Any New 1:32 WWII Aircraft From BBI on the Horizon?
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Any New 1:32 WWII Aircraft From BBI on the Horizon?
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.
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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.
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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.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.
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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.
totally agree! a pre war bird would be fantastic! something like one of the hobby master 1/72 pre war planes.
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I "should" pic up a BBI Dauntless.
The lowest price I found was $47.
Has anyone found one for less?
The lowest price I found was $47.
Has anyone found one for less?
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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.RAD 2112 wrote:I "should" pic up a BBI Dauntless.
The lowest price I found was $47.
Has anyone found one for less?
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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.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.
On a side note, Harry your 1/32 customs are excellent !!! Great work.
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...and an SUU-23 Gunpodsnake wrote:The BBI F-4 is a great model.
Begs for several repaints.
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