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What is the News From Telford?


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January 2013 release, 1/48 Seafire XV , Special Hobby kit re-boxed ?

Hopefully not the Hobbycraft...!

The Lynx HAS.3 is good news - I'll wait for that rather than buy the German one now. I knew it was likely, but having it so soon is a good thing.

The Gannet T.5 will be nice.

The Kelly is likely the old Matchbox kit, I should think. Will kill the outrageous E-bay prices!

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Great to see the Matchbox HMS Kelly back - been waiting for that one :)

I wonder if the Mi-24 will be the Zvezda kit, given that Revell have re-boxed a number of their kits in recent years? :hmmm:

Best of all though - that 1:72 Skipjack. It must be the Moebius kit and looks like quite an attractive price for what will be a huge kit! :thumbsup:

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A few nice things there.

Seafire XV. Even if its the Hobbycraft repopped, the only things wrong were the canopy (awful), stickies (they'll have their own), no wing fold scribed (big deal!) and the rocket box fairing on the cowling (milliput sorted that out).

Hudson. I suppose it's a repop of the MPM kit but at a decent price?

On a practical level masking tape in two widths.

Trevor

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We've just received a review sample of the masking tape, so look our for a review in the next week or so :) It looks very similar to the Tamiya tape. The Hudson must be the MPM kit, which is typical as I only bought the MPM boxing a few months ago! :lol: Hopefully they'll carry on releasing new MPM stuff, including the Blenheims ('cos I haven't got one of those yet).

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Seafire XV. Even if its the Hobbycraft repopped, the only things wrong were the canopy (awful), stickies (they'll have their own), no wing fold scribed (big deal!) and the rocket box fairing on the cowling (milliput sorted that out).

...and a complete lack of detail!

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Seafire XV. Even if its the Hobbycraft repopped, the only things wrong were the canopy (awful), stickies (they'll have their own), no wing fold scribed (big deal!) and the rocket box fairing on the cowling (milliput sorted that out).

The nose of Hobbycraft's Seafire XV is quite broad compared to the Airfix XVII, spinner diameter is at least a couple of mm bigger. I don't remember this aspect being criticised particularly when Airfix released theirs,

Cheers,

Bill.

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Well, as I said they're busy working on a 1:48 F-4 Phantom - don't know which variant/operator though. The person I asked said I could speak to the company's president Mr Shigeta about it, but he was busy talking to someone else and at some point I had to move on...

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Did anyone get any secrets out of Z-M as to what they are planning to release next?

After the 219, the Raiden is the next 1:32 kit to be released next spring.

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The Raiden is very exciting. It looked lovely on the stand, but one thing I hadn't anticipated was how excellent these kits actually are. I bought the Shinden and will be back next year for more... Incredible stuff.

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This is what is confusing me though. I don't believe that to be a BMW801 Engine though - and this is the clue on their website is: Which aircraft can be called a mother, a father, or a brother?

The answer is (filling in the blanks!): ************* *_*** ****** - and it's in development at the moment too.

The FW-190A/F will be lovely though too.

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Heard from more than one source at Telford that Airfix's newest will be a 1:48th Javelin. Anybody else pick anything along those lines.

I heard the same back in the middle of last year.

I also heard a couple of 1:72 names mentioned as well...

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Toyway had the box on show and said the kit will be available next month.

Pocketbond had the whole F-4B kit in the box on display. I had a reet good look through it!

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It sounds like a pretty poor show for new releases if this is all of the news! What about the cottage industry? A2Zee, Freightdog, Aeroclub etc? I suppose the major manufacturers are waiting for the Toy Fair to announce their new wares nowadays but the smaller companies used to use Telford as their major platform.

Cheers,

Tony O

Hi Tony,

to part answer your question.

Aeroclub ARE re-popping the 48th 'Blunty' a few were on sale at the show for........................£25.00!!!

Yes, I got the penultimate one at 08:50 Saturday, RESULT!!! (Clare, John, what a pair of stars!)

48th Chipmunk, (sold out Saturday!) 72nd Shackleton AEW2 conversion (sold out Saturday!)

Also being re-popped, the JP5 / Strikemaster 2012 / 2013, and the STAR ...........................................

1/48th Folland Gnat early in 2013, decal sheet being re-mastered as we type!

Hope this is what you wanted to hear?!

Paul

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