Dave T Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 .......and to think what to do with the 8 Revell MR3's Easy, sell them to me...!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby57 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I really hope it has a few rivets on it - a Shack is nothing without rivets! Flush or proud? With the 'new' Italeri HAS Mk.1,,,I now understand I'm going to be a rivet counter, or else my offerings will never satisfy! Best of luck with yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 There goes the budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Not a great surprise as someone did mention it a while back "Jennings" http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234966643-anyone-else-heard-the-rumor-of-an-airfix-shackleton/ He took a lot of heat over it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 iTS only fair to warn you that the entire first production run is going to New Zealand ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I for one hope that Airfix include the AEW 2 parts in the initial boxing. I think it would be a bit cynical if they issued a standard MR2 knowing that so many would want to build the AEW2 version and I don't think their experience with the PR Valiant conversion was great - I bought one mind you - but you see the conversion for sale from time to time but I don't think they exactly flew off the shelves. Of course, no matter what, I wil buy one. I'm just wondering how much Hattons will know off the RRP. Probably similar to the Javelin? Simon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2wheels Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Just to get the collective juices going! THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1950 - 1967. © Crown copyright. IWM (RAF-T 5271)IWM Non Commercial Licence THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1950 - 1967. © Crown copyright. IWM (RAF-T 4493)IWM Non Commercial Licence Edited December 23, 2014 by 2wheels 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 If the plastic lives up to the CAD drawings this is indeed a dream come true. I may be a bit odd in this respect (and in quite a few other respects, to be honest), but I'm glad they're going to issue the early MR.2 instead of the AEW.2 first. The MR.2 with the grey over white finish and the dorsal turret is my favourite version of the Shackleton. Mind you, when they come out with the AEW.2 I'll probably buy that also. And who knows, although it's not a simple conversion (they can't just use the MR.2 moulds with just an extra sprue or two), maybe they'll do the MR.3 down the road. December of next year, though; oh well, I've waited decades for a new-mould Shack, I suppose I can wait another year! Well-done indeed, Mr. Airfix! Regards, Jason Edit: I just pre-ordered mine. I like the grey over white scheme too, or do I prefer white over grey? Oh dear, I'll have to build both! (And an AEW2 with my Aeroclub set). They're going to look great between a Lancaster MR3 and Nimrod. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonkeyVong Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 The Halifax should be amazing when it comes out! ;-)They aren't doing a new Halifax, according to hannants it is the old kit.The Shackleton is great news, another long over due kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivers3162 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Very excited about this! One of my favourite Coastal Command types and long overdue a new kit. I must say I've been rather impressed with Airfix's schedule for 2015... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Wonder if it will come with a clear fuselage side to see the interior ? Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Flush or proud? With the 'new' Italeri HAS Mk.1,,,I now understand I'm going to be a rivet counter, or else my offerings will never satisfy! Best of luck with yours! Hey Nobby - just a few proud to give "texture"! I'm no rivet-counter by any stretch and certainly don't judge others on rivets! Besides, I don't think I could afford enough Archers' sheets to sort a Shack out! I'm just hoping..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 About time you finished something, Neil! I know, I know, my Lancaster Mk.VI. And with this new Shackleton, I have another kit to add to my every-growing collection of unbuilt, half-built, and nearly-built Lancaster family kits/models! Regards, Jason lol, Jason, you should have your own KUTA section 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP42 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Well I'm really looking forward to it. I'd happily do the MR2 but the AEW would be first on my list so an option for the latter would be great. How difficult would it be to go to an MR1 from this point or even a Lincoln? Could this be the donor kit for a Lincoln, well the wings and landing gear if nowt else? Good move Mr Airfix, you listened! I'll be buying at least 2 of these two of these and another Vulcan to do the Avro pair. Ker-ching! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 and what of all those old Frog Shackelton kits then? For me, I'll have to wait until the end of next year for the Sea King Commando. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbird Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Are the wings engines and landing gear on the shack identical to a lincon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 My word I've just wet myself... cannot wait to get my grubby little mitts on one of these! Here's hoping the whole Shackleton family will follow over the next few years Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) lol, Jason, you should have your own KUTA section Yes, I can see it now: "Jason's Own Lancaster Family KUTA". Hours of amusement! Sure to be finished before King William celebrates his Golden Jubilee! Regards, Jason Edited December 23, 2014 by Learstang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I may be tempted away from my Panzers for this one Going to be difficult to ignore Blast you Airfix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I do have my own set of interior and exterior photos (including bomb and gear bays) of WR960 if anyone requires them for an AEW.2 build. Can't post them online as it was one of the conditions of me being let on the A/C, but I can email low res copies. There's also the Aviation Classics booklet on the Shackleton currently available in Smiths at £7.99. As well as articles on its history, there are 21 pages of colour detail shots, including loads of the interior. Reckon this'll be a collector's item by December. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 The Avro Shackleton has a big place in my heart, and for very big reasons. You'll have noted my Avatar is even a picture of a shack Ever since I was a young kid of 8, I was captivated by the Shackleton, my grand father served on the aircraft for many of his years as a navigator/ signaller, His living room was full of framed Shackleton pictures and artwork, he was based in the RAF at St Mawgan (which is how we came to be in cornwall), and also in squadrons all over the world inc 205 squadron in Singapore. He told me many a stories, about flights to Egypt, to the middle east and how a restored shack came to be stuck in the Sahara, in the early 90s, which is still there I remember a story he told me about a SAR mission in the far east to find a missing Shackleton that unfortunately went down in the Indian ocean, or south china sea, They eventually found the area the plane went down after a local fisherman wrote the words B205 on the beach with sand. We lost my grand father in 2010 and after we cleared everything out I found his log books which are now in my hands, a few pages I'll share with you. His flight logs, a picture of the shack he flew on and a picture of B205 written in sand on a beach. http://www.westbriton.co.uk/servicemen-mark-50th-anniversary-air-crash/story-11459592-detail/story.html I have been wanting and waiting to build a shackleton for him for many years, and so wanted to before he passed away, when i was a teenager I built him a revell boxing from a frog kit man years ago, but that was when my skills were poor and it was a complete mess, I have been waiting for a state of the art Shackleton model for a very long time, if anything but to give me closure on losing not only my grandfather, but a friend and the person whom inspired my interest in aircraft. Thank you Airfix and thanks everyone for reading. I'll be building a dam load more than 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Well what to say? A welcome surprise, we hope to come out soon, and will be followed by a variant AEW ! ! ! Linus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowler0000 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Ummm, WHEN?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Ummm, WHEN?????? December. Plenty of time to reduce the stash in preparation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Are the wings engines and landing gear on the shack identical to a lincon? No. The real aircraft's wings are similar but the nacelles, cowls and annular radiators are quite different and the Griffon thrust lines are lower than the Merlins in the Lincoln. In the kit the inner wings would require make up pieces as the fuselages are different widths and the real centre section spars passed completely through the fuselage . The Shackleton wings were derived from the Lincoln but were I believe Tudor outer panels and the uprated under-carriage was also from the Tudor. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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