sharkmouth Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) Click image to visit announcement on Facebook: Regards, Edited May 8, 2016 by sharkmouth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 (edited) Thanks sharkmouth. Was indeed quietly added to the late May 2016 release programme: http://www.trumpeter.cn/index.php?g=home&m=article&a=show&id=71&l=en 1/48 - Curtiss-Wright P-40C Hawk 81-A2 (AVG "Flying Tigers") - Trumpeter - ref.05807 A challenger for the future Bronco Models P-40C (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235000114-148-curtiss-wright-p-40-hawk-81-a2-avg-flying-tigers-by-bronco-models-box-artschemes-release-may-2016/) and Airfix P-40B (http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234989215-148-curtiss-p-40b-flying-shark-by-airfix-sprues-release-august-2016/) kits. Announced as "new tool" in the Trumpy Facebook but should most probably be just a new variant from the 1/48th Curtiss P-40B Warhawk /Tomahawk Mk.IIA kit - ref. 02807 (http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=2186&l=en). Wait and see. V.P. Edited May 5, 2016 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkmouth Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Artwork for the box: Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkmouth Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Announced as a new tool so should have nothing to do with the previous Trumpeter's 1/48th Curtiss P-40B Warhawk /Tomahawk Mk.IIA kits - ref. 02807 & 02228 (http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=2186&l=en & http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=1110&l=en). Vince, ref. 02228 is 1/32nd scale and their is also the 72nd scale ref. 01632 http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=1699&l=en Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 (edited) New variant... Source: http://www.cybermodeler.com/news/trumpeter.shtml V.P. Edited May 5, 2016 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkmouth Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 New variant... Source: http://www.cybermodeler.com/news/trumpeter.shtml V.P. Vince, that was from Stevens Hobby, not Trumpeter. Trumpeter sent a blank sheet and Stevens Hobby asked me about the aircraft history (since it does have a sharkmouth after all). Please note that the person posting as "Trumpeter&HobbyBoss" on Facebook, states it is all new: https://www.facebook.com/TrumpeterModel/posts/600334090125188 Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Vince, that was from Stevens Hobby, not Trumpeter. Trumpeter sent a blank sheet and Stevens Hobby asked me about the aircraft history (since it does have a sharkmouth after all). Please note that the person posting as "Trumpeter&HobbyBoss" on Facebook, states it is all new: https://www.facebook.com/TrumpeterModel/posts/600334090125188 Regards, Maybe something is lost in translation there, I would be very surprised if it was completely new, but I would love to be wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkmouth Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) I hope the cockpit isn't shallow. Over on the Bronco announcement thread, questions were raised about the depth of the cockpit. Tom Cleaver laid it to rest when he mentioned that, until the P-40D, the cock[pit was ten inches deeper than the rest of the production variants. This may not be easy for some to imagine so I will try to illustrate with photos. Here is a P-40C. Take a look at the horizontal line above the crest on the insignia on the fuselage side. Follow it along the left and you will see the hinge line at the top of the fuselage hatch and continue following it left to see it line up with the bottom of the canopy rail: Now we have a P-40N. Follow along the top edge of the hatch and see where the cockpit sill is now. Ten inches lower. P-40E here. Same exercise, same result. Regards, Edited May 11, 2016 by sharkmouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Released: http://www.trumpeter.cn/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=2871&l=en V.P. Edited May 28, 2016 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHoff Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Hello, So, it does not appear to be a new tool kit, but the old tooling with the shallow cockpit and all... Well, let's wait to Airfix, now. Philippe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Esposito Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Hello, So, it does not appear to be a new tool kit, but the old tooling with the shallow cockpit and all... Well, let's wait to Airfix, now. Philippe How can u tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Due in the UK in June, according to PocketBond/Bachmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopperhed Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 They should stop trying to repop old, bad kits. Trumpeter has improved since thier dark days and should move on. I can only imagine its a way to ship unsold sprues, or a shameless money grab *coughakinteractive109cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHoff Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 How can u tell? Because the sprues are identical, even the photoetch plate has a 2004 copyright on it. Let's see by yourself: http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tru/kit_tru_2807.shtml Philippe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Esposito Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Is it possible they "fixed" the cockpit floor problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Is it possible they "fixed" the cockpit floor problem? No - it is written on the box art: "TRUMPETER" I am a bad boy... sorry. No honestly - the parts for the side walls are as low as on the initial release. Had Trumpeter corrected the shallow cockpit, they would have made the side walls higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I have the original kit and the only change is the deal sheet. This makes me question if the people who run the Trumpeter Facebook page know what they are doing. It was specifically stated there that this would be a new tooling. It's clearly not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Hmmm...guess we have a new definition of what constitutes a "New Tool" kit. Even before Philippe's specific correlation of the sprues to the old kit, it was pretty clear the "new" one still had shallow cockpit sidewalls compared to the fuselage, coupled with a truncated rear cockpit bulkhead. So...nothing new from Trumpy. C'mon Airfix, show us the plastic and prove all the nattering nabobs of negativism wrong by producing an accurate long-nose P-40. Then follow it up with a goodly production run and strong marketing to the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 German in-box review: http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook/Trumpeter/Tru_Curtiss_H-81A-2_AVG_48/Tru_H-81A-2_AVG.html V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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