alpine_modeller Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) Seems to have gone ominously quiet looking from abroad. Lots of German sites are listing it with "release date TBA". I cannot find any reference to it on the Airfix site anymore. Dont want to do a Dragon 1:700 kit. Has this been shelved or postponed ??? Edited December 20, 2011 by alpine_modeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I believe it's due out third quarter of 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_modeller Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wow, I remember seeing this on their site Q1 of 2011, but with "not released until 2012" written along side it. I therefore assumed it would be Q1 2012, the development having slipped back slightly into the next year line-up. Have they had problems with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 There was a test shot at the Telford show last November - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Reeder Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 It certainly looks better than I thought it would ,but the only trouble is that we will have to wait `til this time next year before we can our mitts on it,I might have taken with up women in a big way by then! Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Wilson Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 That looks very nice. It seems to have the Harpoon installed that aren't on the real ships, but not the Phalanx that is already on Daring. Hopefully they'll be included in the kit. Should look nice with Trumpeters Type 23. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) That looks very nice. It seems to have the Harpoon installed that aren't on the real ships, but not the Phalanx that is already on Daring. Hopefully they'll be included in the kit.Should look nice with Trumpeters Type 23. Stuart They had the Phalanx but had left them behind by accident when discussing the model at SMW, plus pointed out that Daring would have the Phalanx 1B with the extra sensors on the side of the dome. Anyway the kits not going to be out till the 3rd qtr of 2012 so plenty of time to sort out the fine details yet Edited December 27, 2011 by Geoff_B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariner Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Eagerly awaiting the release of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I've heard that Airfix has a problem with the mould not pouring correctly, so there will be a delay for the release. Haven't confirmed this yet, but my choice would be to accept a delay for a correct kit. I'm really looking forward to this one, as I've now been to sea on 4 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Pouring? It's injection moulded, so I'm guessing you mean the injection process? I suspect there's a lot more science to injection moulding than laying out a load of parts and joining them together with tunnels that become the sprues. A big kit must be extra tricky to get the wavefronts of liquid styrene to meet before they cool down enough to skin over, without trapping any air anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Ouch!! Airfix have announced prices for HMS Daring, £49.99 for the kit and £59.99 for the gift set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Ouch!!Airfix have announced prices for HMS Daring, £49.99 for the kit and £59.99 for the gift set! Not that bad when you consider the size of the moulds required for, what is, quite a large ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_modeller Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Ouch!!Airfix have announced prices for HMS Daring, £49.99 for the kit and £59.99 for the gift set! 10quid extra for those nightmare little tubs of paint ???? Makes the prices comparable to the release of Lusty, suppose taking into account a few years inflation, sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Reeder Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Here`s some close up photos of HMS Dragon ,may come in useful when (WHEN) the Airfix kit is released. http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/show...28#post10025628 Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_modeller Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 September 17th according to Amazon... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airfix-A12203-Seri...4125&sr=8-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Antics.com say in stock on the 12th August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Here`s some close up photos of HMS Dragon ,may come in useful when (WHEN) the Airfix kit is released.Cheers Phil ..and more here ... http://falkeeinsmodel.blogspot.co.uk/2012/...h-dockyard.html ..son no.2 did the HMS Dragon tour last weekend for the Portsmouth 'Remembering the Falklands' event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) ..taken yesterday on the Solent Edited May 26, 2012 by FalkeEins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobski Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 I saw the sprues for the Type 45 on the Airfix stand at Farnborough this weekend and it looks good. When I asked the guys when it was due out they said it was having a few small tweaks done and should be out "in a couple of months". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane363 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Just got my copy to go in ScaleModellingNow.com Should be in the mag soon. Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I have got my copy of this model on order. Even though the website I purchased it through was saying that it would be available on 19th December, apparently Airfix haven't sent them to any of their dealers, even though they have the gift set (which I have ordered) in their warehouses and as such the model won't be available for me to work on until sometime in January. I have to say it is really annoying as I wanted to work on it over my christmas break which begins tomorrow but I guess I will have to work on other models instead and get all of those finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I have got my copy of this model on order. Even though the website I purchased it through was saying that it would be available on 19th December, apparently Airfix haven't sent them to any of their dealers, even though they have the gift set (which I have ordered) in their warehouses and as such the model won't be available for me to work on until sometime in January. I have to say it is really annoying as I wanted to work on it over my christmas break which begins tomorrow but I guess I will have to work on other models instead and get all of those finished. Got mine today from T7 models looks lovely standard model £44.50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j22mdr Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Hopefully Santa brings me mine ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 The kit arrived at BM towers a couple of days ago and is reviewed HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John @ WEM Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Now available from WEM: https://www.whiteensignmodels.com/p/Airfix+1350+HMS+Daring+Type+45+Destroyer+AX12203/17045/#.UNx_yXftNi8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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