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Nito74
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Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 11:37 PM UTC
Just found these , highlights & link.
Found the thread at Armorama but there's a lot of stuff that might interest Aeroscaler's.
So I added the link & highlights.

Trumpeter

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2804557302



Highlights - the same 1/24 scale stuff has been in preceding catalogues for ages but there are new aircraft items in 1/32, 1/48, and 1/72
1/32: Bf109G-6 (late), G-10, and K-4;
1/35: SA365N Dauphin and HH-65C Dolphin USCG; AS565 Panther; Chinese Z-9WA
1/48: J-8F Finback; MiG-23 MLD; J-7A; J-7G; MiG-21MF; MiG-21UM; various Skywarriors: TA-3B, EKA-3B, ERA-3B; T-38C Talon II; PLA JL-9; Cessna A-37A Dragonfly; Westland Whirlwind Mk.I; F-106A and F-106B Delta Dart; DeHavilland Hornet F.1, F.3, and Sea hornet NF.21; Su-7 and Su-11 Fishpot;
1/72: A-6 Series including the EA-6B; Be-6 Madge; MiG-19PM;
I'm skipping the armour because I don't know that much about it
1/200 Ship: USS Iowa; HMS Hood
1/350 Ship: HMS Montrose Type 23 frigate; HMS Roberts and HMS Abercrombie gun monitors; USS New York BB-34 and USS Texas BB-35


Hobby Boss


http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2804569608


Highlights:
1/48 Aircraft: F4U-1 series; F4U-5 series; Embraer EMB314 Super Tucano; Bv 141; F4F-3S Wildcatfish (I think this may be a leftover from previous catalogues); P-61B and P-61C Black Widow; BAe Hawk 100 series and single seat 200 series (woohoo!); Ka27 Helix;

MRC/Merit

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2804573205



Highlights:
1/48: H-34 and VH-34;
1/16: MRAP
1/18: Fw190A-5 and A-8;

1/18: AV-8B Harrier II
1/48: PT Boat - PT-596 and PT-109 (which coincidentally are the same boats as released by Italeri in 1/35)
1/18: UH-1 (looks like a B or C)
1/18: German Flak 36 88mm gun

Thread:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234953185-20142015-turmpeter-hobby-boss-and-mrcmerit-catalogues/

And some images..

russamotto
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Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014 - 01:50 AM UTC
I like the Hobby Boss Corsair announcement, and the Intruders. Are the P-40s "new" new or carryovers from previous years?

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Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014 - 01:51 AM UTC
Cheers John

Some exciting stuff there! Funny - I was just looking at the Trumpeter website this morning for any word on the 1:48 Whirlwind that's been mentioned elsewhere in the Forum, but couldn't see a thing. It seems like all the various ways of spreading the word are quite "joined up" yet in this digital instant access age...

All the best

Rowan
Nito74
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Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014 - 03:52 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Cheers John

Some exciting stuff there! Funny - I was just looking at the Trumpeter website this morning for any word on the 1:48 Whirlwind that's been mentioned elsewhere in the Forum, but couldn't see a thing. It seems like all the various ways of spreading the word are quite "joined up" yet in this digital instant access age...

All the best

Rowan



Well, I'd seen the post at Armorama but since it's almost Aircraft & Helis I decided to put the links & highlights for Aeroscalers.
Some very interesting stuff in 1:48, quite curious on the 1:18 Harriers too, oh and the Bae Hawks
viper29_ca
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Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014 - 09:24 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Cheers John

Some exciting stuff there! Funny - I was just looking at the Trumpeter website this morning for any word on the 1:48 Whirlwind that's been mentioned elsewhere in the Forum, but couldn't see a thing. It seems like all the various ways of spreading the word are quite "joined up" yet in this digital instant access age...

All the best

Rowan



The Whirlwind is slated for a May release in North America. Interesting looking aircraft, as is the Sea Hornets!
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Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014 - 09:40 AM UTC
Hi Scott

If they do a good job on the Whirlwind and Hornet/Sea Hornet I'll be jumping for joy because they are both favourites of mine! After their Spiteful and Vampire though, a part of me is dreading to see what turns up...

Fingers firmly crossed!

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014 - 05:44 PM UTC
With the Hornet they probably will open a hornets nest:)
Read some discussions on another forum about a possible 1/32 kit There seem to be some indications, that even the existing drawings are not correct compared with some at that time unknown factory drawings. And the CA kit got some small things a bit wrong, too.
I didn't dare to start the Spiteful yet, because I have no idea how to fix it
But I really hope for a good Whirlwind

Greetings from Shanghai
Joel_W
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Posted: Friday, January 10, 2014 - 02:50 AM UTC
Being a Corsair nut, the Hobby Boss releases in 1/48 scale hopefully will be major improvements over many of the already done versions besides the Tamiya Trio.

One thing for sure, 2014 is looking like a banner year.

Joel
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Posted: Friday, January 10, 2014 - 06:48 AM UTC
Cool, I'll be waiting for the Whirlwind, Super Tucano and the Ka-27 Helix, it's about time one of the Kamov utility whirlybirds got kitted in 1/48. I'll also keep my eye on the Sea Hornet although I do have a CA one in the stash.
ThomasB
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Posted: Friday, January 10, 2014 - 11:15 AM UTC
The Whirlwind has always been one of my favourite aircrafts, so I hope the kit turns out ok.

Otherwise, what I liked the most was the 1/16 M-ATV and MaxxPro, but the again, they don't have wings!
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