Homebee Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) It was written in the stars. Trumpeter has just announced for late November 2022 in China a 1/48th Mil Mi-8MT/Mi-17 "Hip-H" kit - ref. 05815 Source: http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=article&a=show&id=241 V.P. Edited May 20, 2023 by Homebee 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matti64 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 thats great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I assume this will be a scale down of their 1/35 kit. Does anyone know how accurate that is considered to be? I guess the Anetra kit is vapourware. Given the long-announced Mi-4 still has yet to be released, I also assume this will make an appearance sometime later than November... Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 15 minutes ago, Jon Bryon said: I assume this will be a scale down of their 1/35 kit. Does anyone know how accurate that is considered to be? I guess the Anetra kit is vapourware. Given the long-announced Mi-4 still has yet to be released, I also assume this will make an appearance sometime later than November... Jon The frustrating thing is, they already hand made tooling for the Annetra kit - test shots exist already. What went wrong then? J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 17 minutes ago, Jon Bryon said: I assume this will be a scale down of their 1/35 kit. Does anyone know how accurate that is considered to be? I guess the Anetra kit is vapourware. Given the long-announced Mi-4 still has yet to be released, I also assume this will make an appearance sometime later than November... Jon I don't know about vaporware considering test shots had been made but it is frustrating. Perhaps this is the Annetra tooling, who knows? I'm glad to see it irrespective as it's a subject that's LONG overdue for mainstream release in this scale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 I’ve been wanting one of these monsters for a while. Happy happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bryon Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, JeffreyK said: The frustrating thing is, they already hand made tooling for the Annetra kit - test shots exist already. What went wrong then? J 1 hour ago, Stephen said: I don't know about vaporware considering test shots had been made but it is frustrating. I know. It's been ages since they showed those shots. I don't really want two Hips, so the question will be: buy Trumpeter or hope for Anetra? Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Jon Bryon said: buy Trumpeter or hope for Anetra? That's where eBay comes in handy. Buy what you can touch, and if the Anetra one comes along, offload your Trumpeter kit if it turns out the Anetra is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jon Bryon said: I guess the Anetra kit is vapourware. 2 hours ago, JeffreyK said: What went wrong then? Not to pollute this thread with Annetra news but I asked them back in July about the status of the Hip. After the second testshot they had problems communicating with their tool maker in China and cannot even travel for an on-site visit due to Covid. So they have no idea what's going on with them at the moment and while the project is not dead from their side everything depends on their toolmaker showing any lifesigns. Edited September 20, 2022 by Shorty84 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 15 hours ago, Mike said: That's where eBay comes in handy. Buy what you can touch, and if the Anetra one comes along, offload your Trumpeter kit if it turns out the Anetra is better. We live in an economic downturn, i.e. a buyer's market unfortunately though. You get little for second hand items these days. Very different to two years ago when people hand both money and time on their hands.... 15 hours ago, Shorty84 said: Not to pollute this thread with Annetra news but I asked them back in July about the status of the Hip. After the second testshot they had problems communicating with their tool maker in China and cannot even travel for an on-site visit due to Covid. So they have no idea what's going on with them at the moment and while the project is not dead from their side everything depends on their toolmaker showing any lifesigns. That's extremely furstrating, most for Annetra. I hope not too much money had changed hads already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 lets see what they come up with! looking forward to any Hip in 48th! I was serioulsy considerung the resin option lately... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 I wish people would stop releasing stuff I want. Alas, as a child of the late 1980s and early 1990s the Sega MegaDrive videogame "LHX Attack Chopper" firmly cemented the Mi-8 in my imagination, so I'm going to have to get one of these I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stakor Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Excellent news!!!!! And like in 1/35 and partially in 1/72 (Mi-8 Zvezda and KP are not correct) that's a pity we will not have Mi-8T version so I really hope we will see soon a conversion. BTW should be Mi-8MT not Mi-8M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Well this is very exciting news! Its a must have for me to add to my choppers. Interested to see the marking offered as I might need some after market decals for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlanceHR Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 1:52 PM, JeffreyK said: The frustrating thing is, they already hand made tooling for the Annetra kit - test shots exist already. What went wrong then? J I saw the tests shots in Moson 2019 and the people who were there and who worked on the real thing said it was a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 hour ago, dragonlanceHR said: said it was a mess. That's interesting and the first time I hear about problems, especially using such drastic words. Did they say what exactly they thought was off? Not that I dispute accuracy issues in general but unfortunately my experience with discussing testshots/new releases is that some people are quick to throw harsh judgements (mess, POS, ...) into a discussion without backing them up. So if you have any details about this I would be very interested (but maybe better to continue in the Annetra thread). Cheers Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlanceHR Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Markus, it's been a while and the details are blurry, put the gist was to try to get a bulk deal on AVC resin kit, even if it has the wrong (short) side tanks for Croatian version. You can see the photos of Annetra built kit on page 6 of the Annetra thread, KPM Kaznejov FB page link. I welcome the Trumpeter effort, bring it on. Cheers, Vedran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I really hope this turns out to be one of Trumpeter's better kits. I have waited a long time for a decent mainstream kit having flown in these many times during my previous life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcV Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 3:17 PM, Shorty84 said: Not to pollute this thread with Annetra news but I asked them back in July about the status of the Hip. After the second testshot they had problems communicating with their tool maker in China and cannot even travel for an on-site visit due to Covid. So they have no idea what's going on with them at the moment and while the project is not dead from their side everything depends on their toolmaker showing any lifesigns. No offence Shorty but and I quote 'they have no idea what's going on with them at the moment' due to Covid - the rest of the world is doing just fine commuicatig via Teams, E-mail, you name it, I'm far from convinced this should be a factor. I suspect that Annetra, Tan Model and a bunch of other fly by nights cannot put their money where their mouth is - completly unrelated to Covid. Glad Trumpy is picking this up - hopefully the A-Team. Marc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 @MarcV, you are of course free to believe what you want but think you misunderstood what I wrote. I said 'they had problems communicating with their tool maker in China', no word that this was related to Covid. Their problem is that the toolmaker does not communicate with them, regardless which method they may use and what the reason may be. Covid is a problem for making a direct on-site visit instead to sort this out. They said 'it is not possible to travel to China due to Covid' which may very well be true for them due to the drastic measures still in place in China (depending on the Province they may be much harsher than the general rules for entry). I just repeated what they wrote me when I asked them back in July about the progress on this project, without any judgement. I can forward you their mail if you want. It is exactly as I shared above, which I did in good faith in order to provide people a bit more information about what's going on with this promising project. Cheers Markus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcV Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Thanks Markus - all clear, no offence intended, thanks for all the investigations you have obviously been undertaking. Kick bottom if this actually comes out which I suspect it will. Marc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Hi Marc - no offence taken, all good Hopefully it will see the light of the day eventually. In the meantime, I will gladly buy Trumpeters Hip (which should be good if it is a scale down of the 1/35 kit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcV Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 20 hours ago, Shorty84 said: Hi Marc - no offence taken, all good Hopefully it will see the light of the day eventually. In the meantime, I will gladly buy Trumpeters Hip (which should be good if it is a scale down of the 1/35 kit). Yes? - so the 35th kit is pretty good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Well, there seem to be no 'deep' reviews (=comparison to plans, ...) of the 1/35 (or the scaled down 1/72 kit released by Hobby Boss) but all I read on various forums, both were well received with no glaring errors. At least @Flankerman found the 1/72 version excellent, so that's good enough for me. One may need to be prepared that not all version-specific details are fully incorporated, but if based on the existing kits it should be one of their better efforts. Cheers Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) Released in China (https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404826655825985862) - ref. 05815 - Mil Mi-8MT/Mi-17 "Hip-H" Source: http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=3853 V.P. Edited November 25, 2022 by Homebee 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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