Simon Cornes Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Cruel!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammer625 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 That’s a somewhat cruel April 1 shenanigan 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Somebody went to a lot trouble to produce the box and artwork . . . real shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.T Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) But does anyone know where this kit now is? Where are the molds? Is Meng going to do this? Edited April 2, 2021 by mr.T typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One 48 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Maybe one day it will see a release, some how? We can only live in hope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutcastJoel Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 A test build has popped up on Facebook over the last week so... https://www.facebook.com/100028639388861/posts/617884322509542/?sfnsn=scwspmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 Source: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=sinch.tw&set=a.614756366155671 Quote Guess what's hidden beneath this mysterious molds... V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Didn't think they'd let that go to waste. Did I just hear the bump from the desirability of the HK Lanc hitting the floor again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutcastJoel Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 So, MENG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, OutcastJoel said: So, MENG? Great Wall Hobby (GWH) or MENG say rumours. V.P. Edited August 23, 2021 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, OutcastJoel said: So, MENG? Depending on if this company cut the moulds. If the moulds had not been paid for in full they can't be classed as a company asset, therefore ownership reverts to the company who cut them, they can do as they please, including scrapping. Before we have burst blood vessels, to the company it's a matter of cold, hard, cash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 37 minutes ago, Homebee said: Great Wall Hobby (GWH) or Meng say rumours. I don't see those companies buying a tooling set off-the-shelf. I'd rather say Minibase. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutcastJoel Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, Laurent said: I don't see those companies buying a tooling set off-the-shelf. I'd rather say Minibase. My money is on MENG or Great Wall Hobby because I know MENG did some of the tooling for WNW (but apparently not all of it?). I also gather that the builder of this test shot does work with GWH. I might be reading too much into that though as I am sure any modeller given the opportunity to work on this kit would jump at it. I know nothing about Minibase, what is their range like? Whoever releases it I am chuffed it is going to see the light of day. (Which might be why I am talking such baseless nonsense) 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Maybe it is one of the test shots that did the show circuit in 2018-19 ? All very tempting to believe it’s the start of a production run but I see no transparencies in fact no more than I’ve seen in the plastic before. So, let’s imagine it’s one of the few test shots that somehow escaped the scrap bin - as I understand Wingnut binned a lot of show test shots . If I had it and I didn’t have the full kit set then I’d buy an HKM kit and use that as a donor for any missing parts and then ‘someone’ might advertise the completed model for sale on eBay for, what, £2,500 or $2,500 and you can be sure someone would snap it up. This could just be one huge ruse!!! But I hope it isn’t………!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, OutcastJoel said: I also gather that the builder of this test shot does work with GWH. Cigarette man ? He's been promoting a number of kits: AMK F-14, Minibase Su-33, FMK Curtiss Hawk III and others. I believe he's a member/president of a modelling club in Taiwan. Some kind of influencer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABeck Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Cigarette man ? His name is Fan Cheng Pin, don´t know what the surname and what the Christian name is. He was a winner at the Moson Show several years ago (Mi-24, I think 1/35). Would be really nice to welcome him here on this side of the moon. - Not to forget: WNW also produced in South Korea (Ace?) ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 12 hours ago, ABeck said: Not to forget: WNW also produced in South Korea (Ace?) ! Tooling produced in South Korea and injection in China ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABeck Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 11 hours ago, Laurent said: Tooling produced in South Korea and injection in China ? I am not sure about that. If anybody has a box at hand, mine are stored away: Does it say "Produced in the Republic of Korea" ? or anything like that ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas V. Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Tooling produced in S.Korea and Taiwan, with injection processes in situ, did not hear PRC provenance. Meng outsources tooling production. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phas3e Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) and the winner is...Border Models Edited September 27, 2021 by Phas3e 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=872466436716346&id=339312286698433 Border Model - 1/32nd - ref. BF010 - Avro Lancaster B.Mk.I/III Quote Today we are releasing our first 1/32nd aircraft BF010 Avro Lancaster w/full Interior. When we first saw the 3D model and BOXART of it, we were hooked. Due to the change of events in 2020, we ended up acquiring the molds for this kit. We spent a year doing more testing, fixing, including making instructions without design drawings in order to make this epic kit a success. Finally we finished it. We contacted the artist, Mr. Mark Postlethwaite. and purchased the rights to use the painting from him. It will eventually be marketed as BOXART for this product. Due to many production troubles and mold maintenance issues, the product will be sold in limited quantities worldwide and will not be produced again for a certain period of time afterwards. This Christmas season, it will be available for pre-order all over the world! V.P. Edited September 27, 2021 by Homebee 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanond Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Homebee said: Source: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=872466436716346&id=339312286698433 Border Model - 1/32nd - ref. BF010 - Avro Lancaster B.Mk.I/III V.P. I'm also excited by the news. I didn't expect it to come out this soon. Any speculation why Border mention the problem with the mold and that they won't issue it for a period after this initial limited release? "many production troubles and mold maintenance issues" Nanond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderly Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 The mold maintenance issue sounds like a marketing ploy to me …… hurry, hurry, hurry - get one whilst you can. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 It’s great news that all the time, money and technology hasn’t been wasted, now standby for all the FB posts that it’s the wrong scale, wrong type and wrong subject😂😂😂😂 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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