Airfix kit price

[Robert]

I see on the Hannants site that the kit is now £16.99, for a September release and is a limited edition !

Better get them will you can.

Bye

[Spellbinder99]

I think 6 will be a good starting order.

A quick and clean prototype.

A fully developed, fully loaded RAAF Gulf War 2 ( The Sequel) version......

And the other four to set aside and think about.

Cheers

Tony

[nev]

Thats around the top end of the price range people were anticipating.


I still can't get over that damn "limited edition" business        

[P1127]

I have a suspicion that having it as a limited edition would be the only way to get it past the bean counters - I wonder if it will be tooled in Czech republic rather than China?

[Spellbinder99]

I agree with you Wooksta, which is why my initial order will "only" be six or so.

I thought of a few other schemes as well.

RAAF ARDU Weapon Trials aircraft with camouflage uppers surfaces and orange and white undersides. Big green and gold unit emblems with lots of weapon drop reference markings.

RAAF ARDU normal trials scheme (old) - Overall green and gold.

RAAF ARDU normal trials scheme (New) -Overall white and orange.

Dark Grey RAAF end of service scheme.

See a trend here?

Cheers

Tony

[Spellbinder99]

Well, I just put in a pre-order for 6 with Hannants, but as future releases do not contribute to their minimum 30 pound order criteria, I "had" to buy a Classic Airframes 1/48th scale Whirlwind and a Wyvern as well...... B)

Yeehah!

Cheers

Tony

[nev]

but the first is a combined RAF/RAAF training aircraft from the second prototype batch (XS665).  RAF markings, but with an Aussie flag above the finflash and a big red roo under the 237 OCU badge on the intake cowl.  Also added a few roos under the pilot's canopy.

Kinda like the Tornado Tri-national Training Establishhment?  I like the idea    

[Aircav]

I'll just be glad when it comes out        
psst, got 12 on order            

[Spellbinder99]

Which means I have to build a Jaguar and I loathe the damn things.

Have pity for me. I am an Aussie and I have to work on them every day.....

Though I am pretty sure the Mirage order was in place before the TSR-2 was destroyed, so cancelling that would have been unlikely. Plus the other losers in the Sabre replacement list were the EE Lightning, F-104 and some others ( memory dumped).

Cheers

Tony

[NARSES2]

If this limited issue thing is for real, then we must have pre-ordered the lot  ! I've got 5 on order myself

[retro_seventies]

5 for me too...

we might have them all you know!

[Radish]

Hannants will only allow one to be ordered according to Thorvic. Get them from elsewhere, but as Hannants seem to be the distributor () no other supplier will get them until Hannants have satisfied their own customers.
It's there BIGGEST pre-ordered kit EVER.
 

[Geoff_B]

Hannants will only allow one to be ordered according to Thorvic. Get them from elsewhere, but as Hannants seem to be the distributor () no other supplier will get them until Hannants have satisfied their own customers.
It's there BIGGEST pre-ordered kit EVER.

Rad

That just their pre-order system, it doesn't allow for pre-ordering unless an instock item is also bought, nor does it allow overseas orders of less than £30.

For the TSR-2 they have amended the system to allow 1 to be pre-ordered for delivery world wide. I know they initially said they would take 1000 at the unveiling (as they were in the hall with us lot on Friday and didn't see the on-line news go out), but i guess this figure may well have increased since then !!!.

Cheers

Geoff B

[Mairfrog]

Ooh, who'd have thought a year ago that a TSR 2 kit would prove so popular...  

I'd love it if the first production run sold out before the kit was released.  B)

It wouldn't be 'limited' if that happened.

[Martin H]

I'd love it if the first production run sold out before the kit was released.  B)

It might just do that froggy. several of the traders i regulay deal with all say that Airfix are already saying that half the first run has all ready been pre sold.