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Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:16 pm**

I don't keep up with this board like I should so forgive me if this has been covered already. The Dauntless and Wildcat are two of the best 1:32 aircraft I've seen. It's been over a year and if I'm not mistaken we didn't even get any repaints which sucks because there are so many schemes for both planes.

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:46 pm**

from what i was told by Historic aviation BBI wants a distributor to place a large order before they will do and new or repainted items. thats why we never saw the F-104. they couldnt find anyone to sponsor the plane. with the present economic situation i wouldnt expect anything from them for awhile. distributor dont want to lay out the cash at this time.

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:56 pm**

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:from what i was told by Historic aviation BBI wants a distributor to place a large order before they will do and new or repainted items. thats why we never saw the F-104. they couldnt find anyone to sponsor the plane. with the present economic situation i wouldnt expect anything from them for awhile. distributor dont want to lay out the cash at this time.

Damn, that sucks. Those two planes are such beauties. The pride of my ceiling air fleet.

I was hoping for a pre-war Wildcat or Dauntless in a colorful scheme.

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:30 pm**

I would have bought a BBI F-104... [sigh]

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:07 am**

Damn, that sucks. Those two planes are such beauties. The pride of my ceiling air fleet. I was hoping for a pre-war Wildcat or Dauntless in a colorful scheme.

totally agree! a pre war bird would be fantastic! something like one of the hobby master 1/72 pre war planes.

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:34 am**

AMERICAN_GRENADIER wrote:totally agree! a pre war bird would be fantastic! something like one of the hobby master 1/72 pre war planes.

Easy Model had an excellent pre-war Wildcat as well. I had it but it had an unfortunate accident.

Posted: **Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:34 am**

i have the carousel 1/48 diecast pre war very nice!

Posted: **Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:35 am**

I "should" pic up a BBI Dauntless.
The lowest price I found was $47.

Has anyone found one for less?

Posted: **Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:10 am**

Man, some new aircraft would sure be a morale-booster right now. Hell, a new anything would be fine.

Posted: **Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:58 pm**

RAD 2112 wrote:I "should" pic up a BBI Dauntless.
The lowest price I found was $47.

Has anyone found one for less?

I haven't found the Dauntless for any cheaper than $40, which seems kinda high considering it doesn't have any moving control surfaces. I might have to break down and buy one anyways, but I am betting we will see more in the future. I just can't see a manufacturer spending all that money on tooling just to issue one plane. Same for the Phantom and Wildcat.

Posted: **Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:45 am**

hworth18 wrote:
I am betting we will see more in the future. I just can't see a manufacturer spending all that money on tooling just to issue one plane. Same for the Phantom and Wildcat.

I agree. Especially the Phantom. With the popularity of the F-4 and the quality of bbi's first releases, I just felt sure that bbi would spit them out like Octo-mom. Many, many schemes to choose with the Phantom. Maybe we will see something by the summer. All 3 current releases are excellent in my opinion.

On a side note, Harry your 1/32 customs are excellent !!! Great work.

Posted: **Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:44 pm**

a camo f-4 would be great!

Posted: **Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:43 pm**

The BBI F-4 is a great model.
Begs for several repaints.

Posted: **Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:50 pm**

snake wrote:The BBI F-4 is a great model.
Begs for several repaints.

...and an SUU-23 Gunpod

Small Scale Military Headquarters

Any New 1:32 WWII Aircraft From BBI on the Horizon?

Any New 1:32 WWII Aircraft From BBI on the Horizon?