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A 1/32 - yes, I said 1/32 - B-17G coming from Wing Scale!


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Ummm...is it just me, or do the props have the blades the wrong way. Those appear to be left hand (cockpit perspective) props. That's a big flaming model.

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Get Christmas over then start saving.

On current rate approx £166.

Unless Mr Revell pips them at the post

Dream come true for me but the rivet counters at Hyperscale are out in force

this morning.

Fighting has resumed as normal.

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I really really didn't need this right now.

I just wish I could see the B-25 in the box BEFORE I buy, and BEFORE they are all sold, so I can make a purchasing decision based on how far this company's products are removed from Trumpeter/Hobbytoss the overall kit is. I.e. fidelity of scale, finesse of moulding with regard to overall presentation etc.

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I'd love to have a go at one. If one started taking shape in my den the wife would think I was planning a Colditz style escape....gliding over the back garden,clearing the fence only to crash into the river short of my landing ground!

Steve

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As a dedicated 1/32 scale modeller I'm amazed by this but it is far too big for me, I would have to build it and bin it, shame.

Cheers

Den

Yeah - Just imagine - Superdetail, resin accessories, photoetch, super paint job, aftermarket decals, 15 months hard grind, then have a street party and take to it with a chainsaw and sledgehammer.... then hara-kiri????????

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Not quite - although I do have access to one :)

I already have two versions of Doug Feeney's ID Models B-17s in the loft - a very early one with the original fin and an F/G.

This will make things a *lot* quicker - and I think I may need two - one as a G and one to convert back using the ID Models back end :)

From http://www.aviation-history.com :

b17-mk1.jpg

Iain

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As a dedicated 1/32 scale modeller I'm amazed by this but it is far too big for me, I would have to build it and bin it, shame.

Cheers

Den

build it then sell it, anything you made back on it would be a bonus as you've had your fun with it anyway!

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I could be tempted by a B25 if they did the 8 gun hard nose version.

Pete

You mean like these:

WS32001.jpg

North American B-25J Mitchell "Gunship"

and

WS32003.jpg

North American B-25H Mitchell "Gunship"

Liberator would be ace - but I'm really looking forward to the Invader (I have a started Vietnam B-26K vac somewhere in the loft)!

Iain

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Well, I wanna get one of the Gun Nose Mitchells, but a 32nd B-17?.

Nahh. :fraidnot:

Too big.

As for a 32nd Liberator...have you any idea what the wingspan would be? :gobsmacked:

Gimme a chance to get in the loft with a tape measure and I'll tell you! ;)

It's all relative - I've got used to big models I think. Bought an Airfix 1:48 Lightning a few months ago for reference - and it looks sooooo dinky! :analintruder:

Iain

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Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of the larger model (arf arf).

I have stuff like a 48th B-1B, loads of 32nd Phantoms and Tomcats, as well as a lot of 24th scale aircraft and sci-fi stuff.

I just think 32nd scale heavy bombers are a bit too impractical.

How would you display one of these buggers?. :shrug:

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I gotta get me one of those! I can feel the urge to build A Bit O' Lace in a very big scale.

If it's released as predicted (August 2011), it'll be in time for the USAAF Europe 1942-1945 Group Build in 2012!

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Heard that it'll have individual .50 cal rounds and a scale belting machine

sweet jeezus I honestly never thought I'd EVER see a 32nd Fort.

You'd have to make sure you'd hang it from a joist on your ceiling. A scary memory of a Monogram Fort getting shot from The sky ...errr.. falling out of my ceiling in the middle of the night as a kid - right onto my head

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