Small Scale Military Headquarters

Quixote511 wrote:I am excited to have something new for the classroom skys

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That is really great to have those in your classroom like that. You should see if 21st or some other manufacture would 'donate' items for education!

Thanks for the kind words. I would certainly appreciate some corporate sponsorship for my classroom airforce.

Charlemagne wrote:I respectfully disagree with those who say the price is ok. The comparison of the P-39 put out by FOV for $40 is a bit of apples to oranges because it's mostly metal and more expensive to produce. Secondly if 21C can package TWO 1/32 scale WW2 birds in duel packs and sell them at Wal Mart for $30 and Badcat for $35 which roughly equates into one modern jet in the 1/32 scale in terms of materials then I deem the pricepoint set by BBI as too high. I still stick by my initial reaction to the price and that is it's a bit too steep for a 1/32 scale warbird. To those who wish to purchase the Phantom now and pay the price then that certainly is your right and I understand. I certainly mean no disrepsect to anyone, I just feel very strongly that BBI got the price wrong.

Allow me to ride your coattails....well said and agreed.

I was filling out the pre-order info on the BCA website and when it came to shipping and bottom line, I cleared my info and breathed a sigh of relief...I left 1/18 a few months ago for the more size-favorable 1/32 which had a secondary advantage-$$$, but, now this. Beautiful airplane for sure, though.

I wonder when BBI's 1/32nd Dauntless will be avalible?

Personally, the price for the BBI F-4 doesn't surprise me. While we are used to cheaper 1:32 planes, namely the 32x line from 21c, those are less than half the size and amount of plastic as the 1:32 F-4. My father has a 1:32 F-4 model and the plane is big - comparable to our average sized 1:18 WWII fighter. Actually, as my dad has a 21c Avenger and Corsair hanging in his office as well, so I can accurately judge the size of the F-4. It is nearly 24 inches long, making it nearly 3 inches longer than the Corsair! The wingspan on the 1:32 F-4 will be around 14 inches.

Given that we pay at least $50 at small retailers for an average sized 1:18 plane, the cost for a large 1:32 aircraft does not surprise me. Also, we are not paying int he $80+ price range as we would be for new Corgi and GMP 1:32 aircraft, which with the exception of the Mosquito, are much smaller than the F-4

Also, one needs to take into account the features. That is a lot of engineering (flaps, folding wings, gear, ordinance, etc) Yeah, it is a heafty chunk of change, but I feel it will be well worth it.

................HOWEVER, I just placed one on pre-order

.....I simply HAD to!! Hope this leads to a Luftwaffe bird, too.

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