F-16 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Here are some future releases from Hobby Boss. P-40e, P-51D Scott CNJC-IPMS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalo Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Wow do we really need another Mustang? Or P-40 for that matter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmk0210 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 (edited) Really. I wish these kit makers would make some stuff we aren't swimming in already. How about a nice 1/48 F-82 somebody? Even if they make an old P-40B, P-40N or a P-51A it would have been better. Edited December 12, 2011 by dmk0210 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hueyhogfan13 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 (edited) Question of the day: If this would have been Tamiya's announcement, (assuming they hadnt done a Stang already) would anyone say a single negative thing about it? I think I know that answer Anyways, have a great day everyone! PS: Wrote on a funny, not really serious note! Edited December 12, 2011 by Hueyhogfan13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cool Hand Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 If Hobby Boss is smart the 51 wil have the option to be built as a -5 without the fin fillet. This is BADLY needed in plastic in 1/48. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I know its just a drawing. But those are some seriously long right wings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 What a poor product choice. Missed opportunity to meet modelers' other needs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tourist Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Based on this CAD drawing the Mustang is as bad as they come, the propeller is all wrong so are the nose,the windscreen, the canopy, the wheel bays outer doors, some surface features, the loop antenna and possibly the wing's LE. It looks like the dreadful 1/32 Trumpeter P-51D. I'll stick with Tamiya, Hasegawa and even Monogram for my 1/48 Mustangs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobrahistorian Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) And a long-tailed P-40E? The Mustang looks closer to a P-51H than anything.... Edited December 13, 2011 by Cobrahistorian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tourist Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The Mustang looks closer to a P-51H than anything.... Now, that would have been a good idea! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AVGBob Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Of all the HB kits I've seen, I can't say I'm really that impressed with any of them. They make model kits that have already been done better by someone else. Not meant to sound all high and mighty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmk0210 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Question of the day: If this would have been Tamiya's announcement, (assuming they hadnt done a Stang already) would anyone say a single negative thing about it? Tamiya did a P-51K so I give them props for that (pun intended!). Though that wasn't a big difference. I would love to see a Tamiya F-82 or P-40N though. A P-51H with ANG decals would be nice too. I just get tired of every manufacturer jumping on the same bandwagon. It's getting like the movie industry. Little original thought anymore. I got an idea, maybe Hobby Boss needs to make an ME-109 or F-16! :wacko: Edited December 13, 2011 by dmk0210 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Modelmkr Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Tamiya did a P-51K so I give them props for that (pun intended!). Uhhh, don't think so. They did a P-51D, P-51B, F-51D, and a Mustang MkIII... but no P-51K that I'm aware of. Hasegawa released a couple P-51K boxings; was that what you were thinking of? Edited December 13, 2011 by Modelmkr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn C. Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Well, can't say I'm excited about these kits as I have several Tamiya -51D's and one of the nice Hase P-40E's. Perhaps if they produce a nice line of P-40's including the later variants then I will buy one. Do we need a new P-40F/L or N? I honestly don't know if the older kits are still pretty decent or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmk0210 Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Uhhh, don't think so. They did a P-51D, P-51B, F-51D, and a Mustang MkIII... but no P-51K that I'm aware of. The 1/48 Korean War F-51 is the P-51D kit with different decals and extra parts to do a P-51K. Edited December 14, 2011 by dmk0210 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Modelmkr Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 The 1/48 Korean War F-51 is the P-51D kit with different decals and extra parts to do a P-51K. No, actually it doesn't. That boxing has the cuffed Hamilton Standard prop blades (A2) and the uncuffed, square tipped Hamilton Standard blades (E19). The instuctions erroneously identify the E19 parts as Aeroproducts prop blades. Proper Aeroproducts blades (and spinner) can be got here Also, the P-51K did not (to my knowledge) take part in the Korean War. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmk0210 Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 No, actually it doesn't. That boxing has the cuffed Hamilton Standard prop blades (A2) and the uncuffed, square tipped Hamilton Standard blades (E19). The instuctions erroneously identify the E19 parts as Aeroproducts prop blades. Proper Aeroproducts blades (and spinner) can be got here Also, the P-51K did not (to my knowledge) take part in the Korean War. Nobody said the P-51K took part in the Korean war. I didn't know the Aeroproducts prop blades in the kit were incorrect. It is often recommended on this forum and elsewhere to use this boxing to build a -K because of the extra prop, spinner cone and canopy parts. I guess the Kilo model I built is wrong then. :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Modelmkr Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Nobody said the P-51K took part in the Korean war. I didn't know the Aeroproducts prop blades in the kit were incorrect. It is often recommended on this forum and elsewhere to use this boxing to build a -K because of the extra prop, spinner cone and canopy parts. I guess the Kilo model I built is wrong then. :( Easily corrected. With some carefull surgery, you could remove the prop and spinner (if you used the polycap, easily removed) and replace with the Ultracast prop and spinner. That would be all that is needed to represent an accurate P-51K. As to the main thrust of this thread, I'll wait to see these in plastic. Even the Tamiya P-51D has some minor issues that could be improved upon. It is "possible" HB could do this right (CAD drawings aside), but I'm doubtful. The Corsair also "could" be an improvement over the Hasegawa kit... still doubtful. The P-40E seems a bit redundant in the face of the Hasegawa kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 HobbyBoss has announced three - in my opinion - unuseful brand new kits in 1/48th - P-40E Kitty Hawk - ITEM No.: 85801 - P-51D Mustang IV - ITEM No.: 85802 - F4U-4 Corsair early version - ITEM No.: 80386 If the HB kit is at the same standards as the Academy or Hase versions, then you are correct. As someone finishing up a conversion kit for the F4U-4, I can't disagree with you more. Yes there are other -4s on the market and all have major issues. This CMK/Tamiya conversion was the closest I could get to a decent model and it was a ton of work to get it there (not to mention cost!). If, however, the kit is at least as good as a hase, tamiya... hell, even late hobbycraft versions of the Corsair, then this is a huge need for this very important variant of the Corsair. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 If, however, the kit is at least as good as a hase, tamiya... hell, even late hobbycraft versions of the Corsair, then this is a huge need for this very important variant of the Corsair. What's wrong with the Monogram kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 What's wrong with the Monogram kit? Ugh - lets not go there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Ugh - lets not go there. LOL! Hence the emoticons... :) Seriously, I did buy one of those kits about two years ago, figuring I could use the decals and give the kit to my 10 year old son... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eharrold44 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'm part of the target market for the P-40- love 'em- and even I think it's redundant to release another P-40E. All the bases are mostly already covered on that one. Want one that builds up nice out of the box, at a decent price point? Hasegawa. Want a cheap kit that provides a nice starting point for scratchbuilding and superdetailing? There are a TON of AMT and AMtech Warhawks still floating around out there. If it's around $20 and better than the AMtech I might pick one up, but the price has to be right. I don't want to get too down on a company putting out all-new molds, and I appreciate the need to pick subjects that will sell, but I have to call them like I see them. If we're talking about the Hawk family, why not a really nice P-36? I'd buy 2-3. The Hobbycraft/Academy kit is the only game in town as far as I know, and they don't pop up all that often on eBay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagger00 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Taking in consideration that Hobby Boss often releases the "family" or at least, most of an airplane model I´m pretty sure they will release all the other P-40, P-51 and the Corsair family, and I´m pretty sure they will consider seriously the P-51H and a new P-40B/C, plus all the Corsairs. I don´t see any inconvenience in those releases, even when we can get the superb Hasegawa P-51´s, Corsairs and P-40 and the Academy P-40 plus the excellent Tamiya´s P-51, it all depends on what a modeler is looking for, if the budget (considering the economics crisis the word is suffering it wouldn´t surprise me) is a must, then those kits would be a nice choice, of course they had made some mistakes (IMHO their Hellcat kits), but they have made some nice ones too (again IMHO, for example their F-18´s, Wildcats, A-10, MiG-17´s, Avengers), it all depends on what are you looking for,what´s more important to you as a modeler......again, IMHO. Best wishes, Juan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Well, can't say I'm excited about these kits as I have several Tamiya -51D's and one of the nice Hase P-40E's. Perhaps if they produce a nice line of P-40's including the later variants then I will buy one. Do we need a new P-40F/L or N? I honestly don't know if the older kits are still pretty decent or not. Yes we do need a new P-40F/L, not the N as Hasegawa produce one but the didn't bother with the Merlin engined ones. I don't think there is much in the way of F and L available at the moment the last one was the Amtech kit which was the old AMT kit with a resin nose that you had to fit and I believe it isn't as good a kit as the Mauve kit and I don't think it is easy to get hold of now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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