Richard123 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Pretty sure there's a Gannet and a Buccaneer in that hanger too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Pretty sure there's a Gannet and a Buccaneer in that hanger too. Maybe they moved them out for the day to make more room? Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fids Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Our Phantom who art in Hannants Airfix be thou name Thy stash be done Thy will be done in cammo as it is in heaven Give us this year our annual demand and forgive us our rantings As we forgive you for not doing one before and lead us not unto ebay but deliver us from bidding For thine is the FGR2 the Spey, the Alcock and Brown Forever the best Airfix 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Maybe they moved them out for the day to make more room? Trevor Blasphemy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Please Airfix give us a decent 1/48 Hunter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Maybe they moved them out for the day to make more room? Trevor ...for the Balliol? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 ...for the Balliol? If only they had one *sigh*. There's a Sea Balliol at Cosford though. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 By careful photo analysis, and almost Holmesian deduction :-) . There are three hangars of that design at DX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Airfix have sensibly stayed out of the 1/35 scale armour market , concentrating on It's best products it's 1/72 scale aircraft Really? where's my one true scale Javelin & Sea Vixen then....?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Martin Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 So now museums are going to be sworn to secrecy and have to close entire hangars for the day for MIAirfix can do their thing for the day. One day they are going to fool us all by doing more than one aircraft in a hangar. PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Although I've got two Fujimi British Phantoms in my stash (initial moulding and corrected later edition), I do hope that for all your sakes this rumour becomes true. It is obvious that a new tooled and easily accesable Phantom would be very popular in your part of the world so if it does occur - please buy it by the shed load. The additional coffers banked by Hornby will then allow the Airfix researchers to add additional material to their ever growing selection of new tooled aircraft kits. Somehow I also think that a Hunter or Venom would also generate a flurry of interest and sales activity, but let's get this obvious choice out there once and for all. We've seen quite a few 1/48 announcements so far, so my guess is 1/72. Cheers... Dave. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I'll bring this up since I don't see that anyone else mentioned it, but Airfix could have been measuring up something from WWI like the Bristol F.2b Fighter. It seems to me it's a sure thing that they will follow up the Fokker E.II and BE2c with some other WWI releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Will we hear something tomorrow, after all isn't it about 2 weeks since the last announcement? The wait/speculation is almost over/about to go into overdrive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) BTW - is it possible to efficiently scan with LIDAR flying bookshelves such as DH.2 or helicopters like H-13 or Alouette II? I would suspect that LIDAR won't be able to see through the fuselage framework to produce 3D model. Unless you put the radar inside the framework... Edited October 8, 2015 by Dennis_C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Although I've got two Fujimi British Phantoms in my stash (initial moulding and corrected later edition), I do hope that for all your sakes this rumour becomes true. It is obvious that a new tooled and easily accesable Phantom would be very popular in your part of the world so if it does occur - please buy it by the shed load. I expect if not now, Airfix will produce a Phantom at some point in time. It's a significant aircraft in aviation history to not have one in the catalogue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDragon Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) There's no radar used, it's a laser scanner that just scans the exterior. With helos I would assume you'd get cluttered data through the large transparencies but framework of the tail booms of an H-13 or Alouette should show up ok. Then again I'm no expert on it so I'm probably talking a load of nonsense! Anyone know if they use multiple scanners or just one that gets moved around the subject to get the full data? Paul Harrison Edited October 8, 2015 by GreenDragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Who needs a new Phantom in 1/72? I already have 60 unmade including Esci (which I still think is the best C/D/J available), Hasegawa and 10 Fujimi K/M's. They are, eventually, to join the 170 (and counting) completed ones. Actually, model kit catalogues are not brimming with Phantoms in the way they were twenty-odd years ago. Hannants list ten Hasegawa kits of three varieties (F-4EJ, F-4S and RF-4B), two from Tamiya (Italeri F-4G and F-4S) and single offerings from Academy (F-4J) Italeri (F-4S) and Revell (F-4F) in 1/72 scale for a total of 15, while in 1/48 we have four Academy and three Hasegawa kits listed. As a comparison, there are currently 32 1/72 and 25 1/48 F-16s available, and 28 1/72 and 21 1/48 MiG-21s listed. Remember the days when Fujimi had something like twenty 1/72 F-4s in their catalogue, and they were relatively easy to get hold of? (By the way, there 128 1/72 and 51 1/48 Spitfires/Seafires.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 ... So the odds point to another Spitfire then!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Will we hear something tomorrow, after all isn't it about 2 weeks since the last announcement? The wait/speculation is almost over/about to go into overdrive! It's like Christmas every month now...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 If it was an F-4 they were scanning, I'd be surprised to get an announcement anytime soon as they would need to process the data, THEN put together the CAD etc - it's not often Airfix announce something without having at least the CAD to display, if not also having the test shots ready. Having said that, anyone remember they spoke about a research trip to Yeovilton in February - nothing yet announced that would match that, and the FAAM has a Phantom too...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 It's like Christmas every month now...!! I hope not, it's bad enough once a year!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm1did1 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 It's like Christmas every month now...!! But people want it weekly! Why have the 2x 'variant' announces together when an almost weekly drip feed of news would get the Airfix-Crazy brigade salivating like Pavlovs modellers. I think it should be every Friday so filled can have sleepless weekends thanking the Gods/cursing the Devils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm1did1 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Having said that, anyone remember they spoke about a research trip to Yeovilton in February - nothing yet announced that would match that, and the FAAM has a Phantom too...... Nah, that'll be a new Fulmar,Avenger, Ohka, (Sea) Vampire, Concorde, Hunter T8M... ...and then there the goodies in the reserve collection... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 If it was an F-4 they were scanning, I'd be surprised to get an announcement anytime soon as they would need to process the data, THEN put together the CAD etc - it's not often Airfix announce something without having at least the CAD to display, if not also having the test shots ready. Having said that, anyone remember they spoke about a research trip to Yeovilton in February - nothing yet announced that would match that, and the FAAM has a Phantom too...... ..and of course there's no way of knowing WHEN Airfix's photo of the scanner was taken? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Very true..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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