I have heard that there are some new F2A and foreign variant kits out there in 1/48th scale. I am currently collecting Tamiya kits for conversion. (have 2, one an F2A-2 and the other an older B-339/F2A2, I also have an F2A3 conversion kit). I want to eventually built all the recognized types and variants in foreign service. Do the other kits exist and are they decent kits for a modeler with moderate skills or do you think I should stick with the Tamiya F2A2 base kit for the lot?
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None that I know of ~ although there is a brand new 1/32nd Model 239 being kitted by Jrutman?? Perhaps that is the one you have heard about??
You're pretty much forced to work with the Tamiya effort....there's nothing else around!
~Rick Fluke snipped-for-privacy@blackfoot.net
AML is releasing a series of F2A's. Have a look at their website at
Note that the one shown are a B-239, an F2A-1 and an F-2A-3, versions not made by Tamiya. Tamiya's is an F2A-2/B-339.
I have some 1/72ns scale kits from AML. They are short run, and in my opinion not of the quality of the better short run manufacturers such as MPM, Special Hobby etc.
For a "modeler with moderate skills" I would wait and see. It is possible, depending on the break down of the AML kits, to cross kit, i.e. get an F2A-1 or -3 by using the AML fuselage and the rest from Tamiya. This may be an easier route than cutting up the Tamiya fuselage and using resin conversion.
Anders "old hoodoo" skrev i meddelandet news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com...
AML releasing new F2A's? I don't trust them to release anything they've advertised. Remember the O-47 in 1/48th scale? Announced years ago, and still not here!
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