Why the lack of new 1/72 decals?

Just picked up the Academy's F-8 Crusader and started trying to find decals for it. I found there are very few choices that work with this version in the kit. Same thing with Academy's P-38 kit, nothing really new in decals for it. Why are there so few new decals coming out for 1/72 kits. I see more and more decals for 1/48 but they don't seem to make them in 1/72. Eric

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Teresa
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The decal makers go where the market is... :(

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Al Superczynski

Prices have gone up? I've seen at least one decal maker pull the plug because of it.

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Harro de Jong

Hi,

I just put most of my decals on ebay!

Flat rate postage $5....per auction or combine for same if in same envelope....cc

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cc

Same reasons that new aircraft kits no longer come from this country. Europe, especially ex-Iron Curtain countries, have the work ethic and desire to produce quality products that we once had, at least when it comes to aircraft kits and accessories.

At last count there were 15,109 1/72 scale aircraft kits and models in every medium from injection molded plastc to paper card. A huge percentage of these are still available, if not from a retailer at least through trading. The Poles and Czechs pay close attenton to the new releases, but they keep the older stuff in mind, too. Aside from decals they produce 95% of all of the after-market stuff.

I produced cast resin kits until stopped by resin contaminaton. Our latest kit, the Beech Super King Air 200, comes from Hong Kong. Quality is superb, price fair, decals cost us far too much. That's why it goes for $40. High Planes did our injection molded Payen Pa.22 at 1/3 the price demanded from domestic short run injection molding firms. That's why we can sell it for $12.

Want to see what it's like to produce a kit or decal in this country? Do the art work, master pattern, etc. and start shopping around. I'll buy your first kit/decal if the price is affordable (and the product s

1/72 scale).

Tom

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maiesm72

I know I bought a lot of F11Fs and A3Js just because there were so many neat examples on the Micro/Superscale sheets. "I couldn't eat just one!"

The last 2 issues of "Revi" have several sheets listed in 1/72. There are two sheets out that cover US aircraft in Soviet service. Building a Thunderbolt and marking it with those would be different. Not everyone will have one.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Mad-Modeller

Then you have IsraDecals, IIRC, creating 1/72 decals for a market that doesn't exist, the non-existant 1/72 Vautour, for about 2 years now.............................

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frank

There are fourteen 1/72 scale Vautour kits out there and three more coming.

Vacuform IIAs from Airmodel & Eurovac; cast resin IIAs from Hi-Tech & Replica; a listing from Bevelite that I need more information on and an upcomng kit from Azur. Vacuform IIB from Eurovac; cast resin IIBs from Hi Tech & Replica; upcomng kit from Azur. Vautour IINs from Eurovac & O'Neill; cast resin IINs from Hi Tech & Replica; injection molded kits IIN kits from Eurokit & Mach ( I have this one, rough but buildable) with one planned by Special Hobby.

All hard to find, but a market nonetheless. The decals are superb, BTW.

Tom

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maiesm72

Well, maybe I should have said 'readily available'. I know there were some limited in the past & there are some coming, but when? Haven't they been announced a couple of years now? That's like making decals for Aurora kits, or the Revell George or the ITC Staggerwing. Not a real market, but in the days of just punching a button & making bigger or smaller decals, I guess it's feasible to do so.

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frank

Trust me, Frank. There's a *lot* more to it that just punching a button to make an existing decal in a different scale. BTDT, got the T-shirt and baseball cap... ;)

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Al Superczynski

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