is this true, i hear a rumor saying that TAMIYA was gonna issue a B-17 is that so? and if so when would this happen?
Thanks in advance
Regards
It’ll NEVER happen m8, and if it did, WHO could afford one?. Not me that’s for sure, the average price of a 1/48 scale Tamiya model is what, around $45.00, so a 1/48th Tamiya B-17 would prolly be somewhere in the neiborhood of $200.00USD,s. NO THANKS.
Mandrake,
LOL…a 1/48 B-17 by Tamiya…I’d love to see THAT!!!
Regrettably, I can’t see it happening, but if you have inside info, tell me more.
I’d love to see one…I’m sure that I’d have to discuss the issue with my bank manager to organise a personal loan to enable me to afford one…but wouldn’t it be something to behold!!!
WHY, after all this time , would they bother? The time to strike would’ve been when the fkick ‘Memphis Belle’ came out.
Sorry, this is a popular rumor that springs up every couple years but there is no truth to it.
Swanny’s right, I remember a couple of years ago seeing a post by some guy who swore that his buddy from the LHS had seen the box art for the kit and that it’s release was imminent.
Cheers
How in the world is 200.00 out of line, considering what you would get? It would sell like crazy!
It might be a rumor but I was thinking it would be more in the $99-125, if you look at the 1/48th Lancaster they did…
Well for one thing I have more important things to think about, there called BILLS,FOOD, KIDS, A DOG, A CAR PAYMENT, A HOUSE PAYMENT. Maybe YOU can afford to spend alot of $$$ on models but but most ppl can’t.
The 1/48 Lancaster originally came out many years ago if they did it today it would be in the 150.00 to 200.00 dollar range.
This has to be categorized as one of plastic modeling’s urban legends…right up there with ICM’s HMS Hood.
If any one model company is in a postition to release a 1/48 bomber, chances are it would be Trumpeter. They seem to be quite fond of large-scale models, which is all right with me, since I prefer them too…
Personally, I’d love to see a 1/32 B-25 or B-26, but I’d really love to see a 1/48 PB4Y-2 Privateer that’s not an expensive resin conversion.
Jeff
Tell you what, guys…I’ll see Mr. Tamiya this weekend in Shizuoka (at the Shizuoka Modeller’s Flea Market), and I’ll ask him for you.
You’re right; I don’t have a dog…
I’d just be happy with a GOOD 1/48 B-26!
You are most likely correct. But it adds so much more effect to say it would “probably” be over 200.00. Then people can whine about how expensive models are.
We may not all be in the market for $200 kits but consider that the Cutting Edge $239 PB4Y-2 is selling with no problem for Dave Klaus and you still need a Monogram B-24 kit to put with it. Also that Alpha FLight consistantly sells out of their $189 kits every year. Another case in point … HML kits - you don’t see them going out of business for lack of sales, in fact they just keep cranking them out! Most of us may gasp at a $200 price tag (myself included) but there are plenty of modelers out there with budgets that can support this level of kit production.
Amen…anything would be better than the 1/48 Squadron brand B-26 I’m building. Oh, Revell threw in a few pieces of plastic, but the majority of the airframe is White Putty…
With the plethora of new releases, I am at a loss as to why no well engineered B-26 (Marauder) is available in any scale. At least it looks like we’re going to get a nice 1/72 Invader from Italeri.
Another thing… if people are willing to spend +$200 for a Fine Molds Millenium Falcon, don’t you think they’d do the same for a Memphis Belle???
Exactly what I’m talking about.