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Update - Project taken over by the former Eastern Express ukrainian kit designer under X-Scale label after Russia's unprovoked and unjustified full-scale invasion from his country.

After the L-188 Electra (link) Eastern Express is to release a 1/144th Lockheed P-3C Orion kit - ref. 1441??

Source: https://ee-models.ru/en/

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V.P.

 

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I’ll be honest and say I don’t see this surpassing the LS/Arii/MicroAce kit, which is an excellent rendition. Maybe the upside is it will encourage production of new aftermarket decals as these were always the weak spot of the Arii kit. Certainly this kit is going to be a lot more expensive.

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/arii-33001-800-lockheed-p-3c-orion--157239

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Is there any further news on this kit? I'd imagine that the current issues in that part of the world are affecting the production of this model.

 

BM.

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Eastern Express is a Moscovian company which model kits were designed and produced in Ukraine. You can imagine what's happened after February 24th, 2022.

The Ukrainian designer (link) has established a new brand: X-Scale Models (link). So maybe one day under this new label...

 

V.P.

 

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OK. Thanks. I thought that might be the case. Hopefully this kit sees the light of day, along with the L188 Electra.

 

BM. 

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On 2/4/2022 at 9:19 AM, VMA131Marine said:

I’ll be honest and say I don’t see this surpassing the LS/Arii/MicroAce kit, which is an excellent rendition.

 

Compare the windshield of an actual P-3 to that of the LS kit.  

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Xscale kit looks fantastic! It should be just like their Electra kit. 
 

Im looking forward to doing CAF aircraft.

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I'm a fan of the 1/144 scale myself and I'm happy with any information about it, but I really don't understand why there are two parallel threads devoted to this Orion kit and (roughly) the same information appears in them - once in one, then in the other. Can any mod really control this and merge it into one thread while closing the other one?

Cheers

Michael

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I think Jays are now the (sole?) retailer for the Oldmodels range. John Stone is a good type to deal with.

Steve.

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That paint scheme with a Harpoon can only mean it’s a P-3C painted in a USN heritage scheme.

 

P-3As were painted in the Engine Gray/White scheme when first delivered to VP-8 and VP-44 in August 1962

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