POST ADMIRAL TOYS F-86 DISCUSSION HERE
Admiral Toys upcoming Airplanes
Admiral Toys has announced on their Website that the next 1/18 scale airplanes will be the ME 262 and Zero. This info is listed in their Pctures section.
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thetatau87
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O.k. Got my order of sabres in today.
Got one out of the box, very nicely packed by the way. had a bit of a hard time with the pilot, getting him into his seat correctly with seat straps and mask etc. any body else have troubles.
Besides that its a beautiful aircraft, fits neatly on the ceiling between my hornets and starfighters.
Thanks to every one at Admiral. Great job. Cant wait for your future efforts and wish yoyu all the best.
Got one out of the box, very nicely packed by the way. had a bit of a hard time with the pilot, getting him into his seat correctly with seat straps and mask etc. any body else have troubles.
Besides that its a beautiful aircraft, fits neatly on the ceiling between my hornets and starfighters.
Thanks to every one at Admiral. Great job. Cant wait for your future efforts and wish yoyu all the best.
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eddie372
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F86
I ordered mine from AT directly, and a few days ago received an e-mail stating that it was shipped on 3/2.
I can't wait to see this baby out of the box. It will spend at least a week on top of my display table (otherwise known as my dinning room table), something of a tradition for me. Later, it will proudly hang from my garage cealing, near my F-16 and F-104, at least until the Mig-15s are here.
Ed
I can't wait to see this baby out of the box. It will spend at least a week on top of my display table (otherwise known as my dinning room table), something of a tradition for me. Later, it will proudly hang from my garage cealing, near my F-16 and F-104, at least until the Mig-15s are here.
Ed
The man that loves his job never works a day in his life.
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Black_Dragon_One
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Jason wrote:
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
I slight oversight by our production line occurred. You will notice that there are no directions including with the F-86. This is being corrected; however, many of you will receive a box without directions.
A set of directions can be downloaded from our site www.admiraltoys.com later this evening. Following is a short explanation of how the aircraft works in the event of you do not want to download the directions:
The front landing gear door is a two part assembly. To open the doors place your finger on the two small doors and slide forward. They will fold on their own as you slide them forward. Then open the larger door of the assembly and pull the gear down by its tire.
The main gear has two thumbnail slots, pretty self explanatory. Pull them down by the strut, if you pull the gear door cover it may pop off. This is ok, it will snap back into position.
The flaps and rudder are engineered in a way that requires you to pull them out and then move them down or side to side. They have a tab that fits into a groove to prevent them from drooping when in the up position. If you push down on the flaps before pulling them back you may break the tab off.
For aesthetics sake, the ammunition doors are seamless. You will have to get your fingernail in the upper lip and pop them open. We did not think you would appreciate a thumbnail groove on the side of your model.
Airbrakes have a thumbnail groove on the underside of the aircraft.
Leading edge slats are stiff to prevent drooping. Slide them forward by pulling either end out and then the opposite end out.
The drop tanks are side specific. If after you put the drop tank in the appropriate slot and it will not push forward, stop and try the other wing. One of those things that was not caught after tooling and production started.
I hope this explains the process. If you have any questions you may check the sheet of directions that will be placed on our website later this evening.
I apologize for not having directions included in your packaging. We are still learning!!
For your convenience and for the convenience of your retailer Admiral Toys Incorporated would personally like to take care of all your customer care concerns. If you receive a model that you are not satisfied with its quality, we ask that you contact us directly at [email protected] . We will send you a prepaid shipping label so that you can return the model directly to us. We will immediately send you a new hand inspected model the day we receive the defective product free of charge. If just a part is broken, for example the canopy is cracked, just send us an email with your mailing address and we will get one to you as soon as we have one available for shipping. We have learned that some of our canopies were loosened during shipping and they may arrive damaged. This again is being rectified at the facility to prevent further damage.
Hope you enjoy your new F-86.
Regards,
Jason"
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
I slight oversight by our production line occurred. You will notice that there are no directions including with the F-86. This is being corrected; however, many of you will receive a box without directions.
A set of directions can be downloaded from our site www.admiraltoys.com later this evening. Following is a short explanation of how the aircraft works in the event of you do not want to download the directions:
The front landing gear door is a two part assembly. To open the doors place your finger on the two small doors and slide forward. They will fold on their own as you slide them forward. Then open the larger door of the assembly and pull the gear down by its tire.
The main gear has two thumbnail slots, pretty self explanatory. Pull them down by the strut, if you pull the gear door cover it may pop off. This is ok, it will snap back into position.
The flaps and rudder are engineered in a way that requires you to pull them out and then move them down or side to side. They have a tab that fits into a groove to prevent them from drooping when in the up position. If you push down on the flaps before pulling them back you may break the tab off.
For aesthetics sake, the ammunition doors are seamless. You will have to get your fingernail in the upper lip and pop them open. We did not think you would appreciate a thumbnail groove on the side of your model.
Airbrakes have a thumbnail groove on the underside of the aircraft.
Leading edge slats are stiff to prevent drooping. Slide them forward by pulling either end out and then the opposite end out.
The drop tanks are side specific. If after you put the drop tank in the appropriate slot and it will not push forward, stop and try the other wing. One of those things that was not caught after tooling and production started.
I hope this explains the process. If you have any questions you may check the sheet of directions that will be placed on our website later this evening.
I apologize for not having directions included in your packaging. We are still learning!!
For your convenience and for the convenience of your retailer Admiral Toys Incorporated would personally like to take care of all your customer care concerns. If you receive a model that you are not satisfied with its quality, we ask that you contact us directly at [email protected] . We will send you a prepaid shipping label so that you can return the model directly to us. We will immediately send you a new hand inspected model the day we receive the defective product free of charge. If just a part is broken, for example the canopy is cracked, just send us an email with your mailing address and we will get one to you as soon as we have one available for shipping. We have learned that some of our canopies were loosened during shipping and they may arrive damaged. This again is being rectified at the facility to prevent further damage.
Hope you enjoy your new F-86.
Regards,
Jason"
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CW4USARMY
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Jason,
I believe Admiral toy has just won my vote for best customer service/info, as well as my loyalty. I really appreciate all of the time you take to keep us informed about your products. You guys are off to a great start and I have (and will be) ordering more than one of each of your products in appreciation for your efforts. I wish you and the Admiral toys team many years of success (especially so you can bring us the A-10 and F-4!
)
Thanks again,
Andy
I believe Admiral toy has just won my vote for best customer service/info, as well as my loyalty. I really appreciate all of the time you take to keep us informed about your products. You guys are off to a great start and I have (and will be) ordering more than one of each of your products in appreciation for your efforts. I wish you and the Admiral toys team many years of success (especially so you can bring us the A-10 and F-4!
)Thanks again,
Andy
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eddie372
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F-86 Review
OK guys, it looks like I'm having the honor to offer the first review of the magnificent Admiral Toys F-86. I received mine yesterday (3/8/06), but I was at work and did not have a chance to open it until today. Wow!
First off, I love the packaging idea: No box window, and styrofoam formers to hold the airplane in place, rather than twist-ties. It was very easy to pull the model out of its box.
Then comes the really good parts: This bird is outstanding in many ways, especially it being the first 1:18 model airplane launch for this company. The paint is sharp, crisp, uniform, and the various colors are sharply defined and separated. There are no smudges, overpainting or anything like that.
The canopy is crystal clear, slides easily and fits perfectly with the fuselage/ airframe.
The cockpit offers a good deal of detail: The instrument panel is properly positioned; the instruments themselves are well visible, and some of the knobs and switches in the weapons and avionics panels are painted red. As far as I can tell, there are no rudder pedals under the instrument panel, but the flexible control stick makes up for them.
The pilot's seat will be a challenge for us to correct because its back support seems too reclined. The headrest is pretty neat though, and the straps are an added touch. However, the pilot is another story. We all have seen the pilot in pictures, but when seen in person, it's something else: The poor guy is stiff as a rock, and the plastic is rather brittle. I broke off one of his feet just trying to twist it slightly and gently, so heads up guys.
The fuselage and wing assembly fit perfectly, and they're joined with two screws, which by the way, did not arrive with the model. The airbrake doors on the aft part of the empenage are magnificent, and one of my favorite parts of this bird. They open easily and the hydraulic piston-rod pushers have a feel to them that you're going to love. The rudder moves much better than in any other of my models, and has a realistic look to it when pushed either side.
Now, I don't know about you guys and gals (Ok, you and Kim
), but my model is missing its horizontal stabilizers. I'm sure that Admiral will take care of that, but as of right now, my Sabre is unflyable because of that. No big deal.
The wings are totally awsome guys, I mean it! Wait until you see them and then you'll know what I mean: Leading edge slots that deploy perfectly and to the proper angle of attack ( a very, very nice touch Jason), their tracks just like the real thing; retractable trailing edge flaps that don't droop like the BBI Corsair's; very realistic looking pitot tube in the starboard wing tip, great markings, and navigation/position light lenses, rather than painted ones. If there's anything that could be improved in later releases, it would be, in my opinion, the thickness of the flaps. They just seem a little bulgier than they need to be, but that may explain why their travel mechanism works so well.
The landing gears retract and lower smoothly and without complication. The wheel well doors also open and close easily, and they fit perfectly well with the airframe. The bendable nosewheel pant, forward of the strut assembly, is another one of those little details that tell you to what extent Admiral Toys went for the production of this aircraft. You're going to love your F-86s.
Overall, I give Admiral a 20 from 1 to 10. I'm very impressed with the overall quality of this model, and will most defenitely purchase at least one more of them, for a custom job. I have to say now that this has become my all time favorite model airplane, with my BBi Corsair a close second.
This review is getting long, so I'm going to allow someone else to fill in the things I left out, or perhaps elaborate more in the areas I touched on.
Enjoy.
Eddie
First off, I love the packaging idea: No box window, and styrofoam formers to hold the airplane in place, rather than twist-ties. It was very easy to pull the model out of its box.
Then comes the really good parts: This bird is outstanding in many ways, especially it being the first 1:18 model airplane launch for this company. The paint is sharp, crisp, uniform, and the various colors are sharply defined and separated. There are no smudges, overpainting or anything like that.
The canopy is crystal clear, slides easily and fits perfectly with the fuselage/ airframe.
The cockpit offers a good deal of detail: The instrument panel is properly positioned; the instruments themselves are well visible, and some of the knobs and switches in the weapons and avionics panels are painted red. As far as I can tell, there are no rudder pedals under the instrument panel, but the flexible control stick makes up for them.
The pilot's seat will be a challenge for us to correct because its back support seems too reclined. The headrest is pretty neat though, and the straps are an added touch. However, the pilot is another story. We all have seen the pilot in pictures, but when seen in person, it's something else: The poor guy is stiff as a rock, and the plastic is rather brittle. I broke off one of his feet just trying to twist it slightly and gently, so heads up guys.
The fuselage and wing assembly fit perfectly, and they're joined with two screws, which by the way, did not arrive with the model. The airbrake doors on the aft part of the empenage are magnificent, and one of my favorite parts of this bird. They open easily and the hydraulic piston-rod pushers have a feel to them that you're going to love. The rudder moves much better than in any other of my models, and has a realistic look to it when pushed either side.
Now, I don't know about you guys and gals (Ok, you and Kim
), but my model is missing its horizontal stabilizers. I'm sure that Admiral will take care of that, but as of right now, my Sabre is unflyable because of that. No big deal.The wings are totally awsome guys, I mean it! Wait until you see them and then you'll know what I mean: Leading edge slots that deploy perfectly and to the proper angle of attack ( a very, very nice touch Jason), their tracks just like the real thing; retractable trailing edge flaps that don't droop like the BBI Corsair's; very realistic looking pitot tube in the starboard wing tip, great markings, and navigation/position light lenses, rather than painted ones. If there's anything that could be improved in later releases, it would be, in my opinion, the thickness of the flaps. They just seem a little bulgier than they need to be, but that may explain why their travel mechanism works so well.
The landing gears retract and lower smoothly and without complication. The wheel well doors also open and close easily, and they fit perfectly well with the airframe. The bendable nosewheel pant, forward of the strut assembly, is another one of those little details that tell you to what extent Admiral Toys went for the production of this aircraft. You're going to love your F-86s.
Overall, I give Admiral a 20 from 1 to 10. I'm very impressed with the overall quality of this model, and will most defenitely purchase at least one more of them, for a custom job. I have to say now that this has become my all time favorite model airplane, with my BBi Corsair a close second.
This review is getting long, so I'm going to allow someone else to fill in the things I left out, or perhaps elaborate more in the areas I touched on.
Enjoy.
Eddie
The man that loves his job never works a day in his life.
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Quixote511
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OK--I got mine today---it is nice when you live next door to an eTailer, Thanx Isiah. Holy Crow Batman! The gauntlet has seriously been thrown down. If this is AT's freshman effort I can't wait to see their Zero and 262. This has to be the sweetest bird going and I think it blows the sox off of the 104. My only real complaint is the cockpit gauges. They all look like the old Eastern Airlines symbol. But, that doesn't even qualify as a complaint. The tampo is clean and the parts move well. And, for as cruddy as the pilot looked in the pics, he is pretty cool too. It's enough to say I am pleased and they have won a new customer.
Aaron
Aaron
Received first of three orders today, and I really can't add anything to the above review except to say, "Theres a new sheriff in town" and the other companies will have to work hard to reach the bar that AT has set soo high with their first release. This will make a wonderful addition to anyones 1:18 collection, a must have...now, if we just had some Migs! 
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tmanthegreat
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Wow! Great reviews - I'm hoping the missing stabilizers on eddie372's plane are only a fluke, but the rest sounds fantastic! Its great to hear that this plane is comparable to the 21c F-104 and BBI releases. If all goes well, mine should ship from BCA soon and hopefully I'll get it over the weekend. Can't wait!
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
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JohnLumley
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Pictures & assembly instructions are up on Admiral's site.
http://www.admiraltoys.com/Retailers/jollyroger.html
Scroll to bottom of page.
http://www.admiraltoys.com/Retailers/jollyroger.html
Scroll to bottom of page.
One hundred and fifty three - 1:18 scale aircraft on the ceiling looks :shock: damn good!
Cool, thanks for posting the link!! BCT mentions that they sent out Preorder 1 and a few Preorder 2's..... I wish I am one of those 2s......... 
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