DIO Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) Ridiculously expensive. Like all their latest releases. Don't buy it! The only way to make them realize! Edited February 13, 2017 by DIO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, DIO said: Ridiculously expensive. Like all their latest releases. Don't buy it! The only way to make them realize! Price is one thing, a reasonably good kit another.... A part you are going to pay mainly for the plane type , after all a "first" on the market and the excessive weapons aka shear plastic volume... not for a superbly engineered super detailed kit..... Edited February 13, 2017 by exdraken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I've seen photos of a build, but it's for a mag and I can't share. The person building it has corrected the nose quite easily and to me, it looks way better for very little work done. I won't be paying £100+ for one either, going to wait a bit.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenH Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 On 15/01/2017 at 9:06 AM, madcop said: Hey , why would you pay 100 + for a maker who can't spot the nose shape. That says long about their competence, if they can't even get the obvious nose typical shape right, just guess for the rest. I know what to do with my bucks...wait for a decent kit whose got the basic right ! May take a while , I don't care ! Bye, bye Trump...eter ! Madcop. Just wondering what manufacturer that your kits from as i cant think of one manufacturer with an unblemished record. None...zero...zip. As we have been waiting for an SU-34 for like twenty years and i have learnt the ability to use a file and sandpaper this kit will come together brilliantly. Bye bye Madcop... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Radleigh said: I've seen photos of a build, but it's for a mag and I can't share. The person building it has corrected the nose quite easily and to me, it looks way better for very little work done. I won't be paying £100+ for one either, going to wait a bit.. Thats reassuring, I was hoping it would be the case with the nose. Likewise though I will wait for the price to drop/see what crazy old Kitty Hawk come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Centurion Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 4 hours ago, Radleigh said: I've seen photos of a build, but it's for a mag and I can't share. The person building it has corrected the nose quite easily and to me, it looks way better for very little work done. I won't be paying £100+ for one either, going to wait a bit.. Can you say "how" he corrected it? When I look at it, I want to take a sanding stick to it and reshape the profile. I would buy the magazine specifically for that purpose if it is described in detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIO Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, DarrenH said: Just wondering what manufacturer that your kits from as i cant think of one manufacturer with an unblemished record. None...zero...zip. As we have been waiting for an SU-34 for like twenty years and i have learnt the ability to use a file and sandpaper this kit will come together brilliantly. Bye bye Madcop... Generally speaking I agree. But for HobbyBoss specifically, all their latest releases are overpriced. What makes this even worse, is that they also suffer from the Trumpyboss syndrome, where one has to find the all the inaccuracies before proceeding to a built. Or, buy all the after-market for each release, that raise the total cost even higher. If the quality and accuracy was more like Tamiya, Hasegawa and AMK, I would have kept the above comments to myself. Just because this is not the case, every single time they release an inaccurate and overpriced new kit, I will be there to strongly comment on that. I feel this as being my duty and the least I can do, trying to protect our hobby for becoming another one for the very few. Edited February 13, 2017 by DIO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 5 hours ago, DIO said: Generally speaking I agree. But for HobbyBoss specifically, all their latest releases are overpriced. Well, it depends on where you can get the kit from. For me in Singapore, I can get the HB Fullback for about £54. Recently I helped a friend in the US purchase and ship him 6 kits. The total he paid was only £82 per kit. So it looks like it is the distributors who are the reason for the inflated prices that you are paying. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 16 hours ago, Blue_Centurion said: Can you say "how" he corrected it? When I look at it, I want to take a sanding stick to it and reshape the profile. I would buy the magazine specifically for that purpose if it is described in detail. He has done exactly that, just sanded to shape... not gone through the plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisov Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 8 hours ago, madcat911 said: Well, it depends on where you can get the kit from. For me in Singapore, I can get the HB Fullback for about £54. Recently I helped a friend in the US purchase and ship him 6 kits. The total he paid was only £82 per kit. So it looks like it is the distributors who are the reason for the inflated prices that you are paying. Mark Looks like you should set up a mail order shop Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Having examined the plastic today, and compared it with photographs, the nose is pretty accurate. It might need a BIT of sanding, but nothing that needs a new nose. It's a nice kit, but still too expensive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 5 hours ago, chrisov said: Looks like you should set up a mail order shop Mark! 82£ is not so far away from 100$.... Still not a real bargain! Maybe as handlugage..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisov Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Must admit I was looking more at the £54 which is about half UK current price, then of course theres the P&P if hand lugage not an option. Cheers Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntPhillips Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 1 hour ago, chrisov said: Must admit I was looking more at the £54 which is about half UK current price, then of course theres the P&P if hand lugage not an option. It looks tempting but be wary, I fell into a similar trap pre-ordering a Tamiya 1/48 Tomcat, when I put my order in the price in GBP including shipping looked like it would be at least £15-£20 lower than the predicted UK price, but we had Brexit in between and the pound plummeted and then when it came time to ship, the box was too big for SAL shipping so it had to go via EMS which is more expensive and also meant it was delivered the UK end via Parcelfarce instead of regular Royal Mail and as often happens when PF are involved the parcel got caught for duty too, it ended up costing me probably £25-£30 more than they were retailing for in the UK. I suspect the box for this one will be on the large size too, just something to be aware of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Two Bobs decals "Syrian" Sukhois Su-24/Su-34 - ref.48-255: https://www.facebook.com/twobobs.net/photos/a.10150109732445033.305174.288530280032/10154731731155033/?type=3&theater V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 not looking too bad actually! that is a first for TwoBobs, no? something Russian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Centurion Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 On 2/14/2017 at 4:31 AM, Radleigh said: He has done exactly that, just sanded to shape... not gone through the plastic. Excellent.....I'll watch for the magazine(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 On 7/12/2015 at 4:35 PM, kotey said: You know, in Russia Su-34 have two nicknames - Hellduck (becouse of dark grey painting) and Ugly duck (in memory of G.H. Andersen tails) I am sure you mean H.C. Andersen. Remember, you have no "H" in Russian, and H.C. was Danish, and you are writing in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotey Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Yes, probably it is Russian version name Hans Cristian in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Two Bobs decals sheet available - ref. 48-255 - Su-24/Su-34 Syrian Sukhois Source: http://www.twobobs.net/contents/en-us/p696.html V.P. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) if someone has to spare more than US$ 50 for shipping: here you can find be a still rather high kit price at Luckymodel: http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=HB-81756 shipping costs are rather high over there lately!..... no new kits from LM then...... Edited March 13, 2017 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, exdraken said: if someone has to spare more than US$ 50 for shipping: here you can find be a still rather high kit price at Luckymodel: http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=HB-81756 shipping costs are rather high over there lately!..... no new kits from LM then...... In fairness the smaller boxed kits are still around US$10 for shipping - "Small parcel" is stated by the shipping quote for such things, but not next to the Su-34 quote... That does rather suggest that these larger boxes fall into a much steeper cost category. I wonder if they would sell me just the aircraft, minus all those weapons in a box half the size for half the price and US$10 shipping? Theres an idea eh...? Edited March 14, 2017 by RMP2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat911 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 18 hours ago, exdraken said: if someone has to spare more than US$ 50 for shipping: here you can find be a still rather high kit price at Luckymodel: http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=HB-81756 shipping costs are rather high over there lately!..... no new kits from LM then...... Have you seen the size of the box? Mark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 hour ago, madcat911 said: Have you seen the size of the box? Mark I have the Su-24 kit and it is in an enormous box as well. still 50$ for shipping of a kit is a no brainer... to me at least! absolutely no benefit in ordering overseas! and at shipped $140 I can buy it locally as well. with guaranteed no added toll fees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 maybe kit manufactures will learn one day that they sell more kits if the boxes are smaller and shippingc costs are lower not necessarily more when loads of (sometime even questionable) weapons are included and kitbox as well as shipping costs are enormous!.... just my 2 cts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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