Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

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Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by mountian-man » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:05 pm

Cybermodeller website says that Hobby Boss is releasing a kit version of the 1:18 Harrier later this month!

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Re: Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by p51 » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:16 pm

I missed out on the original Harrier... will this be pre-painted kit that you just have to put together? Or a true model you have to build?

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Re: Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by rschaap » Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:52 pm

Based on what I’ve read it’s a kit that you have to build. It’s supposed to be released soon.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1116297 ... harrier-ii

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Re: Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:01 pm

And as it says right there on scalemates it is based on the Merit plane.

It is simply the 2015 plane reformatted as a kit, just as they did for the Dauntless and recently did for the FW190-A. They altered some parts to make it less toy-like (the gear are now plug-in, rather than functional) but the detail has not been changed, so if anything what you have is a modern version of the old Revell kits from the 70's except with engraved rather than raised panel lines.

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Re: Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by p51 » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:07 am

So you have to paint it and all that correct?

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Re: Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by [CAT]CplSlade » Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:33 am

Yup.

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Re: Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by A-10LOADER » Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:00 am

I wish they would have released the Tomcat in "kit form."

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Re: Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by rschaap » Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:07 am

Many years ago JSI had announced that they were going to release the Tomcat in Kit form, but then talked died out and nothing ever happened.

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Re: Hobby Boss is releasing a 1:18 Harrier Kit!

Post by air one » Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:21 pm

Maybe we’ll see it appear again...
If someone has the idea to buy the mold back...

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