TonyTiger66 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 40 minutes ago, SleeperService said: I can further state that the Phantom will be 1/48 as I've just received the needed bits to back date my Fujimi bagged bargain '2' into an FG.1 I don't want to go OT, but if Airfix aren't going to do a 1/72 FG 1, I need those bits too. If you could PM who makes them it would be most appreciated. As would a 1/72 Airfix full kit Best regards TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Surprised theres no word on the B-17G,isn't that scheduled for release within the next 2 weeks if the date on the preorder is to be believed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botan Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 On 29.06.2016 at 8:41 AM, Botan said: Once I made a post with predictions I got that one Quote Posted: Aug 31 2015, 04:31 PM [...] Messerschmitt Me262 - That one is quite obvious [...] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Airfix Facebook: "We may or may not be discussing a new 1:48 2017 product in tomorrow’s Workbench. It features one of the most famous aviation designers and the real thing had a wingspan of 45ft 10in. What do you reckon?" - Someone has already mentioned Mig 23 with wings extended and the Supermarine Walrus (RJ Mitchell of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 The FAA museum has a Walrus right next to the Sea King which Airfix scanned for their new kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 ***Furiously googling aircaft spans*** 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 And after checking Wikipedia I discover that the Walrus does indeed have a wingspan of... ...45ft 10ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 5 minutes ago, PhantomBigStu said: ***Furiously googling aircaft spans*** actually just flicked through my WW2 a/c bible and not a single one matces that spec, so its either something obscure like the walrus or perhaps an jet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I searched Wikki and only found the Walrus, V22 Osprey, Mig23/27 to match - my guess would be the Walrus. Should know this time tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Yep walrus is all I can find, no matches for raf jets or the likely US ones , certainly a interesting choice, not my cup of tea, bu then again I don't do 1/48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denford Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) 13 minutes ago, PhantomBigStu said: Yep walrus is all I can find, no matches for raf jets or the likely US ones , certainly a interesting choice, not my cup of tea, bu then again I don't do 1/48 Wasn't the Walrus (along with Me262) one of Airfix's earliest releases and so due for re-tooling? This time surely with folding wings. Edited October 6, 2016 by Denford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBZ Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 45 ft 10 inch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 @JBZ nope, 33ft 8 inch wingspan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBZ Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 My mistake. Of course 45 ft 10 ich but for lenght. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 1/48 Walrus to replace the old Merit kit? An imaginative choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBZ Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 45 & 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 A new tool 1:48th walrus would be something else, excellent news! Did anyone get to the bottom of the picture of a pole with the wooden block? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 1 hour ago, PhantomBigStu said: actually just flicked through my WW2 a/c bible and not a single one matces that spec, so its either something obscure like the walrus or perhaps an jet 'Obscure like the Walrus'. R.J. Mitchell's second most-produced and, arguably, his second most-widely known aircraft can hardly be called obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Walrus would be the obvious candidate. Where's my Blenheim......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 4 hours ago, Beard said: 'Obscure like the Walrus'. R.J. Mitchell's second most-produced and, arguably, his second most-widely known aircraft can hardly be called obscure. If you asked any remotely normal person to just rattle off World War II aircraft until they couldn't think of any, the Walrus likely wouldn't even be in the first hundred, though. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I don't really understand what obscure means. Wasn't the Defiant rather obscure compared to something like the Anson or FW-58? I think the thing is that Airfix's back catalogue helped dictate how well a WW2 aircraft was known. My only reference guide to WW2 aircraft for my first few years of life was the Airfix catalogue and the Matchbox range of kits, so if they didn't make a kit of a certain aircraft then I never knew of it. Consequently certain types of more obscure aircraft became popular as subjects for kits. I don't know how popular the original Airfix Walrus kit was, maybe it sold well and they have decided to do another, I don't think Airfix would bother otherwise. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Wishful thinking at best I suspect: But one can hope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 6 hours ago, Procopius said: If you asked any remotely normal person to just rattle off World War II aircraft until they couldn't think of any, the Walrus likely wouldn't even be in the first hundred, though. But I'm not a remotely normal person. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 If a Walrus, I'm presuming a mk I, although no-one has yet done an accurate mk II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 AIRFIX Have put their prices up £9.99 for a series 2 kit, £30.99 for a series 8 kit, the Victor is now £59.99 RRP (cue loads of comments on pricing strategies ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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