Homebee Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) Because of the popularity of the earlier de Havilland DH.86 Express kit, and great demand, Aircraft in Miniature Ltd has decided to produce a new all-resin kit using current CAD/CAM technology. Source: http://www.aim72.co.uk/page6.html To pre-order this item go to http://www.aim72.co.uk/page174.html Quote DH 86 EXPRESS 1:72 multi-media kit The kit contains: - Cast resin airframe parts - Cast metal detail parts - A vacuum formed cabin transparency plus a spare to allow for errors - Silkscreen printed decals for aircraft of Imperial Airways, Qantas Empire Airways and Jersey Airways. V.P. Edited November 5, 2017 by Homebee 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Great news! - however, decals for WWII RAAF ambulance would be nice to get in box as well... J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I would guess the price will be a deal killer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Fantastic news ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden80 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Might have to get one and do it in Aer Lingus markings. Of course the price will be yea or nay. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alancmlaird Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 On 21/10/2016 at 0:02 AM, AMB said: I would guess the price will be a deal killer! As always! I'd urge caution on the manufacturer regarding the price. Like the resin DH90 Dragonfly (literally worth its weight in gold on ebay!), when prices reach a certain level, scratch-building becomes the only sensible option - and anyway, this hobby is supposed to be fun. No fun in spending £300-odd on some moulded plastic (Brabazon anyone?) then sticking it in the stash because you're scared you'll not do your absolute best, and then having great fun building another Revell Albatros for a fiver. That's my warning to RRR - Inspired by a Brimodeller post, I'm already well on the way to completing a scratch Dragonfly and have collected some Rapide bits n pieces plus drawing to scratch-build a DH86. I will hold off till prices are announced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 IF I could afford one, I'd struggle between trying to do one of the Kiwi ones, Union Airways I think or a RAF Middle East ambulance. I doubt though its a decision I'll have to make. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I am entirley agried with Alanmclair - therefore once I made my DH 90 out of scratch...Or rather mostly from Frog DH 88 Comet (!) Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xvtonker Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 On 24/10/2016 at 8:17 AM, alancmlaird said: As always! I'd urge caution on the manufacturer regarding the price. Like the resin DH90 Dragonfly (literally worth its weight in gold on ebay!), when prices reach a certain level, scratch-building becomes the only sensible option - and anyway, this hobby is supposed to be fun. No fun in spending £300-odd on some moulded plastic (Brabazon anyone?) then sticking it in the stash because you're scared you'll not do your absolute best, and then having great fun building another Revell Albatros for a fiver. That's my warning to RRR - Inspired by a Brimodeller post, I'm already well on the way to completing a scratch Dragonfly and have collected some Rapide bits n pieces plus drawing to scratch-build a DH86. I will hold off till prices are announced. In answer to your comments regarding pricing, Neil Gaunt has added a very interesting article on the AIM72 website that gives a good insight into the costs involved in designing and producing the limited run kits. http://www.aim72.co.uk/page185.html XVTonker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alancmlaird Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 8 hours ago, xvtonker said: In answer to your comments regarding pricing, Neil Gaunt has added a very interesting article on the AIM72 website that gives a good insight into the costs involved in designing and producing the limited run kits. http://www.aim72.co.uk/page185.html XVTonker Yup. I did only advise caution. I've worked in advertising/marketing for 45 years, about a third of that in manufacturing, and a fair bit of the rest in direct marketing. There is a direct relationship between price point, perceived value, and the competition you face from other demands on disposable income, from electricity bills to Hasegawa's latest. A couple of quid on the price can make the difference between volume sales and a production run so low that the only person to make any money on the kit is the buyer who sells it later on ebay due to rarity value. I don't envy the manufacturer having to make the calculation with their own money! I wish all those low-volume manufacturers well and sincerely hope they can make enough profit to allow them to buy competitors' kits too, because they are almost always enthusiasts as well. Meanwhile I (and I suppose others) will decide whether buying a kit, or whittling a scale representation from some plastic sheet is more rewarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Take my money now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I think we know that resin is expensive, plus the costs of production, etc., etc. but at the end of the day, can the average modeller justify the final price the manufacturer is asking? I splashed out on a RRR Kings Flight Airspeed Envoy as I want to build models of all the Royal Flight aircraft...put it in my stash and low and behold, RS Models have brought out an injection kit of the Envoy! Between RS Models, Roden and A-Model, they are all filling the gaps where there are no available kits. Who knows whether a DH84 Dragon, DH86 Express or DH90 Dragonfly are in their plans for future release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) Its now October 2020 tomorrow and AFAIK no DH 86 yet. I expect that AIM may end up in a 2 horse race competition with Bat Model for first to release this kit. Edited September 30, 2020 by John Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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