Robert Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) Instruction sheet is up on 1999.co.jp. Hope they will be landing in the UK soon. Robert Edited February 18, 2011 by Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) Codes on the top of the wings? Really? Pat EDIT - not sure about the Dark Sea Grey over IJN Grey colour scheme either! Hope the kit is better than the destructions!! Edited February 17, 2011 by Pat C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaelicfire Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Is it me or does the kit look almost identical to the Trumpter 1/48 minus the wing fold? As a side note do you think someone will do a resin wingfold for it or will I have to hunt up the Airwaves 1/72 wingfold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Is it me or does the kit look almost identical to the Trumpter 1/48 minus the wing fold? I'd bet good money on it. I'm never too sure how close Hobby Boss and Trumpeter are, but they do appear to use the same set of CAD files and parcel out the various scales between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Indian roundels as standard! Wonder how many I can scrounge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Wookie, I am sure that if you remind us all when the kit actually appears in the UK, you can have lots of Indian roundels, including mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acky190 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) Has anyone got any idea how these are going to set us back? Just wondering when the AZmodel Attacker will be released, Hanannts are still showing it as future releases? Edited February 17, 2011 by Acky190 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Has anyone got any idea how these are going to set us back? Looks like about $26 according to the link, so I guess you will be looking north of £15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Indian roundels as standard! Wonder how many I can scrounge? Why ? How many do you want ? (says he with a load of early Matchbox SHAR decals) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roys Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Has anyone got any idea how these are going to set us back? I wonder if this price is accurate? http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HB87251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Instruction sheet is up on 1999.co.jp.Hope they will be landing in the UK soon. Robert FGA ........9??????!!! Robert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thanks Bill, now amended. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acky190 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thats strange, the Seahawk has dropped in price by £2 since last night, from £11.99 to £9.99 in a couple of hours! Lets hope its like a reverse auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 £11.99 sounds good to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acky190 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thats strange, the Seahawk has dropped in price by £2 since last night, from £11.99 to £9.99 in a couple of hours! Lets hope its like a reverse auction Would you Adam & Eve it, back to £11.99! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 12 quid isn't such a bad price. Better than the £15 I was envisaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thanks Bill, now amended.Robert You had me fooled for a while there Robert! From what we can see it looks like a nice little kit...price seem's okay too!!! Now, where's that ModelArt decal sheet for the Red Devil's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Well, this has completely just made my morning. Ever since giving up trying to make the Airfix one into something that ressembled a Sea Hawk, I have wanted a decent Se Hawk. And as for the Suez markings: wow! It looks pretty detailed, and hopefully it will be at least vaguely accurate (is this hoping too much?). Granted the "codes on top of the wings" is a bit of a blunder, but I think I can live with that...and simply not obey that particular instruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Neu- Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Couple of nitpicks: XE375 was a FGA 4 during suez, not a 6.... not that it matters. I really don't like how pronounced the intake vanes are: they are more recessed from all the photos I've seen.... then again the HB version actually HAS an intake, and thats a step up from the Special hobby kit. Well, this has completely just made my morning.Ever since giving up trying to make the Airfix one into something that ressembled a Sea Hawk, I have wanted a decent Se Hawk. And as for the Suez markings: wow! It looks pretty detailed, and hopefully it will be at least vaguely accurate (is this hoping too much?). Granted the "codes on top of the wings" is a bit of a blunder, but I think I can live with that...and simply not obey that particular instruction. I thought the MPM/Special hobby kit was pretty good, with the exception of the intake issue.... the resin cockpit was pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I've just noticed its in stock at Hannants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Bagged one today at the North Somerset Model show, £10 from Andy @ Antics, first impressions: Very nice, the mouldings are clean and the recessed detail very petite - ironically its perhaps a little too fine for my tastes, be interesting to see how it passes the Halfords Plastic Primer test! Breakdown is very similar to the 1/48 Trumpeter kit, the forward fuselage is in upper and lower sections with the wing moulded in situ, the rear fuselage is split left and right halves to facilitate the later versions with the taller fin (not in the kit). The wings are moulded full span so you're on your own when it comes to foldig them. Cockpit has moulded detail, quite nice on the side consoles, instrument panel is just circles, but there is a decal as well. There is some nice wheel well detail in the main bays. Jet pipes are split in halves, may be better to replace these with aluminium tubing. Stores include drop tanks an rockets, as ever the fins on the a latter are a bit thick but nothing plastic strip can't fix. Three decal schemes, two RN one Indian. The decals are very well printed but there are a couple of oddities - INIDIAN NAVY being one, serials for the upper wings of the RN schemes being another. Colour diagrams shown for all three schemes, but no plan views for the Indian version. Hobbyboss have the Extra Dark Sea Grey and Sky scheme down as Dark Sea Grey and Duck Egg Green (sic), but for some reason interpret the white underside for two of the schemes as being "IJN Gray". Suez stripes are provided, be interesting to see if how these work. All told this is a very nice kit, the level of detail is good and its keenly priced. The stock chorus will be "its not quite Tamigawa" - no, its affordable for starters and what it lacks can easily be put right at minimal cost. Cant wait to start mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpie Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Been looking forward to this ever since it was announced. £12 is a little more then I was hoping for from HobbyBoss but only since I'm used to them being cheap and I'm still certaintly going to be getting a few. Having built (badly) the Airfix offering it's great to see what is a reasonably niche aircraft getting another look in with a modern kit . Glad to see such a variety of markings from the initial release as well. Thanks for the review Jonathon Mock the kit sounds a cracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 Anyone seen them in Modelzone yet ? Great review Jonathan. I can see some great prototype possibilities Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 No probs, glad it was of some initial use, I'm still trying to clear the workbench so I can make a start on this! I'm contemplating putting into use Dad's experiences of painting the Suez stripes where they used roundel blue because there was no black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Anyone seen them in Modelzone yet ?Robert I don't think MZ stock HB anymore ...the store at Maidstone in particular.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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