After producing a selection of larger WW2 Allied subjects in 1/32nd, it looks like HK are now turning to larger German subjects.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hk-models-01e033-junkers-ju-52-3m--1295296
About time. Now, hopefully an Fw 200 and He 177 will follow in due course.
Edit: Unfortunatly this has now been shown to be false. As posted on HK’s facebook page, it is a Lancaster nose section.
Sorry for getting people’s hope up, mine included.
Bish? Looking at 1/32nd kits?
I’ve been saying the world has gone upside down, but with this post I might actually believe it.
[:D]
But seriously, that Junkers looks like it might be fun in big-ol 1/32nd, doesn’t it?
That would be very impressive, not that I would have room for it.
Hey Fellas!
Remember Airfix?They used to have a J.U.87G I believe it was a G in 1/24!
Don’t panic chaps, When this becomes available to me it will appear on here.
If I get hold of a release kit then there will be no problems, but if it is a test shot or something like that, HK’s boss has to give me permission to post.
However I think that this release will please a lot of people and will boost diorama options as there is not really much difference between 1/35 and 1/32. Many modllers have been combining those scales in dioramas for a long time!
Thinking about this, the upper surface RLM 70/71 splinter pattern will be fun to do on the corrugated sides as well as painting the insignia etc.
Remember the Lancaster build I put up on here? This should not be as big, but there again…
Iron Anne or Tante Ju. I am sure that there will be some fun to have here!
O, it has been known. I have 4 built so far and a few more in the stash, includeing a couple of larger ones (Ju 88, He 111). I will very much be looking forward to the 52 and ever since i saw them releaseing the big allied aircraft, i have been hoping for some German ones to match.
Why would we be panicking [*-)]
87B, not a bad looking kit, i have it in the stash. And Trumpeter released a few Stuka’s in 24th a couple of years back, including a G and an A.
A 177 would be AWESOME! I’d settle for a BV 138 Seedrache too.
I think there is quite a few larger German subjects adsent from the scale. But it seem the technology is now there to do them, guess it depends if they think there is a market.
Having spoken with HK’s boss he tells me that this is not in fact theirs. They have a number of juicy projects in the works and the reference number is not a JU 52.
Covid-19 and the troubles in HK have delayed things and I am not exactly forbidden to say what is what, but 2021 could be an interesting year for keeping SWMBO on side!
Greg… Time to try something big for a change. These are extraodinary kits when you start delving in to them!
I wasn’t even aware of HK Models, I appreciate your input and this thread.
I’m not a stranger to larger scales, but it’s been a very long time so you are right, it is time.
HK Models’ 01E033 arrived at my door today and it is NOT the Junkers 52.
It is… a cracking kit and I think people will love it when the announcement comes!
A Lancaster nose? It was mentioned on the LSP forum.
Or is it an SR-71? [:P]
The Lanc it is. Mentioned on Brit modeller and HK’s FB page.
Dissapointing.
That’s a big Taunte Ju
Indeed it is the nose section of the Lancaster in 1/32. A very nice kit for those who don’t want the full Lancaster.
I will do an in box review.
I am going to be busy with 3 large aircraft and a nose section to build for Telford This year!
Tante Ju or Iron Annie. A very iconic aircraft. Who would be up for one?
I am keeping my build calendar flexible in mid 2021. I think I know what is going to land on my doorstep to build up for Telford 2021.
Painting a two tone splinter pattern onto that fuselage is going to be fun… never mind painting the insignia too!!!
Who ever said that this hobby is not fun?
I predict a calling for 1:35/54mm/1:32 Flashrimjägers and not one or two at a time.
Perhaps a note dropped in Masterbox’s ear? Or Warrior’s (eek, that woudl be spendy).
And some FJ drop cans, too, no doubt.
And a glorious excuse to build soft-skins with WL registrations–Kettenkrad, Opel Blitz, a motorcycle dispach rider, maybe. (Oh, tell AV Club an LW tanker conversion wil lbe wanted., too.)
Anybody know i LW used the same color combos as the rest of the WM?
Unfortunatly Mac, even as i was posting this on Fri, it was being de-bunked on Britmodeller. And it has now been revealed both on Britmodeller and HK’s FB page that it is infact just a Lancaster nose section. Its also on their wedsite as of today, no availability dates yet or photo’s of the kit, just CAD images.
It seems that someone jumped the gun and some of us took the bait, me included.
Can’t see the post on HK’s FB page.
Actually having this right in front of me, don’t be too quick to dismiss or rubbish this release. Once I get some clear bench space for some photography you will see why this kit is something that will sit proudly on or in your display!