Homebee Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 Released - 1/48th - ref. 2818 - McDD RF-4E Phantom II Source: https://www.italeri.com/prodotto/3024 V.P. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkp Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Anyone know the original source of the tooling - Hasegawa? Depending on the price it might be worth getting just for the decal sheet, some nice colour schemes there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 30 minutes ago, hopkp said: Anyone know the original source of the tooling - Hasegawa? Depending on the price it might be worth getting just for the decal sheet, some nice colour schemes there. It’s based on the 1/48 ESCI Phantom kit. It’s definitely not Hasegawa. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, hopkp said: Anyone know the original source of the tooling - Hasegawa? Depending on the price it might be worth getting just for the decal sheet, some nice colour schemes there. Umpteenth rebox from the Italeri's original RF-4E/C kit from the 80s. See also: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235098063-italeri-148th-rf-4ce-photo-phantom-ii/ V.P. Edited October 28, 2022 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 15 minutes ago, Homebee said: Umpteenth rebox from the Italeri's original RF-4E/C kit from the 80s. See also: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235098063-italeri-148th-rf-4ce-photo-phantom-ii/ V.P. If you look at the sprue layout you can see this new reissue is based on the ESCI kit, not the earlier Italeri kit. The most recent reissue of the 1980 Italeri kit in an Italeri box was back in 2000. It also appeared in Testors boxes. https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/2/9/1/203291-87-instructions.pdf 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Very nice recce decal sheet! So much variation and lots if stencils 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) This kit was discussed here when Italeri first issued their new variant of the Esci kit Have to say that the decal options are quite interesting, love that Turkish scheme Edited October 28, 2022 by Giorgio N 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 What on earth has happened to their 1/32 set of NATO pilots and ground crew? Announced in catalogues years ago, but never released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 hours ago, AMB said: Announced in catalogues years ago, but never released? Just like dozens of other Italeri announcements. Maybe they will release this set one day, maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFM148 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Nice release from Italeri. What a nice decal sheet ! Obviously, it is not the Hasegawa/Tamiya/ZM Phantom type, nonetheless, I find these ESCI Phantoms easy to build and most importantly, they are cheaper than the Tamiya and hard-to-find Hasegawa kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quangster Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 So… what happened to this? Or is it a …mirage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, quangster said: So… what happened to this? Or is it a …mirage? I believe that's next year now, along with the much awaited 1/72nd AMX 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Wez said: I believe that's next year now, along with the much awaited 1/72nd AMX 🤞 Yes, latest is a 2023 release to tie in with the centenary of the Italian air force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad-4N Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I prefer the Hasegawa RF-4B/C/E, but I will hand it to Italeri, that decal sheet is fetching. Hasegawa could learn a thing or two from the Italians on how they package their decals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 10 hours ago, Ad-4N said: I prefer the Hasegawa RF-4B/C/E, but I will hand it to Italeri, that decal sheet is fetching. Hasegawa could learn a thing or two from the Italians on how they package their decals. To be honest, lots of companies could learn from how Italeri uses decals as a selling point. I've reviewed the Italeri kits I've bought over the last 5 years or so, and for almost all of them, the decal sheet was a significant factor in my decision to buy, and in many cases, it was the overriding reason*. In fact, I've just ordered the re-release of the ESCI F-5A, mentioned in this thread a few months ago. Yes, its a excellent kit, and I already have quite a few in the stash. But one look at that decal sheet made it a no-brainer to get yet another. *The corollary to that is if it weren't for the decal sheets, I'd be buying very few Italeri kits. Even with those wonderful decal sheets, I'm still buying less Italeri kits than I did when the company was consistently churning out new and interesting kits in the 1980s and 1990s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 14 minutes ago, klr said: But one look at that decal sheet made it a no-brainer to get yet another. As long as you're aware that the shade of blue on the Dutch option (possibly the Norwegian as well) is way off. I got this one purely for the decal sheet as well. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redracer Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) The kit by todays standards comes up a bit short, especially compared to the Hasegawa RF-4 kits. It can however be built into a very nice model. Back in the "day" when ESCI first introduced this kit, we'd combine parts from the Monogram F-4C/J kits with the ESCI (which had engraved details which the Monogram kit did not have) to build very impressive models. Glad to see Italeri re-releasing this kit, and I too love the decal sheet. Another impressive release from Italeri Edited October 29, 2022 by redracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Hook said: As long as you're aware that the shade of blue on the Dutch option (possibly the Norwegian as well) is way off. I got this one purely for the decal sheet as well. Cheers, Andre Thanks for the heads-up. To be honest, it was the Bolivian and South Vietnamese options that interested me most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 3 hours ago, klr said: Thanks for the heads-up. To be honest, it was the Bolivian and South Vietnamese options that interested me most. Bolivia never flew the F-5A - there is a nice Venezolean option in the recent rebox, though. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 45 minutes ago, Hook said: Bolivia never flew the F-5A - there is a nice Venezolean option in the recent rebox, though. Cheers, Andre Ah, I see where I went astray. The instructions just say "... Bolivariana ..", leaving out the all-important "... de Venezuela". Still, it's another South American air force, something I don't have enough of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFM148 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 5 hours ago, redracer said: The kit by todays standards comes up a bit short, especially compared to the Hasegawa RF-4 kits. It can however be built into a very nice model. Back in the "day" when ESCI first introduced this kit, we'd combine parts from the Monogram F-4C/J kits with the ESCI (which had engraved details which the Monogram kit did not have) to build very impressive models. Glad to see Italeri re-releasing this kit, and I too love the decal sheet. Another impressive release from Italeri This a very interesting idea, redracer. I have 3 Monogram kits in my stash...Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 14 hours ago, klr said: Ah, I see where I went astray. The instructions just say "... Bolivariana ..", leaving out the all-important "... de Venezuela". Still, it's another South American air force, something I don't have enough of. Italeri is not entirely to blame for the confusion: "The organization is also known as the Bolivarian National Air Force of Venezuela. Its current official name has been in use since the end of 2008. It was previously called the Venezuelan Air Force (FAV; Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Venezolana)." Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Smith Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I am waiting for the big Bugatti 35B rather than any Wingy Thingys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 Aircraft reissue expected in December - 1/48th - ref. 2803 - McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle - Super Decal Source: https://nowosci.plastikowe.pl/aktualnosci/zapowiedzi-italeri-listopad-2022/ V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 Released - 1/48th - ref. 2803 - McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle - Super Decal https://www.italeri.com/prodotto/3042 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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