exdraken Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 UAE seemd to have signed up for 80! Rafale F4 today! congrats to Dassault! https://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/group/press/press-kits/historical-contract-for-the-acquisition-of-80-rafale-f4-by-the-united-arab-emirates/ https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43367/the-uae-has-just-become-the-biggest-export-customer-for-dassaults-rafale-fighter https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/uae-buys-record-80-french-fighter-jets-as-macron-starts-gulf-tour https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/uae-france-sign-deal-80-rafale-fighter-jets-2021-12-03/ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211203-uae-signs-deal-for-80-french-rafale-fighter-jets-officials that took quite many years to happen! I'D have expected something like that for many many years, but after last Jannuary's snap agreement to sell F-35 by then presidnet Trump I though that story was over... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Perhaps we'll finally get that 1/32 Rafale the hobby desperately needs! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Indeed a 1:32 model is missing!! But who could do one realistically now that KH is no longer... Revell? Trumpeter? regarding F4, some info here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/theaviationist.com/2021/06/01/rafale-f4-standard/amp/ The mentioned 1000kg Hammer smart bombs are definitely an alternative the just introduced GBU-24, Mica-NG development still far away. Of course unclear at this stage what is applicable to UAE! Wonder if the engine gets its thrust increased to 90kN thrust as discussed way earlier for those. UAE F4s... Will the outer, third wing station be finally opened as tested some time ago? there also was talk about smart but small munitions needs...laser guided rockets, Brimstone, etc... Wonder what happened to this requirement! Interesting times definitely! .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Impressive order and whee, another scheme to use, eventually. 'exdraken' - you mention 'KH is no longer' - ??? Which company is that ? Not Kinetic I hope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Alan P said: Perhaps we'll finally get that 1/32 Rafale the hobby desperately needs! AMEN! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 7 hours ago, exdraken said: But who could do one realistically now that KH is no longer... Revell? Trumpeter? How about Academy? Their Hornet series is nice. I'm no Hornet expert but the kits are definitely satisfying to me. KH is Kittyhawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 2 hours ago, John B (Sc) said: Impressive order and whee, another scheme to use, eventually. 'exdraken' - you mention 'KH is no longer' - ??? Which company is that ? Not Kinetic I hope. KittyHawk announced earlier this year tha they are going to stop production. No idea how definitive this though... They back then just released the rather well recieved Mirage 2000 in 1/32 2 hours ago, SAT69 said: How about Academy? Their Hornet series is nice. I'm no Hornet expert but the kits are definitely satisfying to me. KH is Kittyhawk Yes indeed! Academy would be great of course. Not sure though what was their last modern big scale kit... in 144 they released an excellent B-1B Lancer and a B-52 rel. recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Even if Revell just upscaled their 1/48 Rafale like they did with their Typhoon, I'd be happy. Although their 1/32 Typhoon is not a classic of the genre 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 3 hours ago, exdraken said: Not sure though what was their last modern big scale kit... in 144 they released an excellent B-1B Lancer and a B-52 rel. recently Their last big scale kit was the Hornet series and I believe they produced a series of F-16s in 1/32 at about the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Thanks exdraken. Wasn't aware of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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