and maybe Luke's speeder. Given the massive size (a little over 22 metres), tooling costs and eventual retail price if realised, a 1/72 ISD won't happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Wise Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 OK, pardon me for making a blatant plug here. Randy (and everyone else), if you have a local hobby shop you buy from, tell them you want this kit, and that your friends want this kit, and their friends' friends... No worries Lance. I can take your shameless plug and cart it off to the hobby shop out here in the Lower Mainland that I frequent. But I must admit this, in all of the years that Fine Molds has been doing Star Wars kits, they've never carried the line. Come to think of it, they don't carry any of the FM aircraft either. Randy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I agree, I'm quite impressed. Really almost makes me want to put up my SMT 1/48 resin one for sale, if I knew I wouldn't take a total loss on it...now, THAT'S one fantastic looking one, although I haven't got the space for it once built.... 1/48 SMT Y-Wings tend to go for sick prices on eBay, mainly because they are 1/48 and good quality. So unless you paid an arm and a leg for the kit already, I doubt it would sell for a loss. In my case, I have an SMT and another Y-Wing in 1/48 done by another firm. I will probably keep the SMT kit and sell my other one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I'm thinking my SMT was about $129 IIRC....and I normally don't spend more than $20 for a kit....sheesh.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CraigSargent Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Images have been pulled from HLJ?! I get page not found and the front page no longer links off the image. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 Images have been pulled from HLJ?! I get page not found and the front page no longer links off the image. Check back in about 2 weeks. The pics should be back up then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
General Grievous Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 (edited) Finally! Now if they could do a B-wing and ISD, I'm all set. :) Yeah, a B-Wing in 1/72 would be awesome! Not sure about the ISD though... GG Edited April 15, 2007 by General Grievous Quote Link to post Share on other sites
canadadry1 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Didn't know if anyone had posted it yet but the "pre-order" for the Y-Wing is up at hlj.com....5% off if you pre-order....price with the 5% off is 27.08 +S/H.... Enjoy and let the ordering begin.... Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JimC Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 (edited) Didn't know if anyone had posted it yet but the "pre-order" for the Y-Wing is up at hlj.com....5% off if you pre-order....price with the 5% off is 27.08 +S/H....Enjoy and let the ordering begin.... Chris Thanks for that, Chris...I just pre-ordered two. I missed the Tamiya 1/48 F-16 Early Bird but not this time. I've been wanting a Y-Wing for quite a while. I still have the X-Wing and the Jedi Starfighter to do someday. Jim Edited April 17, 2007 by JimC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
My_name_1s_MUD Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 (edited) If you guys are interested in a Y-wing, might I recommend buying it from Starshipmodeler.com? They have excellent service, quick delivery and the cost should be about the same as importing it from HLJ. They have a pre-order for the Y-wing set up now. http://www.starshipmodeler.com/cfstore/ind...;Product_ID=944 Edited April 18, 2007 by My_name_1s_MUD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olemanjoe Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 looks AWESOME! love the fact i that you can actually identify the tank kits used in the originals. Me? i am waiting for the republic gunship in 1/72, go on, Finemolds, you know it will be good for the sales figures!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepstriker Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Great Model, and you are right about spaceshipmodelers, their service and prices are just awesome. I wonder how many tiger I and II have been canibalized making star wars ships..they are in at least 3 of them (originally at least) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
My_name_1s_MUD Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Me? i am waiting for the republic gunship in 1/72, go on, Finemolds, you know it will be good for the sales figures!!!! Do you know something we don't?!? I'd absolutely love a republic gunship (LAAT/i). I want to paint one with the tiger mouth just like in the Clone Wars animated series. Also, deepstriker... it is starshipmodeler.com... not spaceshipmodeler. There is also another website called starshipbuilder.com.... another good website. The definitive source for data on this stuff is starshipmodeler.com and the Replica Prop Forum. The RPF has some guys on it that can name pretty much every piece on most Star Wars kits. They have threads that are like 60 pages that are dedicated to identifying kit parts that were on the Y-wings (no two Y0wings were the same). Even the guys that designed the Master Replicas Y-wing and Millennium Falcon are regular posters on that site. Pretty cool stuff if you are in to accuracy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzly Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Good piece of news here. I'm on my way to preorder on HLJ... Just waiting a A wing, a B wing a Tie X1 and a Tie Bomber to be a happy bear (and a cloud car too) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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