Has anybody actually seen one of these at a show? Is it new tooling?
Thanks,
Don H.
Academy 1/72 F-8
Feb 23, 2004
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Hannant's web update has some pictures from Nuremberg hobby show. One of them is of what is supposed to be the actual stealth (up until now??) F-8.
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Too poor a picture to really tell if it is a rip off or new tooling, but at least we seem closer to reality than we were a while back.
Norm
been waiting 2 years.no sign of it so far
>All new tooling has been confirmed.
Available ex
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from April 2004.
regards
Alan T. Alan's Hobby, Model & RC Links
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They're taking preorders at HLJ. 1710 yen per piece(early bird special). After the /35 Hind & /32 Salamander, this year keeps getting better and better! Cheers! Tvrtko
Don, I've had test shots of the Academy F-8 for about a month now. It is all new tooling. Complete intake trunking, open speed brake well, separate control surfaces, etc.
It also includes 5.00" Zuni launchers, the Y racks, weapons pylons and bombs. The shots I have also contain the different leading edge slats and horizontal tails for the 'J' and the 'FN'.
Cockpit is OK for 1/72 scale. Panels lines are recessed and very fine. They look good compared to published references.
It is slightly better than the Hasegawa 1/48 F-8 in a couple of areas. I have a scan of the decal sheet if you want to see it. Just email me direct.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a 9.9
Dave Roof
It doesn't 'owe' anything at all to the Hasegawa, Ace, or Heller kits? Not that the latter would be so bad.
Pictures of the sprues here:
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