stalal Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I think time to stop criticizing and start building the kit. It looks awesome on the build thread at Britmodeller. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Solo Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 16 minutes ago, stalal said: I think time to stop criticizing and start building the kit. It looks awesome on the build thread at Britmodeller. Great idea, but where to buy it from? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIO Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) It looks great! I am pretty sure that if you put AMK and Tamiya built models one next to the other, only very few will be able to tell the difference. It is a definite buy for me. I wonder how hard it would be to backdate to an A... Iranian A... Edited September 12, 2019 by DIO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 52 minutes ago, stalal said: I think time to stop criticizing ... . Oh man, you just stole my joy. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 2 hours ago, DIO said: It looks great! I am pretty sure that if you put AMK and Tamiya built models one next to the other, only very few will be able to tell the difference. It is a definite buy for me. I wonder how hard it would be to backdate to an A... Iranian A... I think that there would be a fair amount of work involved. New engines, new cockpit, different boat tail, different gun vents and numerous other details. I wonder if AMK is thinking of doing an A? I think they would do a B first, fewer changes. I'd love to see a really early A kit with the original boat tail and the early gun vents. Plus a nice set of early VF-1 decals. I'd certainly consider getting one of those, warts and all. Only Hasegawa has ever done the early A. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIO Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mstor said: Only Hasegawa has ever done the early A. Maybe a Frankenstein project then? lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madcop Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 How I appreciate this fresh air blowing all of a sudden in my face, smelling JP , joy and happyness. Many thanks to the builders. 😊 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 58 minutes ago, DIO said: Maybe a Frankenstein project then? lol I did it with the Tamiya kit. Using the Hasegawa early boat tail and gun vents. The quality of the Hasegawa parts is no where near the Tamiya or AMK parts, but It may be possible, with the AMK that is. Don't know what you'd use for the cockpit.. Would hate to waste a Tamiya kit for those parts. Perhaps an Aires or Avionix set could be shoehorned in. Would be nice if AMK or GWH would let us know it they plan on expanding the line (or did GWH already do that, vaguely remember something about them doing A, B and D kits). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIO Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) AMK are supposed to release an A. But I am reluctant to wait. On the other hand I already have an EA-6B and an Airfix Defiant on my bench. For me 2 models = 2 yrs 🤣🤣 Yep, thinking about it, I can definitely wait! Edited September 12, 2019 by DIO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 56 minutes ago, DIO said: AMK are supposed to release an A. But I am reluctant to wait. Just pre-order it. 😂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIO Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 44 minutes ago, habu2 said: Just pre-order it. 😂 I will backdate it. And then everyone will release one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zerosystem Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Mstor said: I did it with the Tamiya kit. Using the Hasegawa early boat tail and gun vents. The quality of the Hasegawa parts is no where near the Tamiya or AMK parts, but It may be possible, with the AMK that is. Don't know what you'd use for the cockpit.. Would hate to waste a Tamiya kit for those parts. Perhaps an Aires or Avionix set could be shoehorned in. Would be nice if AMK or GWH would let us know it they plan on expanding the line (or did GWH already do that, vaguely remember something about them doing A, B and D kits). Sio has mentioned that there will be an A and then a B afterwards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, zerosystem said: Sio has mentioned that there will be an A and then a B afterwards. Well, there you go. Problem solved. Just have to wait for them to be released Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stalal Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 If the fit is as good as the build thread shows, this is a better kit than Tamiya. Lot more options. Lot more details. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmanrick Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Neeeeed a shipping date! C'mon AMK get me what I need! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 17 hours ago, stalal said: I think time to stop criticizing and start building the kit. It looks awesome on the build thread at Britmodeller. I agree the builds are looking good and the kit certainly looks nice....but I thought there wasn't supposed to be criticism until the kits were actually being built and could be analysed. Now no one is supposed to critique the kit at all? I'm so confused. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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FlyAndFight Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Definitely impressed. Looks like it's back on the "pick one up" list... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 47 minutes ago, madmanrick said: lol. oK. But I think it's a legitimate question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evilmedic13 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 hours ago, madmanrick said: Still my favorite character on that show. I try to emulate him whenever possible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 4 hours ago, niart17 said: I agree the builds are looking good and the kit certainly looks nice....but I thought there wasn't supposed to be criticism until the kits were actually being built and could be analysed. Now no one is supposed to critique the kit at all? I'm so confused. I don't recall any decision on this thread to curtail discussion or critique. Some have suggest it, either until the kit is in our hands or until it is built. Certainly once we have the kit in hand we can make some more informed critiques. This has not stopped me from evaluating the kit, its details and shapes, while I await delivery of a kit. I will probably not make many more comments regarding same until I have the kit in hand and can confirm, more or less, what I am seeing. I am not an expert and I do not have the experience or resources that people like Zactoman have (which is why I respect his opinion so highly). I don't even have a good enough knowledge of the science of shapes and curves to express what I am seeing most of the time. All that to say, If you see something that you want to discuss now, no one is going to stop you (well, I won't ). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fefster Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 20 hours ago, Mstor said: I think that there would be a fair amount of work involved. New engines, new cockpit, different boat tail, different gun vents and numerous other details. I wonder if AMK is thinking of doing an A? I think they would do a B first, fewer changes. I'd love to see a really early A kit with the original boat tail and the early gun vents. Plus a nice set of early VF-1 decals. I'd certainly consider getting one of those, warts and all. Only Hasegawa has ever done the early A. Ohhh !! That would make me happy very happy !!! In addition to VF-1, VF-114 may be present Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Can we get an actual list of distributors and online retailers that are marketing the sale of the kit? I ask because it seems like a simple Google search comes up with a handful and at least two of them I don't believe are trustworthy or reputable at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afterburner Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I pre-ordered mine from Internet Hobbies (Internet Hobbies AMK 1/48 F-14D). Ordered two and have ordered from them in the past with great success. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, afterburner said: I pre-ordered mine from Internet Hobbies (Internet Hobbies AMK 1/48 F-14D). Ordered two and have ordered from them in the past with great success. Glad to hear you've had a good experience with them. I've not ordered from them before so I looked them up and that have a very large amount of complaints via the BBB so I'm quite iffy if I am going to purchase through them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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