Small Scale Military Headquarters

Heck not to brag but I even own an all metal version of the pulse rifle with firing trigger and case along with the motion tracker. Just need the armor to go along with it all. Of course the M56 Smart gun with guidance head set would be a nice touch to the collection.

I agree with Pickel 20th scale is just a tad too small? Then again as Pickel also stated its a fairly easy model to build. Many of the surfaces are relatively flat at various angles. It would actually be the interior that would pose the greatest challenge of all. Of course if I had a APC on hand I w...

Well for $300 you can have it as kit with a hollowed out interior. At 1:20th scale its currently the closest match you can find. Sometimes this kit shows up on ebay from time to time. http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/8-500x281.jpg http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=36841

Jim has been awfully quiet these past couple of months. I wonder if they are planning the big reveal at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con July 24-27. I'm sure Merit will be there in full force. We may even hear something further regarding BBI's earlier sudden announcement of a new 1:18 tooling in the...

So anyone hear from Jim recently? Seems Merit has been very quiet lately even on their Facebook site. Hope nothing bad happened to Jim.

When is the official announcement?....Anyone?....Anyone?....Anyone?

Jim.... Jim.... Jim.... Jim....

Has anyone seen Jim? Anyone?.... Anyone?.... Anyone?

We thank you all for your suggestions. Actually a couple of you have already hit the correct markings we have in mind. Please wait for official announcement. BTY, JSI Harrier had a major make over from 1st test shot. Please wait. Jim, just curious are we getting any closer to an official announceme...

...May it be in the month of May.

May 31st....maybe????

There is no box art that has been revealed to us as of yet. The two pics above along the right of the photo of the prototype taken at SDCC are actually from printed pages/brochures like the one Normandy just posted up.

One thing to point out however is in regards to the nose cone. Despite the cone installed upside down in the photo it is quite clear there is a difference when compared to the two illustration along the right. AV-8B II Plus (+) vs AV-8B II. The prototype model depicted includes a forward looking inf...

I love the camo pattern but I'm also partial to the VMA-214 Blacksheep paint scheme. Maybe because of its similarities to the Jolly Rogers.

More photos here as well....

http://www.fighting118th.com/2014/03/01 ... it-intl/2/

Just thought you would like to know I came across more photos of the Merit booth over at Aiken's Planes' Facebook site. Just click on previous and next in the upper right corner to shuffle through. https://www.facebook.com/105356212889885/photos/pcb.607000642725437/607000156058819/?type=1&theater Th...

Your guess is as good as mine. Jim at Merit may have an answer however I'm assuming the final decision primarily rests on JS International.

If I recall correctly Jim at Merit did say something earlier about another repaint following the previous Black Knights & Jolly Roger schemes but its unclear when or if we will ever see another release. I think either the VFA-31 Tomcatters or VFA-14 Tophatters were tossed around a bit as being one o...

Yeah, the spots had me a bit disappointed too but I soon got over it once I received my first one in the mail. Now I have three of them hanging in my office and couldn't be any prouder. The first two I repainted and then properly weathered a bit to cover over the spots. This was all thanks in part t...

Didn't catch this earlier or they just added to their site but it seems both the model kit and prebuilt model of the AV-8B are expected to arrive May 31st. They estimate $200 for the prebuilt.

http://www.aikensairplanes.com/av-8b-ha ... mil-60027/

Aiken's just updated the information on their site. Emailed them Friday about it and was told they just got back from the New York Toy Fair with little information to go on. It turns out the prices and release dates have not yet been confirmed by the manufacturer. See details under "historical note"...

I'll try to find it in my heart to forgive you.

Actually I'm a little surprised not everyone is listing these all at the same time. Perhaps they're waiting on further news to break with actual photos of the finished products.

Wait... Flying mule is selling them too?

Actually the model kits are already up for preorder.

AV-8B
http://www.aikensairplanes.com/av-8b-ha ... mil-61804/

FW190A-8
http://www.aikensairplanes.com/focke-wu ... mil-61803/

Looks like they will be producing both a model kit and a prebuilt for both the AV-8B & FW-190A. A win win for everyone. Now we wait....

According to the site these maybe model kits. Hope its not so.

Harrier - "Merit International Model Kits Expected Arrival - May 2014"