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1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by AMERICAN_GRENADIER » Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:28 am

just received this information

" The next 1/18 will be the Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International. We just finished the licensing and will be sending out the newsletter within the next day or so."
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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by YT » Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:35 am

Wow!
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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:38 am

Wow, they're still alive after all.

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by normandy » Sat Dec 15, 2012 6:04 am

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote: " The next 1/18 will be the Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International. We just finished the licensing and will be sending out the newsletter within the next day or so."


Hmmm, licensing? from Bell or 21st/AllGo?

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by pickelhaube » Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:26 am

Is the B version the one that is made now ?
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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by normandy » Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:53 am

It seems that 21st's / Motorworks version of the Huey is a C. Maybe one of the Wingnuts among us could explain
the differences between the two, I'm more a tanker. :)

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by Tinman » Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:53 pm

Not sure if I should be excited or not. If it's more than just a repaint, then I'm in. If it's just a repaint, then I'm out.

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by B-29 » Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:39 pm

normandy wrote:It seems that 21st's / Motorworks version of the Huey is a C. Maybe one of the Wingnuts among us could explain
the differences between the two, I'm more a tanker. :)
They are basically the same. The B model had a different engine, and slightly different rotors and rotorhead. Otherwise, the exterior is almost identical.
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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by normandy » Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:11 pm

Thanks B-29, I wasn't sure about the two.
This JSI thing keeps getting more interesting......who owns what?? Them, Merit or 21st/All-Go? :P

This is all I got when I checked All-Go's site..... http://www.allgotoys.com/ :?

Guess we'll have to wait for the newsletter.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:25 pm

Seems to me I recall JSI planning to make a Huey that for all said purposes looked like the 21c tooling. Merit distributes JSI. They have also carried a picture on their site of a Huey B/C in the "sharkmouth" scheme. I wonder if that will be it?

I've already got two 21c Hueys which are still very nice for a 2001 tooling, so unless this is a significant upgrade, it won't interest me much...
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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by Jay » Sat Dec 15, 2012 8:38 pm

I'm definitely interested in getting one. I now have three models which I want to add to the collection: Tomcat, Dauntless and now this Huey. Only factors are money (Especially because of the shipping rates there days).
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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by rudedog » Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:15 am

i have the first model it would nice if they make this a true gun ship and add the door gunners or the hard point machine guns some crew members would be nice to if ifs rom the 21c unit loose pilot or copilot?

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by dragon53 » Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:57 am

RUDEDOG:

JSI hasn't included pilots in its other planes, so I don't think the UH-1 will either.

I've said before that there's a market for pilots and door gunners with M60 machine guns for both the JSI and 21st Century 1/18 UH-1 Hueys---if someone would make them.

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by Apache26 » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:01 am

As someone who paid out of his nose not too long ago for the 21st Huey "Slick", I have mixed feelings about this. If its under $200 I may buy one (hell, it'd cost about as much as a single high end 1/6 figure). But the rationale of these companies beguiles me. They troll the boards and know how much everyone would prefer a UH-1D/H but they persist in rehashing. Then they complain there isn't enough demand for certain models or time periods. It doesn't look like Merit will release crewmen with it, so it's appeal is further diminished. For those who aren't willing to pay $250+ for a 21st Huey with a single correctly attired crewman, then they get an empty JSI Huey.

If they made a UH-1D/H with crewmen and door guns for around $200, they'd laugh all the way to the bank. Even if the UH-1B with full 2.75 in rocket pods and quad mount M-60's, with crewmen and Heads Up Display would sell well.

Alas, we'll see. If only the manufacturers put as much time in some of these things as they did in the F-14's or even their WWII aircraft.

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by granch » Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:05 pm

Saw a lot of 5 Vietnam war pilots/gunners for sale on eBay, about 250$... :shock:

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by Birddog » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:56 pm

Information is up on Merit's site now:

http://merit-intl.com/month/12-17-12/JSI-60007/
Go Ugly Early in 1/18!!

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Post by Razor17019 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:13 pm

Apache26 wrote:As someone who paid out of his nose not too long ago for the 21st Huey "Slick", I have mixed feelings about this. If its under $200 I may buy one (hell, it'd cost about as much as a single high end 1/6 figure). But the rationale of these companies beguiles me. They troll the boards and know how much everyone would prefer a UH-1D/H but they persist in rehashing. Then they complain there isn't enough demand for certain models or time periods. It doesn't look like Merit will release crewmen with it, so it's appeal is further diminished. For those who aren't willing to pay $250+ for a 21st Huey with a single correctly attired crewman, then they get an empty JSI Huey.

If they made a UH-1D/H with crewmen and door guns for around $200, they'd laugh all the way to the bank. Even if the UH-1B with full 2.75 in rocket pods and quad mount M-60's, with crewmen and Heads Up Display would sell well.

Alas, we'll see. If only the manufacturers put as much time in some of these things as they did in the F-14's or even their WWII aircraft.
Yet, they just remake the original 21st Century Huey...sad...
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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by B-29 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:58 pm

You have to be kidding me.... http://www.warbird-photos.com/gpxd/view ... 58#p257758 All that work and their making it anyway... Also, they got tail number wrong and have the wrong style rocket pods for this chopper.
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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by dragon53 » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:58 pm

Merit added, "Stay tuned for other variations in this series."

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by parrish333 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:08 pm

Well if JSI still had the 21C mold, I get why for financial reasons they'd re-use it instead of tooling up an entirely new UH-1D mold. And I'm sure a B/C variant will still sell well enough for the newer members to the hobby who don't want to pay the big ebay prices. It's a solid mold for what it is; it just would have put it over the top to go with an all new -D model with all the trimmings (door guns, crew, multiple configurations of rockets, MGs), at the quality level of the recent Merit SBD.

I would have actually liked even more the new UH-1Y "Venom" (http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=82 ... n=military), but I know the Vietnam-era Hueys are the way to go for big sales.

And hopefully the TBA "variations" Merit speaks of will bring something fresh for the old timers that already have a UH-1C in this exact configuration.

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by normandy » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:50 pm

" LIMITED EDITION OF 900 " ( 600 for North America ) :|
AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:just received this information

" The next 1/18 will be the Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International. We just finished the licensing and will be sending out the newsletter within the next day or so."
:? so what was this licensing thing? "JSI exclusive for Merit International" It's a 21st Century toys 1:18 Huey. :roll:

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by Jim@Merit » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:37 pm

normandy wrote:
AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote: " The next 1/18 will be the Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International. We just finished the licensing and will be sending out the newsletter within the next day or so."


Hmmm, licensing? from Bell or 21st/AllGo?
Yes, from Bell.

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by Tinman » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:01 pm

Rats, it is a repaint. If they come out with a version that has significant differences beyond just the paint, then I'll be interested.

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by Jim@Merit » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:19 pm

Tinman wrote:Rats, it is a repaint. If they come out with a version that has significant differences beyond just the paint, then I'll be interested.
Sorry. Hope this will change in later 2013.

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Re: 1/18 Huey B from JSI exclusive for Merit International

Post by B-29 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:13 pm

Jim, any chance you can ask jsi to fix the tail number? The correct tail number is 64170, with the 64 painted black and the 170 painted black. I know it is minor, but it would be nice to see fixed.
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