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Does anybody know when or if the F-15 will be released?

Nobody knows exactly, but a prototype was shown on a toy fair a couple of months ago...
There still is no exact release date, and I'm curios if the F-15 will be JSI's next release or if they will focus on repaints of old 21st Century Toys molds (like the Starfighter and Huey)

The new 1/18 plane on display at Hong Kong Toy Fair was the J-11 in Chinese marking scheduled for release in this year.

JSI also showed the JASDF F-104 with new tail, a Me262 night fighter and a bunch of WWII German Sdkfz 251 new variants.

Since there had not been any picture from the show, we have decided to share the few pictures we have at Merit's web site:

http://merit-intl.com/month/hktf2010.htm

Enjoy.

Wow the J-11 and the F-14 in Iranian colors looks pretty good. I'd hope that JSI actually produces them that well and doesn't give them a case of Measles.

i suspect the F-15 wont' be released until 2011.

Jim,
I see the F-14 ground equipment is in one of the pictures. Do you have any kind of update to the JSI F-14 pilots and equipment?

Wow....I like the look of the JS-11/Su-27......

The JS-11 looks wicked!

JSI has the Me-262B molds!

Wow that Flanker looks great.

Ah man, that flanker isn't in a Russian scheme.

Thanks for the pix, Jim...I'll take one of each!

AWESOME!
That J-11 looks cool! What about the Nightfighter? Does it have better weathering than the one of 21C?

fightin wrote:AWESOME!
That J-11 looks cool! What about the Nightfighter? Does it have better weathering than the one of 21C?

Yes, it has those cool weathering Spots! (sorry, had to go there )

Personally, I am not a big fan of heavy weathering. For the longest time, that's the preferred style requested by customers. Perhaps the taste has changed and less weathering is preferred.

We have already started to tone down the weathering, if you look at the
P-40 with the landing gears incorrectly extended at NY Toy Fair, (our bad) the weathering is much lighter. We will continue to try different ways to get best results.

JIM@MERIT:

Thanks for the updates.

Comments:
1. When will the pilots for the F-14 be released?
2. I would like to see JSI release a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle, 4th TFW which was the premier F-15E unit in Desert Storm.

Jim@Merit wrote:Personally, I am not a big fan of heavy weathering. For the longest time, that's the preferred style requested by customers. Perhaps the taste has changed and less weathering is preferred.

We have already started to tone down the weathering, if you look at the
P-40 with the landing gears incorrectly extended at NY Toy Fair, (our bad) the weathering is much lighter. We will continue to try different ways to get best results.

when do we get the preorder for the j11

i want one so bab.. eta release do you think it will be release this year?

jim

i thought you said that jsi didn't do the iranian f-14? if so why is it sitting at their booth on top of jsi pamplets in one of your pics at your site? did they ask you guys to reveal, but not say they did it, to see if everyone approves? i know they got alot of heck about the first release, but i must say, i like it, to bad its iran;s tomcat, and not one of ours.

thatf14guy wrote:jim

i thought you said that jsi didn't do the iranian f-14? if so why is it sitting at their booth on top of jsi pamplets in one of your pics at your site? did they ask you guys to reveal, but not say they did it, to see if everyone approves? i know they got alot of heck about the first release, but i must say, i like it, to bad its iran;s tomcat, and not one of ours.

Well, our Navy does have, or did have F-14 with same paint scheme at the Top Gun School. This version is still a definitely candidate for future release. It is just a matter of reaction from customers and if another paint scheme is more desirable for more immediate general release. We shall see.

cool, il myself would like a different release, like the splintered aggressor scheme that would be cool.

A basic USAF scheme would be very much appreciated.