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Released by Hobby 2000 - plastic Hasegawa

- ref. 48031 - Douglas A-4B Skyhawk

https://hobby2000.pl/index.php?id_product=99847&rewrite=p99847-hobby-2000-48031-douglas-a-4b-skyhawk&controller=product&id_lang=2

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- ref. 48032 - Douglas A-4C Skyhawk

https://hobby2000.pl/index.php?id_product=99848&rewrite=p99848-hobby-2000-48032-douglas-a-4c-skyhawk&controller=product&id_lang=2

 

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12 minutes ago, Pajarito said:

 

Thanks, Steve! Poland is fine by me.

The one thing I can't quite fathom is, Mr Hasegawa once told me that the moulds for the B version of the 1/48 Skyhawks of the Hasegawa family kits were Kaput. And this is why the reissue was not going to happen.

So, where are these Hobby 2000 kits coming from then? :hmmm: 

The majority of the B kit is the same as the C. The only difference is a small sprue with the correct nose parts (and a B instrument panel). If the B nose sprue was damaged, maybe Hasegawa made a new one. After Hobby 2000 released their Crusader boxings it was about a year later than Hasegawa did another release of their Crusaders. Maybe we'll see another B issue from Hasegawa not too far off.

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6 hours ago, Pajarito said:

 

Thanks, Steve! Poland is fine by me.

The one thing I can't quite fathom is, Mr Hasegawa once told me that the moulds for the B version of the 1/48 Skyhawks of the Hasegawa family kits were Kaput. And this is why the reissue was not going to happen.

So, where are these Hobby 2000 kits coming from then? :hmmm: 

From Hasegawa. This ruined mould shtick is getting old. Hase makes their mould old way from steel, they last forever.

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Excellent. I hope the TA-4J and F follow. Been looking for the FAC F release or a decal set to cover a USMC Vietnam War FAC to put on a J forever.

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Well, at least I hadn't spent many hours CAD modelling and 3D printing an A-4B conversion kit for the Hasegawa C.... 🙃

 

 

I consider it a sacrifice to the modelling gods!

 

P.S. you lot owe me a beer 😉

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1 hour ago, wellsprop said:

Well, at least I hadn't spent many hours CAD modelling and 3D printing an A-4B conversion kit for the Hasegawa C.... 🙃

 

 

I consider it a sacrifice to the modelling gods!

 

P.S. you lot owe me a beer 😉

I would have bought it, your detail would have been better than the Hasegawa detail I suspect.

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3 hours ago, wellsprop said:

Well, at least I hadn't spent many hours CAD modelling and 3D printing an A-4B conversion kit for the Hasegawa C.... 🙃

 

 

I consider it a sacrifice to the modelling gods!

 

P.S. you lot owe me a beer 😉

No worries, they'll sell out of the kit, then you'll be kn business again!

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8 hours ago, Pajarito said:

 

Oh? Ruined mould shtick? :hmmm:

Well, get it together, Hasegawa. I've got an e-mail from one Toshi Fushiguro, saying that the moulds for both the Hasegawa 1/48 A-4B and A4D-2 kits had sustained heavy damage from the flooding of the warehouse caused by the tsunami back in March 2011. 

Hi,

 

That's amazing!

I've been to Japan and I know where Shizuoka (Hasegawa's place) is and where the area affected by that tsunami is.  

Shizuoka never had any flooding from that tsunami. I can't imagine Hasegawa having a storage space for their moulds hundreds of miles away on the other side of the island.

 

Cheers, Stefan.

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Even stupider, "Toshi Fushiguro" is a fictional chacacter.

 

Pretty sure a banned member just outed themselves, yet again.

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By powers vested in my as a modeler of 60 years, I hereby proclaim the release of the Hobby2000 A-4B the Modeling Event of 2024.  

 

I will arm wrestle all those who claim otherwise.  😀

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On 4/27/2024 at 5:45 PM, Steve McArthur said:

In stock at Exito in Poland €30.89 for the B €30.20 for the C.  I used Exito when the 1/48 Crusaders were boxed by Hobby 2000.

 

I ordered mine from this outfit.  My first time using them.  Hope it goes okay.  I figured if they could get you a Crusader to Kansas, they could get a Skyhawk to Utah.  

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29 minutes ago, Ad-4N said:

 

I ordered mine from this outfit.  My first time using them.  Hope it goes okay.  I figured if they could get you a Crusader to Kansas, they could get a Skyhawk to Utah.  

I used them most recently in January for a Hataka Paint order (Hataka's Polish). I've had several orders with them over the last few years and never had a problem. Really I've had more issues with places located in the USA than overseas.

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1 hour ago, Ad-4N said:

By powers vested in my as a modeler of 60 years, I hereby proclaim the release of the Hobby2000 A-4B the Modeling Event of 2024.  

 

I will arm wrestle all those who claim otherwise.  😀

And you're only buying one????

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1 hour ago, Stephen said:

And you're only buying one????

 

I just bought two C models from Hobby Search in Japan earlier this year.  SWMBO would kill me if she saw yet another Skyhawk come thru the door.  She doesn't know a Skyhawk from Ta 152, but she recognizes the Hasegawa logo and can spot light gull gray over white enough to say, "Don't you already have a couple of those?"  

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39 minutes ago, Ad-4N said:

 

I just bought two C models from Hobby Search in Japan earlier this year.  SWMBO would kill me if she saw yet another Skyhawk come thru the door.  She doesn't know a Skyhawk from Ta 152, but she recognizes the Hasegawa logo and can spot light gull gray over white enough to say, "Don't you already have a couple of those?"  

I got 3 A-4Cs from Sprue Brothers when they came in and have an old B nose sprue left over from the Falklands kit and another resin B conversion. The problem I've been running into is finding B decals for units that flew combat missions in Vietnam. 

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49 minutes ago, Steve McArthur said:

The problem I've been running into is finding B decals for units that flew combat missions in Vietnam. 

 

I am hoping the decals printed by Cartograph are good in the Hobby 2000 kits.  

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