Homebee Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) As follow up to its B-737-800 kit (link) Big Planes Kits is studying a 1/72nd Boeing P-8 Poseidon kit - ref. Source: https://www.facebook.com/BigPlanesKits/photos/a.1510613519216386/2595368540740873 Read in the BPK Facebook Quote What about information for P-8 Poseidon? Which board number is interesting? We are need information. V.P. Edited July 30, 2023 by Homebee 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 This was mooted when the 1/72 737-800 kit was originally announced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 This would be good, wonder if we could get them to do a Wedgetail now the RAF is buying them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 7 hours ago, Julien said: This would be good, wonder if we could get them to do a Wedgetail now the RAF is buying them? They'd have to tool up a 737-700 fuselage first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 12 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: They'd have to tool up a 737-700 fuselage first Sounds good to me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Count me in, probably do my with and APS-154 AAS! Hoops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMSLion Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I'd buy one, preferably with VX-20 markings. It would go really well with a decent MQ-4C Triton kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Really glad they're are doing this, especially in 1:72nd, go well with my Shackletons, Nimrod, P-3 Orion, P-5 Marlin, Atlantic and Neptune. Plenty of options aswel with USN, RAF, Indian and Australian use. Edited January 27, 2020 by 71chally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-KEH Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Norway, Germany and New Zealand does also have the P-8A on order - the RNoAF expects deliveries in 2021/2022. So BPK got plenty of time to prepare the kit... Edited July 31, 2021 by LN-KEH Added Germany to customer list 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 Fresh news Source: https://www.facebook.com/BigPlanesKits/posts/3045018269109229 Quote Dear friends. We will be painting the decals for P-8A Poseidon 1/72. We want to put the USA version and the Australian version in one box. What aircraft number would you like to have? Please write specific board (aircraft) numbers. We will start to sell the model at the end of this year. You can also write comments on our website. https://bigplaneskits.com/ V.P. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Quote Dear friends. We will be painting the decals for P-8A Poseidon 1/72. We want to put the USA version and the Australian version in one box. What aircraft number would you like to have? Not quite in the spirit of the original question, but ZP801-ZP815 please! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-KEH Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, 71chally said: Not quite in the spirit of the original question, but ZP801-ZP815 please! They can be in the same boxing as the Norwegian "Vingtor"🙂 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Norwegian decals are already in the making..... 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 There's definitely a market for this kit, and it'll put BPK on the "big board" like nobody's business. It took Hasegawa "only" 19 years to get a 1/72 P-3 on the market after the type's provisional entry into service. If 2022 becomes a reality, release-wise, they've beaten Hasegawa's timing on the P-3, unless I'm mistaken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTX Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Looking forward to a RNZAF one: 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulliver Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Hi guys, i think we will see P8 Poseidon soon. May be not in 2022 year. It will be two types of decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dick Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Can someone please tell me about the supposed centreline external stores stations (the only references I have seen is that the P-8 has 6 external stores attachment stations the 2 on each wing rated at (various references state 2,500 each others state 3,000 lb each - which one is correct I do not know???) and from a drawing I have seen (see below image) 2 centreline "in line" hard points of unknown load capacity? but I have never seen the supposed centreline hard points in any photos (not one) on a production P-8 !!!!! I have seen the long canoe radar type installations on the centreline but never any armament such as bombs, torpedoes, mines or missiles. Lots of images of the bomb bay but never seen any images of the alleged external centreline stores carrying armament..... Were the centreline stores stations incorporated into production models of the P-8 or not ? As the P-8 has been flying now for close to 8 years in operational service and not one image has emerged of centreline external stores that I have seen anyway? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 5:48 AM, GTX said: Looking forward to a RNZAF one: Me too...although I'd like to see our 1:1 examples first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTX Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 52 minutes ago, Beermonster1958 said: Well, numerous options even if they are all boring and grey. Still, easily rectified! 😂😉. Very wise choice of scale too👍 John I suppose one could always do a whatif Iranian P-8 in similar scheme to their P-3s to get a colourful one...🤣 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 The BPK 737-800 is over £120 at Hannants. Any hints as to the price on this? What with this and the Argus conversion, maritime patrol's getting to be an expensive business. Doesn't stop it being tempting, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 7 hours ago, pigsty said: The BPK 737-800 is over £120 at Hannants. Any hints as to the price on this? What with this and the Argus conversion, maritime patrol's getting to be an expensive business. Doesn't stop it being tempting, though. On the BPK website the 737-800 is US$120 ( about £90), I would expect it to be not much more as they would be just adding an extra sprue for the lumps. They may supply the weapons bay which wold make it more expensive, US$140-150** perhaps? ** My pure speculation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 The weapons bay shouldn't make it that much more expensive, since on the P-8A the bomb bay's about the size of an access panel. Just compare it to a Shackleton or Nimrod. Weapons bay or not, I'd definitely be interested in a 1/72nd scale kit of the Poseidon. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I'll be getting one. Be a lot easier than doing what Romeo Alpha Yankee did with the Welsh Models version! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 10:17 PM, Bell209 said: Be a lot easier than doing what Romeo Alpha Yankee did with the Welsh Models version! Yes, you've gotta give RAY credit for paving the way for the rest of us! If this comes to fruition, it'll prove the "rule" that if you sweat it out on a vac-form, chances are the kit will reappear as an excellent injection-molded kit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 2 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: Yes, you've gotta give RAY credit for paving the way for the rest of us! If this comes to fruition, it'll prove the "rule" that if you sweat it out on a vac-form, chances are the kit will reappear as an excellent injection-molded kit. This is a truism that has yet to be disproved 😂 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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