Gilles_53 Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Fairey Battles in 1/72 nd: at least some good news! 1 - clear parts finished (injected in totality) 2 - the person in charge will resume the work on the two missing molds in two weeks (polishing the Fuselage and Small Parts) . Now we are closer to completion. Release not before end of April 2024. 9
Botan Posted March 17 Posted March 17 One could think making this kit is a uphill battle. Now I will excuse myself for this pun. 5
Homebee Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 12 hours ago, Gilles_53 said: Fairey Battles in 1/72 nd: at least some good news! 1 - clear parts finished (injected in totality) 2 - the person in charge will resume the work on the two missing molds in two weeks (polishing the Fuselage and Small Parts) . Now we are closer to completion. Release not before end of April 2024. Source: https://www.frrom.com/index.php?page=Accueil-2 V.P. 3
Homebee Posted March 20 Author Posted March 20 Clear sprue pics Source: https://www.specialhobby.net/2024/03/bitva-s-battlem-se-nachyluje-na-stranu.html V.P. 11 1
Dennis_C Posted March 21 Posted March 21 (edited) As I understand this is not optional open/closed canopy but actually a canopy comprising six consecutive sections. Probably some of which could be posed in opened position. Or maybe the rearmost section has two optional parts here for opened/closed choices. Edited March 21 by Dennis_C
Dave Fleming Posted March 22 Posted March 22 (edited) 23 hours ago, Dennis_C said: As I understand this is not optional open/closed canopy but actually a canopy comprising six consecutive sections. Probably some of which could be posed in opened position. Or maybe the rearmost section has two optional parts here for opened/closed choices. I see 4 canopy sections - windscreen, pilots canopy, main fixed canopy and gunners canopy, as well as the bomb aimers window underneath, the wing leading edge landing lights and the underside navigation lights (little circles). The gunner's canopy hinged around the little triangles at the indented space on the lower section of the main bit Edited March 22 by Dave Fleming 2
shatters Posted June 3 Posted June 3 It's now June and it's all gone very quiet, has anyone heard anything ?
Mr T Posted June 4 Posted June 4 It's the fourth of June today and the kit is being produced in a country under almost constant aerial attack, quite a bit of being directed at infrastructure. If the mould makers are working in Kharkiv, it is probably pretty horrible. I think release dates under these conditions are to be taken as expectations rather than set in stone. 15 2
Dennis_C Posted June 4 Posted June 4 I can only add that for kit making the larger problems are not aerial attacks per se. Scarcity of electricity and of working hands are much more seriously impacting manufacturers of any kind. 4
LansVVS Posted June 4 Posted June 4 Power shortages are the result of airstrikes on power facilities. 2 1
PattheCat Posted June 18 Posted June 18 I can wait. The better thing is to prioritize the power needs of the population. 7
M.T.Dolby Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Latest updated from the Ffrom website: “Fairey Battles in 1/72 nd: at least! Production is suffering in Ukraine (power shortcuts), so the molds will be transferred in two weeks to Prague (please see below). Schemes in dedicated pages (FR0046 to FR0048), notice in page FR0046. Hopefully release in September 2024, if everything goes well.” 10 1
J.C. Bahr Posted June 30 Posted June 30 On 6/19/2024 at 4:05 PM, M.T.Dolby said: Production is suffering in Ukraine (power shortcuts), Swear to God, much more delays with anything and MODELERS will be on Putler's doorstep to have a word about the continued nonsense! 😁 2 3
LN-KEH Posted July 1 Posted July 1 21 hours ago, J.C. Bahr said: Swear to God, much more delays with anything and MODELERS will be on Putler's doorstep to have a word about the continued nonsense! 😁 I am not convinced that Putin and his cronies will lose much sleep over reports of upset scale modellers around the world. Ukraine has managed to become home to a large number of active model companies, That they manage to keep going and export their products despite the war is impressive. Hearing the interview with the spokeswoman for ICM, the loss of staff to the armed forces and destruction of infrastructure was just something they had to deal with. Surprisingly, Russian mailorder companies offer a good selection of newly released Ukrainian kits and Russian magazines review the same kits. Besides making molds on contract, I can think of the following Ukrainian kit manufacturers - some of which may have moved part of the operations to neighboring countries. Amodel (with a couple of other brands like SOVA) BPK or Big Plane Kits Clear Prop Dora Wings ICM - with an impressive release schedule MikroMir MiniArt Modelsvit. 7
Paul Thompson Posted July 1 Posted July 1 4 hours ago, LN-KEH said: Amodel (with a couple of other brands like SOVA) BPK or Big Plane Kits Clear Prop Dora Wings ICM - with an impressive release schedule MikroMir MiniArt Modelsvit. + Roden. Paul. 1
TheyJammedKenny! Posted July 1 Posted July 1 5 hours ago, LN-KEH said: Russian magazines review the same kits That's true, they do. But they always identify the source of the kit as "Kiev," Киев, not Ukraine, or Ukraine's spelling of the capital, Kyiv. When they review other countries' kits, they identify the internationally recognized state, such as "Poland" or "France," or "Czechia." Even Russian modeling magazines are taking the step of denying Ukraine its statehood, and have been doing so since at least February 2022. 4
matford Posted July 1 Posted July 1 (edited) 3 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: That's true, they do. But they always identify the source of the kit as "Kiev," Киев, not Ukraine, or Ukraine's spelling of the capital, Kyiv. When they review other countries' kits, they identify the internationally recognized state, such as "Poland" or "France," or "Czechia." Even Russian modeling magazines are taking the step of denying Ukraine its statehood, and have been doing so since at least February 2022. Saying they are from Kiev may be to encourage Russian modellers to buy the kits. Plus the publishers don't want to get in trouble. Anyway the world has waited decades for a good 1:72 scale Battle, it is just a shame due to politics not everyone will have ready access to it. Edited July 1 by matford 1 1 1
Piotr Mikolajski Posted July 1 Posted July 1 I made this list in February 2022: A&A Model ACE Aim Fan Model Amodel AMP Armory AMG (Arsenal Model Group) Art Model Avis ClearProp Condor Dora Wings Foxbot Garbuz-Models GMU Model ICM Master Box MikroMir Military Wheels MiniArt (moved completely to Poland with staff and the tooling) Modelsvit Omega-K Models Print Scale ResKit Roden Skif SMK Sova-M Ultima Ratio UM (Unimodel) UM-MT (Ukraine Models Military Technics) USCP (Ukrainian Scale Cars Production) Wingsy Kits ZV Models 8 2
warhawk Posted July 1 Posted July 1 Could you guys make a separate topic for this? Everytime I get a notification from this one, I get my hopes up thinking the Battle is finally released. 1 2
Piotr Mikolajski Posted July 1 Posted July 1 3 hours ago, warhawk said: I get my hopes up thinking the Battle is finally released. A few posts above you have info that release is planned for September if everything will be fine. I'm not exactly sure how this kit could be released sooner. TBH you should expect it on Christmas 2024 so earlier release will be nice surprise. 2 1
Homebee Posted July 9 Author Posted July 9 Small parts mould at SH Source: https://www.specialhobby.net/2024/07/pracovni-chaos-v-balirne-dalsi-dobra.html V.P. 10
VMA131Marine Posted July 9 Posted July 9 On 7/1/2024 at 8:48 AM, Piotr Mikolajski said: I made this list in February 2022: A&A Model ACE Aim Fan Model Amodel AMP Armory AMG (Arsenal Model Group) Art Model Avis ClearProp Condor Dora Wings Foxbot Garbuz-Models GMU Model ICM Master Box MikroMir Military Wheels MiniArt (moved completely to Poland with staff and the tooling) Modelsvit Omega-K Models Print Scale ResKit Roden Skif SMK Sova-M Ultima Ratio UM (Unimodel) UM-MT (Ukraine Models Military Technics) USCP (Ukrainian Scale Cars Production) Wingsy Kits ZV Models Add to this list: Mars Models (though they seem to be inactive) Rush Models Arcus paints enamels and acrylics) BPK (Big Plastic Kits) DANModels V Model Metallic Details Bat Project WP Workshop Kelik Litaki Model Kit Decograph Productions (decals) XScale 2
Piotr Mikolajski Posted July 10 Posted July 10 4 hours ago, VMA131Marine said: Mars Models (though they seem to be inactive) They are active, I posted some info here: 1
Olmec Head Posted July 10 Posted July 10 On 01/07/2024 at 12:48, matford said: Saying they are from Kiev may be to encourage Russian modellers to buy the kits. Plus the publishers don't want to get in trouble. Anyway the world has waited decades for a good 1:72 scale Battle, it is just a shame due to politics not everyone will have ready access to it. 'Anyway the world has waited decades for a good 1:72 scale Battle, it is just a shame due to politics not everyone will have ready access to it.' The above sentence has to be the most fatuous post that I have ever read on Britmodeller. 2 1 1
TheKinksFan Posted July 10 Posted July 10 30 minutes ago, Olmec Head said: The above sentence has to be the most fatuous post that I have ever read on Britmodeller. Oh yes, what a tragedy it is that not 'everyone will have ready access to it'! And it's all "due to politics". 1
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