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Since the C-45 is likely the ICM kit, it seems a reasonable assumption that the He-70 and I-153 will be ICM re-boxes as well. Osprey is apparently the old Esci/Italeri kit. 250SWB will be Italeri, and the Roland will be Eduard.

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Type 82, Beech and He 70 are ICM toolings, Roland is by Eduard. Now I do not want this to be turned into Revell bashing, even inside FRG these releases make absolutely no sense, while getting better decals by Cartograf, price will be 40-45% higher than from original manufacturer.

Where are late F-86D, Me 410B-2, Do 217, F-102A, He 177A-5 etc...

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The Beech and the I-153 are the ones I wonder about. Neither really fit with their current/recent range, are currently in service, replace old moulds with newer market leaders, have a strong German connection, or are even particularly well known.

Perhaps it's just part of the merrygo round of moulds, or a new partnership (notably of the multiple ex-icms)

Maybe it was a 'buy 3 and get 2 free' deal on moulds (or 'take these two or don't get any')

Tbh I think the negative reaction to some may be unnecessary. The initial mould costs are almost certainly covered and a smaller manufacturer like ICM may think it's better to take a smaller % of a larger income that Revell can achieve through their greater reach, than a big % of profits selling through a much smaller base which would be more at risk of market fluctuations.

The ICM Do215s would be nice with a new Revell Do217 family now they've been beaten to the Do17 by Airfix

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I've got an ICM Do215 and it isn't "nice". I bought it just after an RS Do17 and the RS kit appears preferable. Others have criticised the fit of the ICM kit, too, but I put is straight to one side - mind you, I did that with the RS kit too, but with less despatch. I would like to see an Airfix Do215 from their Do17 tool but don't think it likely. You can add my support for a Revell Do217, providing that they fix the "tadpole" tail of the Italeri one.

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Unlike government spending announcements, Revell tend not to announce things that have already been announced previously... :winkgrin:

Andrew

I was getting worried as I couldn't find it listed elsewhere on the Revell site.
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I think I'll definitely be getting one or two of the Ferrari 250 swb's. I also like the look of the I-153 Chaika, I'm assuming this will be a rebox of the ICM kit rather than new moulds but none the less I will probably get one of those too!

Rich

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I've got an ICM Do215 and it isn't "nice".

Seems I swapped over the quality:scale ...bad memory, punishment later!

72 - poor (and variable according to different build reports, some 'ok' others '@#$#')

48 - much better except the decals which are constantly noted as the major weak point.

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