Just curious if anyone has heard or read any hints about what Tamiya
may be bringing out in 1/72. My dream is they continue to shrink their
1/48 releases down and bring out a Swordfish. Of course, they'll
probably just come out with a Zero.
Mark
in article 151220041353145826% snipped-for-privacy@clarityconnect.com, Mark Levine at
snipped-for-privacy@clarityconnect.com wrote on 12/15/04 12:53 PM:
I wouldn't complain if it was a Mk 32 Hamp. They have a lot of good
candidates however?certainly their P-51B or Birdcage Corsair are good
candidates.
MB
I collect Me262s in 1/72 so I'd like to see that.But the Revell kit is so good
they might not bother.
I'd also like to see any WW1 subject from their skilled hands.
I'd like to see them finish the 1/48 Betty line. Where's the Mk 22 or 24?
And a new fuselage on the Buffalo, a model 239 would be sure seller.
Cheers,
The Keeper (of too much crap!)
You'll be happy to know I just this year finished the Airfix A-26. Sanded the
rivet farm off, rescribed the panel lines, won a couple of chapter contests, no
score at the Nationals...I've taken the hit but still no kit! MPM threatened to
release one in the near future. A new B-26 would be nice as well but the twin
engine bomber that needs to be done THE MOST is the A-20. All current 1/72
molds originate from the sixties. The High Planes ltd kits are nice but a lot
of work. I was hoping Hasegawa was going to go in that direction after their
B-25 but NO! Maybe they'll do a D0-17
My 2¢
The Keeper (of too much crap!)
Thanks for taking a bullet for the team to help ensure that a new mold kit will
be released. I'm hoping that some day I'll run across a Monogram Snaptite B-26
at one of the kit collector shows. I hear it's not a bad place to start for
the B-26. Does anobody have an opinion on the Matchbox version?
Dan
I thought I still had one; apparently sold off. It suffers from the diecast
engraving that Matchbox is famous for. Since Revell AG now owns that mold and
they've got their own B-26 from the sixties (good source for engines) it's
doubtfull we'll see it re-released. It's good for a slammer if you find one at
a swap meet.
The Monogram snaptite is indeed a good kit of the early short wing version. I
was going to get one before they went out of production but I must have been
knapping. They go for $10 on ebay; it took me years to find one and their B-25
at swap meets. Problem is-no decals! I have yet to find aftermarket decals for
that kit.
Best place to start is the Airfix/MPC B-26.
hth
The Keeper (of too much crap!)
Panel lines like a WW1 trench system. Severe lack of detail on
undercarriage, engines, cockpit etc. The fuselage sides seem like they are a
scale three feet thick, and the transparencies are of a matching thickness.
But that's the down side. Upside is that it goes together very nicely and
actually looks like a B-26. Typical Matchbox kit really. You can make a nice
model if you work at it.
I've wondered if anyone has ever try to mate the Airfix
cockpit/interior to the Monogram snaptite kit (I've had this project in
the back of my mind for ages). The cockpit (heck, the entire interior)
for the Monogram is non-existant.
I used bits and pieces from Microscale sheets. I don't know too many
that had fancy schemes that early in the war. The model makes up the
short-winged version (B-10 IIRC) that was famous for "one a day in Tampa
Bay".
Bill Banaszak, MFE
Squadron now has a canopy set that allows you to build an A from the Monogram
short wing kit. Couple that with the Airfix interior and you're about set.
hth
The Keeper (of too much crap!)
Does anyone know of any link to a site or such that shows the interior of
one of theise babies as I have the airfix kit and the Paragon detail set to
make the counter invader, but I have no idea what they did with the insides.
Thanks in advance
Alastair Macfarlane
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