Rumour Mill Churning......1/48 Hasegawa T-33?

[Steven Corvi]

IN the past few days I have heard something on these lines. May not be a reliable but it does make sense for Hasegawa ....immense possiblity of re-boxings in many many markings esp. if they get it right!!

Now this will be nice if true due to Hasegawa's slow output in 1/48 in the lasr few years since (Draken)

Steve

[Calum]

Noting their glacial release schedule of new 1/48 aircraft I hope not... I can can think of 50 more aircraft that I would like to see before the T-33..Of course YMMV

[Julien]

I can can think of 50 more aircraft that I would like to see before the T-33..

Yep, and there is nothing wrong with the academy one, well unless you are Hasegawa as it makes ot money for them lol!

Julien

[gingerbob]

Nothing wrong with the Academy one? That's not the general feeling I've gleaned from the forums (and yes, I've got one). As for me, I'd love to see Hasegawa do a T-33- and maybe in five years I'd be able to find a second-hand one for a decent price!

bob

[Jennings Heilig]

There's nothing wrong with the Academy kit - unless you know anything at all about T-33s

[Steven Corvi]

Quite a few issues with the Academy T-33 I have built two & used Gerry Ashers replacement fuselage from Fox-3. Nice job he did in getting the length and intakes correct on this bird. So to get it accurate you would need to do some surgery. Some prominent areas that need some help-intakes, overal length, and of course the cockpit for starters But of course you can just build it out of box for fun.

BUT a new tooled 1/48 Hasegawa T-33 (accurate) would be welcome. It seems the intakes are the hardest part (look @ the crappy Hobbyboss P/F-80 in 1/48)...perhaps Hasegawa could tool it to do a P/F-80 too!!! Well in retrospect Academy-Hobbycraft did a better job than Hobbyboss on The intake areas on The T-33/F-80 family in 1/48

What makes me think is that Hasegawa could turn out endless renditions with special markings (which they love to do) and get serious mileage out of the kit since just about everyone flew them!

Steve

Edited April 17, 2014 by Steven Corvi

[Scooby]

There's nothing wrong with the Academy kit - unless you know anything at all about T-33s

Hasegawa

I know nothing.

Edited April 18, 2014 by Scooby

[Scooby]

Nothing wrong with the Academy one? That's not the general feeling I've gleaned from the forums (and yes, I've got one). As for me, I'd love to see Hasegawa do a T-33- and maybe in five years I'd be able to find a second-hand one for a decent price!

bob

There is nothing wrong with the Academy kit if you are blind in one eye and can't see out the other.

A 1/48 Hasegawa T-33 would be brilliant. A little bird was hinting to me too, I hope the person who started this thread didn't have the same source that I did. The more independent rumors the better!

[Steven Corvi]

Update on rumour So much fun. Some one said " Not Hasegawa but someon else" I hope it is NOT Hobbyboss . Since the F-80 was a disaster. Lets hope a good producer. Hasegawa would be the best bet.

NOW remember none of these rumours are confirmed so this is pure speculation and some informed specualtion on my part about Hasegawa. It just makes sense for Hasegawa to do a 1/48 T-33 family since they could get an endless amount of boxings which seem to sell well for them and gets high collector prices too! I know new tooling is immensley expensive and getting a lot of boxings out of your tooling offsets this a bit

Look at the A-4, F-104 and Draken families by Haseagwa in 1/48

Steve,

[upnorth]

Revell-Germany possibly?

They could get every bit the mileage from doing one as Hasegawa could.

With roughly a dozen NATO nations having used the plane, including Germany themselves as well as German based Canadian and American units, The NATO decal options alone could cover a number of boxings before Revell would need to consider looking beyond NATO users.

[Max Headroom]

If not Hasegaea, the other culprits could be Tamiya (not their sort of thing?), Kinetic or Kittyhawk perhaps?

Trevor

[Giorgio N]

With over 6,500 aircrafts built for over 30 different users and some still in military service more than 65 years after the prototype first flight, the T-33 is one of the most important jet aircrafts ever. A good 1/48 kit is long overdue and the fact that this type has been so underrepresented in kit form is a small mistery to me.

It may not be the best known type in the UK, but pretty much everywhere else outside the then Warsaw Pact and allies it was THE jet trainer

I hope that these rumours will be followed by a good new kit ! In the meantime I still have an ancient Hawk kit somewhere...

[Silver Fox]

Are we sure it isn't HobbyBoss, it would seem a natural follow up to their horrible F/P-80 series?

[Don McIntyre]

One advantage to Hasegawa doing it, as opposed to one of the Chinese companies, they probably won't provide an engine you'll never see or other unnecessary bits best provided (IMHO) by aftermarket manufacturers.

Edited April 18, 2014 by Don McIntyre

[SleeperService]

A good companion for Avant Guarde's Delfin?

But what do I know I had to Google it to find out what a T-33 was. It would have amazing potential for alternative users and special schemes.

So it looks like building an 48th F-111B is still easier than a P-80.....

[Scooby]

With over 6,500 aircrafts built for over 30 different users and some still in military service more than 65 years after the prototype first flight, the T-33 is one of the most important jet aircrafts ever. A good 1/48 kit is long overdue and the fact that this type has been so underrepresented in kit form is a small mistery to me.

It may not be the best known type in the UK, but pretty much everywhere else outside the then Warsaw Pact and allies it was THE jet trainer

I hope that these rumours will be followed by a good new kit ! In the meantime I still have an ancient Hawk kit somewhere...

Makes sense for one of the Japanese manufacturers to jump on this. Japan flew T-Birds for a long time. I hope it comes true, not a flashy aircraft but one that flew all over the world for many years in spectacular schemes.

[Julien]

Some nice Japanese schemes and Central / South America.

Hasegawa could have a field day with just the special and normal JASDF schemes.

Julien

[Panoz]

Some nice Japanese schemes and Central / South America.

Hasegawa could have a field day with just the special and normal JASDF schemes.

Julien

If the rumor is true and if they follow on with a RT-33 and F-94A/B like Hobbycraft did (OK I'm really pushing it with this), I will go bankrupt!!!

[Skyhawk174]

Well this is great news if true (from Hasegawa that is). As others have said I am in no rush to have Hobby Boss do it after seeing what they did to the P-80. However having said that, look at the wonderful job Hobby Boss did with the 1/48th A-6A. A team on that one.

Getting back to Hasegawa doing it, they do have one in 1/72nd that has been around for years but I know nothing about it in regards to accuracy. I think they have been pumping that out in multiple markings for years.

Hmm, Caracal Decals has several 1/48 T-33 sheets coming out. I wonder if a birdie told him something too.

Whatever the final vertdict, it will be nice to have a new T-33 from Hasegawa.

[Scooby]

I think it is Hobbyboss, I've been told there is a new tool T-33 which will be announced soon.

I hope it is done right.

[Jennings Heilig]

Given their abysmal hack job on the F-80, I wouldn't bet on it, if they are in fact doing one.

[stringbag]

There's nothing wrong with the Academy kit - unless you know anything at all about T-33s

Given their abysmal hack job on the F-80, I wouldn't bet on it, if they are in fact doing one.

Perhaps you could elaborate for those of us that actually have these kits. Your positive input would be appreciated for a change.

Thanks in anticipation.

Chris.

[Jennings Heilig]

There have been *numerous* discussions all over the web for years about them. The Academy kit is rife with shape issues from stem to stern. They copied all the issues with the 1958 Hawk kit, and added a few more of their own.

The HB F-80s have also been widely discussed. Typical poorly researched Trumpet Boss hack job. On look at a photo of their F-80 compared to a real F-80 quickly shows what's wrong.

There is a new kit being developed by at least one mainstream manufacturer that has not been mentioned here. I can't say what Hasegawa or HB may or may not be doing, because I don't know. But I do know there is a kit coming from another source that should be well done, given the amount of information that's been supplied to them and their commitment to wanting to get it right. I don't know when they plan to announce it.

[upnorth]

Here's an article about a kitbash of the Hawk/Testors and Academy/Hobbycraft T-33 kits to get a better T-Bird:

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/ct133silverstarda_1.htm

It does go into the pros and cons of both kits and offers some insights into their shortcomings.

[stringbag]

There have been *numerous* discussions all over the web for years about them. The Academy kit is rife with shape issues from stem to stern. They copied all the issues with the 1958 Hawk kit, and added a few more of their own.

The HB F-80s have also been widely discussed. Typical poorly researched Trumpet Boss hack job. On look at a photo of their F-80 compared to a real F-80 quickly shows what's wrong.

There is a new kit being developed by at least one mainstream manufacturer that has not been mentioned here. I can't say what Hasegawa or HB may or may not be doing, because I don't know. But I do know there is a kit coming from another source that should be well done, given the amount of information that's been supplied to them and their commitment to wanting to get it right. I don't know when they plan to announce it.

Thanks anyway.