any upcoming 118 releases

[rjvilla82]

as the title says, is there any list of 2013 1:18 releases?

[Jnewboy]

yes! a Puma, an RSO and an Fw-190A and even maybe a Kingtiger!

[Jackson]

Bbi Fw-190A? Jon ?

[Jesse James]

I'll copy and paste the list here:

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There ya go.

(No offense to Grunt & co., as their stuff counts but I just thought the question was funny.)

[grunt1]

None taken Jesse, the 1:18 military space is a bit weird at the moment.

Also due yet this year:
- Schwimmwagen
- LeIG 18

And maybe more..

[aferguson]

next mass release 1/18 item will most likely be the me-163 komet, probably early in the new year.

[Birddog]

Merit's 1/18 Huey (21st Century mold reused) is supposed to be out by Christmas.......so it's been said.

[Jnewboy]

next mass release 1/18 item will most likely be the me-163 komet, probably early in the new year.

I think I heard that last year

Is there something new you have heard? what company??

[Jay]

Is the comet coming from Merit? They were talking about another 1/18th release following the Dauntless.

[Birddog]

Is the comet coming from Merit? They were talking about another 1/18th release following the Dauntless.

I believe that would probably be the Huey I mentioned in my earlier post.

[aferguson]

Jim from Merit confirmed a Komet (slyly) a few weeks ago. He also mentioned a new Merit plane to be released early in the new year.....so i put two and two together and presumed that the Komet is the release.

I don't think it's actually being made by Merit, probably Pegasus still, but Merit will be distributing it, as they have other Pegasus products.

[flyboy_fx]

You know what, the Merit Dauntless has been THE most detailed 1/18 aircraft yet. We need to pass the word around to fine scale modelers too.

[tmanthegreat]

You know what, the Merit Dauntless has been THE most detailed 1/18 aircraft yet. We need to pass the word around to fine scale modelers too.

Agree with you there.

To give my own thoughts, 2012 really wasn't a bad year for 1:18 - it at least showed that the hobby had not died. Certainly slowed, but not dead. We got the BBI Blackhawk retool/repaint, the F-18, two versions of the long-awaited Dauntless, and one could even count the BBI F-16 and Bf-109G since those came out late in 2011. JSI Black Knights F-14 even made a re-appearance. The specialty market was buzzing with Pikelhaube's HO-229 (for those that got one) and all of Grunt1's various kits. The The aftermarket sale of new and old vehicles keeps things moving as well, despite increasingly high prices.

I can't say what 2013 will hold, but BBI still has a number of aircraft they could update/repaint and there are other potential wildcards (like a Komet) as noted in previous posts.

[Black Lion VF-213]

a 163 Komet most likely will be released, although no interest from me.

I predict BBI's next 1/18 (regardless if it's 2013 or further out) will not be anything new tooling wise, but repaints....one of these three potential subjects:

A. Blue Angels repaint F/A-18
B. P-51 repaint
C. Hellcat repaint

If JSI ever comes back around, which I think they're dead, they'll issue a F-104 repaint. I've heard the rumor of another F-14, but I think it's false.