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Model Forum / General / Models / October 2006Lindberg/IMC/Hawk kits
If you aren't already aware, these kits will be available again soon. They have an abitious release cycle planned to reintroduce all of the old and some new kits to beginning modelers. I had a chance to see their exhibit at iHobby in Chicago last week. The nastalgia was flowing looking at all those kits again. I never had a chance to build a 'Flame-out Freddie' but I will now! Look for many of the releases in time for Christmas. Hawkeye > If you aren't already aware, these kits will be available again soon. > They have an abitious release cycle planned to reintroduce all of the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Hawkeye sounds great. I bought most of the last series of Hawk kits earlier this year, the surfer , the guitarists, etc.. any hope in seeing the fantastic Renwal box art out again someday??? Craig I want to get the 1/48 Snark again- I really liked that kit.  SignatureJim Atkins Twentynine Palms, CA USA Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx Any sign of their battle damage 1/72 scale aircraft? Tom > I want to get the 1/48 Snark again- I really liked that kit. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. > -Groucho Marx > Any sign of their battle damage 1/72 scale aircraft? I gotta ask the same question. I've got all of 'em except for the F-105D and the OCD part of my brain really wants to complete the collection. ;^) Martin If i recall correctly...IMC was sued over the F-105D and the Skyraider by Monogram.....these kits were direct ripoffs of the Monogram issues. This is probably why they have never been rereleased. Lindberg has reissued the A-4, F-4, and MiG at one time though. Mark >> Any sign of their battle damage 1/72 scale aircraft? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Martin >If i recall correctly...IMC was sued over the F-105D and the Skyraider by >Monogram.....these kits were direct ripoffs of the Monogram issues. I dunno about the Skyraider since Monogram's was an A-1E family model and the IMC kit was a single-seater but you're right about the Thud. The old Monogram kit was actually a B model though, not a D, and made up for a lack of detail with a very accurate outline. Given how bad both the Hasegawa and Airfix Thuds were the Monogram kit wasn't bettered in 1/72 until Revell's pantographed D showed up many years later. SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://home.swbell.net/arfunguy/index.html "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." Right you are Al, But, look closely because of the law suit IMC modified the A-1E into a single canopy version. So you have an abomination of a fat face Skyraider with a bubble canopy...it's a real mess. I have all 6 of the originals. Still fun though! mark >>If i recall correctly...IMC was sued over the F-105D and the Skyraider by >>Monogram.....these kits were direct ripoffs of the Monogram issues. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > wasn't bettered in 1/72 until Revell's pantographed D showed up many > years later. > Right you are Al, But, look closely because of the law suit IMC modified the > A-1E into a single canopy version. So you have an abomination of a fat face > Skyraider with a bubble canopy...it's a real mess. I have all 6 of the > originals. Still fun though! > > mark Then you know that the Hun is a direct copy of the old Revell kit and the RF-4C is taken from the 1/72nd Revell kit with a recon nose replacing the fighter nose. I'm not sure where the MiG-21 and the A-4E came from. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >...the Hun is a direct copy of the old Revell kit... But IMC did do a nice job of removing the raised decal location guides. >I'm not sure where the MiG-21 and the A-4E came from. The A-4E was probably based on the Cental kit. I dunno where the MiG-21 was from either - it's almost a sure bet it wasn't original IMC tooling though. SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://home.swbell.net/arfunguy/index.html "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." >...IMC modified the A-1E into a single canopy version. So you have an abomination of a fat face >Skyraider with a bubble canopy...it's a real mess. Oy! No wonder it's so funny-looking! SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://home.swbell.net/arfunguy/index.html "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." I have all of them. A couple of the younger modelers in the area who have seen mine want to try them. Not all of the new generation are brainwashed. :-) Tom > > Any sign of their battle damage 1/72 scale aircraft? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Martin > Any sign of their battle damage 1/72 scale aircraft? > > Tom Yes, they were on display at the show. A-4 and RF-4 were what I remember seeing. I don't see anything on the price sheet for the IMC kits, those will probably release next year. I'd like to do the XF-88 Voodoo. Hawkeye http://www.hawkeyeshobbies.com > I want to get the 1/48 Snark again- I really liked that kit. I just got an e-mail from Ernie Petit (the boss at New Hawk). I'd asked him (somewhat faciously) after showing him an old Hawk ad from 1949 if his repop of the Curtiss R3C racer was going to be the floatplane or the original casting landplaner version. It's the landplane. Outside of Lindberg and Hawk, did anyone else do 1:48 racing aircraft from the 1930s and 1940s? Any chance Williams Bros will come back? > Outside of Lindberg and Hawk, did anyone else do 1:48 racing aircraft > from the 1930s and 1940s? Artiplast did a Macchi MC 72 Schneider Trophy racer in 1/50. Not 1/48 but "almost". Later reissued by Smer. Cheers, > > I want to get the 1/48 Snark again- I really liked that kit. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > from the 1930s and 1940s? > Any chance Williams Bros will come back? Williams Brothers is back! Look for story in the coming issue of Aerospace Modeler Magazine. Hawkeye Hmm, I didn't know 'Freddie Flameout' or any of the other Hawk kits were even remotely OOP. MVR Hobby in Davenport, IA has the whole series of 'Weird-Ohs' and Car-icky-tures, and gets more in all the time. I bought and built a "Freddie" about eighteen months ago, and bought another a few weeks ago. I'm currently working on the "Catchin' Some Rays" surf bunny which I've only had a few months. I was in a serious state of "accurate detail brain lock" and needed a deviation that I could build and actually have fun with, instead of getting hung up on minute superfluous details, or SBS. |
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