sweier Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 http://www.airfix.com/uk-en/news/workbench/spectacular-new-naval-fighter-in-148th-scale/ Planned for release September 2017 Shane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Don Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 GO AIRFIX! Man this welcome news indeed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
randypandy831 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Can we get a 1/48 Mk.II tempest some maybe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Yeah but would it be greedy to ask for a Tempest II with Airfix doing a fillet-less P-51D and a Sea Fury...LOL! But it would be nice! Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KOG7777 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 I wouldn't be surprised if Eduard does a Tempest II after they get around to releasing their re-tooled Tempest V. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
randypandy831 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Airfix does a lot of English aircraft so I thought I'd try. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagger00 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Yesssssss, a brand new Hawker Sea Fury!, I´ll buy some of them!!!! GRaet news from Airfix....keep on going in this direction! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 22 hours ago, randypandy831 said: Airfix does a lot of English aircraft so I thought I'd try. Too right. Can a 1/48 Scimitar be too much now...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
randypandy831 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 1 hour ago, ChippyWho said: Too right. Can a 1/48 Scimitar be too much now...? YES! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 15 hours ago, randypandy831 said: YES! Thought so! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircal62 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I am not familiar with the Tempest and Sea Fury aircraft but the Sea Fury looks a lot like the Tempest with the radial engine. Might it be possible for Airfix to have a Tempest sharing some parts with the Sea Fury? As for other kits I am betting that Airfix will have a 2 seat night fighter Meteor out at some time. But back to the Sea Fury, I am excited about this kit and look forward to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Read the Wiki entry:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Fury Mega differences. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superannuated Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Well, the 1/48th Airfix Meteor has some moulding options available. Not sure about a night fighter, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircal62 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Not sure on the Meteor about the two seat option, there is however what looks like a mold insert seam on the inside fuselage core just behind the wing. The PR 9 just requires a new nose piece, instrument panel etc...so the fuselage mold insert would not be necessary, a Mk 4 would require an all new fuselage so the most logical it might seem would be the two seat fuselage keeping the Mk 8 rear fuselage. The young design team at Hornby seem at the top of their game and are incorporating future variants in the design of new kits. Like the Hurricane, it includes the parts for a Sea Hurricane and the way the wing is molded, there might be another wing variant, as might the Spitfire Mk Vb have another wing variant. But then again I may be seeing things that are not there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Timvkampen Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I just pre-ordered 2! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mawz Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 On 2016-11-07 at 9:18 AM, aircal62 said: I am not familiar with the Tempest and Sea Fury aircraft but the Sea Fury looks a lot like the Tempest with the radial engine. Might it be possible for Airfix to have a Tempest sharing some parts with the Sea Fury? As for other kits I am betting that Airfix will have a 2 seat night fighter Meteor out at some time. But back to the Sea Fury, I am excited about this kit and look forward to it. The Sea Fury is a development of the Tempest II (which is a radial engine Tempest), originating from a requirement for a lighter Tempest (the Tempest Light Fighter program begat the Fury, which begat the Sea Fury) Unfortunately, while they look very similar, they share almost no components. The shape of the Sea Fury's fuselage is different (it's humpbacked to raise the cockpit) and the wing is shortened in the centre, which means completely different wing upper & lower sections (also no folding section). IIRC the landing gear is also modified, leaving the compatible bits as some of the oil cooler installation and the tailplanes as the bits which might be reused on a Tempest II or VI (and only the tailplanes on a Tempest V) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 On 11/5/2016 at 5:57 PM, KOG7777 said: I wouldn't be surprised if Eduard does a Tempest II after they get around to releasing their re-tooled Tempest V. Eduard already said they are doing a Mk.II after the V. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KOG7777 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Ah, well there you go. Cool. I'll be looking forward to that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
randypandy831 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 On 11/16/2016 at 2:12 PM, Tbolt said: Eduard already said they are doing a Mk.II after the V. what? Eduard going to release a 1/48 Mk.II tempest? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) 13 hours ago, randypandy831 said: what? Eduard going to release a 1/48 Mk.II tempest? Yes, it was announced back in 2015 for release the end of next year. Thought I'm not sure if the II or V is coming first now. It's being jointly developed with the MPM 1/32nd scale kit. Edited November 23, 2016 by Tbolt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
randypandy831 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 1/72 is too small for me and since there wasn't a 1/48 Mk.II out I was going to snag the special hobby 1/32 kit when it came around. I can ditch that idea and wait on the eduard kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nightfighter Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Great news but I hope it's better than the recent Meteor. Not a bad kit but it lacks things that should be standard on new kits now such as clear wing lights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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