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A number of dealers are now reporting IXO in stock. I can't wait to see how they look up close and personal. Did anyone get theirs yet?

I have a J2M6 Raiden on order from BCA and it should come within a couple of days. For $20, there has to be some good amount of quality as both Corgi, Matchbox, and Dragon planes sell for less. I am pleased to see a company finally making some different planes other than the usual WWII aircraft (the Raiden, Typhoon, and Dewoitine come to mind.) I can't wait until that IXO Ki-43 Hayabusa comes out!!

Check out the below link to the Flying Mule website. They have some nice detail shots of the IXO planes now in stock:

http://www.flyingmule.com/range/diecast ... ls_junior/

I picked up the Raiden, Stuka and Typhoon Friday.. They are nice.. If you want to see a review and pics, here is a link to checkout..

http://www.modelhangar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1386

BTW, The modelhanger is a GREAT site to talk diecast aircraft.. If you sign up, please use me as a reference.. hworth18
Thanks..

Wow, OnMark's already sold out of the Typhoon, I suspect it is a quite popular bird.

(photo courtesy of OnMarkInt.com)

Most retailers are Sold Out of the Typhoon.. I think Theflyingmule probably has some left.. And maybe Badcat..

I hope 21st is reading this thread..

(photo courtesy of Bad Cat Aviation)

Got my IXO J2M3 Raiden today. Its a nice little plane and a very interesting choice for a 1:72 scale diecast replica. I was pleased to see that it came with the pieces to display it gear up as well as gear down. The assembly was minor, though there are some small pieces. The plane could have used a pilot figure in the cockpit, but that is where Matchbox and Corgi spoil us. All in all, a nice release and I anticipate the arrival of the Ki-43 Hayabusa!

Looks pretty good for a 1/72nd scale item. Would look even better in 1/18th.

BCA has now sold out of the IXO Typhoon as well. This is good evidence for its popularity. To quote another post, 21c had better be listening!

You've got that right T, I guarantee someone out there is taking notice in all scales.

FYI to anyone out there who doesn't yet have one. Get them while they're still cheap.

Typhoon is sold out at BCA as well now. Hmm....maybe this would be a good one to make in 1/18, powers that be...

For another 20 bucks you could have one 4 times the size with an articulated pilot and lots of operating features.

Got my 2 Typhoons from BCA today, awesome! I wonder if these will end up like the Matchbox planes, only available on ebay and very expensive... I thought I read somewhere each plane would be a limited release, can anyone confirm this?

Not sure about a "Limited" release, but they didn't send a whole lot over here in this test run of the American market. These same planes have been released in Spain (and Europe) under the names "Altaya" and in England as DeAugostini (sp?). They are part of a monthly subscription program, they get them for around $12-15/each.

Here are some of the awesome upcoming releases ( a lot of rare birds!)

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- Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb UK


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- Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10 Germany


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- North American P-51D Mustang USA


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- Vought F4U-1A Corsair USA


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- Junkers Ju 87G-1 Stuka Germany


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- Dewoitine D.520 France


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- Mitsubishi A6M5c Zero Japan


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- Focke Wulf Fw 190D-9 Germany


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- Hawker Hurricane Mk.I UK


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- Lockheed P-38J Lightning USA


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- Mikoyan Gurevitch MiG-3 URSS


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- Messerschmitt Bf 110E-1 Germany


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- Macchi MC.202 Folgore Italy


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- Curtiss P-40N Warhawk USA


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- Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden Japan


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- Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib UK


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- DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI UK


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- Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Japan


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- Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Germany


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- Republic P-47D Thunderbolt USA


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- Yakovlev Yak-3 URSS


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- Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless USA


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- Fiat G.55 Italy


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- Dornier Do 335A-1 Pfeil Germany


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- Kawanishi N1K2-J Shinden-kai Japan


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- Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat USA


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- Macchi MC.205 Veltro Italy


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- Defiant NF Mk. II UK


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- Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien Japan


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- Junkers Ju 87R-2/Trop Stuka Germany


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- Blackburn Skua MkII UK


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- Aichi B7A2 Ryusekai Japan


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- Heinkel He 219 A-7 Uhu Germany


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- Polikarpov I-16 URSS


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- Brewster B-239 Buffalo USA


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- Heinkel He 162A Salamander Germany


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- llyushin II-10 URSS


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- Grumman F4F Wildcat USA


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- Bloch MB-152 France


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- Henschel Hs 129 Germany


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- Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI UK


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- llyushin II-2m3 Sturmovik URSS


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- Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 France


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- Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 Germany


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- Yakovlev Yak-9D URSS


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- Grumman TBF Avenger USA


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- Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan Japan


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- Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Germany

Wow! I don't think I'll be getting out of this hobby anytime soon. With all those great and unusual releases (especially the Japanese and German planes) I'm going to have a whole room filled! Thanks for the info.

I'm reserving room for the Yak-3, Il-2 Sturmovik, , the Dornier DO 335 Athe Heinkel He 162A Salamander, the Bristol Beaufighter, and the Komet and probably a bunch of others. There are some really neat new planes, never before available in diecast metal...and the quality is up there with Matchbox maybe Corgi too.

Here's a link to the British magazine subscription site:

http://www.deagostini.co.uk/combat_aircraft/

Excellent info Mr. Football!

OMG! This company has some real airplane people working for it (unlike, say, Witty) and they know exactly what to do and how to do it. This line-up is outstanding. They are making what virtually everyone in the know on this board has been calling-for, for years.

Bring 'em on!

BCA now has the second part of the IXO series up for preorder:

KI-43 Hayabusa
Dewointine D520
DH Mosquito Mk VI

They are aparently due by June 28.

Were any German aircraft actually shot down by the Dewointine D520?

I thought most of these were destroyed on the ground.

Any info anyone?

Here's a little blurb from a website about the D520, http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/AARG/d520.html

The best fighter in the French inventory at the time of the German invasion, the D 520 managed to shoot down 147 German aircraft before the capitulation. The Vichy government subsequently put the D 520 back into production but in 1942 the Luftwaffe seized 411 aircraft, distributing them to Italy, Rumania and Bulgaria while retaining a number of them for training purposes. In 1944 Free French forces seized a number of them and put them back into service against the Germans in southern France.

I heard elsewhere that by the time France surrendered in 1940, a total of 437 D520s had been built, 403 of which were in active service with the French Air Force. Alot being destroyed on the ground would make sense... the French love their siestas!

most stories about air forces being 'destroyed on the ground' are myth, usually inititated by propaganda. It was a myth that the Polish airforce was destroyed on the ground, same myth about the french airforce and then later about the russian.

All natiions that are invaded by surprise suffer large numbers of aircraft destroyed on the ground.....just like the US did at Pearl Harbor, but they quckly re-deploy, camouflage etc the aircraft they have left. It's very difficult to destroy an entire airforce on the ground...or at least was back in WWII, without precision guided weapons or very high yield weapons.