Uncle Dick Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Well, finally someone listened, Hobby 2000 has just come out with 1/72 Fujimi toolings of the A-4M and OA-4M Scooters! Now how many to order of each??? Hopefully the other variants to follow! 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 SOLD ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Are these Fujimi or Hasegawa repops? Hobby 2000 till now offered Hasegawa kits with new marking options... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Almost too good to be true. And where to order? Cheers / André Edited January 23, 2020 by Andre B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Diego said: Are these Fujimi or Hasegawa repops? Hobby 2000 till now offered Hasegawa kits with new marking options... They also do Fujimi the IJN Jill torpedo bomber they do is Fujimi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Good morning That is a great news Scalemates confirm it https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hobby-2000-72017-douglas-a-4m-skyhawk-us-marines--1263620 You can preorder here http://www.armahobby.com/blog/new-kits-from-hobby2000-january-2020.html I really hope the other variants will follow very soon .. Patrice Edited January 23, 2020 by TEMPESTMK5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Excellent news. Fujimi's A-4s are still, and by a wide margin, the best A-4 kits available. The only problem is that they are not actually all that available, I hardly ever see them on offer. I recently stripped one of them with oven cleaner to give it a make-over. I wasn't aware of Hobby 2000, they have more interesting kits on offer I see. Pricing and shipping is pretty reasonable too. Edited January 23, 2020 by sroubos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 And just after I finally managed to find an Italeri M, that was the only M I could find, here comes this announcement.. if only this would have come a couple weeks earlier I'd have saved some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dick Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Paint masks, marking options, decals, images of sprue, instructions can be found here: A-4M https://www.hobbysta.pl/douglas-skyhawk-vma-214-blacksheep-p-76392.html?osCsid=ug3spupc9bpqdqolptl6qkogn0 OA-4M https://www.hobbysta.pl/douglas-skyhawk-p-76393.html 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) - ref. H2K72017 - Douglas A-4M Skyhawk "Black Sheep" http://www.armahobby.com/manufacturer/hobby2000/h2k72017-douglas-a-4m-skyhawk-black-sheep.html https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/H2K72017 Model A-4M includes plastic sprues from Fujimi, masks from Pmask and decals from Cartograf. - Douglas A-4M Skyhawk, WE-6/BuNo160044, VMA-214 Black Sheep, 1979 - Douglas A-4M Skyhawk, WE-01/BuNo160030, Lt. Col. T.R. Carstens, VMA-214 Black Sheep, MCAS El Toro, 28 April 1989 - ref. H2K72018 - Douglas OA-4M Skyhawk "Samurai" http://www.armahobby.com/manufacturer/hobby2000/h2k72018-douglas-oa-4m-skyhawk-samurai.html https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/H2K72018 OA-4M set contains Fujimi sprues, masks from Pmask and decals from Cartograf. - Douglas OA-4M Skyhawk, AW-01/BuNo154638, MAG-12 “Samurai”, Thailand US Joint Exerci Tailand, 9 January 1989 - Douglas OA-4M Skyhawk, DA-04/BuNo154628, H&MS “Bandits”, 1987 V.P. Edited January 25, 2020 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 £14.00 seems pretty reasonable, do you get a single and twin cockpit in each box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Can one build a late RNAZF A-4K from this boxing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 11 hours ago, Procopius said: Can one build a late RNAZF A-4K from this boxing? No, those were based on the F model, the M had several differences, including a different canopy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I have a soft spot for the A4 from building the Matchbox one as a kid, I think nostalgia coupled with a great kit will lead to me getting a couple of these 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Oooh, Cartograf decals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwart Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 14 hours ago, Procopius said: Can one build a late RNAZF A-4K from this boxing? TA-4K from the OA boxing is closest you can get. I really hope they repop the whole Fujimi skyhawk range.Aggressor markings!. Shane. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwart Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Scratch that,in the OA-4M boxing it's missing the rear coaming behind the canopy.So without scratchbuiling one you can only do the humped OA-4M. Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantome Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Please do an E! I was actually expecting Italeri to do a Fujimi A-4 repop but looks like Hobby 2000 beat them to it. Not sure who is in Hobby 2000's marketing team but they really have a good eye for kits that deserve reissues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Phantome said: Please do an E! I was actually expecting Italeri to do a Fujimi A-4 repop but looks like Hobby 2000 beat them to it. Not sure who is in Hobby 2000's marketing team but they really have a good eye for kits that deserve reissues. Can we get a Israeli A-4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raygunsnap Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) An E model makes sense since Fujimi’s A-4Es are typically priced at $100+ on eBay. People would buy them! Edited January 26, 2020 by Raygunsnap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Afternoon all. Well my self-imposed buying kits embargo went right out the window when I saw this. Bought a A-4m from super-hobby for a reasonable £17. Hopefully if they sell lots of the M and oa-4m they will re-box other versions. Cheers Allan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Well, the A-4M sold out rather fast. Wonder if they will have another go? I wasn't fast enough to get one... Cheers / André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladan Dugaric Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Also, both boxings contain all parts for a single-seater A-4M and twin-seater OA-4M, as well as a common canopy mask sheet which covers single- and twin-seater. Only decals are for the version on the box top. With aftermarket decals, either box is good for any of two versions. Vladan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Ok, shipment stopped because the Corona virus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dick Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 While we await Hobby2000 to repop more Fujimi Skyhawk versions, Brengun will release an A-4C conversion for the 1/72 Airfix A-4B as well as RATO rockets for the A-4B/Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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