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23 hours ago, Stephen said:

Rafale M decals on the decal sheet?

Hmmmm maybe the include those extra sprues as well?

More likely only the upper decal will be included though...

 

The boxart strangely also shows Mica RF missiles on the wingtips :(

 

 

 

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On 4/9/2022 at 2:52 PM, k5054nz said:

1) it seems awkward to show how tail-heavy the B-25 is

A. Maybe they were trying to be dramatic showing it as they looked taking off from the Hornet. 
B. Also the builder forgot to put in any weight. 

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12 hours ago, Homebee said:

Soon - 1/72 - ref. 12576 - Lockheed F-104C Starfighter - plastic Italeri or Revell ?

Source: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10898233

 

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V.P.

 

Something's not right... it's supposed to be an F-104c but the Taiwanese aircraft is a G and the Japanese a J.. guess that the box will include parts for both type of rear fuselage and rudder.

Both Revell and Esci did both types, so could be any of them.

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On 5/25/2022 at 4:10 PM, Homebee said:

According to the analysis (with photos of the sprues) from the American Michael Benolkin of Cybermodeler Online, it seems that

the ''new'' Rafale offered by Academy is indeed a reboxing of the Rafale C/M mold from Revell Germany.

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SharkOwl

 

Reference Cybermodeler Online:

https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/aca/kit_aca_12346.shtml

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13 minutes ago, SharkOwl said:

, it seems that

the ''new'' Rafale offered by Academy is indeed a reboxing of the Rafale C/M mold from Revell Germany.

It certainly is  with a nice multinational  decal sheet and full weapons options. A bit expensive  at 53$.... but OK.

It also contains most M model parts. No 2seater canopy though!

 

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6 hours ago, exdraken said:

It also contains most M model parts. No 2seater canopy though!

The big difference is the landing gear, is it not?

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On 6/28/2022 at 8:46 AM, Homebee said:

Soon - 1/72 - ref. 12576 - Lockheed F-104C Starfighter - plastic Italeri or Revell ?

Source: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10898233

 

10898233p.jpg
10898233b.jpg

 

Source: https://mmzone.co.kr/album/showcase.php?dbname=gallerymain&id=55286

 

MMZ-20220712231202-15808-1.jpg


MMZ-20220712231202-15808-3.jpg

 

MMZ-20220712231202-15808-7.jpg

 

MMZ-20220712231202-15808-8.jpg

 

V.P.

 

It's the Revell kit, give out are the three panels in the middle of the fuselage (Italeri and Esci are square-ish, Revell are rectangular) and also the little vent on the right side of the fuselage under the canopy, there are also other differences in drop tanks, IFR probe and canopy

 

There it was or maybe there still is a taiwanese website who listed differences between kits and also how to properly fix and backdate them, especially how to properly made a B, but I lost track of it

 

Luigi

 

Luigi

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1 hour ago, SAT69 said:

The big difference is the landing gear, is it not?

yes, but this seems to be included :) 

you get the long nose gear leg and the larger front tires for the M, as well as the more biefier main landing gear in addition to the B/C versions

 

there is definietly an M also planned if looking at those decals ;)

10880683b.jpg

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10880683/30/1

 

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