New Tool 1/72 B-2A Spirit from ModelCollect

[ESzczesniak]

I saw that Modelcollect announced this new kit the old fashioned way...in a magazine!

http://modelcollect.com/usaf-b-2a-spirit-stealth-bomber

Should be a major step up from any other available option, even if it's not Tamiya.  Anyone know how the B-52H turned out?  Either way, I'm pretty excited!

[Inquisitor]

Boxart and CAD posted on their facebook page.

Looks like it's gonna be released in april 2017. Need to start saving.

[F4DPhantomII]

Great news. I hope it is a vast improvement over the Testors kit(what a dog)! Looking forward to it.

 

[flybywire]

Are there kits any good? Never heard of the manufacturer.

[F4DPhantomII]

I don't know the 1/72 B-52 is supposed to be out.I have not seen one or found a review.

[ESzczesniak]

They are new to aircraft.  They have been around in small scale armor (lot of cold war USSR stuff) and have a pretty decent reputation for those kits.  They have ventured in to what seems like a trend of cold war strategic bombers and this will be their second kit.  They made a 1/72 B-52H that has just fairly recently actually hit the shelves.  The previews have looked good, but I haven't seen anything in the way of reviews of the actual plastic.

[F4DPhantomII]

And they say a 1/72 B-52G is on the way.Where is the company based?   Russia?

[Paul Boyer]

1 hour ago, ESzczesniak said:

They are new to aircraft.  They have been around in small scale armor (lot of cold war USSR stuff) and have a pretty decent reputation for those kits.  They have ventured in to what seems like a trend of cold war strategic bombers and this will be their second kit.  They made a 1/72 B-52H that has just fairly recently actually hit the shelves.  The previews have looked good, but I haven't seen anything in the way of reviews of the actual plastic.

 

Really? I'm under the impression that the announcement of the B-52H was a bit premature and that the B-2 will make it out to distribution before the BUFF. So if you've seen the BUFF on "the shelves," please tell me where! I want one!

[ESzczesniak]

1 hour ago, Paul Boyer said:

 

Really? I'm under the impression that the announcement of the B-52H was a bit premature and that the B-2 will make it out to distribution before the BUFF. So if you've seen the BUFF on "the shelves," please tell me where! I want one!

 

I could be wrong on this, as I haven't seen it on the shelf yet.  But my understanding was that it was out in eastern Europe and hadn't really hit the Western distributors yet. 

[Berkut]

1; The B-52 is not released yet.

2; The company isn't from Russia, it is Chinese.

3; There is a number of issues being worked on to be fixed in the B-2 CAD's.

[Gator52]

Modelcollect's FB page says March release for the BUFF and April for the B-2.

 

Jonah

[Berkut]

Am i under the correct assumption that the main weapons for B-2A these days are JDAM equiped bombs, ie GBU-31 and GBU-38 and not their non-JDAM versions? (Mk-82/Mk-84) + AGM-158 as the main standoff weapon.

[Sarathi S.]

Pretty much the entire fleet's gone mad for JDAM, so it's a safe assumption.

[F4DPhantomII]

Will looking for both kits in the spring.

 

[Berkut]

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PS, B-2 bomber is under test now, if we have a good result , we will publish in here. sorry for delay

https://www.facebook.com/Modelcollect/

 

Sounds like they are doing test sprues.

[Berkut]

Chugging along;

 

 

[B.Sin]

3 hours ago, Berkut said:

Chugging along;

 

 

YES !!!

[fulcrum1]

Oh wow, can't wait!

[pminer]

Anybody heard anymore about their B-52H coming soon? AWESOME about the B-2!!