Botan Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 5 hours ago, Robert said: Are those East German markings missing something ? Robert No, those are early GDR markings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 1/48th - ref. 12333 - Bell P-39K/N Airacobra Source: http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&no=5155 V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) 1/48th - ref. 12332 - Grumman 1/48 F-6F-3 Hellcat "USS Princeton" Source: http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&no=5153 V.P. Edited July 15, 2019 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acinonyx Jubatus Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Mouldings are identical to my Eduard kits, so Eduard kits in Academy boxes it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phas3e Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 sweet, put me down for one of each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Released - 1/72nd - ref. 12566 - MiG-15bis "Fagot" Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=11967 Instructions: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00008&pCode=11968&pCategory=PLA V.P. Edited August 10, 2019 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) Released - 1/48th - ref. 12333 - Bell P-39K/N Airacobra "Pacific Theatre" Source: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=12010&pCategory=NEWS1 Instructions: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00008&pCode=12011&pCategory=PLA V.P Edited August 10, 2019 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 Released - 1/48th - ref. 12332 - Grumman 1/48 F-6F-3 Hellcat "USS Princeton" http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=12020&pCategory=NEWS1 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borisz Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I wish they would dump that MCP snap kits. Its gross. Look at that F-35. Looks like a toy. And all the others. 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantome Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 35 minutes ago, Borisz said: I wish they would dump that MCP snap kits. Its gross. Look at that F-35. Looks like a toy. And all the others. 😕 The F-35 is not a snap kit, and it's actually the best F-35 on the market IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyas Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 7 hours ago, Borisz said: I wish they would dump that MCP snap kits. Its gross. Look at that F-35. Looks like a toy. And all the others. 😕 From what I have read around here, the F-4J and F/A-18E/F snap kits from Academy are actually rather good. The shape is correct and not toy-like, unlike their less detailed T-50 and F-16 snap kits. As for the F-35, I don't think that's a snap kit. Multi-coloured parts are not everyone's taste (and I don't like it either), but hey, black basing is a good answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCZ Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Academy F-35 is best Lighting II in this scale (and posible most cheap...). But i understand now, why Academy make experiment in complexisivity and scale - i speak about their new USS Missouri and USS Enterprise. In last years make 1/350 (i have their USS Indianapolis and is very nice)battle cruisers and battleships - and now released a USS Missouri in 1/400 ? I was a disappointed, because i hope in Iowa Class in WW 2 config in 1/350, and now released "Old Miss" in strange scale and simplified details (Indianapolis is better). Yup, it is here a Very Fire WW2 config Missouri, but i never saw this kit in my own eyes and don´t know it is a good kit, or not. And when i look on their HP Academy have many strange (too asian) toy-like kits... I many years hope for long nosed F-4 Phantom II (especially F-4E) in 1/48, and nothing, simple - nothing ! Academy re-boxed an Accurate, now Eduard... - but in 1/48 or 1/32 don´t make any real new tool. Yes, have gorgeous (and cheap !) state of art Bell AH-1Z "Viper" in 1/35 - but that´s all, folks !!! Not another Phantom II, not another Hornet (in 1/32 - i desperate need an accurate "Super Hornet" ! Revell is tragic and Trumpeter isn´t too accurate.) But this is a little problem by other traditional scale models companies - Revell, Italeri, Hasegawa, Tamiya - all going to toys or asian specified strange kits and on standard kits simple resigned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Tyas said: From what I have read around here, the F-4J and F/A-18E/F snap kits from Academy are actually rather good. The shape is correct and not toy-like, unlike their less detailed T-50 and F-16 snap kits. As for the F-35, I don't think that's a snap kit. Multi-coloured parts are not everyone's taste (and I don't like it either), but hey, black basing is a good answer. Apart from the simplified exhausts, the F-15E snap kit is also very good and an easy build. And you can get excellent 3D printed exhaust nozzles in the open or closed configurations from KA Models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 On 10/06/2019 at 12:26, vppelt68 said: Big H lists Academy #12562 as a B-17G future release in 1:72; most likely just new decal options to go along with the old but good plastic. Anybody know more about this? Edit: ok, I found a catalogue pic with the warbird GD*Y "Yankee Lady" in flight and mentions "new decals". For me, with interest in building 381st BG Fortresses, that would be a lovely choice. Never mind the plane specific codes, but those black triangle-L:s would be nice to get kit-supplied, as Kits-World charges 5 pounds per plane for them, plus the fuselage codes. Right, quoting myself isn't as bad as voting own build in a group build vote, I hope... I've been waiting for more information about this new edition of B-17G paint schemes, really interested in it. Suddenly my mind did some math... Academy and Airfix co-operate, now as the most recent edition of Airfix's new tool B-17G has just an off-the-shelf Kits-World decal sheet added into it, what if Academy is doing exactly the same thing with the K-W Yankee Lady/Texas Raiders sheet, as the Yankee Lady appears in their catalogue picture? I don't actually complain, a lot, but if the industry moves towards this, in the end we will lose as the model manufacturers end developing or sourcing out NEW decal options for their kits - this regardless of a possible bargain in combined pricing for the kit+decalsheet. On 10/06/2019 at 12:26, vppelt68 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) Released (plastic ex-Accurate Miniatures - link) - 1/48th - ref.12330 - Vought V-156-B1 "Chesapeake" Sources: http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=12050&pCategory=NEWS1 http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00008&pCode=12049&pCategory=PLA V.P. Edited July 24, 2020 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 On 8/19/2019 at 12:56 PM, Tyas said: From what I have read around here, the F-4J and F/A-18E/F snap kits from Academy are actually rather good. The shape is correct and not toy-like, unlike their less detailed T-50 and F-16 snap kits. As for the F-35, I don't think that's a snap kit. Multi-coloured parts are not everyone's taste (and I don't like it either), but hey, black basing is a good answer. The F-15E is also rather good. It is improved with the addition of the KA Models engine nozzles as the kit items are very simplified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 On 8/19/2019 at 2:02 PM, AlCZ said: (in 1/32 - i desperate need an accurate "Super Hornet" ! Revell is tragic and Trumpeter isn´t too accurate.) I haven’t heard of any major problems with the new Revell Super Bug. I’ve followed the discussions on Large Scale Planes quite closely and while there was concern about the shape of the fuselage behind the cockpit, the conclusion was that Revell basically got this right. I buy the Revell over the over-priced Trumpeter kit any day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phas3e Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Cant say i saw that coming, well done Academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCZ Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I read a kit was is very difficult to build, may be a horror to build. I have it, and first when i saw it have a 300 parts only, i can a quick build. But i when read a negative experiences (and tested it on air intakes for clima/Life support system beyond the tails - i lost my will can build this kit Maybe i test it - Super Bug is a really my favourite jet.... but i was very sceptic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 Newsletter 4/2019 - http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=12055&pCategory=NEWS2 The a/c programme V.P. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) Released 1/48th - ref. 12331 - Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless http://www.academy.co.kr/6q/board_news_main.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00002&pCode=12080&pCategory=NEWS1 V.P. Edited December 17, 2019 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I don't understand why Academy haven't yet released the 1/48 SBD-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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