Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - 12:03 AM UTC
Academy have announced their new releses scheduled for 3rd quarter of 2012. All of them are jet fighters in 1:32 and 1:48 scale.
We expect the following sets:
  • F-4B Phantom „VF-111 Sundowners”, scale 1:48, Multi Coloured Parts
  • T-33A, item 12240, scale 1:48, 318th FIS, USAAF, McChord AFB & Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 3 (CL-30)
  • F/A-18A+, scale 1:32, item 12107, VMFA-232 (engarved panel lines and rivets, various undercarriage included)
  • F-16CG (Block 40), scale 1:32, item 12106, painting schemes for planes stationed in Osan, Kunsan, Misawa and Aviano.


All kits will containd decals printed by Cartograf.


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It's cool to see the F-4B coming soon. Any more info? What really concerns me is that "MCP" logo and the statement of "one piece fuselage, narrow tires and main wings". So what? One piece wing??? Starts to sound like an easy build kit or something like the recent F-15E form Fujimi in 1/72.
JUL 04, 2012 - 02:24 AM
Probably just a case of poor grammar in the translation. I would guess it means that, unlike the 48 scale Hasegawa kits, the cockpit and nose section is part of the main body (which is still in two halves) instead of separated to allow multiple versions from one mold - basically one piece on each side. the 1/32nd scale Tamiya phantoms are like this (sans nose cone) and often referred to as "one piece". then it'll have the narrow tires - and the wings that go along with the narrow tires (not bulged), and these two items have nothing to do with the descriptor "one piece", despite the inference from the poorly ordered listing of features. So yeah, my bet is that is just unskilled use of listing, which I see all the time when editing English documents written by Asian-language native speakers (used to be part of my job). Besides, it would be very difficult and wasteful for them to manufacture 48 scale wings that are a solid slab of plastic.
JUL 04, 2012 - 03:06 AM
There’s only one new tool out of those 4 coming Academy releases. The F-4B is supposedly the only new tool. The 32nd F/A-18A will obviously have the new vertical tails, but that's probably about it; same basic kit. The 32nd F-16CG (Block 40) is a rebox of the F-16CG/CJ, with probably the updated main wheels from the F-16I kit (which are still wrong BTW) and maybe some stores. I'm sure those horribly shaped intakes and other major inaccuracies will still be present. The T-33 is nothing more than the old Hobbycraft kit; with some nice decals of course. It remains to be seen if Academy got the F-4B right, so let’s hope so. Mike V
JUL 04, 2012 - 11:35 AM
Well, let's hope it will be a winner, since Eduard dropped their development of a Phantom series.
JUL 08, 2012 - 03:33 AM
Thanks to Academy, MMZone and Britmodeller we have photos of the moulds for the new F-4B. LINK
AUG 17, 2012 - 08:08 AM
Really want the F-4B can't happen soon enough
AUG 17, 2012 - 02:17 PM
The CT-133 could be interesting.
AUG 17, 2012 - 03:03 PM
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