Homebee Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) HobbyBoss is to release a 1/48th Industria Aeronautică Română IAR-80 kit in 2016 - ref. 81757 Source: https://www.facebook.com/TrumpeterModel/photos/a.103538733138062.8169.103526326472636/537476479744283/?type=3&theater V.P. Edited December 23, 2016 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclarson Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Cool! I hope they do a decent job on it. Cheers, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Yes since this will be the only available injection IAR.80 in 1/48th scale lets hope they get it right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclarson Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Yes since this will be the only available injection IAR.80 in 1/48th scale lets hope they get it right. Well, one can still find the LTD 1/48 IAR-80 on eBay but yuck. http://www.swannysmodels.com/IAR80C.html I have Icaerodesign's briliiant resin kit so if I'm going to even consider the new HB kit it will have to be very good! Dare we hope. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Well, one can still find the LTD 1/48 IAR-80 on eBay but yuck. http://www.swannysmodels.com/IAR80C.html I have Icaerodesign's briliiant resin kit so if I'm going to even consider the new HB kit it will have to be very good! Dare we hope. Eric All I've found recently on eBay is 1/72 kits, but if it's that bad them I'm sure the LTD turns up now and then. I passed on the Icaerodesign kit , I figured that by the time I would actually get a around to building it there would be a descent injection kit out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcop Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Well, one can still find the LTD 1/48 IAR-80 on eBay but yuck. http://www.swannysmodels.com/IAR80C.html I have Icaerodesign's briliiant resin kit so if I'm going to even consider the new HB kit it will have to be very good! Dare we hope. Eric HobbyBoss an original mould of a Rumanian design ? I bet it is going to be a shameless copy of the Icaero ! but in this shameless world better this than a copy of the LTD !. Shame on me ! Madcop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclarson Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 All I've found recently on eBay is 1/72 kits, but if it's that bad them I'm sure the LTD turns up now and then. I passed on the Icaerodesign kit , I figured that by the time I would actually get a around to building it there would be a descent injection kit out There are a couple on eBay now but I'd still wait on the HB kit. Especially at the price the one guy is trying to get! http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-48-LTD-IAR-80A-Romanian-Fighter-/321935614304 http://www.ebay.com/itm/LTD-1-48-IAR-80A-RUMANIAN-FIGHTER-/281654865158 Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 There are a couple on eBay now but I'd still wait on the HB kit. Especially at the price the one guy is trying to get! http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-48-LTD-IAR-80A-Romanian-Fighter-/321935614304 http://www.ebay.com/itm/LTD-1-48-IAR-80A-RUMANIAN-FIGHTER-/281654865158 Eric To be honest I only usually browse the UK eBay, but yes I'll wait and see what Trumpeter do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Esposito Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Interesting. Supposedly the IAR-80 bested the P-38 at low altitude.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) HobbyBoss 1/48th Romanian IAR-80 kit - ref.81757 - release expected in late August 2016.Source: http://www.hobbyboss.com/index.php?g=home&m=article&a=show&id=69&l=enBox artV.P. Edited June 30, 2016 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 More. Source: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10408925 V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yumm ! Lets just see what HB do... Christian exiled to africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven_ss Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Already ordered. Expecting rumours and yes/no discussions on the Romanian forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) Released - http://www.hobbyboss.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=1250&l=en V.P. Edited September 13, 2016 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 So it's released, but has anyone seen this model yet? I've not seen CAD, test shots, final builds or sprues. It would be nice to know if it actually looks like a IAR.80 before I buy one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Lets hope the RD team got Radu Brinzans book on the subject... Would be nice if they nailed it - although I have lost confident in them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Lets hope the RD team got Radu Brinzans book on the subject... Would be nice if they nailed it - although I have lost confident in them. That's why I'm waiting to see some plastic, hopefully once it hits the West we might actually get some pictures of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radub Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Lets hope the RD team got Radu Brinzans book on the subject... Would be nice if they nailed it - although I have lost confident in them. Looking at the graphics shown so far, it appears that they used the drawings published in Modelism in 1989/1990 and widely available on the internet. This is evidenced by the very close landing gear bays - these were based on the previously-held concept that the early versions had a longer landing gear, thus needing a longer landing gear bay in each wing, but latest research findings show that the landing gear length never changed and the distance/panel between the landing gear bays should be a lot wider. The wing shown in these graphics depicts a 4-gun wing, which is suitable for "Nr.42" but "Nr.135" had a 6-gun wing that also involves some extra access panels and spent cartridge openings, which are not shown in the illustration. Either way, the modeller will need to either fill-in some access panels for one version or scribe some panels for the other. Furthermore, the colour call-outs and camouflage patterns also diverge from the latest research findings. So, my only hope is that the person who created the graphics was just a bit lazy and used drawings he/she found on the internet without consulting with the CAD team and that the CAD design was done elsewhere by someone who did their due diligence and used the latest research findings. We shall see more when the plastic shall be revealed. Radu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 So, my only hope is that the person who created the graphics was just a bit lazy and used drawings he/she found on the internet without consulting with the CAD team and that the CAD design was done elsewhere by someone who did their due diligence and used the latest research findings. We shall see more when the plastic shall be revealed. Radu Instruction sheet drawings come from the CAD model so I wouldn't hold my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radub Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) Photos of the plastic are up on the website. As feared, the kit appears to be based on the drawings published in Modelism drawn by Dan Iloiu in 1989, widely available on the internet. The drawings are quite good and I still consider them among of the best around with some small caveats. The biggest problem in those drawings is with the landing gears and wheel wells, which are too long. The space on the "belly" panel between the two landing gear bays was quite large, but in the drawings (and this kit) they are way too close. However, for those who care for accuracy, all of the points I made in the post above still apply. However, with some corrective work, this can be a made into a model close to accurate. The cockpit parts are totally spurious - the modeller will need to scratch-build it. The cut in the fuselage spine means that the canopy can only be posed closed - for open canopies, the modeller will need to fill in the canopy-shaped gouge. The engine looks nothing like a Gnome Rhone 14K - Vector Models makes a very nice resin engine, so that addressed that issue. The landing gear is too long and in turn, so are the landing gear doors - the landing gear bays will be the hardest thing to fix, this requires a completely new section between the wings with the correct space between the wheel well and the rest of the landing gear bays needs to be scratch-built. The wing is a 4-gun wing, which is suitable only for planes up to No. 50. The modeller will need to scribe the wing access panels and spent cartridge ejection chutes for later versions. The colour schemes depicted are spurious, the colours should be "Dark Earth" & "Dark Green" (similar to RAF) over a light blue similar to Sky Blue (as in the type used by the RAAF, FS25550). The camouflage demarcation patterns depicted are totally wrong. More info in this book http://mmpbooks.biz/shop2/product.php?productid=17698&cat=&page=1 Edited September 30, 2016 by radub 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Having your book will help to correct the kit - I might consider if I get it at a reasonable price. But correcting the landing gear really puts me off a little. Looks not very difficult but I currently learn the hard way on a Concorde I try to correct how awful these areas can be. Too bad HobbyBoss failed again. Well - still better than their Vampire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali62 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Well what a disappointment, IF only they would do a little more research......even if there were small issues to correct that would be fine, or cockpits to detail etc. It seems to easy for these guys and other to just bang out kits that are just plain bad, would not be so bad if they were super cheap, but they are not, so any and all corrective measures make them really expensive. Ali 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) Well what a disappointment, IF only they would do a little more research......even if there were small issues to correct that would be fine, or cockpits to detail etc. It seems to easy for these guys and other to just bang out kits that are just plain bad, would not be so bad if they were super cheap, but they are not, so any and all corrective measures make them really expensive. Ali And this the problem when companies do this, the kit's sales are not what expected and the industry puts that down to a lack of appetite for the subject rather than a lack of appetite for a poorly executed depiction of the type. I really like this type and would buy a well executed and accurate kit, having got Radu's book I appreciate what a minefield the subject is but the information's out there if you can be bothered to look properly. Sadly, I won't be buying this kit. Edited September 13, 2016 by Wez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radub Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) I did not mean to put anyone off, I was just pointing out the areas that need correction for an accurate model. The landing gear bays are the hardest part to fix, but I did not mean it was an impossible task. ;-) Radu Edited September 13, 2016 by radub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 And this the problem when companies do this, the kit's sales are not what expected and the industry puts that down to a lack of appetite for the subject rather than a lack of appetite for a poorly executed depiction of the type. I really like this type and would buy a well executed and accurate kit, having got Radu's book I appreciate what a minefield the subject is but the information's out there if you can be bothered to look properly. Sadly, I won't be buying this kit. I'd really like a nice kit of the 80/81 as well - I really wanted this to be an accurate kit, but yet again poor research leaves us with a model which will take a lot of work to make accurate. I may end up buying it, I'm not sure yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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