Dutch Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) Just saw this posted here: Minicraft has ended? - Kampfgruppe144 BBS. Any truth to said rumor? Dutch Edited November 2, 2022 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breadneck Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 What if any is the affiliation with Academy of Korea? Minicraft, this is a US company right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) WOW! Hope that someone picks up their molds like Hobby2000 did for a lot of Hasegawas. I was under the impression they were a Chinese company. I thought. Sad to see them go as I like a lot of their airliner and U. S. cargo planes. They were a partner of Hasegawa for a while-Hasegawa-Minicraft, 1/72 F9F-2 Panther was one I did a few times. Edited November 2, 2022 by jonwinn punctuation Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 About two weeks ago I noticed their website wasn't accepting orders, and my subsequent inquiries by phone and email went unanswered... Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chriss7607 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 My understanding was that Minicraft was the U.S. importer for Hasegawa and later Academy. Academy and Minicraft parted ways sometime in the late 1990s and became two separate companies. I heard only bad reviews about their 1/48 F4U-5/5N, and I have their 1/48 P-38 Lightning. It's probably one of the worst models that I've ever worked on. I bought it by mistake (thinking it was the Academy kit). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wxltcol Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Well, phooey! I had designs on their 1/144 CFM-56 engines for more modeling ideas and their B-52D/E/F models. I have their B-52H model, but it's an early bird and the later decal version of today's birds doesn't include the longer fuselage from the Phase VI upgrades. Guess it's time to look here and there. Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator52 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Tom, the later H boxing (14641) has the Phase VI extension on the sprue with the EVS pods and other antenna fairings...is that what you're referring to? Minicraft 1/144 B-52H "Current Flying Version" Kit Review - 2Modeler.com (dembrudders.com) Also, I just picked up the D/E boxing last week, and it includes that same late H-model sprue. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wxltcol Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Well, phooey! I had designs on their 1/144 CFM-56 engines for more modeling ideas and their B-52D/E/F models. I have their B-52H model, but it's an early bird and the later decal version of today's birds doesn't include the longer fuselage from the Phase VI upgrades. Guess it's time to look here and there. Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 8 hours ago, Chriss7607 said: My understanding was that Minicraft was the U.S. importer for Hasegawa and later Academy. Academy and Minicraft parted ways sometime in the late 1990s and became two separate companies. I heard only bad reviews about their 1/48 F4U-5/5N, and I have their 1/48 P-38 Lightning. It's probably one of the worst models that I've ever worked on. I bought it by mistake (thinking it was the Academy kit). I held on to their 1/48 F-5E kit for the longest time in hopes someone would start a Crap Kit Group Build. I finally caved and built it with bits from the Academy P-38 "multi kit". It wasn't terrible... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chriss7607 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Hey! That looks pretty good! I was using spare parts from a Monogram P-38 as a donor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 It's sad if they did, the T-34 Mentor kits are really nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drifterdon Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Well this is crummy news if it is indeed true. There are several of their kits I could still us in my collection. On 11/3/2022 at 8:55 PM, wxltcol said: Well, phooey! I had designs on their 1/144 CFM-56 engines for more modeling ideas and their B-52D/E/F models. I have their B-52H model, but it's an early bird and the later decal version of today's birds doesn't include the longer fuselage from the Phase VI upgrades. Guess it's time to look here and there. Tom Tom, contact me off line, I snagged a fistful of these when I had the chance and might be able to let one or two go. Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 A rather unremarkable company that ceased to have any relevance quite some time ago. On a rather more interesting line. Did Hobby2000 buy the tooling from Hasegawa then or are they just releasing them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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