SeaVenom Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Hate to be the bringer of bad news but my friends cousins friend who works for Airfix said that this kit's been binned because of incredibly high production costs and someone high up hates Typhoons anyway. He said the mock ups and sprues we've seen so far have all been fakes (probably from 3D printers) and were just shown to gauge interest and they even went as far as producing a few of them to make it look as if production was well under way. There'll be a formal announcement in the next few days. Bummer I know and i was really looking forward to this too. Boo hoo Aifix that's all I can say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venomvixen Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Oh bugger! I best go slash my wrists then. (reasonable Aprils fools effort) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Was that friend's cousin named Lirpa Loof, by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Hmm- I'll bet it is something to do with today's date, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 One could get seriously hurt with a prank like that lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Yup, caught good and proper with that . Nice one... but you are now a marked man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Hate to be the bringer of bad news but my friends cousins friend who works for Airfix said that this kit's been binned because of incredibly high production costs and someone high up hates Typhoons anyway. He said the mock ups and sprues we've seen so far have all been fakes (probably from 3D printers) and were just shown to gauge interest and they even went as far as producing a few of them to make it look as if production was well under way. There'll be a formal announcement in the next few days. Bummer I know and i was really looking forward to this too. Boo hoo Aifix that's all I can say. Lame, but worth a try. Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Beat me to it, I was going to announce that they were releasing a 1/24 scale Beaufighter, drat! Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Why you little blighter! I soiled my armour when I first read this! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scopedog3 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Nice one!, you got me...but only for a minute..ok, maybe a bit longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Yeah but instead they are going to give it to us in 1/48th scale with all the same interior detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 ...on the up-side they've announced some 1-35 scale spaghetti trees for all you diorama buffs... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 As you're all probably aware............surprise surprise it as an April Fools. Nice to see most of you have a sense of humour and just think it could have been much worse..............I could have said we were getting an entirely new kit and then you'd have your dreams crushed when you found out it wasn't true.......but even I think that's too cruel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachnid Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Beat me to it, I was going to announce that they were releasing a 1/24 scale Beaufighter, drat! Duncan B But they have,it was released today as a gift set in 1/24th,1/48th, 1/72nd and 1/144th for £25.00 all tooled by Trumpeter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theclay Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 *slow clap* well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FZ6 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 When I read this I thought they haven't announced a 1:24 Eurofighter how can they announce they've cancelled it as I know they'd never cancel that Hawker Typhoon that's out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicE1 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Oh poo!! that means the announcement Airfix made! of a limited run of James May`s full size spitfire must have been a joke to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Beat me to it, I was going to announce that they were releasing a 1/24 scale Beaufighter, drat! Duncan B Duncan where did you hear that? Its supposed to be a secret until Christmas and Telford 2014 (actually its not - unless Airfix know better) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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