1/48 - Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird by Revell - released - upgrade sets by Hypersonic Models & ResKit - LASRE conv. set by BAM Models

[Homebee]

On display in the Revell stand at the Nurnberg Toy Fair 2020.

Revell is to release a new tool 1/48th Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird kit in 2021 (or later as Revell is not famous for the respect of such deadlines).

Source: http://www.greenmats.club/forums/topic/6758-revell-1-sr-71-засветился-в-нюрнберге/

 

 

 

 

Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2805402012855804&set=pb.100001580974587.-2207520000..&type=3&theater

 

 

V.P.

 

Edited February 20, 2022 by Homebee

[ABeck]

1/48.   !!

 

[Homebee]

2 minutes ago, ABeck said:

1/48.   !!

 

Guess or certainty? Source ?

 

V.P.

[Violet Club]

I hope in 1/72 (we are still waiting for a state of the art kit of this iconic airplane.  The entire Blackbird family with other birds (A-12, YF-12) would be a great idea !,

[ABeck]

32 minutes ago, Homebee said:

 

Guess or certainty? Source ?

 

V.P.

1.Horse´s mouth

2.Inofficially announced during the Revell Press Conference ´19 (-past Telford- )((which I never attend))

3.The rumor had been world wide around, latest since Tokyo Hobby Show ´19

 

From my knowledge Jeffrey´s and Revell´s project do roughly have the same status. I think they will not interfere too much on the market.

[gavingav1]

Hypersonic models have been promising a new tools sr-71 since 2015 and they recently released a starter cart for the aircraft, i wonder if revell have taken over that project but anyways it's good news .

[Homebee]

4 hours ago, gavingav said:

Hypersonic models have been promising a new tools sr-71 since 2015 and they recently released a starter cart for the aircraft, i wonder if revell have taken over that project but anyways it's good news .

 

No.

GasPatch & Hypersonic Models have "a joint-venture" concerning that project.

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234990411-148-lockheed-sr-71a-blackbird-by-hypersonic-gaspatch-models-3d-renders-in-progress-resin-starter-cart-by-aim-released

 

V.P.

Edited January 29, 2020 by Homebee

[Mike]

I don't think we can say conclusively what scale it's going to be unless someone's got more information than us at this stage.  My money would be on 1:48, but that's just wishful thinking.  Whether there's more perceived need and profit in a 1:48 one I have no idea, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.  It would be good if we could avoid this thread from devolving into a scale war, as there's no correct scale, it's just our preference.

[Hook]

1 hour ago, Violet Club said:

I hope in 1/72 (we are still waiting for a state of the art kit of this iconic airplane.  The entire Blackbird family with other birds (A-12, YF-12) would be a great idea !,

--> this.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Scimitar F1]

To clarify Gaspatch are doing the interior for the Hypersonic kit. The Revell kit will be 1/48th but the Hypersonic kit will feature their usual attention to accuracy.

 

Will

[Nocoolname]

2 hours ago, Violet Club said:

I hope in 1/72 (we are still waiting for a state of the art kit of this iconic airplane.  The entire Blackbird family with other birds (A-12, YF-12) would be a great idea !,

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...………………………….!!!!!

 

There are enough 72 scale already and only one in 48. Time for the 48'ers to have their cake for a change!

[Hook]

6 minutes ago, Nocoolname said:

There are enough 72 scale already 

But none are all that accurate, and all are some 40 year old molds.

 

There's room for new tools in both scales.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Mike]

58 minutes ago, Scimitar F1 said:

The Revell kit will be 1/48th

Do we know this for certain Will? 🙏

[k5054nz]

Everything I've read on Facebook (I know, I know) is that it's 1/48. Roy from Barracuda was one of the posters I saw, the first in fact.

[Scimitar F1]

I had it from a very good (and logical) source. I do not want to name names in case they were told in confidence.

 

Will

[Adam Poultney]

I'm hoping 1/72 because I'd buy that, a modern tooling of the SR-71 in the best scale (no offence to any 1/48 modellers out there but 1/72 is the one true scale!). 1/48 would take up too much shelf space to justify

[One 48]

I hope its 1/48

[Radleigh]

I would say 1/48th, given that the display card/box is placed between all the other 1/48th stuff, and is of the same size roughly as the other 48th stuff... 1/72nd appears to be to the right side of the stand.. 

[Albeback52]

8 hours ago, Adam Poultney said:

I'm hoping 1/72 because I'd buy that, a modern tooling of the SR-71 in the best scale (no offence to any 1/48 modellers out there but 1/72 is the one true scale!). 1/48 would take up too much shelf space to justify

Have to agree with that,especially if one intends to buy more than one! 1/48 too large and probably too expensive!

Allan

[exdraken]

Would be very welcome in 48th, and for me totally unexpected!

Time to stock on Caracal Decals?

[jenko]

Later news in the year will be a major shortage of black paint.   

 

Dick

[gavingav1]

1 hour ago, jenko said:

Later news in the year will be a major shortage of black paint.   

 

Dick

Very very very very very dark blue .

[JeffreyK]

19 minutes ago, gavingav said:

Very very very very very dark blue .

Black, or various degrees of fading/weathering to shades of grey, but no blue. Very different kind of paint than for example on early U-2C's.

J

[DarrenH]

Cant wait to see both these SR-71’s...

Hoping Revell will not screw the pooch like they did with the big Hornet..

[VMA131Marine]

1 hour ago, DarrenH said:

Cant wait to see both these SR-71’s...

Hoping Revell will not screw the pooch like they did with the big Hornet..

That’s harsh! There aren’t any major problems with the big F/A-18E. I’d take it over the Trumpeter version.