Homebee Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) Source: http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1471298141/Special+Hobby+Buys+Classic+Airframes+Tooling+and+Production+Rights Hi all, In industry news, I have just heard from old friend Jules Bringuier that Special Hobbies has purchased all tools and production rights from Classic Airframes. The transaction does not include the name. There are still quite a few Classic Airframes kits that remain unique (or the best available) in 1/48 scale today, so I hope that we'll see some of our favourite CA kits back under the Special Hobby label soon. Let's see, the Bf 109 A/B/C/D, Venom / Sea Venom and Gannet immediately pop to mind... we can only hope! Bye for now, Brett V.P. Edited August 16, 2016 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Thanks, very good news !!! I'll have to dig a bit to remember the whole CA range, but one comes easily to my mind, the Blenheim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilh Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Some have been superceded such as some Meteors, and the the Defiant. Hopefully this won't stop Pilot replicas producing their Vampires and Venoms. Early CA Bf109s will be welcome, as will the Gannet if they appear at prices below current E bay. Having said that when the Blenheims were re released recently via Hannants they retailed at £50. Still on sale with 10 in stock. https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/CF4155 Think some of us are hoping Airfix upscale theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Excellent news! Now I wonder where the Gannet AEW tools ever got to - probably didnt ever get started but we can hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Thanks, very good news !!! I'll have to dig a bit to remember the whole CA range, but one comes easily to my mind, the Blenheim. Don't forget the sexiest beast ever: Cheers, S. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Great news. I was happy enough to get hold of many CA kits when they were still avilable - most were bought from sales. Special Hobby alrady released some CA kits before - I think the He-51 with floats is the CA kit. The DH Hornet from CA will be a nice addition, not without flaws it seems to be a good deal better than the Trumpyboss version. Same for the Vampire (the CA one had the cockpit position wrong - there was an Aeroclub correction set, but certainly better than the Chinese offering). The Gannet would be nice (would maybe add another one) and the Meteors are not all superseeded - there where several two-seaters available. I hope for the Venom and Sea Venom. Hudson and Baltimore are two of my favorites from CA. The AEW Gannet was never released, so no idea if the tooling was started. But it would be nice :-) Here is a list: https://www.scalemates.com/companies/company.php?id=217 René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 There are some nice subjects on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hmmm - Battle and Walrus would be nice..... BillyD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I really hope the Gannet AEW was tooled, and if so gets released. The Gannet AS series was recently released by Hannants at reasonable cost, but now seems to be £50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hmmm - Battle and Walrus would be nice..... BillyD Ah - right - the Walrus was also released by Special Hobby last year. How could I forget? I actually bought it. I would also like the Avro Anson with markings for Amy Johnsons last flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I really hope the Gannet AEW was tooled, and if so gets released. Sir, you're preaching to the choir... Cheers, S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Amy's Oxford would be an interesting conversion from an Anson. I know that you like challenging subjects, but... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I'd like another pop at the CA SM79, plus the Blenheims that I never got hold of before. I think the Meteor F8 & Canberra have probably been superceded in the interim period. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Special Hobby did some, but not all, of the tooling for CA. (I think a couple of others came from Sword) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 good news! lets see what we will get! did 2 CA kis recently (F-5B and Meteor MK7) nd was quite pleased! especially the F-5B kit has by far nicer interior than the new Kinetic kit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I'd like another pop at the CA SM79, plus the Blenheims that I never got hold of before. I think the Meteor F8 & Canberra have probably been superceded in the interim period. I haven't seen a better Canberra yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 A Hudson......... Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas V. Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Sword did majority of CA toolings, while investment in CA toolings was quite reasonable even few yeras ago, today aside from maybe four-five toolings everything else is getting close to obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Quite a coincidence seeing as I started a thread asking if SH were going to do any Venoms. Not sure how good this is though as from what I've read CA kits can not only be challenging but have other issues too. Plus SH seem to have become much more mainstream lately but CA kits are short run and have a lot of resin parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I hope this means the Gannet AEW might finally get done.,, was the CA release I was most looking forward to. No idea how far jules got with it however. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) Hi Ideal, i know hannants did limited releases of some recently, blenheim is one i remember https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/CF4155 but this is better news from special hobby It would be nice it they bought up the FM range i.e. ( 1:48 halifax & hampden ) cheers jerry Edited August 17, 2016 by brewerjerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I would actually prefer if they did a new tool Hampden and Hallifax :-) Or anybody else. Still there are quite a lot of CA kits which would be great to see again. The list I sent before is not complete - may are missing like the Grumman Ducks (the later version was released by Merrit now, but not the earlier one) and the Canberras. René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I haven't seen a better Canberra yet. I never had the CA Canberra so I'll take your word for that! However, the Aeroclub Canberra was an (expensive) beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaw Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 The AEW Gannet for me please! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I never had the CA Canberra so I'll take your word for that! However, the Aeroclub Canberra was an (expensive) beauty! The CA Canberra is way ahead of the Airfix one in surface detail and accuracy, also benefits from really nice resin parts. Of course, it is harder to build. I think the Aeroclub is probably the most accurate but I'm not brave enough for that level of multimedia. I have seen it sell for £35 recently, on apar with current Airfix release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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