Big Lindberg Japanese submarines coming!

How could that T-rex be anything more than pure conjecture? They only recently found a hadrosaur that was mummified (in 1994, IIRC) and only in the past year did they cat-scan it to see the internals. How can they think to know about a T-rex when they barely have one complete skeleton and a buncha incompletes?

Because one thing we now know for sure is that the carnosaur dinosaurs are pretty closely related to birds, so you can at least make a good guesstimate of what's inside them. They may get the proportions off (how big of stomach, how large of lungs?) but the overall layout and types of internal organs should be at least fairly accurate. Now to really make the model a conversation starter, it needs a strange set of sex organs added:

Pat

Kinda like their Visible Roswell Alien is just conjecture. Or is it????????? "The Truth Is Out There".

I look at the Testors Roswell Alien craft as sci-fi at least, although there are some people who believe that stuff. And the Testors Area 51 saucer, Testors F-19, Testors SR-95 Testors XR-7 Thunderdart and Monogram F-19 as well. All sci-fi, but (with the exception of the first two) technologically possible). Lindberg is trying to pass theirs off as fact.

I might add that I also like Luft '46, and that's pure conjecture as well. \But at least that were actually designed, if only on a cocktail napkin!

I link Lindbergs tag line on the link..."your home to over 200 unassembled plastic kits" maybe because no one ever finishes their stuff?

Craig

that puts the USS Los Angeles at 32 inches..

Craig

i need a way bigger house.

that ain't true. i do and i know several others. many of their kits are simplistic but the shapes and sizes are right. a good modeler can make them lookmgood. as was said, yheir kingfisher is really good. that blue devil destroyer can be made into a show winner. it's cool to bash lindberg but they make some great kits and their simpler ones are good for learning.

You know Testors' motto: "Prove it's wrong!". Lindberg apparently just went with the flow. :-) I'm glad to see the transparent frog's back; I had that as a kid. I still have a real soft spot in my heart for their 1/48th scale aircraft kits. It was also neat to see the old IMC "battle damaged" Vietnam aircraft are back, although their "F4G" is a RF-4. That model of the Los Angeles would let you replicate this event in a diorama:

That hull for the Los Angeles would be a great starting point for building a WW I German Zeppelin bomber.

That Blue Devil destroyer became one of the most popular ship models for conversion to RC, as did their big PT-109. Their Me-262 was the first 1/48 scale one on the market, and boasted detailed engines and the nose cannon bay. The details weren't right... but they were there at least. ;-) And this is one mighty unusual aircraft that hasn't been made into a model kit very often:

exactly. and thet build into nice models. the 262 was kitted by others. i have one but it's the lindberg. if you do some work, the nose guns can be fabbed up and made much more realistically. the landing gear needs a bit of attention, too.

...interesting...VERY interesting...

Interesting! I notice though that the minisub is mounted the wrong way around: according to all my references and photos, the minisubs were mounted facing backwards (Gakken No. 35 is the best source, but there is one amazingly good photo on a Japanese website too).

perhaps a t rex fighting the los angeles in downtown tokyo?

I'm interested in that C-1...I imagine it would be a bear to research, too.

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maybe match that one up with a 1/72 flying boat? what kind of ship/ plane would support that sub? at least its for someone who has 6-7' for a diorama.

Craig

the recently returned gernot could probably reccomend japanese resources. i'll look through my pile if you wish.