Scale Modelworld 2014 – Product News, Part 1
The weather is wet, the car parks are jammed, the queues are long - it's time for Scale Modelworld 2014 in Telford!
We start our coverage with a roundup of product news from the show.
From start to end in the gallery:
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Airfix 1/48 Folland Gnat T.1. Available now.
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Airfix's forthcoming 1/72 Supermarine Swift FR.5
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Airfix 1/72 Dornier Do-17Z (forthcoming)
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Airfix 1/72 Bristol Blenheim Mk. IVF (a variation on the recent Blenheim kit)
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Zoukei-Mura Horten Ho 229. This kit is on sale starting today.
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Revell 1/144 Airbus A400M Atlas
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Tarangus 1/48 SAAB JA37 Viggen. This is the first long-run injection moulded kit by this company. A limited first production run was on sale at the show.
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Special Hoby 1/32 Hawker Tempest Mk. II/V/VI.
This kit is expected in Q1 2015 -
Special Hobby 1/48 F-86K Sabre Dog
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Last-minute update: Airfix new-tool 1/72 Boulton-Paul Defiant (announced today as a future release)
Thanks for the great pics ! It seems there is a major attack on my purse approaching !
How many people are visiting ?
It's said there about 10,000 visitors to the show.
That is a big party !
Wish I was there. 🙁
From the looks of that line (and rain), I think I'm glad I'm NOT.
I think I'm with you on this one.
A model builders heaven. I concur with Bernd. My purse is surely going to feel it in the new year. The Viggen and the Gnat is on my 2015 shopping list. Hope Airfix could release the Swift in 1/48 scale. Still looking forward to a 1/48 Supermarine Scimitar. Thanks for the updates!
That Special Hobby Tempest definitely blows the PCM kit out of the water. And the F-86K got the wing sweep right (unlike the Monogram kit). Looks like Special Hobby/MPM is stepping up their game to compete with Eduard.
Note to self: when I finally attend Telford, remember to set the alarm for EARLY.
A Tempest II in 1/32 is great news too !
Thank you Martin, glad to see the F-86K is finally about to surface.
The Defiant is hopefully soon available
Airfix is also releasing a 1/72 He 111 concurrent with the 75 anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Defiant is scheduled for January release.
Nice pics thanks but where are the pics of the new Hph 1/48 Concorde?
Be close to the biggest kit ever..
WHAT!? 1/48 Concorde! I'm there dude!
Looks like I'm in the market for a new Viggen and Gnat! I just wonder if they'll make a Midge to go with it?