Roman Schilhart Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Just as the brand new Tamiya 1/72 Bf-109G hit the shelves, comes this announcement from Eduard... https://www.72news.eu/2019/03/eduard-messerschmit-bf109g6as.html 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiG-Mech Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Wow ! The 4645674376378086th Bf 109 G-6. Okay, quality will be good. I'll buy the Royal Class. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBr Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) I am not sure that the render is 1/72 scale kit. Mr. Šulc was asked "when will the time come for the Bf-109 family in 1/72 scale?" few days back in the Q&A thread at modelforum.cz and his answer was this (translated to English): "Regarding time, do you mean when we start constructing them or selling them? Construction will start this year and I would like to see them in stores next year, around the time of Eday. I don't know which version will come first, we will decide when the time comes." Then someone suggested to start with G-10 and Mr. Šulc replied that he is tempted to start with G-6/AS, but that's about all of the discussion. Edit: He also mentioned that E variants won't be included in this project, as they require more significant redesign. Edited March 6, 2019 by JBr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas V. Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Render is for 48th scale kit, and I truly hope they don't simply downscale before mentioned, because fuselage is app.1,5mm too high, but still in 48th scale making visually front end ( firewall forwards ) too blunt, especially spinner which is in scale but too wide/too large diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 True 1/72 revolution - spit mk.ix, bf-109g, fw-190a are definitely revolutionary selection. Hellcat or bf-110 were at least those requiring state-of-the-art kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcop Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 18 hours ago, Thomas V. said: Render is for 48th scale kit, and I truly hope they don't simply downscale before mentioned, because fuselage is app.1,5mm too high, but still in 48th scale making visually front end ( firewall forwards ) too blunt, especially spinner which is in scale but too wide/too large diameter. How do you dare ? Have you got a Eduard life insurance ? You know the best amongst all the world insurances ! I would say that Eduard could release a "special paper project" 1/72 scale Bf 109G type with a 1/48 scale exhaust and I-16 type spinner. And for the more demanding scale modeller a good model of it in the Brassin range. 😉 Madcop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Don't see Tamiya doing an AS or DB605D aircraft, so that area would make sense to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 If Eduard do the AS versions first I'm interested. If they do the Erla built G-10 first I'll be more than interested! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro1 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I'll be interested in whatever version they issue 🙂 Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I already see the gun push button on the control yoke has a gross error 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAJustin Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 In an Facebook Messenger conversation with Alena from Eduard this morning about my suggestion for a 1/72 scale series of late model F4U Corsairs, I also asked about the upcoming Bf-109 series to which she replied, "it'll be released in November". She also mentioned a series of early Spitfires as a future project. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantome Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 3/7/2019 at 10:50 AM, Dave Fleming said: Don't see Tamiya doing an AS or DB605D aircraft, so that area would make sense to start I don't see Tamiya doing any other variant if their recent history is to judge (F-16 *cough*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 22 hours ago, USAJustin said: In an Facebook Messenger conversation with Alena from Eduard this morning about my suggestion for a 1/72 scale series of late model F4U Corsairs, I also asked about the upcoming Bf-109 series to which she replied, "it'll be released in November". She also mentioned a series of early Spitfires as a future project. The November release is the 1/48 G-6/AS, which was delayed from being released in August because Eduard were scrambling to get the P-51D ready for the Chattanooga IPMS USA Nationals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redboost Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 There is no 1/72 scale Bf 109 kit appearing this year and the whole project seems to be postponed a bit; I’m afraid even to 2021. Eduard seems to be steering away from this scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjorn Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 28 minutes ago, Redboost said: Eduard seems to be steering away from this scale. I do hope you err. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAJustin Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 4 hours ago, VMA131Marine said: The November release is the 1/48 G-6/AS, which was delayed from being released in August because Eduard were scrambling to get the P-51D ready for the Chattanooga IPMS USA Nationals. Yeah, she didn’t specify the scale, drat!🤔 Guess I’ll pick up the Tamiya kit in the meantime😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basuroy Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Last year , during the mig-21 and the fokker biplane announcement , they said their next 72nd scale kit will be the typhoon . Likely downscaled from the 48th. I would hazard a guess that a 109 and p-51 will eventually follow as well but the typhoon is likely first and that makes sense too - tamiya , their closest competitor , does't offers that type. Earlier this year , they also mentioned the intend to rebox a crop duster originally tooled by KP . 72nd scale of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Basuroy said: they said their next 72nd scale kit will be the typhoon . Likely downscaled from the 48th The 1/48 "Eduard" Typhoon is the Hasegawa kit reboxed. Do you mean Tempest? that makes more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basuroy Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 23 minutes ago, Troy Smith said: The 1/48 "Eduard" Typhoon is the Hasegawa kit reboxed. Do you mean Tempest? that makes more sense. Yes correct , the tempest . The one they tooled themselves with full rivet details and all. Confused the types oops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) On 19/08/2019 at 19:04, USAJustin said: In an Facebook Messenger conversation with Alena from Eduard this morning about my suggestion for a 1/72 scale series of late model F4U Corsairs, I also asked about the upcoming Bf-109 series to which she replied, "it'll be released in November". She also mentioned a series of early Spitfires as a future project. A series of early Spitfires is superoverdue and could be more than welcome. At the same time I do not see why Tamiya should be worried as Eduard indeed is not really targeting 1/72 scale anymore unfortunately... Late model Corsairs is something just entirely ignored. No one cares but those aircraft were taking part in conflicts over 10 years or more following the end of WWII. Edited August 20, 2019 by Dennis_C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAJustin Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Dennis_C said: A series of early Spitfires is superoverdue and could be more than welcome. At the same time I do not see why Tamiya should be worried as Eduard indeed is not really targeting 1/72 scale anymore unfortunately... Late model Corsairs is something just entirely ignored. No one cares but those aircraft were taking part in conflicts over 10 years or more following the end of WWII. A scale wasn’t specified for the early Spits in our conversation I’m afraid. Late model Corsairs are sorely lacking any really good accurate kits in 1/72 scale, sure would be great to see some, they look great with 4 bladed props! Lots of differences between variants too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, Dennis_C said: Late model Corsairs is something just entirely ignored. Even in 1/48th scale, there is only one kit worth mentioning: Hasegawa, in all its variants. The HobbyBoss late Corsairs are crap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 minute ago, USAJustin said: A scale wasn’t specified for the early Spits in our conversation I’m afraid. Late model Corsairs are sorely lacking any really good accurate kits in 1/72 scale, sure would be great to see some, they look great with 4 bladed props! Lots of differences between variants too. F4U-5/AU-1 are just different aircraft. You can't get them by scratch conversion from earlier ones. And I do not see a manufacturer to take care about. Extremely unlikely it can be Eduard in any scale. Not their area of interest at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Eduard did a Hellcat, so a Corsair isn't too far outside their "area of interest". If you want to argue that the F4U-5 and AU-1 are not WW2 types but Korea, Eduard did do a MiG.15. I'm not arguing that they will do a Corsair of any kind, but I wouldn't rule it out immediately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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