Andre Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hmm, that He70 and I-153 look interesting. Both are reboxed ICM molds, albeit at a much lower price than the Ukrainian originals in Ye Olde Europe. Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) if Revell expands on this 1/32 jet theme by doing a 1/32 F-22 and/or Rafale. Marcel Marcel...I'm with ya...though not perfect the buzz and praise for their 1/32 Eurofighter makes me wanna yell hey Revell do the Rafale...the 1/48 Rafale is a jewel though again not perfect, but then again what plastic model kit is?. An upscaled Rafale would be off the shelves almost before it hit them. Does any Air Force/Navy other than the French use the Rafale?, some different markings would be sierra hotel. Added: Just found out...Egypt does Edited January 8, 2016 by #1 Greywolf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Does any Air Force/Navy other than the French use the Rafale?, some different markings would be sierra hotel. Quatar also ordered 25 may '15. Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Viper Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Do you understand how model kits are produced? "Tool" means a huge chunk of steel that's carved out to create a mold to produce a kit. You can't "blow up" a 1/48 kit to 1/32 without creating a new tool to do it. They may use the same basic CAD shapes, but you don't just take detailed kit design for a 1/48 model kit and blow it up 150% to get a 1/32 model kit. There's a LOT more to it than that. Did you get your period or something. Maybe I didn't phrase it right our maybe my english writing for a dutch man needs some explaining. But yor already give the answer. What I'm wondering when I talk about completely new tool, is if they completely start from scratch. Our do they use some elements from there 1:48 design, by that I mean will they incoporate some of the same little mistakes. Thanks for making it a nice place here Jennings. And no I don't know anything about tooling being a engineer and all. Maybe because I use real tools at the workshop I forget how CAD programming works. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Marcel...I'm with ya...though not perfect the buzz and praise for their 1/32 Eurofighter makes me wanna yell hey Revell do the Rafale...the 1/48 Rafale is a jewel though again not perfect, but then again what plastic model kit is?. An upscaled Rafale would be off the shelves almost before it hit them. Does any Air Force/Navy other than the French use the Rafale?, some different markings would be sierra hotel. Added: Just found out...Egypt does :whistle:/>/> Quatar also ordered 25 may '15. Cheers, Andre The Egyptians are ordering 46 Ka-52Ks as well. Egypt orders Ka-52 Edited January 9, 2016 by Johnopfor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bobski Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) A couple in there to interest me. They're re-popping their 1/48 Typhoon with decals to do the 'Bronze Tiger' scheme, and they're doing a "batch 3" 1/72 Typhoon. It's listed as a new tool, so it will be interesting to see if it's completely new or their existing 1/72 kit with some extra bits to represent the new lumps and bumps on the latest version of the aircraft. Oh, and a 1/144 Boeing 747 with decals for Iron Maiden's Ed Force One? I'll be snapping that up! Edited January 12, 2016 by Bobski Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgrease Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 These releases are quite underwhelming - it would seem the new business model for the big companies like Revell is to release two or three new kits and just repop the hell out of other kits, rebox other companies' kits and kind of "get by"? I understand that Hasegawa tends to fall in the same format - their 1/72 F-4 kit has been pounded on for years. If I'm wrong, please let me know. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Boyer Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 John, don't look now, but that's been Revell's MO since the 1960s. Economically, it makes sense to amortize the cost of the creation of new tooling out several decades. I don't think there is a kit manufacturer on the planet that doesn't premier a kit, issue a couple of boxes of it, then retire it for a few years, only to bring it back. Revell Germany are the masters of arranging the repackaging of other manufacturers' kits. Just a sampling of other brands in Revell D.E. boxes: Hasegawa, Italeri, MPM, Matchbox, Emhar, Monogram, Nitto, Otaki, Frog, Heller, . . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 They did - in 1980. You would have to rescribe to get recessed panel lines... I have that kit, it's more of a YF-17 than any form of production F-18A. To make an F-18 (of any production variant), you have to do more than just rescribe lines. Removing the dog-tooth on the wings and horiztontal stabs comes to mind, among other things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Economically, it makes sense to amortize the cost of the creation of new tooling out several decades. That's fine, but why did they make the choices they did? They have so many great 1/144 molds that there is demand for (Lightning, Hawker Hunter, NH90) and they pick something no one will be happy with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I have that kit, it's more of a YF-17 than any form of production F-18A. To make an F-18 (of any production variant), you have to do more than just rescribe lines. Removing the dog-tooth on the wings and horiztontal stabs comes to mind, among other things. I also have that kit and it is nowhere close to a YF-17. It is however very close to the first couple of FSD (pre-production) airframes before the dogtooth removal and LEX slot deletions etc. The same can be said about the Hasegawa 1/32 kit - it is representative of the first FSD airframes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Which makes sense, since those were the only F-18s flying when those kits were created... Same with the Tamiya A-10 - it came out during the test program. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Oh that Tamiya A-10. If it weren't for that dreaded seat it would almost pass as a warthog. But you're right. It's a very early model A-10. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) I also have that kit and it is nowhere close to a YF-17. It is however very close to the first couple of FSD (pre-production) airframes before the dogtooth removal and LEX slot deletions etc. The same can be said about the Hasegawa 1/32 kit - it is representative of the first FSD airframes. Clearly we have different standards as to what an F-18 looks like. This kit is not even close to an F-18. Edited January 13, 2016 by RiderFan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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