Not sure if this is old news but for those waiting for Trumpeters Vickers
1/48 Wellington you'll be waiting a long time.
Shame, I was looking forward to re-doing one of my first ever kits.
Spence
1/48 Wellington you'll be waiting a long time.
Trumpeter to shelve Wellington
Sep 10, 2004
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1/48 Wellington you'll be waiting a long time.
Where did you hear this? If they can do flamethrowers they better do a Wimpy. tia
The Keeper (of too much crap!)
Hannants.
Always come out with more than I went in with.
Spence
vaproware?
What?
promised but really only vapoor in the air. like a real pc os.
sorry for the geekspeak.
Kinda like the opposite of marriage. DOH!!!!!
Max Bryant
Sort of like the 1/48 Sunderland and Dornier Do-24 promised by one of the French outfits. I think they start these rumors as a sort of "market research" thing to see how much interest the rumor generates before investing any time or money in real molds. The latest "promise" is a
1/48 scale Handley Page Halifax.Bill Shuey
and that wellington?
Squadron has it pictured on their "coming soon" page. I doubt they'd take part in rumourmongering (at least intentionally.) If FM has it that far along they'll release it. Trumpeter OTOH may have bitten off more than it can chew. hth
The Keeper (of too much crap!)
This discussion of vapourware reminds me of a cartoon in "Model Railroader" originally published in the '50s. The boss calls the engineer into his office and says, "Maybe we should get around to producing that 2-10-8-6-4 we've been advertising for the past year."
Bill Banaszak, MFE
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