blueliner Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Great to see another of Hawker's storm birds kitted in this great scale, but I'll never buy one. My wife would have a fit. I don't see Airfix selling a great number of them, I would think they would sell more 1/48 Vulcans. Of course I'm biased, by scale, not by subject - I have 6 Hasegawa Typhoons. Did they give an MSRP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Around £90 was mentioned. While i would love a Vulcan this is much more compact - about Vulcan size in 72nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Would a 1/48th Vulcan sell in sufficient numbers to make it worthwhile? I am not sure either way, as my personal view is that a Vulcan or the Typhhon would be risky. I hope Airfix do well with the Typhoon, even though it is not my scale as it will keep them producing new kits. A 48th Vulcan is a big beastie and I suspect would not be easy to engineer as a mass produced kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Would a 1/48th Vulcan sell in sufficient numbers to make it worthwhile? I am not sure either way, as my personal view is that a Vulcan or the Typhhon would be risky. I hope Airfix do well with the Typhoon, even though it is not my scale as it will keep them producing new kits. A 48th Vulcan is a big beastie and I suspect would not be easy to engineer as a mass produced kit. I'm with you on this one, I hope Airfix makes a bundle. Then we get more cool stuff like a beeg Vulcan. I need a new coffee table...LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder17 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Had they have had a pole , i would have gone 1/48 Vulcan BUT, after seeing the Typhoon in the flesh , I want one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 1/24 Typhoon v 1/48 Vulcan is a bit like asking if you would like to have an expensive car or several expensive holidays abroad. Both please? What I do want to see is what Airfix appear to have just done, viz A British manufacturer is producing a model of a British warplane famous in WW2 as one of the best ground attack aircraft of that conflict in a scale that no other manufacturer is likely to do and with a level of detail that appears from all that's been said to rival if not exceed the efforts of the competition from abroad and at a price which appears to be likely set at a level much lower than the opposition would produce. Now as a British modeller I am having trouble seeing what's not to like. If our local football team just did the equivalent it would be like stuffing Real Madrid/ Barcelona away from home in the Champions League. So go on Airfix - do it again lads - and yes a 1/48 Vulcan would fill a slot too - but after you mould the 1/48 HP Victor please as its a much nicer looking plane not to mention a more capable aircraft (now ducks for cover before the Vulcan boys arrive ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Airfix must be feeling confident for this to sell or it simply won't be put into production. I would too love a 1/48th Vulcan, but I find myself rapidly drawn to this Typhoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Would a 1/48th Vulcan sell in sufficient numbers to make it worthwhile? Absolutely. Compared to something like a Typhoon which had one user and exactly one color scheme applicable to it and saw no post-war use? Absolutely, positively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Absolutely. Compared to something like a Typhoon which had one user and exactly one color scheme applicable to it and saw no post-war use? Absolutely, positively. The Vulcan only had one user and 4/5(?) schemes so it's not that much better if you look at it like that.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Absolutely. Compared to something like a Typhoon which had one user and exactly one color scheme applicable to it and saw no post-war use? Absolutely, positively. Not quite. It saw quite extensive immediate post war use - and these late 1945 schemes provide some very nice splashes of colour. And if you count the Night fighter prototype, and desert filter trials machines, it had 3 colour schemes. I'm sure a 1/48th Vulcan would also sell well, but Airfix have decided on a 1/24th Typhoon. The release will time for the 70th anniversary of D-day, which Im sure will help sales too. jonners 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Absolutely. Compared to something like a Typhoon which had one user and exactly one color scheme applicable to it and saw no post-war use? Absolutely, positively. Really? I can think of 3. OK only 3 aircraft were painted in the desert scheme but it's still options. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Were they used as target tugs too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) Were they used as target tugs too? Good point! So that's 4 paint schemes. Covers the post war as well. Edited November 11, 2013 by Tbolt 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) Also the night fighter prototype. Edited November 11, 2013 by Tbolt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Captured German aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 "But apart from that, what have the Romans done for us.....?" Regardless of potential colour schemes, I would foresee exactly the same 'arguments' being put forward if Airfix released a 1/48 Vulcan - "Not my scale; not my subject; too expensive; far too big." I hope and trust that Airfix - as a BUSINESS - have done their homework and produced what THEY feel will sell. While a small number may clamour for a 1/48 Vulcan, would it sell any better than the Nimrod that 'everyone' was clamouring for? Than the 1/48 TSR.2 the 'everyone' was clamouring for? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Can't help thinking that a 1/24 Austin Healey 3000 might well have outsold the 1/24 Typhoon and 1/48 Vulcan combined! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Jones Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I would think Airfix will sell many more of the 1/24 Typhoon than they ever would a 1/48 Vulcan, the storage space needed for the Vulcan for a start would favour the Typhoon. Lets face it , the people at Airfix are no fools and will have done their homework well before committing to this model. Why do you think they put out all those suggestion forms at the shows they attend ?. I think we as modellers are much too insular and blinkered in our views , we all think that if we want a 1/48 Farly Fruitbat Mk II , then everyone else will be bound to want one also, I'm afraid not chaps. I think this Typhoon model will be a winner for Airfix , and having seen it in the flesh at Telford I'm certainly getting one although it isn't in my preferred scale. The only think I would find wrong with it , is why did they release a 1/24 Typhoon and not a 1/48 Brigand , or is this just another deluded ,blinkered modeller dreaming. Andrew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Wherever there is this much hype surrounding a new kit announcement, there's bound to be plenty of disappointment with the result. Name a kit that doesn't only appeal to a niche audience (albeit some larger than others). The proof of the pudding will be in the eating, but as many have said it looks like it's going to be a cracking kit. I don't suppose there can be many dedicated 1/24 aircraft kit builders out there (although that might be one way to keep your stash size down), so most people who buy this will be breaking 'their' scale in one way or another. Let's hope plenty of people do, I may even be one of them! Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Wherever there is this much hype surrounding a new kit announcement, there's bound to be plenty of disappointment with the result. Name a kit that doesn't only appeal to a niche audience (albeit some larger than others). The proof of the pudding will be in the eating, but as many have said it looks like it's going to be a cracking kit. I don't suppose there can be many dedicated 1/24 aircraft kit builders out there (although that might be one way to keep your stash size down), so most people who buy this will be breaking 'their' scale in one way or another. Let's hope plenty of people do, I may even be one of them! Andrew Too true. I might buy one even though it's a lot bigger than I usually build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I know I shall be helping Airfix by buying at least two of these beauties. I am working on the 1/24 Mosquito right now and other than the zillion injection marks to fill, it is a delight to build and the fit is marvelous. So I will do my utmost to support Airfix so they can possibly do that non-propeller thingy that everyone seems so fond of in this thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 (edited) I know I shall be helping Airfix by buying at least two of these beauties. I am working on the 1/24 Mosquito right now and other than the zillion injection marks to fill, it is a delight to build and the fit is marvelous. So I will do my utmost to support Airfix so they can possibly do that non-propeller thingy that everyone seems so fond of in this thread. Two? I would save some room incase they do a Tempest as well! Edited November 11, 2013 by Tbolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 tbh, I don't think there is much difference in size comparing the 1/48th Vulcan to this 24th Typhoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Two? I would save some room incase they do a Tempest as well! Good point, must make more shelves in the office as that is where I hide the rather large purchases and models. Two of each perhaps? Of course, if I was talented, I would take the wings of a 1/24 airfix mustang, extend the tail . . . etc. and scratch out my own tempest. Just not quite that talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Other operators include RAAF ,RCAF and the RNZAF,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawker_Typhoon_operators Only the RAF used the Vulcan,better export sales with the Typhoon i would have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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