Homebee Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) MikroMir is to release a 1/72nd de Havilland DH.108 Swallow kit - ref. 72-022 Source: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4613521392058894&id=1416295571781508&m_entstream_source=feed_mobile Sprues V.P. Edited November 27, 2021 by Homebee 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Well, that is interesting news. All these kits of British aircraft from a fascinating period of aviation is doing nothing for stash reduction 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Far be it from me to seek credit, but I've just got my Maintrack vacform kit to the point where it's ready to paint ... 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 15 minutes ago, Admiral Puff said: Far be it from me to seek credit, but I've just got my Maintrack vacform kit to the point where it's ready to paint ... Ah, so it's not just me that it happens to!🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Hmmm. Interesting!!! A must have for every Vampire fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Great though this is first prototype which was for low speed testing, according to a quick glance at Wikipedia to produce the more significant hi-speed version a new nose and cockpit is required and technically increasing the wing sweep from 43 to 45 degs. I guess the high speed version has been available as a vacform and resin kits, not sure about the first prototype. MikroMir and AMP though continue to release some interesting and overlooked aircraft and helos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) Released - ref.72-022 - de Havilland DH.108 Swallow Sources: https://ua-hobby.com/products/1-72-de-havilland-dh108-swallow-mikromir-72-022 https://www.facebook.com/mikro.mir.dnepr/posts/4774343319310033 https://www.aviationmegastore.com/de-havilland-dh108-swallow-mikro-mir-mm72-022-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=183731 V.P. Edited December 4, 2021 by Homebee 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Better get a wriggle on on with my resin offering then..😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Oh no. Got to have one of these, even if the real was a death trap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 What a cool looking airplane! During communist times in '80s in Poland selling models of German (Nazi) planes was forbidden, but I was fascinated with the Me 163. What I did? Made "a Komet" of Frog/NOVO DH Vampire fuselage and wings from Il-62 tailplane. The result was very similar to the actuall Swallow. Funny fact - I didn't know about Swallow at that time! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 2 hours ago, GrzeM said: During communist times in '80s in Poland selling models of German (Nazi) planes was forbidden How enterprising of you! I am told this was also the case in Yugoslavia, after some WWII veterans made a big fuss about it... What an interesting subject! Perhaps Mikro-Mir will follow up with the even less safe high-speed version! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 I hope to heaven that they have done a better job than they did with the AW 52. Mind you, that would not be difficult. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 3:18 PM, TheyJammedKenny! said: What an interesting subject! Perhaps Mikro-Mir will follow up with the even less safe high-speed version! The decals show provision for TG306, the one in which Geoffrey De Havilland lost his life preparing for an attempt on the World Speed Record John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lloyd Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 11:37 PM, GrzeM said: What a cool looking airplane! During communist times in '80s in Poland selling models of German (Nazi) planes was forbidden, but I was fascinated with the Me 163. What I did? Made "a Komet" of Frog/NOVO DH Vampire fuselage and wings from Il-62 tailplane. The result was very similar to the actuall Swallow. Funny fact - I didn't know about Swallow at that time! A political intervention, or the drastic measures necessary to stop the model kit industry's entire and exclusive output being Messerschmitt 109s and Focke-Wulf 190s? 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 39 minutes ago, Peter Lloyd said: or the drastic measures necessary I feel your pain! LOL. Sorry for the thread hijack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Peter Lloyd said: A political intervention, or the drastic measures necessary to stop the model kit industry's entire and exclusive output being Messerschmitt 109s and Focke-Wulf 190s? Definitely political. Even Spitfires and Hurricanes, while legally available, had to be in Soviet version (really!). We had only one "good legal Messerschmitt" available - post war Czech Avia S-99. Oh, and this one (Avia CS-92), but it was late '80s: (Heller kit packed in Czechoslovakia) BTW, good joke with the Messerschmitt output 🙂 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 28/11/2021 at 10:21, John R said: I hope to heaven that they have done a better job than they did with the AW 52. Mind you, that would not be difficult. John I was just thinking that.... has anyone dared try this thing yet to compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 3:18 PM, TheyJammedKenny! said: How enterprising of you! I am told this was also the case in Yugoslavia, after some WWII veterans made a big fuss about it... What an interesting subject! Perhaps Mikro-Mir will follow up with the even less safe high-speed version! I believe NOVO were forbidden from buying, or using, the Frog moulds of German aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 8 hours ago, GrzeM said: Definitely political. Even Spitfires and Hurricanes, while legally available, had to be in Soviet version (really!). We had only one "good legal Messerschmitt" available - post war Czech Avia S-99. Oh, and this one (Avia CS-92), but it was late '80s: (Heller kit packed in Czechoslovakia) BTW, good joke with the Messerschmitt output 🙂 What a crazy world we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 11/28/2021 at 10:21 AM, John R said: I hope to heaven that they have done a better job than they did with the AW 52. Mind you, that would not be difficult. John I was very disappointed to hear that the AW 52 kit has issues. It's a type I would really like to have and was quite excited about its release. It's not cheap though and if it is as problematic as people have reported I'll have to give it a miss. Pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Meatbox8 said: I believe NOVO were forbidden from buying, or using, the Frog moulds of German aircraft. I think it is true, Italian and maybe even Japanese too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Anyway, back on the subject. What's happened to these? Can be bought on ebay but when are they going to hit the shops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branky Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 The Swallow and AW52 is available normaly in all Dutch modelshops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Mine was last heard of at Kiev airport 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 hours ago, dalea said: Mine was last heard of at Kiev airport When did you order it? I ordered a CD from Kyiv Thursday 17th & it's now cleared with the Royal Mail. Only just got through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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