Homebee Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) MPM is to re-release its 1/72nd A-17 kit as Northrop A-17 Nomad Mk.1 - ref.SH72292 Source: http://www.mpmkits.net/2015/10/sh72292-nomad-mki.html Box art V.P. Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Dang! Now I'll have to try and convince SWMBO to loosen a little of the retirement funds to get that one. A good Canadian should absolutely have one of those. I should start begging now. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I always rather fancied a Nomad, but perhaps the South African one rather than the Canadian. Nothing wrong with the latter, of course... However, I resisted the Dutch one in its even more interesting scheme, so perhaps not. I'd certainly want to know if it has proper plastic canopies - I have too many MPM/DH kits abandoned because of yellowed vacform canopies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airjiml2 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Excellent. About time they got around to a RCAF boxing! Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Dang! Have an A-17 from first time round part-built as a Nomad: stalled because I baulked at fabricating that weird exhaust pipe, esp since i couldn't find many good pictures of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I always rather fancied a Nomad, but perhaps the South African one rather than the Canadian. Nothing wrong with the latter, of course... However, I resisted the Dutch one in its even more interesting scheme, so perhaps not. I'd certainly want to know if it has proper plastic canopies - I have too many MPM/DH kits abandoned because of yellowed vacform canopies. Not the same, I realise, but my new N3PB from Special Hobby has injection canopies and very nice they are too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Not the same, I realise, but my new N3PB from Special Hobby has injection canopies and very nice they are too! So did my first-time-round A-17. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) Schemes - ref. SH 72292 - Nomad Mk.I Source: http://www.mpmkits.net/2016/01/sh72292-nomad-mki-kamuflaze.html V.P. Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Czech in box review: http://www.ipmsnymburk.com/forum/viewtema.php?ID_tema=39191 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I`ve just bought one and it has an injection moulded canopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Unfortunately they didn't correct the canopy which is much too narrow at the top, they completely miss the almost flat section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) I`ve just bought one and it has an injection moulded canopy. Would love to see your build of this, Tony. You make such great models. Looking at the marking options, I'm thinking the striped variants will be interesting to pull off on 2 counts: Lining up the painted stripes with the yellow/black underwing serials. Matching the yellow of the decals to the model paint. I'd probably chicken out but I know you're made of sterner stuff (and way better modelling-fu than me!). Edited February 22, 2016 by mhaselden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I`ve just bought one and it has an injection moulded canopy. How does the exhaust pipe compare with photos, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airjiml2 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'd love a bumble bee Nomad for my RCAF collection, but I'm going to chicken out and do it in natural metal. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) New boxing/variant - ref. 72421 - SAAB B-5 "Swedish Dive Bomber". Swedish variant of the Northrop A-17 bomber Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SH72421 V.P. Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I'd wish they corrected the wrong front profile of the canopy, it is much too narrow and too rounded at the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Re-issue of the MPM kit. Looks like Special Hobby will do this with all the MPM metal-tool kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/specialhobby/posts/974759742964386 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Released - https://www.specialhobby.eu/en/our-own-production/special-hobby/saab-b-5-swedish-dive-bomber.html V.P. Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 During WW2 (I don't remember the exact dates), the Swedish Air Force did not display national insignia on the upper wing surfaces. Special Hobby has apparently not got this correct. Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjorn Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Vingtor said: During WW2 (I don't remember the exact dates), the Swedish Air Force did not display national insignia on the upper wing surfaces. Special Hobby has apparently not got this correct. Nils June ’40 to june ’44, when they were fed up with Germans insisting on shooting down planes without marking (they were assuming they were Russian I suppose). The aluminium plane looks like it follows the 1944 regulations, but would in that case be winter 44/45, when the last B 5s were retired. The F4 wing did experiment with other markings, but I have no photos of a plane showing crown markings on the upper side wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 In box review in your favourite forum - ref. 72421 - SAAB B-5 "Swedish Dive Bomber". https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235082844-saab-b-5-swedish-dive-bomber-172-special-hobby-72421/ V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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