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by VMF115 » Fri May 08, 2009 7:26 pm
HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!
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by cornbreadfred » Fri May 08, 2009 7:27 pm
Wow! I sure hope that this plane comes out. WOW, a 1/18th scale TOMCAT!!!
Fred, really looking forward to the JSI 1/18th scale Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
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by cornbreadfred » Fri May 08, 2009 7:27 pm
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fred, really looking forward to the JSI 1/18th scale Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
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by cornbreadfred » Fri May 08, 2009 7:28 pm
Ok I told Moma to break out the cornbread, let the party begin!
Fred, really looking forward to the JSI 1/18th scale Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
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by aferguson » Fri May 08, 2009 7:34 pm
oh my..
if this is true JSI must be the company that has had the 'secret' F-14 we've been discussing and wondering about. That thing will be a monster in a monster sized box.
Here's a bit of info i found on JSI. Not very up to date.
http://www.alibaba.com/member/sciwalk.html
http://jsitoys.com
They seem very much like a BBI type company. No idea how big they are.
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by Airacobra » Fri May 08, 2009 7:38 pm
It begins.............
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by VMF115 » Fri May 08, 2009 7:38 pm
I can almost here all the wives gasp in horror at the prospect of a 1/18 f-14.
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Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!
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by Airacobra » Fri May 08, 2009 7:40 pm
VMF115 wrote:I can almost here all the wives gasp in horror at the prospect of a 1/18 f-14.
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I can almost hear my check book gasp in horror at the prospect of a 1/18 F-14.
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by cornbreadfred » Fri May 08, 2009 7:44 pm
I can almost hear my dog gasp in horror as I kick his rear end out to make room for the F-14 model...
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Fred, really looking forward to the JSI 1/18th scale Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
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by immeww2 » Fri May 08, 2009 7:58 pm
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by vulgarvulture » Fri May 08, 2009 8:18 pm
Good grief, just when I thought I was done with this hobby!
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by VMF115 » Fri May 08, 2009 8:22 pm
vulgarvulture wrote:Good grief, just when I thought I was done with this hobby!
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No $hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Let me hear your guns!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: My what?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: [fires his airplane's guns] AHHHH!
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by bpxbrian » Fri May 08, 2009 8:23 pm
This is great news. I wonder what the price range will be on the Tomcat Pre-order. I also like the look of the Corsair. Nice to see another P-38 on the market as well.
Good to see the 21st molds are still in existence. What about the helicopters. Could we see another Huey or Super Cobra in the near future?
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by Coreyeagle48 » Fri May 08, 2009 8:23 pm
Greetings
This is a must have for anyone in this hobby. I'm defintely preordering this. Given the photos and the other information it appears this company and or team behind this was working behind the scenes for awhile. Too much information too quickly to be entirely start up.
I hope MTS picks up this company and they do a lot more stuff. Maybe we will see a Thunderbirds F-16 or something from them. This also could explain why BBI wants to release an F-16 again. They have competition and the only way to compete is to get out product.
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by vulgarvulture » Fri May 08, 2009 8:23 pm
Anyone care to guess on price of this bird? I doubt $39.
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by STUKA » Fri May 08, 2009 8:50 pm
I hope no one dumped all their aircraft thinking the hobby was sunk....
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by Sentinel » Fri May 08, 2009 8:58 pm
YES!
The BEST looking of the moderns, IMO.
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by dragon53 » Fri May 08, 2009 9:07 pm
Based on the illustration, the weathering on the F-14 looks impressive.
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by vulgarvulture » Fri May 08, 2009 9:15 pm
I hope no one dumped all their aircraft thinking the hobby was sunk....
I dumped my aircraft to buy a bird like this, my friend!
(Truth be told, I dumped my MIB duplicates, so no harm done
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by vmf214 » Fri May 08, 2009 9:58 pm
cornbreadfred wrote:I can almost hear my dog gasp in horror as I kick his rear end out to make room for the F-14 model...
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yeah I got a cat setting here that's giving me the "you wouldn't dare" look..
Great news, so apparantly JSI will be the maker and Kawai will be the marketer...
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by Birddog » Fri May 08, 2009 10:00 pm
Actually JSI will be the maker and Merit International will be the middle man.
Makes me wonder how much fire this will light, if any, under bbi since Merit handles some of their stuff too.
Of course bbi has Cal Teck (?) now I believe.
Go Ugly Early in 1/18!!
Still waiting and wishing for a 1/18 A-10 Warthog.
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by dragon53 » Fri May 08, 2009 10:17 pm
The F-14 illustration doesn't show any squadron markings. At last year's toyshow, the 1/18 F-14 was shown in VF-154, USS KITTY HAWK markings.
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by vmf214 » Fri May 08, 2009 10:17 pm
Ok I just read that Merit is the US distributor, Kawai is the Asian distributor. I just hope they aren't as stingy with paint schemes as Bbi is with the Falcon and Hornet. I will most assuredly buy every repaint of the Tomcat that comes down the pike, a VF-1 Wolfpack version is a must.
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by bpxbrian » Fri May 08, 2009 10:18 pm
Birddog wrote:Actually JSI will be the maker and Merit International will be the middle man.
Makes me wonder how much fire this will light, if any, under bbi since Merit handles some of their stuff too.
Of course bbi has Cal Teck (?) now I believe.
Here's the other BBI distributor's site:
http://www.caltekonline.com/bbi.asp