Homebee Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) Arma Models from the dark side is to release 1/72nd and 1/144th Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider - "hybrid" (3D printed, resin, plastic & metal) - kits. Source: https://vk.com/armatamodels?w=wall-114983756_348907 Sound to me a bit too early to produce a B-21 kit... Quote Пришло время снять покровы с очередного нашего проекта! Как и обещали, на этот раз техника потенциальных друзей, новейший американский стратегический бомбардировщик B-21 "Raider"! Модель будет выполнена в масштабе 1/144 и 1/72! Ключевые особенности: - Полный интерьер - Ультрадетализация двигателей, ниш и стоек шасси, оружейных отсеков - Полная механизация - Огромная номенклатура вооружения, включая ядерные боеприпасы - Технология "Hybrid" (3Д печать, смола, пластик, металл) - Цена в рамках пластиковых аналогов - Выпуск - декабрь 2022 Оставайтесь с нами, дальше будет интересней! V.P. Edited December 24, 2022 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Club Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 In 1/72 it will be probably the Modelcollect B-2 kit with resin conversion parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Violet Club said: In 1/72 it will be probably the Modelcollect B-2 kit with resin conversion parts. Nope. B-2 and B-21 are different aircraft. V.P. Edited July 25, 2022 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Sure looks like a B-2 to me. So no progress in stealth technology in 30 years. Maybe the improvements are in ares that don’t show on a model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Homebee, you beat me too it. Your comparison posted while I was typing mine. Hopefully smaller means more affordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Club Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 The B-21 is smaller than the B-2 (I wasn't aware of this fact), so using the Modecollect kit is a nonsense... But I wonder why they don't wait for the rollout of the actual B-21 (altough, it could be slightly different from the picture above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 43 minutes ago, Violet Club said: But I wonder why they don't wait for the rollout of the actual B-21 (altough, it could be slightly different from the picture above). It may be more than "slightly" different. I really wonder why they've gone as far as they have. For example, they do not show the jacuzzi in the rear of the crew spaces on the B-21! Need to make sure that's there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho590hm Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Probably about as accurate as the original Revell B-2 ATB kit (4577) from 1987. Does not even match the released renders round he cockpit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 As ha been suggested by others, it's too soon. Accuracy will be questionable, at best. Why even do this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-KEH Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 It will be even more worrying if Arma Models get all the details right - then their researcher must have access to material few others have. Very little about the B-21 is in the public domain, 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, LN-KEH said: It will be even more worrying if Arma Models get all the details right - then their researcher must have access to material few others have. Very little about the B-21 is in the public domain, My thoughts exactly. Best Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Let’s hope they don’t have accurate details. Isn’t a Arma Models a Russian company? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Trenton guy said: Isn’t a Arma Models a Russian company? Yes, they are, and pretty good, too. There's all sorts of "wrong" about the possibility they would have better information than the rest of us mortals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Things we do know: Arma do not have accurate data. Yes it is too soon. And yes, it seems the B-21 will forever be considered a version of the B-2 because they look similar. ESCI did it years ago when they thought the FJ Fury looked a bit like the F-86, so we've been here before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dick Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Why not - reminds me of the Stealth type models that came out prior to the F-117 public debut (at least at this point in time with the B-21 we have some publicly released information such as designation and official released artist rendering), as long as you assume the kit model has a fair dose of speculation, just enjoy it for what it is or don't buy it. Just imagine if the USAF and or manufacturer have released some misleading renderings or designation to confuse the copy cats / competitors / adversaries...wouldn't that be entertaining (I recently read some speculation that the Chinese version H-20 was about to fly or debut) Noting domicile of kit manufacturer presume they have not approached Northrop Grumman for licensing purposes / trade marks either, perhaps no permissions required? Remember building this thing and all the hysteria surrounding stealth? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 The story is that, after the fall of the Iron Curtain, a whole hanger full of these was found somewhere in Russia. Word was that they couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t fly.😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Pancake Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Nice to see makers starting to take a whack at guessing what they may look like again 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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