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Mr. Football · Post by **Mr. Football** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:21 pm

For $1500 it really should be metal.

billgiff · Post by **billgiff** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:04 pm

For $1500.00 it should be Remote Controlled with firing M.G.s.

Now that would be cool and worth the heavy pricetag!!

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:26 pm

I bet we see a cheaper version down the road.
At least I hope so…hummm..... unless some one will duplicates that detail.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:58 pm

Something is bugging me about the price of this, I know it has tons of detail that I crave but for 1500. USD and its mad out of Plastic and its limited.

I hope we will see a cheaper version that’s just as good in detail but not limited. Maybe we all could call write or email the company that makes them and ask for a cheaper version

Plane Nuts · Post by **Plane Nuts** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:07 pm

Uh oh... This is jumping into competition with my Star Wars budget...

I've been trying to come up with my justification for Master Replicas Studio Series prop replicas (X-Wing, Mil-Falcon, Y-Wing, AT-AT) and now Jason has to show me a Spitfire.......

@*$!@&$*&!*#&@*$

VMF115 wrote:Something is bugging me about the price of this, I know it has tons of detail that I crave but for 1500. USD and its mad out of Plastic and its limited.

Well it's pretty simple really!!

They will need to sell a bunch at this price before it will ever be possible for them to sell a bunch more for cheaper than this. So if you want it to be cheaper...Buy THREE!!!

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:43 pm

still plastic - I could build a room to house planes and tanks with that money....

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:33 am

$1500 for that!! Uh, yeah right. It ain't coming from me! There is no way any level of detail is worth that amount. Try to resell it for that.....

-Ski

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:55 am

Teamski wrote:$1500 for that!! Uh, yeah right. It ain't coming from me! There is no way any level of detail is worth that amount. Try to resell it for that.....

-Ski

Teamski,
Your right ,the only way you would ever get your money back on this is if they make only 10 of them. I think if they make 500 of them they will never sell out unless they are made of cast metal like the FOV Tigers.

Flytiger · Post by **Flytiger** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:59 am

I strongly suspect all 250 will be sold within a matter of days and most of those will wind up in the UK.

sicqnus · Post by **sicqnus** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:34 pm

Nice find Jason.
It will be a great collector.
A bit pricey to me as usual with Corgi. I wonder... If I remember well, the HPH WWII fighters were in the same price range, right ? I don't remember.

sicqnus · Post by **sicqnus** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:20 am

I've asked a specialized hobbyshop based in Switzerland who have connections with HPH for the prices. For example the Corsairs (F-4U1, F-4U4, F-4U5NL) are around 1600 - 1650 Euros (European VAT paid). All with detailed interiors and engines and fully loaded with HVAR and 500 LBS, 250 LBS Bombs.
For a few bucks more the plane is sold with a spare engine displayed on a stand.

P51-D is approx : 1360.00 Euros.
F-117 A is approx : 1666.00 Euros.
ME-109 (E,F,G,K) : 1306.00 Euros.
But the F-14A Tomcat is pretty pricey at : 5800.00 Euros.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:28 am

Hey Sicqnus,
Is that a Salamander engine detail I see in the top left photo?

Is that in 1/18 scale ?

I would gladly pay $1500 for that. That is of course if the wife would let me

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:29 am

Second one down in the top left that is.

sicqnus · Post by **sicqnus** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:22 am

Yes, it's the Heinkel 162 Volksjaeger (Salamander). It is 1/18 scale.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:08 pm

How much for the He -162 that is one cool bird.

sicqnus · Post by **sicqnus** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:25 pm

Price of the 162 is around 1260.00 Euros (VAT paid).

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:46 pm

I think Euros are about 1.5 to 1. So that is about $1890 U. S. YIIIIKKKKES !!!

If they were $1000 that will work. Oh well I guess I can still drool over the photos.

TOOL · Post by **TOOL** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:09 pm

as much ad I paid for my first car

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:36 am

From the side in that pic sicgnus, the Me 162 looks alot like the A-10. Interesting.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:00 am

Hey Tkjaer21,
You know your right ,it kinda does look like the A-10.

Those pesky Nazies were ahead of there time in a lot of things.

Good thing the allies won the war

sicqnus · Post by **sicqnus** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:56 pm

You're damn right !
Look at this HE-162 Factory hidden under a mountain :
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wwii/ ... 162_01.jpg

Remember the Sukhoï S-37 Berkut ?

Look at this Junkers 287 German X-plane from 1945... Yes they had very advanced projects.
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wwii/ ... 287_02.jpg

The Germans WWII secret weapons :
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wwii/ ... age_01.htm
Missing lots of things like the Arado flying wings or some Blohm & Voss projects but it's worth the look.

Moth · Post by **Moth** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:41 pm

tkjaer21 wrote:From the side in that pic sicgnus, the Me 162 looks alot like the A-10. Interesting.

You think that looks like an A-10?
Then take a look at this Junkers concept,

http://www.luft46.com/junkers/jugap.html
http://www.luft46.com/gmart/gmjga.html
http://www.luft46.com/ksart/ksjga.html

Even the cokpit is the nearly same!

It's amazing, what we would have seen if the war lasted a year or two longer.

German designers were something else, pure genius'

KAGNEW · Post by **KAGNEW** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:36 pm

i know all the Luft 46 club guys talk about the tank & planes that were on the drawing boards and prototypes.

but the heavy water project was there also so i'm glad it ended when it did.

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