GreenDragon Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) According to Hannants future releases Revell are doing a limited edition of the ex Matchbox 1/72nd Twin Otter for £7.99. I don't know what markings are included but I think I'll be getting a couple. Other limited editions are listed under my Heyford post in the military forum. Paul Harrison Edited January 11, 2008 by GreenDragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad's lad Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 According to Hannants future releases Revell are doing a limited edition of the ex Matchbox 1/72nd Twin Otter for £7.99. I don't know what markings are included but I think I'll be getting a couple. Other limited editions are listed under my Heyford post in the military forum.Paul Harrison Good news indeed, the twotter is one of MB's better kits IMHO. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Yes, the Twotter was definitely one of Matchbox's gems. I'm happy to hear RoG is putting it out again, I may have to pick one up for nostalgia reasons. Not only because I enjoyed it the first time around, but a Twotter was one of the first rides I ever got in a military aircraft back when I was an Air Cadet in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDragon Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) My first flight was on a Loganair Twotter, Edinburgh to Prestwick and back. I'll be buying two or three so I can keep my old Matchbox kit in the box and still build a couple. Revell are supposed to be rereleasing the ex Matchbox Dornier Do28D this year too. Paul Harrison Edited January 13, 2008 by GreenDragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corporate Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 This might be O/T, but does anyone know of a 1/48 kit of the Twin Otter? I cannot locate any mention of such, past or present. Other Otters and Beavers in 1/48 would interest me too. All advice welcome. Thanks - Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAC Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hobbycraft of Canada do 1.48 Beavers and Otters, I have both and they are quite nice looking kits. I don't think Hobbycraft do Twin Otters. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDragon Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I heard a rumour that Hobbycraft were going to do one in 48th but that was around five years ago and nothings turned up yet. Paul Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corporate Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I'll be buying two or three so I can keep my old Matchbox kit in the box and still build a couple. Paul Harrison Just curious- why do you want to keep the Matchbox kit in the box? I returned to this hobby after a very long time so I'm not up to date with custom & practice... I've gathered that there are people who collect unbuilt kits - is this what you do? Nothing personal, but I find it very strange! People collect anything and everything, I know, and recently I learned there are collectors of different sorts of barbed wire (!) but I don't know why anyone would collect model kits without building them - unless it's like diecast (Dinky etc) toys, which seem to have become very valuable if old & scarce..? What I've looked for in vain, and would really like to see, is a 1/48 Twin Otter kit. Has there ever been one? Regards, Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenDragon Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 I've kept the twotter in the box for nosalgia more than anything else, I think, because it's from a time when we actually made things in Britain instead of importing everything from China. It's probably worth a bit on Ebay too! I'm not really a collector of kits though I've got several hundred in the stash (I fully intended to build every one I've bought!).The only 1/48th Twin Otters I've seen were solid wood models on Ebay. Paul Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corporate Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I've kept the twotter in the box for nosalgia more than anything else, I think, because it's from a time when we actually made things in Britain instead of importing everything from China. It's probably worth a bit on Ebay too! I'm not really a collector of kits though I've got several hundred in the stash (I fully intended to build every one I've bought!). Thanks for the explanation, Paul. I'd feel the same if I came across an unmade Airfix kit in a plastic bag, like the many I built several decades ago... My "stash" amounts to a dozen or so at most! The only 1/48th Twin Otters I've seen were solid wood models on Ebay. Right, confirms what I thought. There was a 1/48 Beaver (Otter too?) from Hobbycraft, but no Twin Otter, alas. Regards, Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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