Otto Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I bought one of these kits the minute it was available at TLHS. Now it is next to impossible to find that kit. It had some major errors such as the Spinners, LG Legs, Wheels and possibly others. But I would have thought that most of these errors would be quite simple to fix. Any insight on this kit and its availability or the lack of? Is Revell re-doing this model? If so, will they provide the proper parts to those of us who have bought them? NOT! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragonlance Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Is Revell re-doing this model? If so, will they provide the proper parts to those of us who have bought them? NOT! It always baffles me when I read that. Why should they? The kit was sold as-is and if it's complete... Vedran The milimeter brigade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I would imagine that it's been temporarily withdrawn from the catalogue and will be re-released in a couple of years. I emailed Quickboost to suggest replacement resin spinners, wheels can be replaced with Ultracast items. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Otto Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 It always baffles me when I read that. Why should they? The kit was sold as-is and if it's complete... Vedran The milimeter brigade Than why pull it from the market in such a short time after release. I don't think it was available for even a year after it's release. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 No, I can give you a 100% guarantee that Revell isn't going to "re-do" the model. The money is spent and the first production run is (apparently) sold out. They'd have zero reason to invest further money in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 They may have done a production run of `X` number of units that would guarantee to cover costs, and the kits sold better then expected. Maybe they just didn`t make enough kits in the first place to fullfill demand and now they have to wait for a spot in the production line to open up so they can make more. They won`t/can't make every kit all the time. If all the kits from a short production run A sold..I am sure you will see production run B to be a larger run. Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robertson Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Sold better than expected? That seems unlikely, or the market would by now be flooded with them... It has been a while now and the kit has long been known to be a horrible dog, with the actual worst feature being an absurd canopy (that is less widely known however). More likely it is a dog kit that suffered a well-deserved drop into oblivion... There was nothing to be done to save it. Robertson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troy Smith Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) Sold better than expected? That seems unlikely, or the market would by now be flooded with them... It has been a while now and the kit has long been known to be a horrible dog, with the actual worst feature being an absurd canopy (that is less widely known however). More likely it is a dog kit that suffered a well-deserved drop into oblivion... There was nothing to be done to save it. Robertson The canopy point is new, but some details of the faults would help? But while having errors, they all seemed fixable if you could be bothered with a few new bits, so I don't see how 'nothing could be done to save it' I posted up some faults and tweaks in a recent thread here. I assume 'Robertson' is the latest nom-de-plume version of Gaston Marty aka Sherwood? You do make some interesting observation, some of which are correct(AM Avenger windscreen), some are wrong, and do tend to rather black/white view of kits. You came up again while I was searching up info on the Airfix Spitfire XII and it's problems, see the recent thread here for some less destructive fixes. Edited October 28, 2015 by Troy Smith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Otto Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 The bad stuff has been known since the beginning. The spinners which still have not been done as replacement by anyone The landing gear which is massively too short and the oversize tires. The canopy is a new one for me but there are enough vac canopies out there that that should be no issue. The strong points are the superior cockpit which you can't see anyway and the engine detail if you chose to display it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightymax Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I started one of these about a year ago and like most of my projects it now is sitting in its box on the shelf. First off I believe that kit was first issued over 5 or more years ago. So to ask why it is gone so soon after it's release is kind of erroneous. They did the production run and it sold out. They have not re-popped it. It was a surprise though when they did re-issued a Mosquito recently but it was NOT this new tool Revell kit. Instead it was the old Monogram kit, Which is notorious for all its build options and a too big tail. I think the newer Revell kit you ask about has some very nice details as well as the already known problems. The canopy is a new one on me as well. I have a few of the old Monogram kits and the idea struck me when I was building my Revell, to check out and see if the Monogram can donate some parts and thus become a cheap correction set. Well I only went as far as checking to see if the Monogram spinners can be used and was pleasantly surprised to find them to be a perfect match to the Revell nacelle. I am going to see if I can use the landing gear as well. Anyway when I got my kit a few years ago, I believe it was out of production then. I simply got one on Ebay for about twenty dollars. The Hobby Shop price sticker on it, had it selling for 34.99 wherever it was at, on a shelf. I already had the Monogram kit languishing in the stash. Max Bryant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anj4de Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hello Yes, that kit really has a lot of issues...! The one I have will serve as a wing donar for an Airfix fuselage. The wings are very nice with their dropped flaps! cheers Uwe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F4DPhantomII Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Quite a few are on ebay from $18.95 and up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mossieramm Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) In Holland there are plenty availiable in modelshops. Maybe the Dutch know something we don't ?? :whistle:/> Edited February 24, 2016 by mossieramm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Don't be worried, starting up then stopping production after a run of X amount of kits is normal. The molds may sit dormant for a time, but I expect in a few years, the kit will be run again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egmccann Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Don't be worried, starting up then stopping production after a run of X amount of kits is normal. The molds may sit dormant for a time, but I expect in a few years, the kit will be run again. And definitely not worrying about accuracy... after all, the old SBD is still showing up (with dropping bomb!) and the whatthehellcat (with folding wings.) Of course, they get points (a) for nostalgia and (B) just being fun. They all come and go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Otto Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 Revell really "Screwed The Pooch" on this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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