Small Scale Military Headquarters

May have been there a while, but I just noticed that Bad Cat is taking preorders for JSI's 1/18 scale P40, due out in September...

Given the track record of all of the manufacturers lately ( no offense to Bad Cat) I wouldn't hold my breath... or preorder either

I WANT MY 1:18 KING TIGER already!!!

agreed! i dont even know why he does it anymore

Mitch wrote:Given the track record of all of the manufacturers lately ( no offense to Bad Cat) I wouldn't hold my breath... or preorder either

I WANT MY 1:18 KING TIGER already!!!

If you are referring to the F-14 yes but there Stuka and P-38 were well done. Trust me when I say this but JSI got the message with the F-14 and that wont happen again with there future releases

usmcchet9296 wrote:

Mitch wrote:Given the track record of all of the manufacturers lately ( no offense to Bad Cat) I wouldn't hold my breath... or preorder either

I WANT MY 1:18 KING TIGER already!!!

If you are referring to the F-14 yes but there Stuka and P-38 were well done. Trust me when I say this but JSI got the message with the F-14 and that wont happen again with there future releases

This is good news but how do you know they ( JSI ) got the message ?

pickelhaube wrote:

usmcchet9296 wrote: If you are referring to the F-14 yes but there Stuka and P-38 were well done. Trust me when I say this but JSI got the message with the F-14 and that wont happen again with there future releases

This is good news but how do you know they ( JSI ) got the message ?

I talked extensively to the Merit/JSI rep at WOH. I have known him for a while and we talk often at the shows since I was a founder of OSW and a collector of all things scale size. He knows JSI blew it on the paint job of the F-14 and he heard it from many other places besides the boards. He told me that Merit had let JSI know about the complaints this side of the ocean but had also heard closer to home JSI caught alot of flak for the crappy paint job and knows they must not repeat that mistake on any future releases.

Speaking of their P-40 "Flying Tigers", is this what they're offering or is the pictured plane a generic rendering because it looks nothing like the Flying Tigers P40 I have.


- Jeff

usmcchet9296 wrote:

pickelhaube wrote: This is good news but how do you know they ( JSI ) got the message ?

I talked extensively to the Merit/JSI rep at WOH. I have known him for a while and we talk often at the shows since I was a founder of OSW and a collector of all things scale size. He knows JSI blew it on the paint job of the F-14 and he heard it from many other places besides the boards. He told me that Merit had let JSI know about the complaints this side of the ocean but had also heard closer to home JSI caught alot of flak for the crappy paint job and knows they must not repeat that mistake on any future releases.

You can pre-order a "new" version of the F-14 at a German online store... it comes without the spots and is no third-party repaint. At least that's what the offer says.

I also saw that on the German site..

They also mention a Bf-109 e from JSI coming in August...

fly-dk wrote:I also saw that on the German site..

They also mention a Bf-109 e from JSI coming in August...

Yes, indeed. But no trace of the P-40 on their site.

fightin wrote:

usmcchet9296 wrote: I talked extensively to the Merit/JSI rep at WOH. I have known him for a while and we talk often at the shows since I was a founder of OSW and a collector of all things scale size. He knows JSI blew it on the paint job of the F-14 and he heard it from many other places besides the boards. He told me that Merit had let JSI know about the complaints this side of the ocean but had also heard closer to home JSI caught alot of flak for the crappy paint job and knows they must not repeat that mistake on any future releases.

You can pre-order a "new" version of the F-14 at a German online store... it comes without the spots and is no third-party repaint. At least that's what the offer says.

can you post a link to the German site?

I will get one of those 109 E's.

That is if they ever make it.

pickelhaube wrote:I will get one of those 109 E's.

That is if they ever make it.

Me too. The paint scheme looks cool.

fightin wrote:http://www.warbirdmodelle.de/

Thanks for posting! The 1/18th scale section of that website is like a walk down "memory lane"...I think they show most of the 1/18th aircraft that were ever produced! Doesn't matter if it is in German - Pictures are the universal language!