dehowie Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Hopefully its up to Tornado standard not He-219 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10296707 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 That sucks! Brad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizar Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 then what about their 1/72 Rafale and Mirage 2000 are they from Italeri or Heller Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Hopefully its up to Tornado standard not He-219 Interesting comment. Both kits were designed by the same person... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Walker Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 And, at least in my experience, the Tronado kit is awful! It's several steps backwards compared to the Rafale which has been out now, what, 15 years?? M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 When is this set for release? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) Interesting as the word going around was its new tool. Didnt know Revell was in the business of reboxing Airfix kits love to hear of example of one. Heller never released the Gr-1. Oh its also listed as a GR-1/3 none has ever released a 3.. Edited October 13, 2014 by dehowie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Interesting comment. Both kits were designed by the same person... I guess everyone has bad weeks. The 219 has more inaccuracies than any Trumpeter release in the last ten years. Fuselage..nacelles..cowls..landing gear..props..canopy. Doesn't leave much out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darius at home Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Oh its also listed as a GR-1/3 none has ever released a 3.. Airfix re-released their 1:48 Jaguar as a GR1/3 as the basic GR1 kit with additional bits to make it a GR3 a few years ago. Got one in the stash somewhere. By all accounts, Hornby, the owners of Airfix, are not in the best financial state so perhaps a deal with Revell helps the cash flow situation. Darius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 then what about their 1/72 Rafale and Mirage 2000 are they from Italeri or Heller The Mirage 2000 is the Italeri kit, I'm willing to bet that the Rafale is as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) By all accounts, Hornby, the owners of Airfix, are not in the best financial state so perhaps a deal with Revell helps the cash flow situation. Darius What? But those new Airfix kits sell pretty well, don't they? :( Edited October 13, 2014 by RKic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hornby owns more than just Airfix. And apparently not every division of the company is doing so well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hooter Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Interesting as the word going around was its new tool. Didnt know Revell was in the business of reboxing Airfix kits love to hear of example of one. Heller never released the Gr-1. Oh its also listed as a GR-1/3 none has ever released a 3.. Actually, Heller DID release the Airfix kit as a GR1/3, and I know this to be true as I'm building one right now ! Sorry to be pedantic . . .I'll get me coat ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spike7451 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Actually, Heller DID release the Airfix kit as a GR1/3, and I know this to be true as I'm building one right now ! Sorry to be pedantic . . .I'll get me coat ! They did indeedy...Cuz I built one from the kit,granted iirc it was released as a French AF aircraft & the were no RAF specific decals in the kit,the parts were all in there & the was decals for Indian AF jets.The kit was basically an Airfix re-box but with a extra sprue inside to build the French one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Actually, Heller DID release the Airfix kit as a GR1/3, and I know this to be true as I'm building one right now ! Sorry to be pedantic . . .I'll get me coat ! Heller GR.1/3 Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spike7451 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Heller GR.1/3 Stephen The one I made was a good few years before the release date in that article,different box top too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard M Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Had it confirmed direct by Airfix that this is a Heller/Revell deal, Hornby/Airfix have no involvement, and the actual tooling has not been sold to Revell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spike7451 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Had it confirmed direct by Airfix that this is a Heller/Revell deal, Hornby/Airfix have no involvement, and the actual tooling has not been sold to Revell. But the Heller kit is basically a re-box of the Airfix kit,so in reallity it IS a reboxed Airfix kit,involvement or not,since Heller 'owned' all of Arfix's moulds & when they themselves collapsed in July/Sept 2006,which caused Aifix to go under until Hornby bought them in late 2006. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan Mock Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 But the Heller kit is basically a re-box of the Airfix kit,so in reallity it IS a reboxed Airfix kit,involvement or not,since Heller 'owned' all of Arfix's moulds & when they themselves collapsed in July/Sept 2006,which caused Aifix to go under until Hornby bought them in late 2006. No, Heller did not own the Airfix moulds (Humbrol owned Heller) and this Revell/Heller deal is apparently nothing to do with Hornby, and Revell have not "bought" the tooling either, mostly these things are poly bag deals. Everyone write that down, there will be a test later before another uniformed rumour gets passed around as fact. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard M Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 But the Heller kit is basically a re-box of the Airfix kit,so in reallity it IS a reboxed Airfix kit,involvement or not,since Heller 'owned' all of Arfix's moulds & when they themselves collapsed in July/Sept 2006,which caused Aifix to go under until Hornby bought them in late 2006. I didn't say it wasn't a rebox of the Airfix/Heller kit, just that the current deal to supply the kits to be re-boxed by Revell is a Heller arrangement, (who currently have the Jaguar in their catalogue). Hornby/Airfix have no involvement, financial or otherwise and the tool hasn't been sold, so therefore nothing should be read into the financial status of Hornby as a result. Just trying to clear that up ;). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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