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1 hour ago, habu2 said:

You got that right - list price $165 USD

Oh well! I routinely bailed out of ebay bidding for the Otaki kit at half that...

 

Wouldn't even begin to fit in my display cabinet anyway...

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21 minutes ago, habu2 said:

There was a link to a pre-order at megahobby in the Caracal forum.

 

https://www.megahobby.com/products/preorder-c-5b-galaxy-military-transport-aircraft-1-144-roden.html

 

Cool! What's your thoughts about this whole thing? You think Roden will hit a home run? Or is it a lot of hype about nothing? IE....will this thing have interioir and a cockpit? Just curious if you or anybody really knows....

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Roden's C-141B listed for $35.00

 

Revell's An-124 listed for $33.00 when it came out in 2006. This kit featured a full interior, open nose and rear ramp.

 

I have not seen any sprue shots of Roden's C-5 kits but, at that price, I am expecting an open nose, rear ramp, a full interior, photoetch and an incredible decal sheet. Anything less and it will be Very Difficult to justify that price.

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13 minutes ago, habu2 said:

Roden's C-141B listed for $35.00

 

Revell's An-124 listed for $33.00 when it came out in 2006. This kit featured a full interior, open nose and rear ramp.

 

I have not seen any sprue shots of Roden's C-5 kits but, at that price, I am expecting an open nose, rear ramp, a full interior, photoetch and an incredible decal sheet. Anything less and it will be Very Difficult to justify that price.

 

Absolutely!! I'm tracking there with you....

 

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1 hour ago, dnl42 said:

My experience with Roden decals are they're a wee bit far from "incredible."

 

I don't have any experience with Roden decals - or kits - just an expectation based on the list price. I think Caracal (and possibly others) will provide us with comprehensive decal options.   My only Roden kit so far is their C-141B and it is still in the box. 

 

Speaking of list price, is the C-5 kit price in line with other Roden kit prices ?  I'm not familiar ....

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I want the C-5M, I hope this high price doesn't eliminate this future release.

 

Or should I buy the C-5B at this price? Will they only change the decals between the two releases?

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At that list price, there goes my plans for 8 of them to build give to friends of my father who worked on them in the mid 80's.  I might get 1 if any at all at that price for my father as a gift.  Paid right around $30 for the C-141 and the C-5's approx 50% larger (ballparking it there) I expected around double the price, not 5x almost 6x the price...

 

Hope they reconsider the pricing.

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16 minutes ago, Rob de Bie said:

 

Yup that is better. Works out to about $65 USD or about $81 CDN. Better but what about shipping?

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7 minutes ago, MoFo said:

FWIW, the kit does not have an interior, open nose or ramp.  Just dropped control surfaces.

 

Thanks for the info Mike. Still probably better than the old Otaki/Revell kit as you would need decals for that kit. When I built mine years ago, the decals were already yellow. I did a Euro one lizard scheme so I had to scrounge markings anyway.

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Ok...I reviewed the Roden C-141. Nice kit...albeit minimal. Still...Ok for the price. If Roden charges $165 for the C-5...I'm OUT!

But if they bring it down to the $65 range per above posts....I'm in. Still.....its all about the engines. If they are done well...I'll buy several. If not....only one of each.

Still wish there was an interior and cockpit.....

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21 hours ago, MoFo said:

FWIW, the kit does not have an interior, open nose or ramp.  Just dropped control surfaces.

 

Just curious...how did you find this information? And....are there more sprue shots? Thanks....

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12 hours ago, pminer said:

 

Just curious...how did you find this information? And....are there more sprue shots? Thanks....

 Some sprue shots here...not sure if they are "test" shots or what. apears to have full flap/slats but no open nose of aft cargo doors.
 

http://tinyurl.com/ydejvb6y
 

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Had planned on getting one of these to go with my Roden C-141 and Revell C-17 as soon as possible after release....i think i may just wait awhile now and see how much various online stores start to discount them...when they don't sell at full retail

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