Homebee 22,210 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Pilot Replicas is to release a 1/48th de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 kit - ref.48-A-009 Source: https://www.facebook.com/largescalemodeller/photos/a.459679464104014.1073741828.450176221721005/1054354864636468/?type=3&theater Box art V.P. Edited November 5, 2020 by Homebee 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Acky190 144 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Happy days, I thought I would never get to build one of these, the prices that the CA kit go for are ridiculous. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
triumphfan 678 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Woo, get me some of that !!! Link to post Share on other sites
Rob G 3,410 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Oh dear, now I'll need to buy it and an Airfix Sea Vixen to go with my Airfix Javelin. Drat. Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent 520 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I'm not really into French aircrafts but perhaps a SNCASE Aquilon kit or conversion would be interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
Richard G 83 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Wow, can't wait to see this one, and the other DH Twin boom's listed (Plus any future ones too) Richard Link to post Share on other sites
NAVY870 3,165 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Looking forward to this, hopefully its better researched and produced that the Classic Airframes POS. Link to post Share on other sites
Darby 3,366 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Jolly decent of them. About time someone did an FAA mount instead of yet another Musfireschmitt 1 Link to post Share on other sites
NAVY870 3,165 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 At least their research material is top notch. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin 2,513 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Great news. Count me in for one. One more for my Suez collection. /Bosse Link to post Share on other sites
The_Lancaster 969 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Was there ever any update on this kit? Link to post Share on other sites
neilh 171 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Not long after the announcement of this and other kits to follow the Tunnan, the manufacturer went in to a kind of hibernation period. I believe this was something in addition to their full time work ( or something like hat). Only recently they seem to have started releasing earlier kits again so we can perhaps hope they may still get around to this one and the promised Vampire too. Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas V. 273 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Now I am very grumpy today, but is it really necessary ( as dozens of times lately ) to revive older new kits announcent topics without any new news, anything that would point to release of announced kit, there are few active forum members that scan-cover all the news outlets from websites to social media, and will post usually within an hour after any novelty / news appears. How many forum members will open this topic to find nothing new, either we have news or we don't... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Homebee 22,210 Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) Feel free to contact Pilot Replicas about their future projects: salespilotreplicas@gmail.com https://www.pilot-replicas.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Pilot-Replicas-390440134419981/ V.P. Edited November 6, 2020 by Homebee 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mike N 431 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Thomas V. said: Now I am very grumpy today, but is it really necessary ( as dozens of times lately ) to revive older new kits announcent topics without any new news, anything that would point to release of announced kit, there are few active forum members that scan-cover all the news outlets from websites to social media, and will post usually within an hour after any novelty / news appears. How many forum members will open this topic to find nothing new, either we have news or we don't... I'm not sure where the appropriate place to ask this question would be if not here? Seems fair enough to me. Now, what makes me grumpy is when people post just to say their kit has arrived and nothing more... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
bentwaters81tfw 6,993 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I had two of these on back order at Hannants. They canned the listing some time back. Would still be nice to fill this gap in my FAA lineup. Link to post Share on other sites
The_Lancaster 969 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Thomas V. said: Now I am very grumpy today, but is it really necessary ( as dozens of times lately ) to revive older new kits announcent topics without any new news, anything that would point to release of announced kit, there are few active forum members that scan-cover all the news outlets from websites to social media, and will post usually within an hour after any novelty / news appears. How many forum members will open this topic to find nothing new, either we have news or we don't... Blimey! I only asked! isn’t that what rumourmonger’s for? 6 Link to post Share on other sites
71chally 7,475 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I'm glad you did ask, as I was unaware this was being planned. Fingers crossed that it will get released, desperately needed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Acinonyx Jubatus 46 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I wonder if this announcement by Pilot Replicas has in anyway influenced Airfix not to produce a Sea Venom As said much needed, and one of the few British cold war jets not yet done by Airfix Link to post Share on other sites
Corsairfoxfouruncle 24,174 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 6 hours ago, The_Lancaster said: Blimey! I only asked! isn’t that what rumourmonger’s for? Yes 1 Link to post Share on other sites
neilh 171 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 9 hours ago, Acinonyx Jubatus said: I wonder if this announcement by Pilot Replicas has in anyway influenced Airfix not to produce a Sea Venom As said much needed, and one of the few British cold war jets not yet done by Airfix Not sure. I was at Telford last year and overheard a conversation between a red shirted Airfix employee and someone on one of the Eastern European manufacturers stand (AZ I think) stand - which was generally about cooperating on releases. Did surprise me after seeing the Airfix documentary on TV where they clearly worked to release a new train under the Hornby brand before a smaller manufacturer did, effectively squashing their smaller competitors target market. Nothing wrong in that per se- it's just business, but perhaps different in the plastic model marketplace where volumes are maybe lower? Link to post Share on other sites
Jon Bryon 2,203 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 9 hours ago, Acinonyx Jubatus said: I wonder if this announcement by Pilot Replicas has in anyway influenced Airfix not to produce a Sea Venom As said much needed, and one of the few British cold war jets not yet done by Airfix I doubt it. The list of British early/mid-cold war jets not done by Airfix is about the same length as the list of the ones they have done: Vampire, Venom, Sea Venom, Armstrong Whitworth Meteors, Swift, Scimitar, Attacker, Sea Hawk, Jet Provost vs Lightning, Meteor, Hunter, Sabre, Javelin, Sea Vixen, Canberra, Gnat, Buccaneer...and I think that's being generous! Jon 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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