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ChernayaAkula

#285
April 23, 2009, 08:49:29 PM
Quote from: ChernayaAkula on April 16, 2009, 04:36:43 PM
70 USD or £45?  :o Crikey, you guys are getting ripped off! Here in Germany it retails for  36 EUR, which is about 47USD or £32. Still expensive. And the industry wonders why they sell fewer and fewer kits. With today's shipping charges, it's mostly cheaper to order from China or Japan directly.  :banghead: Some importers are really makin' a killin'. Maybe they should watch who they're gonna kill in the end.  :rolleyes:

Scratch the above!  :banghead: What I found there must've been a special offer. Other prices in shops I've seen were more or less around the 70USD/45GBP mentioned earlier. Guess we're being ripped off too!  :rolleyes:
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Green Dragon

#286
May 20, 2009, 01:38:49 AM Last Edit: May 24, 2009, 08:39:59 PM by Jeffry Fontaine
Here are the CAD pics (via Aero Scale) for the Trumpeter 1/48th FC-1/JF-17 Thunder.

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Deino

#287
May 20, 2009, 05:54:11 AM
... and as reported on CDF a smaller in 1/72 is alos in the works.

Deino
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ChernayaAkula

#288
May 20, 2009, 10:23:21 AM
^ Cool!
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Moritz

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PR19_Kit

#289
May 20, 2009, 10:28:14 AM
Isn't that a 'Chinese Copy' of a Gripen????
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Supertom

#290
May 20, 2009, 01:37:46 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 20, 2009, 10:28:14 AM
Isn't that a 'Chinese Copy' of a Gripen????

No, it's more like a cross between an F-16 and an F-20.  It's quite an agile aircraft I've heard.
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Mossie

#291
May 20, 2009, 02:38:20 PM
The Chinese aircraft that have been coming from Trumpeter are more than welcome & very whiffable, with only some aircraft getting a handful of exports, although I was surprised to see just how many nations field the K-8 trainer.  Trying to think what I could do with a J-8 & possibly a JF-17.  Hmmmm......
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Jeffry Fontaine

#292
May 24, 2009, 08:32:36 PM

(image source: Cybermodeler

Michael Benolkin has just posted an in-box kit review of the new Trumpeter kit# 1655, 1/72nd scale Tu-22M2 Backfire B for your viewing pleasure.  The price is what scares me the most.  I can only hope that a purchase from a source other than the usual distributors will be substantially less. 
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Aircav

#293
May 25, 2009, 08:56:24 AM
I saw the Trumpeter Tu-22M2 in the LMS the other day and I think it was about 80 quid  :banghead: :banghead:
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Green Dragon

#294
May 26, 2009, 04:02:04 AM
Aeroscale has posted CAD pics of Trumpy's 1/48th J-10 kits. http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5348

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kitnut617

#295
May 26, 2009, 06:18:16 AM
Quote from: Supertom on May 20, 2009, 01:37:46 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 20, 2009, 10:28:14 AM
Isn't that a 'Chinese Copy' of a Gripen????

No, it's more like a cross between an F-16 and an F-20.  It's quite an agile aircraft I've heard.

before I read your response I was going to say it looks like a sup'ed-up F-5, with a touch of F-35 technology
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kitnut617

#296
May 26, 2009, 06:19:56 AM
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on May 24, 2009, 08:32:36 PM

Michael Benolkin has just posted an in-box kit review of the new Trumpeter kit# 1655, 1/72nd scale Tu-22M2 Backfire B for your viewing pleasure.  The price is what scares me the most.  I can only hope that a purchase from a source other than the usual distributors will be substantially less. 

The Italeri one can still be found, is there anything wrong with it ?
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Aircav

#297
May 26, 2009, 09:17:50 AM
Quote from: kitnut617 on May 26, 2009, 06:19:56 AM
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on May 24, 2009, 08:32:36 PM

Michael Benolkin has just posted an in-box kit review of the new Trumpeter kit# 1655, 1/72nd scale Tu-22M2 Backfire B for your viewing pleasure.  The price is what scares me the most.  I can only hope that a purchase from a source other than the usual distributors will be substantially less. 

The Italeri one can still be found, is there anything wrong with it ?

You did ask

http://www.flankerman.fsnet.co.uk/modl_tu-22.html
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Thorvic

#298
May 26, 2009, 09:53:17 AM
ken Duffy has the new Trumpeter Backfire for review so we should get his overall opinion soon. His initial impression on ARC is that its very good and light years ahead of the original short fat Esci kit.

BTW the Tu-22M3 Backfire C is due out in July by which time the exchange rate may give a more favourable price (although not by much)
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kitnut617

#299
May 26, 2009, 11:41:23 AM
Quote from: Aircav on May 26, 2009, 09:17:50 AM

You did ask

http://www.flankerman.fsnet.co.uk/modl_tu-22.html

Excellent article aircav, got one of those so this will prove useful, but my question is directed at the version Trumpeter has out now. I've got an Italeri (ex-Esci I think) one of those in the stash too.
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