Homebee Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) After 2017 (see here) while waiting the new catalog 2018, here's the first Academy newsletter of 2018 (1/4). Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=10688&pCategory=NEWS2 Two aircraft repop. - ref. 12324 - 1/48 - Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator (new decals) - ref. 12564 - 1/72 - McDD F/A-18C Hornet (new decals) V.P. Edited September 28, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavingav1 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 The vindicator is a welcome return but a warning to all, it was not Accurate Miniatures finest hour, it has the feel of an unfinished kit and is not of the same standard of the avenger or mitchell , the canopy is totally wrong behind the pilots station, interested to see if Academy correct the canopy issue or just do a straight re-issue Here is one i built from AM original , i corrected the canopy myself by removing the extra canopy frames, it was hard work . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton K55 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Source Anton? So, the two new Academy a/c tooling for 2018 are: - ref. 12563 - 1/72 - Grumman F-14A Tomcat "VF-143" - dedicated thread here - ref. 12127 - 1/35 - Bell AH-1Z Viper "US Marine Corps" - dedicated thread here Sources: http://scalemodels.ru/news/12546-Academy-katalog-2018.html http://www.greenmats.club/topic/4437-academy-172-f-14a-vf-143-№12563-анонс-на-2018/ V.P. Edited January 24, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Homebee said: Source ? So, the only new Academy a/c tooling for 2018 is a 1/72nd Grumman F-14 Tomcat kit. V.P. Helicopters are aircraft too! There's also the 1/35 AH-1Z. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) Ooops. V.P. Edited January 11, 2018 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofiane1718 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 btw if you want the rest is here: http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_forum&mms_cat=[정보]&no=363161 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 (edited) First repop of the year - ref. 12564 - 1/72 - McDD F/A-18C Hornet VFA-192 Golden Dragons (new decals) Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=10798&pCategory=NEWS1 V.P. Edited March 14, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) Source: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5632990743 V.P. Edited April 5, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 - ref. 12324 - 1/48 - Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator (new decals) Source: https://www.facebook.com/academymodeleurope/posts/2043746222321232 Box art Decals PE set & masks Sprues V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I wish they'd pull their Catalinas and redo them with engines/cowls the right size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 Academy newsletter 2/4 Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=10840&pCategory=NEWS1 V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 Korean in box review - ref. 12324 - 1/48 - Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&mms_cat=[리뷰]&no=3233 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 (edited) - ref. 12324 - 1/48 - Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator (new decals) "Battle of Midway" Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=10887&pCategory=NEWS1 V.P. Edited July 25, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavingav1 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 (edited) On 5/2/2018 at 4:11 AM, Homebee said: Korean in box review - ref. 12324 - 1/48 - Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&mms_cat=[리뷰]&no=3233 V.P. Academy seems to have cleaned up the molds extensively and modified the tooling to have sprue names on and a protection bracket for the bomb crutch but have not corrected the extra frames on the canopy-the one thing that really needed doing but have removed the extra frames on the built up sample . Edited May 8, 2018 by gavingav1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene K Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 5 hours ago, gavingav said: Academy ... have not corrected the extra frames on the canopy ... . Can you point out which frames are the extras? Thanks, Gene K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavingav1 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 (edited) Sure Gene, it is the area directly behind the pilots cockpit, should be aluminium on the real aircraft not a glazed area , i have marked the area out on the photo below and included a picture of my build where i corrected, it isnt easy to correct glazing and it was a scary job when i paid collectors price for an out of production kit, one slip or a crack in the canopy whilst sanding and game over . area with extra frames in red my own corrected build non corrected build Edited May 3, 2018 by gavingav1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene K Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 23 hours ago, gavingav said: ... I have marked the area out on the photo below and included a picture of my build where i corrected ... . Thanks very much!! Your "corrected" model is beautifully impressive. Gene K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 Academy newsletter 3/4 Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=10974&pCategory=NEWS1 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Still waiting for their 1/72 F-4B...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) - ref. 12329 - 1/48 - Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless "Battle of the Philippine Sea" Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=11034&pCategory=NEWS1 And Source: http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&mms_cat=[리뷰]&no=3832 V.P. Edited July 26, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) Korean in box review - ref.12560 - EA-18G Growler http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&mms_cat=[리뷰]&no=3987#.W2RipUTCnr0 V.P. Edited August 5, 2018 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 And here's the 4th Academy 2018 newsletter: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=11438&pCategory=NEWS1 On the aircraft kits side. V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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