Airfix

[kitnut617]

I take it from these posts that the Hasegawa kit doesn't cut the mustard...haven't built it but can't see anything wrong with it (apart from a usual lack of ordnance).

I've not seen the Hasegawa one.  Only the Heller/Airfix.
<off to google>
Hmmm, Scalemates says Hasegawa dates from '96.  It doesn't look bad.  Better than the Airfix one anyway.
Fujimi and Hobbycraft also produced them.
I can get a new Hasegawa 1/72 Skyraider from an LHS for a mere $47.  This is why Airfix should do one.

And Monogram did the AD-5

The Hasegawa ones are very nice, got a couple of them in the stash, along with at least one of every other manufacturers offerings

[NARSES2]

My B-26 Marauder needs are fully met by the Hasegawa kit,

I've one in the stash and it looks a nice kit, but the problem in the UK is that it's £48.67 inc postage on Amazon. Hannants don't have it in stock, or at least their idiot search engine won't find it for me 

As a comparison the Hasegawa B-25 Mitchell is £41.99 at Hannants whilst they have the forthcoming Airfix kit listed as £22.04

[PR19_Kit]

Nearly £50 for a 1/72 B-26? 

They must think we're a licence to print money!

The old Airfix kit isn't THAT bad, and can look great with a bit of work.

[Dizzyfugu]

The HobbyCraft kits are not bad at all, but pretty simple - and despite other infos on some of its boxings an AD-6. The Hasegawa kit looks as if it has much finer surface and interior detail, but (like anything Hasegawa on the market) these kit go at ridiculous prices. But they seem to get paid, for whatever reason.
AFAIK, the Fujimi Skyraider suffers from severe scale issues.

[ChernayaAkula]

Nearly £50 for a 1/72 B-26?  <...>

Hasegawa's MSRP is 3500 Yen, about  24 GBP. Someone's trying to rob you, but it's not Hasegawa.

[Librarian]

Nearly £50 for a 1/72 B-26?  <...>

Hasegawa's MSRP is 3500 Yen, about  24 GBP. Someone's trying to rob you, but it's not Hasegawa.

In UK its the Exchequer...disgusting mark-ups. I only buy now from Eastern Europe (kit and postage can be half the UK price).

[Librarian]

...but even in Poland the new Hasegawa H8K is an eye-watering £84 (incl. P&P)...love to build it but way out of my league right now

[KiwiZac]

A really nice new A-1E/AD-5 etc would be lovely . A-1E is in my top five faves.

Hear hear. One of my "lottery planes" - a great family wagon!

[king of men]

My B-26 Marauder needs are fully met by the Hasegawa kit,

I've one in the stash and it looks a nice kit, but the problem in the UK is that it's £48.67 inc postage on Amazon. Hannants don't have it in stock, or at least their idiot search engine won't find it for me 

As a comparison the Hasegawa B-25 Mitchell is £41.99 at Hannants whilst they have the forthcoming Airfix kit listed as £22.04

When I said "fully met", I meant that I have all the B-26s I will ever build in the display case or stash (one complete, one unbuilt). That was just a personal POV. Airfix has always been good on price point, especially when compared to a runaway train like Hasegawa. I would just like to see them concentrate their new tooling on types that haven't been done well elsewhere, like the Battle or Scimitar. As always, YMMV.

[jcf]

The Hasegawa B-26 kits are currently discontinued, so anyone selling one is asking above the
original price, even the ebay sellers from Japan, who are usually a source for good deals, are
asking above the norm prices. Also if you note the ones for sale on Amazon (US and UK) are
all being sold by the same Japanese 'store-fronts' at the same prices.

[NARSES2]

When I said "fully met", I meant that I have all the B-26s I will ever build in the display case or stash (one complete, one unbuilt). That was just a personal POV.

Understood 

The Hasegawa B-26 kits are currently discontinued, so anyone selling one is asking above the
original price, even the ebay sellers from Japan, who are usually a source for good deals, are
asking above the norm prices. Also if you note the ones for sale on Amazon (US and UK) are
all being sold by the same Japanese 'store-fronts' at the same prices.

Must admit I didn't look that deeply Jon. But the Amazon UK B-26 was only a little bit more than Hannant's price for the B-25 and the Amazon UK price inc. postage. So a fairly good guide to what it will go for when it comes out with different transfers I would have thought ?

[jcf]

Japanese list for the kits was around 3450 yen, but they were
available for less than 3000. At the time of release the US list
was $40 - $45, so about 5 to 10 dollars higher than Yen price,
at the time exchange was hovering around 100¥ = 1$ for quite
a while. If the usual pattern holds then the re-release will probably
be in the range of 4000 to 4200, using the higher figure around £28.50
at today's exchange rate, even if it jumps to around 5000 that's just
under £34.
So you can probably expect UK retail to be around £60. 

[NARSES2]

So you can probably expect UK retail to be around £60. 

Very much so Jon. We do seem to get ripped off when it comes to a lot of Far Eastern kits. It may be import duties ? But if I'm honest I can't be bothered to check it out. I'd swear blind that sometimes our importers simply take a US $ price and call it £'s. I did catch one UK retailer doing that once with Euros to £'s and after I complained they reduced the price. Some of the UK lads will remember that  affair.

Mind you if I want a kit badly enough then I will pay the price

[jcf]

According to the international tariff and duty agreements to which the UK, US, Japan, etc., are signatories
there are no tariffs or duties on plastic model kits, they fall under the Toy category.

[PR19_Kit]

According to the international tariff and duty agreements to which the UK, US, Japan, etc., are signatories
there are no tariffs or duties on plastic model kits, they fall under the Toy category.

Yeah, right. 

Unfortunately the combined forces of HM Revenue and Customs, the UK Border Agency and the Post Office, not only don't believe that, but go out of their way to prevent modellers like us importing such 'toys' without charging us horrendous rates of duty and 'handling fees'. As I don't have the finances to take all three of them to court there's nothing I can do about it.