Recently I’ve seen on the shelves from AFV Club a 1/35 UH-60 Black Hawk and an AH-1 Super Cobra (both flying Taiwanese colors). Now, I wasn’t aware that AFV Club was manufacturing their own helo kits…are these perhaps reboxings of Academy’s 1/35 helo kits?
Anybody know?
Yes, they are re-boxings of the Academy/MRC kits - only things new are the decal sheets.
As I suspected.
Thanks for the confirmation!
J-Hulk,
Were the prices about the same for the re-boxed kits? I know the original AFV kits aren’t cheap. I regret getting Panda’s UH-1D instead of their Gun Truck.
Dang, forgot to check…I’ll give 'em a squiz next time I stop in over there.
The AH-1W Super Cobra is reboxing of the MRC kit plus a resin gun turret and metal 20mm barrels
as it says on http://pmms.webace.com.au/newkitnews/newf.htm
But don’t buy it just for the turret and barrels if you already have the MRC kit. The barrels are neat but the Verlinden exterior update set is better.
Just came back from Super Kid’s Land: the AFV Club UH-60 “Blue Hawk” was 8,000 yen ($72.72 USD) and the Taiwanese Super Cobra was 4,000 yen ($36.36 USD).
I haven’t seen the Academy Super Cobra here, but their UH-60 lists at 5,000 yen ($45.45 USD), so the AFV Club reboxing is MUCH more expensive!
Guess ya gotta pay for those Taiwanese markings!
J-Hulk,
Do you know if there were any “extras”, resin or metal that were added to the UH-60 kit? For such an increase in price there should be a lot of goodies added!
Mel, there didn’ t appear to be anything extra, but I didn’t check closely. The box art shows a straight-up, no-frills UH-60 painted blue with Taiwanese insignia.
Thanks for the info!