Robert 1,656 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Check out these pictures on Hyperscale! Robert Link to post Share on other sites
Carts 2,505 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 That's going to make a lot of people very happy!.................until the rivet counters jump all over it Link to post Share on other sites
perry 7 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Looks beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites
Edgar 915 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 That's going to make a lot of people very happy!.................until the rivet counters jump all over it They'll have a job; they were flush-rivetted, by then. Edgar Link to post Share on other sites
PHIL B 78 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 That's going to make a lot of people very happy!.................until the rivet counters jump all over it The colours are all wrong too! My wallet will suffer though. Looks lovely. Phil. Link to post Share on other sites
gishuk 113 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 i suppose that looks alright Link to post Share on other sites
aderowlands 0 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 At my build rate that engine alone is going to take me well into my retirement. I hit retirement age in 37 years....... 4 years after my mortgage ends. Wooooo! Link to post Share on other sites
AnonymousAA72 1,211 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 They'll have a job; they were flush-rivetted, by then.Edgar ..We'll manage to count them Edgar! One way or the other! BUT wow!!! It looks gorgeous!! Link to post Share on other sites
Obi-Jiff Kenobi 10 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 OMFG! Forget everything I said about the price (in previous threads), that looks superb! I'm really looking forward to this now. Obi-Jiff Link to post Share on other sites
Mentalguru 4 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Mental sat there, jaw agape, his hands dropped to below the level of the desk...... Link to post Share on other sites
perry 7 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Mental sat there, jaw agape, his hands dropped to below the level of the desk...... Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy 264 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 O.M.G. Link to post Share on other sites
turnerdad 237 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm stroking my imaginery moustache in a lecherous manner. Looks sexy. Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy 264 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm stroking my imaginery moustache in a lecherous manner. Looks sexy. Thank god you said moustache. Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Kelley 487 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Looks amazing and I will definately be asked SWMBO for it for Christmas- but what are the chances of anyone having much change left from £100?? Link to post Share on other sites
TonyT 5 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 They'll have a job; they were flush-rivetted, by then.Edgar Hey Edgar, notice something we were talking about on another thread when I said I cannot understand why they cannot take skin joints to the next level from raised lines to inscribed lines to with the latest standards of moulding now accurate looking overlapping skins, and Blow me down, they have gone and done it, that's what lifts that external picture showing the wing root panels and tank panels as they are in real life., no raised lines or trenches.............. stunning It makes it look real. the rest ain't bad either in a jaw dropping way Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Belbin 663 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 If I was ever going to build one kit only – then at last it's here!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
gcn 54 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 not sure whether its been noted but Tamiya have further info up on their site linky appears they are even going to produce new paints to match as well. Link to post Share on other sites
perry 7 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 $153...? I'll be getting one or two when I win the lottery Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Williams 165 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Well, I know what I'm getting for Christmas... Link to post Share on other sites
Edgar 915 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) Hey Edgar, notice something we were talking about on another thread when I said I cannot understand why they cannot take skin joints to the next level from raised lines to inscribed lines to with the latest standards of moulding now accurate looking overlapping skins, and Blow me down, they have gone and done it, that's what lifts that external picture showing the wing root panels and tank panels as they are in real life., no raised lines or trenches.............. stunning It makes it look real. the rest ain't bad either in a jaw dropping way Apparently, there's been some waffle about a seam along the wing's leading edge, and how it should be on show. 'Fraid not; by January, 1943, the front 20% (minimum) of the wing was smoothed, which involved filling in all rivet "divots," and panel lines, especially those at right-angles to the airflow, smoothing, then painting (with "type S" paints, incidentally, not matt,) then a final smoothing. One (very) minor gaffe is the position of the oxygen bottle; on the IX there were two, and they were positioned right at the back, near the starboard inspection hatch (probably to help counterbalance the longer, heavier engine,) not just behind the pilot. It's entirely possible, of course, that one was moved back post-war. Edgar Edited September 25, 2009 by Edgar Link to post Share on other sites
sartois66 52 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Noticed in the Tamiya blurb it says the engine cowlings can be installed and removed due to small atached magnets!! Is that a first?! Sounds interesting. Kirk Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Belbin 663 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I've just revisited this thread because . . . well, bearing in mind the exquisite detail, I was wondering if (or how) Tamiya was going to protect said detail. For example, the rear spine: two conventional halves whereas I would have thought that a 'saddle' arrangement would have been far more effective and, more importantly, would not need filling and sanding thereby destroying all the detail. The same arrangement could be used on the underside aft of the wings – but the best bit about that is that one could get the 'overlapping' panel joints, as referred to by TonyT in post 16, as a bonus! Unfortunately, looking at the pics again, we're gonna be rescribing . . . Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Heilig 602 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) ...I cannot understand why they cannot take skin joints to the next level from raised lines to inscribed lines to with the latest standards of moulding now accurate looking overlapping skins I hate to break this to you, but there hasn't been a whole lot of innovation in styrene injection molding technology in the past 60 years. We're pretty much still doing it the same way it's always been done. True, we now have computer controlled milling machines, but the really fine detail work in mold cavities is still (and always will be) done by hand by craftsmen. The better the craftsman, the better the mold, the better the model. We've always had the *ability* to replicate lapped skin joints, it's just that it would be fantastically expensive to do it. Nothing magic about the ability to do it though. We've got "slide mold" technology now, but that's still nothing that hasn't been around for decades. The difference now is that we (you and I) have, just like with our automobiles, raised the bar that we expect kit manufacturers to reach. What was "wow!" 25 years go is now just so-so or average. We expect more "wow!" from every new kit, and some manufacturers (Tamiya among them) are striving to keep raising that bar. The Spit IX is a prime example. Would the car you were driving 35-40 years ago, even when shiny new, be considered "adequate" today? 40 years ago I certainly didn't have electric windows, factory cruise control, automatic climate control, etc, etc, etc. But today those things are the bog standard for 90% of cars on the road. So, nothing new under the sun. Just new ways to exploit it, and more notes lifted out of the wallet to get it... J Edited October 1, 2009 by Jennings Heilig Link to post Share on other sites
Work In Progress 3,654 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 The difference now is that we (you and I) have, just like with our automobiles, raised the bar that we expect kit manufacturers to reach. J A fair and good point, and one which bears consideration when people reflect on the prices of modern kits. The amount of work that goes in has increased, and the size of the market has fallen considerably since the 1960s. Without fundamental changes in technology - which as you point out, we have not seen in injection-moulded plastic for a long time - there's really only one way that prices can go in the long run in such circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites
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