mekon Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 http://www.finemolds.co.jp/iroiro/2013SHS.html cheers, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Yay! Now I can do a Star Wars dogfight in the living room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) Now I can do a full trench run dio!! I take it that the release date is Jan '14 from what bit of the text I can understand? Edit: Just checked HLJ site, set for July release, must brush up on my Japanese! Cheers, Warren Edited April 15, 2013 by Madmonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 HobbyLink Japan have it listed for a July release for ¥2000. http://www.hlj.com/product/FNMSW-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 2000 yen = £13.34. Very reasonable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borz666 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 OH Yeah!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder17 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Nice..Shame it wasnt a 1/48 Y-wing though! Good to have a nice Tie X1 though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) Yiiiiieeehaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! Edited April 16, 2013 by Caerbannog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 The force is strong in this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfv Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Nice one!! I will have to expand the wish list for one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_UK Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Nice..Shame it wasnt a 1/48 Y-wing though I hear ya and pity this kit wasn't in 1/48 but at £13 you cant knock it. Surprised by how cheap it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 It's only a couple of pounds dearer than the standard TIE and the "strong" pound helps. Don't forget shipping though, should be about £6 using SAL. Still cheaper than buying it here, if you can find one anywhere. Cheers, Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The circle is now complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Luke I am your father! Noooooooooooooo you can't be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew March Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Would have prefered a 1/48 Millenium Falcon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Would have prefered a 1/48 Millenium Falcon That would be nice and quite large, not to mention expensive. Would like to see a 1/72 AT-AT next! Or a 1/24 X-wing. Or a.........? Cheers, Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Would have prefered a 1/48 Millenium Falcon I'd hate to see what the price of that would be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew March Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 (edited) Well, I would imagine slightly more expensive than the 1/72 one they produced, with the advantage of being able to mod some after market figures for a diorama. A lot of manufacturers are using 1/48 as the mainstay of thier production lines, can't see any reason why scifi should be any different. Edited May 6, 2013 by Andrew March 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Well, I would imagine slightly cheaper than the 1/72 one they produced, with the advantage of being able to mod some after market figures for a diorama. A lot of manufacturers are using 1/48 as the mainstay of thier production lines, can't see any reason why scifi should be any different. The FM box is huge! 1/48 will be the size of a settee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 A 1-48 scale falcon would be too big and too expensive to bring the required sales I suppose. But I completely agree that SciFi Models should be in the same ranges as other modeling subjects (with the huge spaceships in naval scales and the very huge ones in those scales which have been commonly used in SciFi models already) so Fine Molds is doing this very good I think as well as some others (Moebius, Pegasus,...) - not so Revell But if you look at Revells "EasyKit" range which is aimed at very young modellers you will see that this range is 90% Star Wars related - so this is where Revell sees these models. From this point of view they obviously created something like a boxscale biotope. But figures should not be difficult to get in 1-72 scale either - however this brings me to an idea which might be intersting: Star Wars Figure sets in 1-48 and 1-72 scale! Maybe "Multipose"... Concerning the AT-AT - I think Revells Easy-Kit could be well something around 1-72 scale (but it has some shape issues) - after all who will tell ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 A 48th scale Falcon would put the size somewhere near the 32 inch studio model that was built for Empire. That would push the parts count (remember the 72nd scale version has 900 pieces) and price through the roof. I don't see it happening in the current financial climate. It'd be to big a risk for a small company. The Revell AT-AT is pretty close to 72nd scale (IIRC) and there are some correction sets available or in the works, over at SSM. Personally, I would like to have seen a larger Y-Wing or a 72nd Tie Bomber (even though I did start a studio scale scratchbuild one, a few years back). A Tydirium in 144th, to go alongside their smaller Falcon, would be nice, as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 A 48th scale Falcon would put the size somewhere near the 32 inch studio model that was built for Empire. That would push the parts count (remember the 72nd scale version has 900 pieces) and price through the roof. I don't see it happening in the current financial climate. It'd be to big a risk for a small company. The Revell AT-AT is pretty close to 72nd scale (IIRC) and there are some correction sets available or in the works, over at SSM. Personally, I would like to have seen a larger Y-Wing or a 72nd Tie Bomber (even though I did start a studio scale scratchbuild one, a few years back). A Tydirium in 144th, to go alongside their smaller Falcon, would be nice, as well. I'd love to see a Tie Bomber or Shuttle Tydirium (maybe with the endor commandoes/laia, han, chewie etc! )in 1/72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 TIE Bomber would be nice in either 1:72 or 1:48. All the Star Wars "single seaters" are cool in either scale. Still missing is the A-Wing and... the B-Wing! The AMT Tyridium is also close to 1:72 I recall. I started one years back and spoiled it with rattle can paint To be on the safe side I obviously bought the kit again - twice... as I found out lately. Still a Fine Molds version would be nice as I obviously cannot have enough Tyridiums in the basement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Just had an e-mail from HLJ to say the two I pre ordered are on their way. Cheers, Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_UK Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Let us know when it arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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