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Theshark wrote:Probably the National IPMS show coming up in August. Can't wait to see the FW

YES! That's it!

And yes, I shot photos of the bottom of the aircraft. The landing gear was giving them some issues (since it was the prototype, some of the things were attached with tape or just attached with little pins, but it will be good during production). Been a bit busy but will get up my photos soon as I can.

Since I hang all my aircraft from the ceiling anyway I'm not too worried about the strength of the gears but it will be a nice sight to see them once they are done as unique as they are on this particular aircraft. The details on this model so far of what I have seen are amazing. Quite a bit of moving parts on this one.

I think once they have all the parts in and functioning with a thin coat or two of paint and proper markings throughout it will really shine. I'm not sure how many they will produce in limited supply but I plan on getting at least two for now once they are available. I may get another one later after I see the first two in person and conduct some rhinoplasty to the nose so I can closely match the one in True Lies. Should be fairly easy to do especially if they decide to make the nose cone removable for the radar dish.

Beeavision wrote:Hoping to see photos of the Harrier all painted up soon. Speaking of photos did anyone take any of the bottom of the aircraft or that of the landing gears extended out? That would be nice to see.

I (finally) got my story finished, has photos of the underside/wheels/etc.

Also estimated price, release date etc.

http://www.fighting118th.com/2014/07/29 ... zematters/

NSA wrote:

Beeavision wrote:Hoping to see photos of the Harrier all painted up soon. Speaking of photos did anyone take any of the bottom of the aircraft or that of the landing gears extended out? That would be nice to see.

I (finally) got my story finished, has photos of the underside/wheels/etc.

Also estimated price, release date etc.

http://www.fighting118th.com/2014/07/29 ... zematters/

That was an informative and comprehensive review, thanks. Noticed they had the fins for the Snakeye bombs the wrong way around. Was hoping that they'd include a few laser guided bombs with this one as this plane I think is also a night attack version. I'm hoping a few make it across the pond, especially the kit.....

Here's a couple of my shots of the Harrier. That review is pretty good but here's a couple of addition things...

- They said the weapons on the Harrier are interchangeable with the ones from at least the F-14
- I'd say it's pretty much NOT going to be the True Lies scheme. One of the schemes they are looking at doing is MCAS Yuma. It sounds very likely the scheme might be VMA-211 in honor of the September 2012 Camp Bastion raid which claimed many lives and 6% of the USMC Harrier fleet.
- As mentioned, they said the landing gear will be very sturdy in production.
- Pretty much the only thing aside from some of the weapons that is the same as the previous Harrier prototype is the tail light box, otherwise it's an almost entirely new mold.

























Also, thought you guys might like to see some shots of this:











Of course, for me... this was the highlight of the Con:

Article on the M-ATV 'parts' shown at SDCC. I'm personally looking forward to it, even if it's a little big.

http://www.fighting118th.com/2014/07/30 ... zematters/

NSA wrote:Article on the M-ATV 'parts' shown at SDCC. I'm personally looking forward to it, even if it's a little big.

http://www.fighting118th.com/2014/07/30 ... zematters/

Great write up NSA.

Hello gents. I must say that even though I am trying to get out of the game I won't be able to resist that BBI 5 pack coming to Target. More than one sculpt in there has never been released and they are pretty darn cool. Also, the redo of the Delta guy is welcome - that is certainly the holy grail of bbi figures and fetches about $40 on ebay. The price point on the set is just right too. Excellent news on that front.

Also psyched to see the M-ATV, though that looks quite a ways away.

Modern fans should be very happy with the figs about to hit Target, and later the Harrier and M-ATV!

And great news on the FW-190A moving along. This is all really positive direction. It would just be nice to have a couple more big players in the market, but I appreciate Merit/JSI keeping the fires burning.

A buddy of mine was there and he shot a pic of the 190.

After saying it was not and getting a bit testy. ( Merit's guy not my buddy )

I have it in my e-mail and I will try and transfer the pic and post it here.

Est. price $150

THANKS! Great photo's of the Harrier. I'm in for the ATV as well. They have one parked next to a Humvee at the local USAF installation and the thing is huge. It dwarfs the Humvee.

Fw-190

Sweet I am getting as many as I can hopefully 5 or 6

pickelhaube wrote:Fw-190

Nice.. but that's not SDCC. I was there and that was not their booth setup. I think you meant your friend went to IPMS?

Maybe so .

I was more preoccupied in trying to rotate the pic with the obvious failure.

I know he brought my Horten to last years IMPS show .