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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:21 pm
by Mr. Football
For $1500 it really should be metal.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:04 pm
by billgiff
For $1500.00 it should be Remote Controlled with firing M.G.s.
Now that would be cool and worth the heavy pricetag!!
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:26 pm
by VMF115
I bet we see a cheaper version down the road.
At least I hope so…hummm..... unless some one will duplicates that detail.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:58 pm
by VMF115
Something is bugging me about the price of this, I know it has tons of detail that I crave but for 1500. USD and its mad out of Plastic and its limited.
I hope we will see a cheaper version that’s just as good in detail but not limited. Maybe we all could call write or email the company that makes them and ask for a cheaper version
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:07 pm
by Plane Nuts
Uh oh... This is jumping into competition with my Star Wars budget...
I've been trying to come up with my justification for Master Replicas Studio Series prop replicas (X-Wing, Mil-Falcon, Y-Wing, AT-AT) and now Jason has to show me a Spitfire.......
@*$!@&$*&!*#&@*$
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!!!
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:43 pm
by STUKA
still plastic - I could build a room to house planes and tanks with that money....
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:33 am
by Teamski
$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
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:55 am
by pickelhaube
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:59 am
by Flytiger
I strongly suspect all 250 will be sold within a matter of days and most of those will wind up in the UK.
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:34 pm
by sicqnus
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:20 am
by sicqnus
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:28 am
by pickelhaube
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
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:29 am
by pickelhaube
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:22 am
by sicqnus
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:08 pm
by pickelhaube
How much for the He -162 that is one cool bird.
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:25 pm
by sicqnus
Price of the 162 is around 1260.00 Euros (VAT paid).
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:46 pm
by pickelhaube
wow
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:09 pm
by TOOL
as much ad I paid for my first car
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:36 am
by tkjaer21
From the side in that pic sicgnus, the Me 162 looks alot like the A-10. Interesting.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:00 am
by pickelhaube
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
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:56 pm
by sicqnus
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:41 pm
by Moth
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'
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:36 pm
by KAGNEW
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.