Homebee 23,179 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) Despite the "New tooling" indication Academy is to rebox the Mauve 1/48th Curtiss P-40N Warhawk kit under - ref. 12341 Source: https://academypm.cafe24.com/09_site/2021_academy_catalog.pdf Box art V.P. Edited April 2 by Homebee 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Phas3e 120 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 ooo, Not much in the way of N's on the market right now, this could do ok. Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt 1,962 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1 hour ago, Phas3e said: ooo, Not much in the way of N's on the market right now, this could do ok. Hobby 2000 are just about to release the Hasegawa kit which is the best one out there but it will be interesting to see what this looks like. I just hope they do an F/L as everyone seems to do and E and M/N and don't seem interested in the F/L. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Supersonic26 10 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Interesting for sure. I haven't build anything from Academy that would qualify as recent - anybody have an idea what to expect from a 2021, 1/48 Academy kit? Link to post Share on other sites
dragonlanceHR 317 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1 hour ago, Tbolt said: Hobby 2000 are just about to release the Hasegawa kit which is the best one out there but it will be interesting to see what this looks like Hobby 2000 is already out, my kit arrived yesterday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt 1,962 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 7 minutes ago, dragonlanceHR said: Hobby 2000 is already out, my kit arrived yesterday. Cool, they haven't turned up in the UK yet. Link to post Share on other sites
kopperhed 46 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Is this the first new mold Academy a/c in awhile? Link to post Share on other sites
hopkp 275 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I know the catalogue says 'new tooling', but I wouldn't bet against it being a re-issue of the kit that appeared years ago under the 'Mauve' brand. Academy has a track record of re-boxing other manufacturers' kits - for example, their B-25s and early P-51s are all re-branded 'Accurate Miniatures' kits and I think it's generally accepted at this point that the F3F will also be from that stable. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas V. 296 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 My bet is also on Mauve, as they have been quite liberal in labelling old kits " New Tool" . Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt 1,962 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Though the Mauve tooling is quite nice it will be disappointing if it is and not new. Link to post Share on other sites
VMA131Marine 2,515 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 If this is actually a rebox and not a completely new kit, it seems to me more likely to be the AMT tooling than Mauve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mungo1974 415 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Given the current/recent co-operation between Academy and Italeri and the fact Italeri now have the moulds for the oldish 90's vintage AMT P-40 Family...I'm guessing the 'new' P-40N will be the AMT kit in a shiney new box......not bad kits if alittle soft on detail in places. Link to post Share on other sites
politicni komisar 241 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Italeri / AMT because they are already cooperating . .MAUVE was a Japanese company associated with Hasegawa at the time. a few engineers went on their own in the 90s. However, Hobby 2000 is quite expensive. Samo/P.k Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt 1,962 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 29 minutes ago, politicni komisar said: Italeri / AMT because they are already cooperating . .MAUVE was a Japanese company associated with Hasegawa at the time. a few engineers went on their own in the 90s. However, Hobby 2000 is quite expensive. Samo/P.k In the UK Hobby 2000 reboxed kits are cheaper than the Hasegawa boxing and you get Cartograph decals and masks so they are a good deal. Link to post Share on other sites
Homebee 23,179 Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 (edited) Schemes & decals Source: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10770751 V.P. Edited March 25 by Homebee 2 Link to post Share on other sites
k5054nz 1,317 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) Thanks, VP. I really want to see sprue shots. The Italeri-AMT P-40s are fairly expensive here (was disappointed at value for money with the K I bought a couple of years back) so if this is just the AMT plastic then at least it may be a chance to get it cheaper. Edited March 24 by k5054nz Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Esposito 272 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 New Tooling! Isn't there such a thing as "false advertising"? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt 1,962 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 3 hours ago, Mike Esposito said: New Tooling! Isn't there such a thing as "false advertising"? Probably not in Korea 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Homebee 23,179 Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 (edited) Source: http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&no=6338 It is a rebox from the Mauve kit (link, compare the sprues). V.P. Edited April 2 by Homebee 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt 1,962 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 50 minutes ago, Homebee said: Source: http://mmzone.co.kr/mms_tool/mt_view.php?mms_db_name=mmz_media&no=6338 It is a rebox from the Mauve kit (link). V.P. Nice. Shame they went with Academy decals though. I wonder what price this will be going for compared to the Hobby 2000 boxing of the Hasegawa kit? Link to post Share on other sites
alt-92 3,986 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 3/25/2021 at 8:47 AM, Tbolt said: Probably not in Korea Depends, if you count a new decal sheet as 'not the same tools' used... /runs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Masinissa 157 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Where's the lime green plastic? Link to post Share on other sites
Sturmovik 2,471 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 On 02/04/2021 at 04:25, Tbolt said: Nice. Shame they went with Academy decals though. I wonder what price this will be going for compared to the Hobby 2000 boxing of the Hasegawa kit? I assume their decals may have improved from their earlier releases. I still prefer them to choose Cartograf though. Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt 1,962 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 7 hours ago, Sturmovik said: I assume their decals may have improved from their earlier releases. I still prefer them to choose Cartograf though. Don't know to be honest, the only ones I've used of theirs are from older kits. Link to post Share on other sites
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