Homebee Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) Trumpeter is to release a family of de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F.1 & F.3 and Sea Hornet NF.21 kits - ref. 02893, 02894 & 02895 Source: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2804557302 V.P. Edited December 3, 2015 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 On the one hand Yeah!!!!!!!!!! On the other, Oh gawd, I just hope they don't eff them up..... Jonners, already wondering about fuselage length & UC gear position in the nacelles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 If they get it right - oh, nuts I have, errrrr, 'several' CA examples and a couple of Dynavectors in the stash. If they get it wrong - oh, nuts, another wasted exercise. Oh nuts, lets shout it loud and pray that they do a proper job and I'll take ten please! (Just keep it quiet from the lovely Yvonne ) Christian the Married and exiled to africa and dreaming of seeing PROPER Hornets flying, none of this gastly sucking and blowing... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Great but let's hope like the Whirlwind the Hornet's not another Vampire disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Can we all chip in and shout their researchers a trip to the UK to measure an actual aircraft? Anyone got a decent set of plans to forward to them? With the speed that these guys work at - chances are the moulds are already made and it will be available in a month or two? Cheers (with fingers and toes crossed for accuracy) .. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heraldcoupe Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Can we all chip in and shout their researchers a trip to the UK to measure an actual aircraft? That wouldn't really be so productive..... Cheers, Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 That wouldn't really be so productive..... Cheers, Bill. WOT!!! No preserved Hornet a/c in the UK? .. I can understand no Whirlwind, but no Hornet .. Surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Just bits i am afraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Referring to the HpH Hornet build thread elsewhere on the forum, there appear to be no accurate plans to work to. I think the Hornet is a fantastic looking aircraft but, given the mess Trumpeter made of the Vampire (so I understand from Johnners build thread also on this forum) I am not too hopeful. Still, I'm more than happy to be proved wrong. regards, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrobeson Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Referring to the HpH Hornet build thread elsewhere on the forum, there appear to be no accurate plans to work to. Martin They're supposedly are from John Adams, but he expressed his desire to not share those plans with HpH. I believe he is helping Peter correct his Hornet though on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I think we are all of the same mind. Brilliant, but significant potential for a dog's breakfast. If the latter, I suggest we all chip in and buy one for Jonners and get him to correct it a la Vampire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I think we are all of the same mind. Brilliant, but significant potential for a dog's breakfast. If the latter, I suggest we all chip in and buy one for Jonners and get him to correct it a la Vampire. Let shop it doesn't come to that Not that I wouldn't be up for it..... Jonners Worringly the catalogue pic for the F3 shows the prototype Sea Hornet F20 - but its an image that you could just grab online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Although I'm no 48th modeller, I'd quite happily buy one but given the utter abortions that Trumpeter have made of British aircraft that they can actually measure (Vampire and Lightning), I have grave doubts that this will be much better. Their Spiteful was so hatefully awful I sold it at a loss to to be shot of the horrid thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Since their best British aircraft models have been possibly based on CA kits then they should be OK. It'll be interesting to see if they include the same errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) One part of me is leaping for joy! The other part of me is dreading this. When Trumpy get it right, it's very, very good (Wyvern, Seahawk)... ...when they get it wrong it's truly awful and at best, a parody of what it should be (Vampire and Lightning - an egg kit would be more accurate)! I genuinely hope they get it right and we can all rejoice, but if it's anything like the Lightning and Vampire... There are people out there who say we should be thankful that a mainstream manufacturer is willing to make a kit of one of our Holy Grails and we should be grateful, tug our forelocks, genuflect and prostrate ourselves at the feet of said manufacturer even if it's horribly incorrect on the basis that it looks like what it should be, but I say if it's inaccurate and horribly wrong, no kit would be better! That way another manufacturer who could do a better job won't be put off by the poor sales of the inaccurate kit! Wez Edited January 10, 2014 by Wez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Think positive Wez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Think positive Wez. I always do which is why it's so deflating when I get let down Wez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Well, I'm willing to be blindly optimistic. I hope, like some of the other FAA types they've kitted, they eventually release it in both 1/48 and 1/72 scales. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Well, I'm willing to be blindly optimistic. I hope, like some of the other FAA types they've kitted, they eventually release it in both 1/48 and 1/72 scales. John But John, surely we should only offer such encouragement when they get it right? Wez - feeling more pessimistic with every post! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 But John, surely we should only offer such encouragement when they get it right? Wez - feeling more pessimistic with every post! Yes, of course - that's why it's so important that they release the 1/48 versions first. If they get it right, then we hound them for 1/72! Same goes for the 1/48 Whirlwind, although I'm quite happy with the Airfix Whirlwind ver. 2.0. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Think positive Wez. I'm positive about the kit - positive that it'll be wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I'm one of those, if it looks like a ....... then it is a ....... I'm thankful that a mainstream manufacturer is willing to attempt this kit, and tbh at least they are adventurous, compare their new releases this year to Revell's. Yes Airfix are going to get the most of my cash this year, but I'll buy one of these, and see how it goes, I'm a fan of trumpeter and sometimes they do get it right. so here is hoping 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dambuster Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hopefully any errors will complement those in tha CA kit so that a bit of cross-kitting will result in a perfect model. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hopefully any errors will complement those in tha CA kit so that a bit of cross-kitting will result in a perfect model. Peter The biggest thing they can check and double check is the fuselage length. The CA model is too short between wing trailing edge and fin. Basing their model on the CA one will result in some other issues too. Jonners, living in hope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dambuster Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 The biggest thing they can check and double check is the fuselage length. The CA model is too short between wing trailing edge and fin. Basing their model on the CA one will result in some other issues too. Jonners, living in hope If you get my drift, hopefully Trumpeter will get fuselage length etc correct but get bits wrong that CA got right..... Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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