According to a Facebook post made last year by a modeller in Hong Kong, Zimi is just the new face of the company that was always behind Panda, Hong Model and others, and did the engineering, mould creation and kit production for Kitty Hawk which, according to him and contrary to the claims that were made, wasn't actually an "independent American company". Evidently it was always actually a part of the larger corporation. Which seems to be common with most, if not all, of the Chinese companies i.e. Trumpeter which is part of a large plastic products corporation.
Unravelling who actually owns what is a complex task, mostly due to China being very opaque when it comes to such things.

Once you look beyond all the Byzantine BS and realize that in reality everything is actually owned by the CCP, it all becomes so much clearer.

Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 15, 2024, 05:39:27 PMOnce you look beyond all the Byzantine BS and realize that in reality everything is actually owned by the CCP, it all becomes so much clearer.

Yep, they took a look at Singapore's old "State Capitalism" model and said "Hey, we can do that".

Quote from: jcf on August 15, 2024, 06:51:41 PM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 15, 2024, 05:39:27 PMOnce you look beyond all the Byzantine BS and realize that in reality everything is actually owned by the CCP, it all becomes so much clearer.

Yep, they took a look at Singapore's old "State Capitalism" model and said "Hey, we can do that".

Yup! And we swallow their party line - pun intended.

Panda Models did a nice B-1B bomber in 1/144 about 20 years ago. Then the firm vanished.
I always suspected it had been subsumed into another firm and the moulds sold on.

Quote from: Nick on August 16, 2024, 07:06:30 AMPanda Models did a nice B-1B bomber in 1/144 about 20 years ago. Then the firm vanished.
I always suspected it had been subsumed into another firm and the moulds sold on.

The moulds have been used by Dragon and now Platz

Arrived today

1 x 1/72 Fantastic Plastic, Vickers-Armstrong 559 Supersonic Interceptor Concept (1955)

1 x 1/72 Revell 03876 MH-47E Chinook. My second buy of this kit. I had not realised before buying the first kit that one of the options was the RAF HC Mk.3 so my plans to build one as a Japanese version were changed to include a second example as the RAF option.

Gondor

From SMTF Models in Poynton:

EMHAR 1/72nd F94C Starfire (Early)

Brand new stock, so the EMHARs are on the market again.

managed to find these online for a decent price 

-1/144 Mark1 DH Mosquito Mk.VII "Canadian Mossie"
-1/144 Mark1 DH Mosquito Mk.IV-PR.IV "Swift Warrior"

im definatly building one of these as Khemedi mossie 

Quote from: Weaver on August 21, 2024, 08:32:42 AMFrom SMTF Models in Poynton:

EMHAR 1/72nd F94C Starfire (Early)

Brand new stock, so the EMHARs are on the market again.

Are they still the only 1/72 Starfires around? I've not seen another one anyway.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 21, 2024, 11:26:36 AM

Quote from: Weaver on August 21, 2024, 08:32:42 AMFrom SMTF Models in Poynton:

EMHAR 1/72nd F94C Starfire (Early)

Brand new stock, so the EMHARs are on the market again.

Are they still the only 1/72 Starfires around? I've not seen another one anyway.

Heller did a 1/72nd F-94B as did Sword.
As far as I know, the Emhar is the only modern F-94C kit. They do two versions, Early and Late, the difference being that the Late one has the wing-mounted rocket pods.
Revell did a 1/56th F-94C back in the day, but it's a horror, with markings moulded into the raised panel lines.

Oh yes, the late one is the one I meant. sorry. Luckily I have a couple squirrelled away somewhere, along with two of their FJ-4s as well.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on August 21, 2024, 01:31:54 PMOh yes, the late one is the one I meant. sorry. Luckily I have a couple squirrelled away somewhere, along with two of their FJ-4s as well.

Yes I used the FJ-4 for my North American Supermarine Sabre by sticking a set of Swift wings on it. It's decnet enough ,if simple, and now I have a set of folding swept wings in the spares box.

I bit the bullet ..temptation got the better of me.
1/48 Trumpeter De Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen Faw.2 is now mine 

From Airfix:

Another 1/72nd Lancaster B.III (Special) Dambusters

A combination of their current sale, Airfix Club membership and Hobby Reward Points got this down to £25, which is damned good, considering the RRP is the thick end of £40.

I've got two Lancastrian conversions designed for the Airfix plastic and now, with the one from which I donated the Upkeep to Zenrat's B-17 build, I have an airframe for both.