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Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:18 pm
by MG-42
cjg476 wrote:Aviatornut….What do you see coming out in the 1/18 scale market?
(Tony) I let you be the first to announce that we will have a Huey out soon. (Picture will be posted soon)
Also there will be another plane released, hopefully before Chinese New Year.
Aviatornut….Any hints to what it may be?
(Tony) Something WWII
Aviatornut….Will it be the wildcat?
(Tony) No
:shock: (((wow))) ... It's about freakin time on a Huey man , sheesh ! ! ! :o


- MG :p51:

Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:30 am
by dragon53
I would be motivated to buy the Merit Huey....but only IF it comes with four figures for the two pilots and two door gunners. I already have the 21st Century UH-1 Hog gunship which came with only one pilot.


If the new Huey is a gunship, I hope it's payload #11---2 Miniguns, 2 rocket pods and 2 M60 machine guns.

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If it is a UH-1D, I hope it is Bruce Crandall's Slick for which he received the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Ia Drang.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bruce ... _UH-1D.jpg

Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:52 am
by Light.Inf.Scout
joined as well aviator nut

Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:43 am
by aferguson
i wonder if this Huey will be a D. Boy that would be terrific. If another B/C i'll pass.

as for the wwii bird, probably a P-51B/C. I hope i'm wrong, as i would prefer something fresher, but that's probably what it will be.

All nice to hear though. Any progress in 1/18 is good progress. And with the Dauntless out this year and it looks like a Komet imminent, things are starting to look up a bit in our world.

Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:55 am
by dragon53
AFERGUSON,

There's a ton of 1/18 "D" Mustangs out there, so that may dim the chances of a "B". Maybe it will be a Hurricane.

What ever it is, I hope it comes with a ...............PILOT. :mrgreen:

Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:31 am
by aferguson
well if it's not a wildcat and it's not a p-51 then i'd say fw-190A or Spitfire IX. But i still think it's the Mustang B/C.

Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:29 pm
by Aviatornut.com
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Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:32 pm
by MG-42
............ ah , bull@hit Jonathan , tell us now.


* yeah,big news :roll: VF-154 damn. Oh well , ya' can't always get what ya' want. But if ya' try sometime etc... etc...


- MG

Re: facebook hot deals and new items

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 9:43 am
by Dauntless
aferguson wrote:well if it's not a wildcat and it's not a p-51 then i'd say fw-190A or Spitfire IX. But i still think it's the Mustang B/C.
I think you're probably right. The P-51B/C is a smart choice. The opportunity to milk that mold is almost endless with many aces. Though the option to do so, not restricted to an over abundance of 1944 - on bare aluminum schemes.

A Spitfire IX would cover a lot of liveries from Euro schemes, to Mediterranean, and even Pacific theaters. They wouldn't have to change the tropical filter because it looks the same. Many high scoring aces in this aircraft too.

FW-190, same thing many aces, multiple theaters.

Though we've been surprised before, could be something totally unexpected like the Dauntless. It's fun to speculate though.

I'm glad the Huey is being done. I only have one Air America version.
Watch some 21stC Hueys being unloaded for better prices I suspect.