Flankerman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Famed Indonesian modeller Alex Sidharta has just sent me this photo..... It is, apparently, scaled up from the Trumpeter 1/72 scale version - with improvements. This is a sample boxing sent to his friend - so that's all I know about it. He promised to take more photos soon..... Happy Flankering! Ken Editted to change title from Trumpeter to Hobby Boss on request Edited July 27, 2015 by Flankerman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I cant wait for it!!!...I cant stop wondering how it will compare to the Academy kits... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gb_madcat_sl Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Oh my. Is it finally coming? Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Petarvu Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Damn, I was hoping for new 1/48 Su-27 Flanker from other manufacturers...(GWH...). The machine of such beauty deserves more than Trumpecrap.... P Edited July 27, 2015 by Petarvu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I can understand your "feelings" about Trumpeter...but lets have the "hole picture" first... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ijozic Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Finally. Hopefully some review / comparison is not far off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Holy buckets!!!!! Yes!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boom175 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hope for the best! The 72nd scale kit wasn't that bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Petarvu Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) I can understand your "feelings" about Trumpeter...but lets have the "hole picture" first... Yes, but check out those Archers :crying2:/> my hart sunk :crying2:/> Edited July 27, 2015 by Petarvu Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zark Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Yeap!!!...1 -0 to you!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 With the Eduard Brassin or extras from the GWH Fulcrums we'll live. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I'm not going to hold my breath. I've been disappointed too many times by these guys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxmulder_ms Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Oh my GOD! Finally, they are coming. I have been waiting 5 years for these models. I thought they were going to come from Hobbyboss but whatever... As long as they are better than Academy (which is not that hard to achieve) I am extremely happy and buying all the versions :D J-16, J-11B, J-15.... Su-35 maybe... so excited. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pep Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 awesome news!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shorty84 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) It's about time. I would have never thought to see them released in my lifetime Although I have amassed 9 Academy/Eduard Flankers already I will buy at least one single and double seater just to see how they compare to their Korean counterpart. Edited July 27, 2015 by Shorty84 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkKnight Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Oh my GOD! Finally, they are coming. I have been waiting 5 years for these models. I thought they were going to come from Hobbyboss but whatever... As long as they are better than Academy (which is not that hard to achieve) I am extremely happy and buying all the versions :D/> J-16, J-11B, J-15.... Su-35 maybe... so excited. this is great news and I too am hoping for the chinese company to make a chinese version of the jet, Im surprised there are not conversion or decal kits out there, I bought the yufei mao conversion parts for the academy, but still haven't built anyting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Other than the oddly angled main gear bays, was there much else to nitpick on their 1/72 kit?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SuperTomcat21 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) hope Trumpy can fix BUGS in 1/72 and 1/32,but some news from trumpy, they did nothing:bandhead2:/> Edited July 28, 2015 by SuperTomcat21 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkmouth Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Other than the oddly angled main gear bays, was there much else to nitpick on their 1/72 kit?? Aside from the main landing gear openings being angled incorrectly, the LERX are a little off, as was the stinger on the early variant. Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Their 1/32 Su-27UB had pretty serious shape issues around the nose area and i am not sure whether that was ever fixed on 1/72 models. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Sidharta Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Next photos have been sent to Ken... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Next photos have been sent to Ken... Alex, looking forward to seeing them. I hope Trumpeter got it right! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Alex I look ato ypur profile, but i didnt realize that this is new kit. For sure it is longer than Academy kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Petarvu Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Next photos have been sent to Ken... Could you post some comments on the kit? Thanks P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dryguy Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) Other than the oddly angled main gear bays, was there much else to nitpick on their 1/72 kit?? Whilst largely accurate, I have always had a problem with the two seat version. I am not a rivet counter, so please hear me out. The canopy shape on the two seat version seems wrong in shape to me. It almost seems as though they have scaled down the "corrected" canopy from the 1/32 two seater, which is itself a botched copy of Zactoman's canopy. Zactoman and Yufei's correct canopy are perfect in tms of shape to my eye; The trumpeter version is too fat around the backseat area. Their single seater is pretty accurate shape wise. Maybe I am wrong? Perhaps a better modeller than I can check this. Edited July 28, 2015 by dryguy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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