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by Yoxford » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:00 am
All right all you AVG'ers...place yer bets!
Who's ride?
Chuck Older?
Tex Hill?
Bob Neale?
Pappy?
How much "re-tooling" can one do with those molds?
Will have to get this so RT Smith will have a wingman
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by Stug45 » Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:10 am
Tex Hill
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by Mitch » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:28 am
I suppose I'm in for one if it's done right...no pre-order for me though!
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by Airacobra » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:44 am
I may actually pick this one up. At $80 it is a bit steep for me, but it's nice to see P-40's available again. I just wish they would have done a Russian or RAF paint scheme. I already have an AVG P-40. I am also curious if JSI made any improvements to the mold.
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by toyktdlgh » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:50 am
That will be about a c-note to your door. I sure miss the days of finding these things local.
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by Buckyroo » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:53 am
Airacobra wrote:I may actually pick this one up. At $80 it is a bit steep for me, but it's nice to see P-40's available again. I just wish they would have done a Russian or RAF paint scheme. I already have an AVG P-40. I am also curious if JSI made any improvements to the mold.
Are you meaning a new RAF P-40, because there was this one form 21st Century a long time ago..
http://www.sshqdb.com/18/thumbnails.php?album=178
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by tmanthegreat » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:08 am
JSI has said they would make improvements to the old 21c toolings before, only those toolings were nearly the same as the originals - save the new JSI stamp in place of the 21c logo. I'd like to see final production pictures before I consider another P-40. I'm glad they are going with an AVG scheme, though.
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by Airacobra » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:01 am
Buckyroo wrote:Airacobra wrote:I may actually pick this one up. At $80 it is a bit steep for me, but it's nice to see P-40's available again. I just wish they would have done a Russian or RAF paint scheme. I already have an AVG P-40. I am also curious if JSI made any improvements to the mold.
Are you meaning a new RAF P-40, because there was this one form 21st Century a long time ago..
http://www.sshqdb.com/18/thumbnails.php?album=178
Yup, I passed by that P-40, along with countless P-47's, Spitfires, 109's and 190's at my local Wal-Marts too many times to remember a few years ago. I just figured they would always be there.
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by Airacobra » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:06 am
toyktdlgh wrote:That will be about a c-note to your door. I sure miss the days of finding these things local.
Do pre-orders benefit from the free shipping deals that etailers offer? If not, $100 to my door is a deal breaker. I just can't justify those prices. I'm happy some people can afford the new price points for 1/18 scale aircraft but I just can't hang anymore.
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by 456THBG » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:18 am
According to the BC website, free shipping applies if you pre-order right away.
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by toyktdlgh » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:38 am
Airacobra wrote:toyktdlgh wrote:That will be about a c-note to your door. I sure miss the days of finding these things local.
Do pre-orders benefit from the free shipping deals that etailers offer? If not, $100 to my door is a deal breaker. I just can't justify those prices. I'm happy some people can afford the new price points for 1/18 scale aircraft but I just can't hang anymore.
I think if I were a fresh face in the world of 1:18th collectibles the price wouldn’t bug me as much as it does being an old timer. It’s hard for me to accept paying twice what I did for the same airplane with a new paint scheme. It’s kind of funny but when I was buying these planes at $40 a crack at Walmart I always thought they were worth much more. Now I’m pissed I have to pay more. I think I’m nuts.
Anyway if free shipping is indeed permitted then that’s not a terrible deal. I just hate preordering after the F-14 debacle.
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by Airacobra » Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:53 am
I will agree that $40 was an awesome deal for 1/18 scale aircraft and that I think we were fortunate to be part of that scene while it lasted. I don't, however, feel that $100 for 1/18 scale aircraft is worth it. At least for single engine propeller driven aircraft. I think I could justify buying 1/18 scale aircraft for $60 to $75, especially considering they are repaints of existing molds. I just wish I made more cash.
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by WW2birdlover » Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:23 pm
I just bought a few 21c P40s in the past month or so (both Pearl Harbor and the Langley paint schemes for relatively good prices) on eBay so I think I'll pass. I also have Sky Captain's ride so that makes it 4 (yes, I am one of the few people who liked the movie
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Unless JSI adds movable flight surfaces to the P-40B, I'm afraid I'm out.
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by Dauntless » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:44 pm
Stug45 wrote:Tex Hill
Ditto
May as well, they made the 1:32 version, and what else is there that's interesting with this plane, the early P-40?
Not that I'm complaining with a complete set of all of the 21C's so far.
Don't think they'd be doing a Russian ace version, even though that'd be my choice it probably wouldn't sell well.
There's more choices of schemes with later versions of the P-40. I'm just sayin...and sayin...
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by NWarty » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:02 pm
Like your avatar photo for example. Always thought that scheme was great looking.
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by Teamski » Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:38 am
ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz......... Until they redesign the canopy, I have no interest in it whatsoever.
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by Dauntless » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:02 am
NWarty wrote:Like your avatar photo for example. Always thought that scheme was great looking.
Yeah, that would be my first choice.
I'm looking at my 21C 1/48 P-40E and it's got a lot going for it. The detail on it is a little more involved than the 1:18 or 1:32 P-40B's for such a smaller scale. Probably because it's a later mold.
I can imagine how awesome it would be in the larger scale.
Or the P-40N "Rusty"
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Skyworks has a beautiful Aleutians P-40E conversion, it makes me want to cry 'cause I aint got the scratch.
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I'll probably end up buying the JSI AVG P-40B though.
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by MCalamari » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:37 am
456THBG wrote:According to the BC website, free shipping applies if you pre-order right away.
So $80+ tax ... hmm, I'll likely get one then!
This may sound crazy, but I really like the JSI boxes, both on vehicles and figures. Obviously I like the toy too.
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by immeww2 » Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:48 am
I think I'll stay with the 2 PH versions that I have.
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by snake » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:57 pm
At this price point,it would have to be a special scheme for me[Aleutian Tigers] for me to even be interested.
Pass.
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by gofastgtr » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:41 am
Hope they fixed the chin scoop. The real thing isn't as round. Small detail, but it's all in the details to me.
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by CW4USARMY » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:41 pm
The P-40 was one of the worst molds 21st had besides the first Mustang, I'll pass unless JSI made a major improvement on it.
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by tko211 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:42 am
The P-40B mold from 21C was indeed OLD tooling which has long started to show it's age. I was designed as a prototype back with the P-51D, Me-109, Stuka, and Corsair.
The B mold was an obvious choice to squeeze out AVG schemes as top sellers but ultimately the B mold is very limited to the amount of schemes you can do. I agree that the later models with the larger chin scoop are more attractive and I really curious to see what exactly JSI has done with this mold to improve it. -Otherwise I am also not very interested