Petarvu Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Solo said: Today I celebrate my first anniversary of AMK F-14D preorder. 🙂 😆 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joscasle Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Tamiya will release their second Tomcat in 1/48 in less time that AMK released at least one!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, joscasle said: Tamiya will release their second Tomcat in 1/48 in less time that AMK released at least one!! AMK will give you the choice of clean wings, and dirty wings, and a bucket load of weapons. I'm sure they'll be other features, like positional speed breaks. AMK is at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan right now, I'm sure we will have some photos posted soon. Just saying. Edited May 9, 2018 by B.Sin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Yippee more photos of the soon-to-be three year (...and counting?) project . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Solo said: Today I celebrate my first anniversary of AMK F-14D preorder. :) Congrats and enjoy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan_Lotton Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 2 hours ago, B.Sin said: AMK will give you the choice of clean wings, and dirty wings, and a bucket load of weapons. I'm sure they'll be other features, like positional speed breaks. AMK is at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan right now, I'm sure we will have some photos posted soon. Just saying. Not to be rude..and not to discount AMK because I do have two on pre-order and plan to follow through with my purchase.. But Tamiya has completed models, in person, ready to go, right now. They'll likely be shipping by late July. AMK has a few sprue test shots and a completed test wing..otherwise nothing but weapons sprues. This is the same problem Eduard is having right now with their 1/48 P-51 family..they announced it three years ago, have been hyping it..people are all in on it..yet Airfix has swooped in and gobbled up a TON of sales with their 1/48 P-51D. AMK needs to put a little nitro in their tank and hurry the hell up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shion Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 11 minutes ago, Jonathan_Lotton said: AMK needs to put a little nitro in their tank and hurry the hell up. Let's be honest. It's too late. The Tamiya Delta will be front news in all modelling magazines this spring and this summer. It will be released this summer, it will stay in the spotlight long time. It is the worst moment to release a direct concurrent. And it's Tamiya, moulds will not disappear in oblivion in few years, they will last decades. So, it's too late. They had a very large window, 3 years....3 years, they waste it, they lost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, shion said: Let's be honest. It's too late. The Tamiya Delta will be front news in all modelling magazines this spring and this summer. It will be released this summer, it will stay in the spotlight long time. It is the worst moment to release a direct concurrent. And it's Tamiya, moulds will not disappear in oblivion in few years, they will last decades. So, it's too late. They had a very large window, 3 years....3 years, they waste it, they lost. Gee, what a Debbie downer you are! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 15 minutes ago, shion said: Let's be honest. It's too late. The Tamiya Delta will be front news in all modelling magazines this spring and this summer. It will be released this summer, it will stay in the spotlight long time. It is the worst moment to release a direct concurrent. And it's Tamiya, moulds will not disappear in oblivion in few years, they will last decades. So, it's too late. They had a very large window, 3 years....3 years, they waste it, they lost. Word. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, B.Sin said: Gee, what a Debbie downer you are! When he's right, he's right. I'm in the same boat as Jon, I've got a preorder, but given how amazing the engineering on the tamiya kit has been, just having an option for dropped flaps and a few more weapons I likely won't use aren't exactly selling points any more. Maybe the AMK will be better somehow, but probably not enough to overcome Tamiyas street cred. Now the price has to be competitive in order to make it marketable, and if AMK can't swing a sub-$80 price point, they're effectively cutting their own legs off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okthree Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I never bought into the hype of the AMK kit. Now that I’ve seen the Tamiya F-14D sprues I’m glad I didn’t. If this kit ever come to fruition I’ll pass. A better use of AMK’s time would have been on the MiG 25. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vaildog Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, okthree said: I never bought into the hype of the AMK kit. Now that I’ve seen the Tamiya F-14D sprues I’m glad I didn’t. If this kit ever come to fruition I’ll pass. A better use of AMK’s time would have been on the MiG 25. Or an Su-25 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChesshireCat Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 16 minutes ago, Vaildog said: Or an Su-25 The actually have plans on doing the Mig25 sometime in the future. As for the F14d, I'll simply wait. Not costing me a dime, and have zero desire for the others but with one exception. I ordered two Fine Molds F14a's the otherday gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joscasle Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 1 hour ago, ChesshireCat said: The actually have plans on doing the Mig25 sometime in the future. As for the F14d, I'll simply wait. Not costing me a dime, and have zero desire for the others but with one exception. I ordered two Fine Molds F14a's the otherday gary The FineMolds 1/72 F-14 are great!! Shame they didn't upscale the Delta model to 1/48. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
305swag Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 8 hours ago, Solo said: Today I celebrate my first anniversary of AMK F-14D preorder. :) 🍾 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 2 hours ago, ChesshireCat said: The[y] actually have plans on doing the Mig25 sometime in the future... Key words highlighted, bold, and italics based on the ongoing (never ending...?) F-14D saga. One could ask how far in the future...3,6, 9+ years?. Will another company come along in the meantime and beat them to market? In my opinion AMK should have stayed focused on Russian aircraft and lesser modeled yet interesting/popular aircraft and avoided a subject like the F-14. Their Mig-31 is a great kit, fun to build, and they should have immediately followed that up with the Mig-25 and its derivatives (again, only my opinion). Heck, I am not even a fan of Russian aircraft and I bought two AMK Mig-31's so I would be all over a Mig -25 or two by them (and I doubt I'm alone in this sentiment ). Modelers with an interest in Russian/Soviet aircraft would fawn all over AMK had they/if they made a name for themselves in producing quality kits of neglected or inaccurate subjects of Russian/Soviet aircraft and other aircraft like the F-111 series for example. The timing of the Tamiya F-14D release, coupled with AMK not committing to a firm release date for their kit, will impact AMK. To what extent remains to be seen... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basman Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 6 hours ago, shion said: Let's be honest. It's too late. The Tamiya Delta will be front news in all modelling magazines this spring and this summer. It will be released this summer, it will stay in the spotlight long time. It is the worst moment to release a direct concurrent. And it's Tamiya, moulds will not disappear in oblivion in few years, they will last decades. So, it's too late. They had a very large window, 3 years....3 years, they waste it, they lost. Amen!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anj4de Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I will just wait for AMK and in the mean time buy a Tamiya -D 🙂 Once AMK is ready I will ge that one as well... I have build Tamiya's -A and it was a wonderful project. But there is a lot of room for AMK to come up with extras the Tamiya main stream (but brilliant) kit does not have. cheers Uwe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manuel J. Armas S. Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 AMK vs Tamiya Tamiya is a great F-14, but it have lack details in some áreas, if AMK make it better it will be a better choice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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gb_madcat_sl Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Where’s the rest of the kit? Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, gb_madcat_sl said: Where’s the rest of the kit? Mark In a CAD file on the computer 😜 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Solo Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Hard to believe. They really showed only part of the model on Shizuoka? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Manuel J. Armas S. Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 22 minutes ago, Solo said: Hard to believe. They really showed only part of the model on Shizuoka? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anj4de Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Manuel J. Armas S. said: That parts break down makes it poosible to easily do a very early -A with the boat tail. If AMK did that version they would have a winner since the Tamiya -A required cutting up the fuselage to get there... Edited May 10, 2018 by anj4de Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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