"A truly good Flanker in 1/48 scale " Topic
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| Tango01 | 16 Nov 2016 12:49 p.m. PST |
"When Hobby Boss let it slip that they would be releasing the Flanker family in 1/48 scale, the news was met with guarded excitement. On the one hand, the Flanker – in its many guises – is a fascinating subject for modern aircraft modelers. It's big. It's got perhaps the best lines of any modern fighter. It's seen wide service. It's worn a variety of schemes and markings, and the more worn down examples present some interesting challenges to the weathering-inclined…"
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| John Treadaway | 16 Nov 2016 1:29 p.m. PST |
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| nvdoyle | 16 Nov 2016 1:35 p.m. PST |
Ouch. There's a lot of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot going on there, and well deserved. I could see, if it came with it's own superdetailing supplies (etched brass sheets, some resin bits), a $100 USD price tag. But $150 USD+ for something they couldn't get the nose right on? No. (Then again, I'm not exactly the target market here – I mainly pick up old 1/48 kits to convert into flyers for 40K…) |
| Lion in the Stars | 17 Nov 2016 12:00 p.m. PST |
Wow, I can't imagine a 1/48 Flanker, the 1/72 models are big enough to use for 40k fliers as-is! And I gotta agree with his comments on how exactly does one screw up the most distinctive feature of a heavily-photographed aircraft! |
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