Homebee Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 (edited) Sword is to release a 1/72nd Fiat G.55 Centauro kit - ref. SW72104 Model contains 2 complete kits with 2 tails versions Source: http://swordmodels.cz/cs/home/122-sw72104-fiat-g55-centauro.html Box art & schemes V.P. Edited June 17, 2022 by Homebee 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Very interesting ! The Special Hobby kit is quite easily available and pretty good, I'm curious to see what Sword will give us. Supplying two tails is a very good thing as the Serie 1 G.55 did indeed have two types of tails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoZG Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Both tail versions were done by Special Hobby. Beside that, Special Hobby also covered the whole range of Centauro, including Sottoserie Zero, G.56 and even G.55S Silurante through Italian subsidiary. What is most important, there is nothing wrong with Special Hobby kits as they are modern, accurate and well detailed. In my eyes Sword announced pretty useless release, unless it will prove popular with those buyers who always need to have the latest regardless to the real necessity. In the last couple of years I got the impression that Czech producers lost inspiration and creativity of offering really new and previously non-kitted subjects, but rather recycle items done by others before, even if they were done recently, like this G.55. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I am quite happy about this announcement! Sorry I can not agree with MarkoZG, since I missed out on Special Hobby's renditions. (To be honest I wasn't even aware they did a G.55, but with so many new kits coming out, I must have overlooked it.) I have built some Sword Spitfires recently, and believe that their G.55 will be good as well. I especially like the late-war markings with the 'post stamp style' Italian flag. This would sit nicely along my Reggiane 2005 : 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas V. Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) Special Hobby kits are bit outdated compared to their recent offerings, and as far as I remember were true multimedia kits ( lots of resin )...but given recent quality and detail in Sword kits don't think they will be able to surpass SH.... Edited May 12, 2017 by Thomas V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Will look for the Syrian, Egyptian and Argentinian versions....seem that this will be a success as many people are looking for a nicekit of this bird!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertone139 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 How about Sword re-releasing their P-47N, it goes for astronomical prices on Ebay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Sprues: http://swordmodels.cz/en/home/122-sw72104-fiat-g55-centauro.html V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I'm looking forward to this one from a personal modelling viewpoint and trader viewpoint. That looks quite nice and you can't argue with the price for 2 kits in one box. The older Special Hobby kits can be a total pain to build and so far I've had no really bad issues building Sword kits so far (Spitfire Vc, Re 2001 and Ki-84) so we'll see. thanks Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I think you can expect an order from me for these Mike, seeing as I missed the SH ones. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas V. Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) Looks better than SH kit, by that I mean nicer plastic and more likely easier construction, but lacking in detail, they should at least give some PE parts for the cockpit,if not Brengun/Hauler should jump the wagon. Adding to that, few years ago a friend of mine and a good connaisseur of Italian subjects stated that ancient FROG kit is more accurate G.55 representation than SH one, maybe the new Sword kit is based on more accurate FROG kit? Edited May 30, 2017 by Thomas V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippythehog Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Lovely. I enjoyed the Sword Spit MkV so I think this one is on my dance card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm Blecky Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 I see that this kit is now available. I ordered 2 of them direct from SWORD, averaged out to the best price could find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, Wm Blecky said: I see that this kit is now available. I ordered 2 of them direct from SWORD, averaged out to the best price could find. Did you get them less the VAT? If not there could well be cheaper options. thanks Mike Edited July 15, 2017 by Mikemx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm Blecky Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Hi Mike, I believe I did as they are being shipped to Canada. The best price that I saw on eBay was about $25 USD mail and that was for one. I paid $19 USD per set. Knowing my luck, they'll pop up for even less! LOL Now if I can only find a good price on those new Bf.109B kits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 4 hours ago, Wm Blecky said: Hi Mike, I believe I did as they are being shipped to Canada. The best price that I saw on eBay was about $25 USD mail and that was for one. I paid $19 USD per set. Knowing my luck, they'll pop up for even less! LOL Now if I can only find a good price on those new Bf.109B kits... You can get them cheaper than Ebay. You should check out the vendors that advertise on here, you can get better deals. thanks Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm Blecky Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Thanks Mike, I appreciate the heads up and will do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthete Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 (edited) Speaking of ordering directly from Sword: how was the experience? Also, does the shipping abroad (in my case EU) really cost as displayed in the basket, or it is only for domestic postage? I tried to contact them via formular on their page with undeliverable mail notification as result... Edited November 10, 2017 by Aesthete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPAD64 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 On 10/11/2017 at 4:40 PM, Aesthete said: Speaking of ordering directly from Sword: how was the experience? Also, does the shipping abroad (in my case EU) really cost as displayed in the basket, or it is only for domestic postage? I tried to contact them via formular on their page with undeliverable mail notification as result... Very good experience for me, no issue and shipping fee are correct 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthete Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 In the meantime, I got their reply (despite returned mail) and the shipping charge to EU should in fact be 266 CZK, although in the basket 121 CZK is displayed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Re-release expected in April - ref. SW72104 - Fiat G.55 Srs.1 (2in1) - Co-Belligerent AF (ANR) (2 kits included) New box art Source: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/fiat-g55-srs1-2in1---co-belligerent-af-anr--2-kits-included-reissue-expected-april-2022-sword-sw72104-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=145030 V.P. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike kippenhan Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I wish Sword would follow Eduard and release a poster of this box art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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