1/72 - Northrop A-17 Nomad Mk.1 by Special Hobby - released - new variant Saab B-5 released

[Homebee 21,500]

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

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Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee

[dogsbody 8,938]

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

[Graham Boak 6,573]

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.

[airjiml2 218]

Excellent. About time they got around to a RCAF boxing!

Jim

[Seahawk 2,611]

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.

[Vulcanicity 2,183]

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!

[Seahawk 2,611]

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.

[Homebee 21,500]

Schemes - ref. SH 72292 - Nomad Mk.I

Source: http://www.mpmkits.net/2016/01/sh72292-nomad-mki-kamuflaze.html

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee

[Homebee 21,500]

Czech in box review: http://www.ipmsnymburk.com/forum/viewtema.php?ID_tema=39191

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[tonyot 32,740]

I`ve just bought one and it has an injection moulded canopy.

[occa 913]

Unfortunately they didn't correct the canopy which is much too narrow at the top, they completely miss the almost flat section

[mhaselden 1,196]

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:

1. Lining up the painted stripes with the yellow/black underwing serials.
2. 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

[Seahawk 2,611]

I`ve just bought one and it has an injection moulded canopy.

How does the exhaust pipe compare with photos, please?

[airjiml2 218]

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

[Homebee 21,500]

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

 

 

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Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee

[occa 913]

I'd wish they corrected the wrong front profile of the canopy, it is much too narrow and too rounded at the top.

 

[Roger Holden 629]

Re-issue of the MPM kit. Looks like Special Hobby will do this with all the MPM metal-tool kits.

[Tbolt 1,761]

https://www.facebook.com/specialhobby/posts/974759742964386

 

 

[Homebee 21,500]

Released - https://www.specialhobby.eu/en/our-own-production/special-hobby/saab-b-5-swedish-dive-bomber.html

 

 

 

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Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee

[Vingtor 1,012]

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

[Torbjorn 1,934]

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.

[Homebee 21,500]

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/

 

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