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It was good for it's time but times move on and it's time we had new Vampires and Venoms in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32.

Well one bonus I can see is the wingtip lights are clear plastic. Let's hope it's accurate, nicely moulded and builds up well as we're in dire need of a new Vampire and Venom kit/s.

The only good mass produced eagle is the PE one. I wouldn't bother with the Airfix or Imai kits as they're rubbish.

I haven't read through all the threads relating to this so this might have been mentioned already but over on Cybermodeler it says Buccaneer series 1/32 from Trumpeter.

I can understand someone trying to get aircraft in the same scale for various reasons but not if there's no decent kits available in that scale - but there is in other scales. I'm not having a go at Vulcan, just think he's depriving himself of a great Hunter model that's easily within his reach. He's obviously thinking about the 1/32 Hunter so it IS an option for him isn't it?

See I don't really understand that attidude. I go for what I think's the best model available and that means making models in different scales. Go for it Vulcan, the 1/32 Hunter is the best model of this aircraft available. Don't bottom around trying to alter the Academy one's faults get the real deal and save yourself loads of hassle. It's a nice kit!

I'm saying that judging by the ME109 Eduard will most probably do the same with the Spitfire (maybe they will do them in clear but I doubt it). With todays technology and higher expectations I'm surprised that Eduard didn't see the wing tip lights as important enough in a larger scale, supposedly more detailed offering to do them as they're supposed to be - in clear. I'm not saying the 109 is a terrible kit but as I said little details like that can make a big difference.

I was basing that on their recent 1/32 ME109E. Hasegawa can do tiny wing lights in clear plastic on their 1/32 aircraft so why can't Eduard? Things like that make a big difference.

Hopefully Tamiya will do the wingtip lights in clear plastic unlike Eduard.

As I said over on Large scale planes....very nice but I think we're seriously lacking a MK1 in 1/32. That's what I was hoping for anyway.

It might look good when finished but it seems like a hell of a lot of work and money to me when you can go out and buy a Tamiya, Revell or Hasegawa one instead for a fraction of the price and effort.

I just saw this too. Let's hope it's better than Trumpeters version and with more clear parts for the winglights etc and a more detailed undercarriage.

I've found Xtracrylix matt varnish useless. It goes on smoothly yes but it's about as matt as a tin of satin paint. It even looked gloss in some areas.

Well, that's fair enough! I don't do posts on these sites to P people off. It's usually to try and get the attention of these manufacturers but whether it will or not who knows. Out of interest......does anyone on here have any contact with Airfix or Revell etc? I wasn't exactly being that serious on your last point.

You could always hang it from the ceiling!

Mike what's off topic about what I'm saying? It's a perfectly reasonable discussion related to the original question about Eduard, or don't you like what I'm saying? Aren't people allowed to have a few different views?

Where have I insinuated that the kit is unbuildable?

Maybe they won't but don't forget I know injection moulding is expensive but it's most probably just a matter of making a new sprue. One recent example is Revell. They reissued their old Battlestar Galactica kits with a few new parts and as far as I know these have sold well - and Revell also had to pay a licence fee too. Manufacturers do reissue old kits with new parts and the Airfix Lightning is still fairly state of the art. It's not as if they have to do recessed panel lines or new wings etc because apart from the undercarriage the kit is pretty sound.

But that's not just an innacuracy....... it's totally missing detail!

See I've seen a few people saying the Airfix Lightnings didn't sell well but what you said there just confirms my suspicions that the very opposite is true. It's easy for people to get the impression that something didn't sell well if there was over production and stock lying about. Very interesting. As for contacting Airfix I haven't done because I thought that it would just go through to their sales department or something like that and get forgotten about. I'd like to think people from Airfix prowl these sites but obviously I don't know.

2 small pieces of rod? They're 2 prominent parts of the front undercarriage. Why is it ok for some people to point out a few inaccurate panel lines, rivets or an oddly shaped piece of fuselage but 2 very noticable tie rods aren't important? They're just as important as any other part of the plane. Anyway, as for scaling down Trumpeter's to 1/48 well Trumpeter's might not be so good as far as certain shapes are concerned but it still has much better detailing from what I've seen. I can live with a few inaccuracies here and there but the canopy on Trumpeters isn't quite the right shape so my ideal kit would be a mixture of the 2.

They might well do, especially as Lightnings seem quite popular at the moment. I think they're a very popular aircraft anyway.

As notdoneyet pointed out...............wrong parts. I think I answered Jonathans request perfectly well don't you. The Trumpeter kit might have a few innacuracies but the tie rods are there just like the real thing.

I can't see why they can't be replicated in plastic. I've got kits like I suspect everyone else has that have tiny little plastic parts.

Do we really know that the Lightning wasn't a good seller for sure? I've seen other people say kits weren't good sellers and sometimes the opposite turns out to be the case. I remember it was very well received when it came out many years ago - even if some people commented that the undercarriage could be a lot better.