Spots on the Internet (2021)

[Dave Ward]

On the ICM website - 'in process' their first helicopter, AH-1G Cobra in 1/32..................

You'll need a bit of space to display that, although a twin blade rotor helps................
Dave

[Guest]

I wonder if they also include the more standard style of chin turret, or only the very early one shown in these renderings.

[Dave Ward]

I wonder if they also include the more standard style of chin turret, or only the very early one shown in these renderings.

ICM do say 'early production'
Dave

[dave]

According to the ICM website they plan a late production version and a Vietnam version Later in the year.

[Guest]

Ah, I didn’t realise that (Though it makes me wonder why model kit manufacturers seem to have picked up this annoying habit of not including minor parts for multiple versions anymore.)

[adt70hk]

Ah, I didn’t realise that :smiling3: (Though it makes me wonder why model kit manufacturers seem to have picked up this annoying habit of not including minor parts for multiple versions anymore.)

Cynical me is thinking more sales....

[Guest]

That’s what I thought at first too, but does that matter? Not really, I think: if I want an early and a late AH-1G in 1:32, I’ll buy two kits, regardless of whether they have a kit of the early version and a kit of the late one, or one kit that lets you build either.

Giving the option in one kit is better because this means the purchasers aren’t dependent on tracking down the exact version they want to build. With this particular kit, if I want a late AH-1G, then right now I’ll have to wait longer for that to come out; and when both have been released, chances are that when I want to buy the late version, I’ll go to a (web)shop that only has the early one in stock.

[AlanG]

Cough topic..... Cough

[Tim Marlow]

It could be an internal accountancy thing, whereby the research and development engenders three items in the product line rather than just one. It also keeps the company in the “new releases” column, making them seem more active than they really are.

[Tim Marlow]

Sorry Alan, got carried away......delete mine if you like.

[AlanG]

I'll let it slide Tim. But please remember the thread topic title.

[Dave Ward]

On the HobbyBoss & Trumpeter websites ( their Facebook pages have been dormant since October! ) April releases

HobbyBoss Leopard C2 MEXAS with TWMP in 1/35


HobbyBoss S-300 Grumble - in 1/72


Trumpeter L4500A with 37mm flak in 1/35


Trumpeter S-100U in 1/35


Trumpeter HMS Westminster in 1/700


Trumpeter PLAN Xia Class SSBN in 1/144


Trumpeter Tirpitz in 1/350
It may be just my impression, but HB & Trumpeter seem to be a bit quiet, these days
Dave

[Guest]

Something from Perfect Scale Modellbau, that I don’t think is a very old model:

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No scale indicated, but I figure it to be somewhere between about 850,000:1 and 200,000:1

https://www.perfect-scale.de/de/covid-19-coronavirus-sars-cov-2.html

[Nicko]

Not one I'd want in the house, thanks Jakko :smiling3:

Nick

[BattleshipBob]

On the HobbyBoss & Trumpeter websites ( their Facebook pages have been dormant since October! ) April releases
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HobbyBoss Leopard C2 MEXAS with TWMP in 1/35

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HobbyBoss S-300 Grumble - in 1/72

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Trumpeter L4500A with 37mm flak in 1/35

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Trumpeter S-100U in 1/35

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Trumpeter HMS Westminster in 1/700

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Trumpeter PLAN Xia Class SSBN in 1/144

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Trumpeter Tirpitz in 1/350
It may be just my impression, but HB & Trumpeter seem to be a bit quiet, these days
Dave

Still waiting for the 1/16 StuG:tired: