JSI TO RELEASE P-40 REPAINT ETA JULY

Buckyroo · Post by **Buckyroo** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:16 am

SEE THE BADCAT LINK BELOW

http://www.badcattoys.com/pwaflti1jsin.html

IF I AM RIGHT THAT IS THE AVG PAINT SCHEME WITHOUT ANY MARKINGS
CLAIMS TO BE AN UPDATED/REWORKED TOOLING

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:00 am

All right all you AVG'ers...place yer bets!
Who's ride?

Chuck Older?
Tex Hill?
Bob Neale?
Pappy?

How much "re-tooling" can one do with those molds?

Will have to get this so RT Smith will have a wingman

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:10 am

Tex Hill

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:28 am

I suppose I'm in for one if it's done right...no pre-order for me though!

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:44 am

I may actually pick this one up. At $80 it is a bit steep for me, but it's nice to see P-40's available again. I just wish they would have done a Russian or RAF paint scheme. I already have an AVG P-40. I am also curious if JSI made any improvements to the mold.

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:50 am

That will be about a c-note to your door. I sure miss the days of finding these things local.

Buckyroo · Post by **Buckyroo** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:53 am

Airacobra wrote:I may actually pick this one up. At $80 it is a bit steep for me, but it's nice to see P-40's available again. I just wish they would have done a Russian or RAF paint scheme. I already have an AVG P-40. I am also curious if JSI made any improvements to the mold.

Are you meaning a new RAF P-40, because there was this one form 21st Century a long time ago..

http://www.sshqdb.com/18/thumbnails.php?album=178

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:08 am

JSI has said they would make improvements to the old 21c toolings before, only those toolings were nearly the same as the originals - save the new JSI stamp in place of the 21c logo. I'd like to see final production pictures before I consider another P-40. I'm glad they are going with an AVG scheme, though.

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:01 am

Buckyroo wrote:
Airacobra wrote:I may actually pick this one up. At $80 it is a bit steep for me, but it's nice to see P-40's available again. I just wish they would have done a Russian or RAF paint scheme. I already have an AVG P-40. I am also curious if JSI made any improvements to the mold.
Are you meaning a new RAF P-40, because there was this one form 21st Century a long time ago..

http://www.sshqdb.com/18/thumbnails.php?album=178

Yup, I passed by that P-40, along with countless P-47's, Spitfires, 109's and 190's at my local Wal-Marts too many times to remember a few years ago. I just figured they would always be there.

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:06 am

toyktdlgh wrote:That will be about a c-note to your door. I sure miss the days of finding these things local.

Do pre-orders benefit from the free shipping deals that etailers offer? If not, $100 to my door is a deal breaker. I just can't justify those prices. I'm happy some people can afford the new price points for 1/18 scale aircraft but I just can't hang anymore.

456THBG · Post by **456THBG** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:18 am

According to the BC website, free shipping applies if you pre-order right away.

toyktdlgh · Post by **toyktdlgh** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:38 am

Airacobra wrote:
toyktdlgh wrote:That will be about a c-note to your door. I sure miss the days of finding these things local.
Do pre-orders benefit from the free shipping deals that etailers offer? If not, $100 to my door is a deal breaker. I just can't justify those prices. I'm happy some people can afford the new price points for 1/18 scale aircraft but I just can't hang anymore.

I think if I were a fresh face in the world of 1:18th collectibles the price wouldn’t bug me as much as it does being an old timer. It’s hard for me to accept paying twice what I did for the same airplane with a new paint scheme. It’s kind of funny but when I was buying these planes at $40 a crack at Walmart I always thought they were worth much more. Now I’m pissed I have to pay more. I think I’m nuts.

Anyway if free shipping is indeed permitted then that’s not a terrible deal. I just hate preordering after the F-14 debacle.

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:53 am

I will agree that $40 was an awesome deal for 1/18 scale aircraft and that I think we were fortunate to be part of that scene while it lasted. I don't, however, feel that $100 for 1/18 scale aircraft is worth it. At least for single engine propeller driven aircraft. I think I could justify buying 1/18 scale aircraft for $60 to $75, especially considering they are repaints of existing molds. I just wish I made more cash.

WW2birdlover · Post by **WW2birdlover** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:23 pm

I just bought a few 21c P40s in the past month or so (both Pearl Harbor and the Langley paint schemes for relatively good prices) on eBay so I think I'll pass. I also have Sky Captain's ride so that makes it 4 (yes, I am one of the few people who liked the movie

).

Unless JSI adds movable flight surfaces to the P-40B, I'm afraid I'm out.

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:44 pm

Stug45 wrote:Tex Hill

Ditto

May as well, they made the 1:32 version, and what else is there that's interesting with this plane, the early P-40?

Not that I'm complaining with a complete set of all of the 21C's so far.

Don't think they'd be doing a Russian ace version, even though that'd be my choice it probably wouldn't sell well.

There's more choices of schemes with later versions of the P-40. I'm just sayin...and sayin...

NWarty · Post by **NWarty** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:02 pm

Like your avatar photo for example. Always thought that scheme was great looking.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:38 am

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz......... Until they redesign the canopy, I have no interest in it whatsoever.

-Ski

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:02 am

NWarty wrote:Like your avatar photo for example. Always thought that scheme was great looking.

Yeah, that would be my first choice.

I'm looking at my 21C 1/48 P-40E and it's got a lot going for it. The detail on it is a little more involved than the 1:18 or 1:32 P-40B's for such a smaller scale. Probably because it's a later mold.
I can imagine how awesome it would be in the larger scale.

Or the P-40N "Rusty" http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-7549626310 ... 2_37134633

Skyworks has a beautiful Aleutians P-40E conversion, it makes me want to cry 'cause I aint got the scratch.

http://www.militarytoyshop.com/prodtype ... istory=cat

I'll probably end up buying the JSI AVG P-40B though.

MCalamari · Post by **MCalamari** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:37 am

456THBG wrote:According to the BC website, free shipping applies if you pre-order right away.

So $80+ tax ... hmm, I'll likely get one then!

This may sound crazy, but I really like the JSI boxes, both on vehicles and figures. Obviously I like the toy too.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:48 am

I think I'll stay with the 2 PH versions that I have.

snake · Post by **snake** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:57 pm

At this price point,it would have to be a special scheme for me[Aleutian Tigers] for me to even be interested.

Pass.

gofastgtr · Post by **gofastgtr** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:41 am

Hope they fixed the chin scoop. The real thing isn't as round. Small detail, but it's all in the details to me.

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:13 pm

Here it is, the (imagined) bigger P-40E that 21C Toys was going to make in 1:18

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CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:41 pm

The P-40 was one of the worst molds 21st had besides the first Mustang, I'll pass unless JSI made a major improvement on it.

tko211 · Post by **tko211** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:42 am

The P-40B mold from 21C was indeed OLD tooling which has long started to show it's age. I was designed as a prototype back with the P-51D, Me-109, Stuka, and Corsair.

The B mold was an obvious choice to squeeze out AVG schemes as top sellers but ultimately the B mold is very limited to the amount of schemes you can do. I agree that the later models with the larger chin scoop are more attractive and I really curious to see what exactly JSI has done with this mold to improve it. -Otherwise I am also not very interested