Academy

[NARSES2]

I think there is a tie in but Mike Wren would know

[Mike Wren]

er... I think modelzone had a management buy-out, not too sure though. Pocketbond do now distribute Academy, along with Trumpeter, Emhar etc. First deliveries from Pocketbond turned up last week...

[Green Dragon]

Just had a look on the TAHS site and they have listed an Academy 1/48th EE/BAC Lightning F.Mk6, kit number 12704. Kit No.12703 is the 1/48th MH-53E Sea Dragon so the number sequence is right but is this for real? Anyone heard anything on the grapevine? I've only heard about the 1/72nd kit that never appeared. http://www.tahs.com/

Checked 1/72nd list and they have F-16D twin seat (poss actually a Sufa?), F4E Phantom and F/A-18D listed but no prices yet, also a 1/32nd F-16D (kit no. 2105) but the Academy website has it as an F-16I Sufa due in the first quarter. http://www.academy.co.kr/new_product.jsp?view=main

Paul Harrison

[Jeffry Fontaine]

MMZ has posted some images of sprues for the soon to be released Academy 1/35th scale M50 Ontos that are of sufficient quality to appreciate the kit.  The kit parts certainly look better than the old Renwall M50 Ontos kit and it will certainly be cheaper than the HobbyFan or Nimex resin kits.

[GTX]

MMZ has posted some images of sprues for the soon to be released Academy 1/35th scale M50 Ontos that are of sufficient quality to appreciate the kit.  The kit parts certainly look better than the old Renwall M50 Ontos kit and it will certainly be cheaper than the HobbyFan or Nimex resin kits.

Cool - here's an idea:  use some of the Recoilless rifles to add additional fire-power to an M-60.

Regards,

Greg

[Weaver]

MMZ has posted some images of sprues for the soon to be released Academy 1/35th scale M50 Ontos that are of sufficient quality to appreciate the kit.  The kit parts certainly look better than the old Renwall M50 Ontos kit and it will certainly be cheaper than the HobbyFan or Nimex resin kits.

Cool - here's an idea:  use some of the Recoilless rifles to add additional fire-power to an M-60.

Regards,

Greg

Might be more of an advantage to use them to add firepower to a Chaffee or Walker Bulldog....

Old Czech APCs like the OT-62 (BTR-50 with a better engine and hatches) had a small MG turret with a cradle on the side for an 82mm Tarasnice RR. It was aimed by the turret gunner from under armour, but somebody had to stick their haed out of a roof hatch to reload it. wonder if you could come up with US equivalents? How about an M113 with an M48/M60 commander's cupola fitted in place of the MG ring and an external 106mm on the outside of that? How about two 106s on the side of a V-150's MG turret?

[Jeffry Fontaine]

MMZ has posted some images of sprues for the soon to be released Academy 1/35th scale M50 Ontos that are of sufficient quality to appreciate the kit.  The kit parts certainly look better than the old Renwall M50 Ontos kit and it will certainly be cheaper than the HobbyFan or Nimex resin kits.

Cool - here's an idea:  use some of the Recoilless rifles to add additional fire-power to an M-60.

Even better, get hold of the 1/35th scale Zavezda/Italeri (or who ever is making it now) ZiL-157 truck model with the 130mm BM-13 rocket launcher on the back.  Mount a recoilles rifles in place of  each rocket rails.  With the trainable mount and multiple barrels you have the best of both, rifled artillery and a rocket launcher all in one.  I bet it would erode some dirt in the back-blast area :^)

[ChernayaAkula]

Academy Europe has posted their 2010 catalogue on their website. >>CATALOGUE<< Turn the pages by clicking the edge of the page.

Lots of goodies:

1/32 F-16I Sufa

1/48 Bf 109E-3 "Heinz Bär"
1/48 F-111C RAAF
1/48 F-15C Eagle MSIP II
1/48 F-15I Raam
1/48 F-117A

1/72 F-4B Phantom (new tooling) 
1/72 F-22A Raptor (new tooling)
1/72 F/A-18C Blue Angels

1/144 F-22A (new tooling)
1/144 F-35A JSF (new tooling)
1/144 Eurofighter Typhoon (new tooling)
1/144 JAS-39 Gripen (new tooling)  No version is given, but the pic shows a double-seater

Armour:
1/35
CV9040 (new tooling)
K-9 Korean self-propelled howitzer
M50A1 Ontos USMC

Ships:
1/350
Graf Spee (new tooling)
HMS Queen Elizabeth (new tooling)

[Spey_Phantom]

some decent 1/144 scale gripens and YF-23's, just what i needed. now i can propably build a 1/144 Gripen NG or Sea Gripen 

[pyro-manic]

HMS Queen Elizabeth? Nice! Shame it's not 1:700 though...

[PR19_Kit]

...and a 1/24 Cobra Daytona Coupe!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssss! 

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

A new-tool F-4B...... Thank you G*d 

Ian

[Radish]

HMS Queen Elizabeth.....whoooo hoooooo

[nev]

Alas it seems that rather than doing a 1940 HMS Warspite, its going to be a mid-30s fit ?

[Aircav]

HMS Queen Elizabeth.....whoooo hoooooo

Geoff will be wetting himself over that kit