First Price Seen for 1/24 Mosquito - OUCH !

Musicman59 wrote in news:7b721e15-1cb6-4c02-b0be- snipped-for-privacy@l12g2000yqo.googlegroups.com:

They are trying to compete with Trumpeter. They should be competeing with themselves. I was prepared to sell unbuilts to make room and money for it. But that is WAY to much.

...I consider that the "opening shot across the bow". I held out and got both my 1/48 Tamiya Swordfish and 1/32 Tamiya Type 52 Zero kits for $40...off the shelf. So we'll see...

...OTOH, I'll also start saving. Maybe it'll keep me from buying another guitar.

That is extortion. I don't see how it is possible to justify it. For that price I can build half a dozen or more models

It may be a Trumpeter price but it's still only Airfix quality. Reviews of recent Airfix releases have been less than stellar. The 1/48th TSR2 for example could easily have been made in the 1960s. Also Airfix have raised the asking price for the Mossie by more than 50% since it was first announced.

(kim)

Big molds + high part count + lot of plastic + High engineering cost + limited market for product at any price = big big price tag

In my experience, Trumpeter quality isn't exactly something to shout about. The two Trumpeter kits that I've built - Gannet and Lightning F6 - have has shape issues. The Lightning's issues were quite serious, requiring the replacement of the rear fuselage and belly tank with resin items. Overpriced *and* inaccurate... :-( Sadly, the Lightning is pretty much the only game in town.

How about 40 quid for the forthcoming Hasegawa Ki-84 repop? That's ludicrous! And nearly three times as much as I would expect.

Aw man, ignorance was bliss. Know that you told me about this, it has the #1 spot on my "want" list. Aw, crap, Airfix also has a 1/24th scale Stuka divebomber!!

i built that when it was an mpc kit. it's spartan and needs a lot to not look like a toy.

"Enzo Matrix" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

And the horror story I've had with getting tracks to glue together on 1/72 scale armor. Despite some nice kits and reasonable prices in this range I have been extremely hesitant to risk it again. I am even more skeptical og the high end kits goven some of the beefs I've heard.

Got the Heller version of that one - the Stuka. Should build up into a pretty fine specimen.

I did the MPC Spit, Me 109E, and P-51. The P-51 was the best of them as far as parts/detail, with the Spitfire second.

what's the heller kit like? of the stuka...?

I have the Airfix 1/24 Hurricane, which has been in my Deep Stash for about thirty years. Must get round to building that one sometime! :-D

Good luck with that when you finally do. I've heard of a Bf109 fuselage being found twisted through ninety degrees when the box was finally opened.

(kim)

Same kit, molded in what might be a slightly softer blue-gray plastic. Decals for the desert snake and a splinter scheme.

better decals than mpc.