Jennings Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Design is underway. No other information just yet. Yay!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jinmmydel Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 So basically it's not actual official but just speculation. Good to know. But if it does pan out it will be most welcome. As long as it's accurate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 No, "official" means official. Straight from the horse's mouth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wizard_rkt Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Design is underway. No other information just yet. Yay!!!! Maybe it will be a myth like the 1/32 Lancaster we were supposed to get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jinmmydel Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 No. That's not what official means. Not remotely. You've offered no proof of your claim. Hersey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RiderFan Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 No, no proof to the claim, but as it is I'm well into a large scale conversion build of an FGR.2, a full kit being announced doesn't surprise me. The best way to get a kit issued is to start scratch building or doing a large conversion. Guess I should start scratch building that 1:32 scale CF-100. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Who/what is "HK"? Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 HK models is a Chinese manufacturer. They have a few items but the ones I know of are the 1:32 B-17 and B-25. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Announcement: https://www.facebook.com/Hong-Kong-Models-Co-Ltd-1375731456009809/timeline/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 No, no proof to the claim, but as it is I'm well into a large scale conversion build of an FGR.2, a full kit being announced doesn't surprise me. The best way to get a kit issued is to start scratch building or doing a large conversion. Guess I should start scratch building that 1:32 scale CF-100. I told you so in that thread, thanks for doing the conversion. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Fine. Believe what you want to. The HK Facebook page reflects it. The email to me came from the owner of HK Models. You people amaze me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Maybe it will be a myth like the 1/32 Lancaster we were supposed to get. The Lancaster is coming. The 3D printed master has been shown. Not sure how fast you think these things can happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
galileo1 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) I don't know but I always thought that if you heard/read it from an Officer/Official of whatever company than it was OFFICIAL. Perhaps "official" means something else based on your bias. Rob Edited October 5, 2015 by galileo1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RoNaf Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 OOOOHHHH! I would looove a limey phantom!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shadrik Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Design is underway. No other information just yet. Yay!!!! No way! First you bring news of the AMK F-14 and now this... I always knew you were real Santa! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RoNaf Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Strange that HK models goes from just producing WW2 ac to a modern jet fighter..... Please make us a F-4B in 1/32 too!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Not sure I'd consider an airplane designed in the 1950s a "modern" jet fighter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 HK models is a Chinese manufacturer. They have a few items but the ones I know of are the 1:32 B-17 and B-25. Hmmmm ... since I haven't kept up with The Big (1/32) scale, is HK Models these guys from Germany? Or are they "just" the European distributors? Any relation to the 1/32 entrepreneurs from (?) Denmark/Belgium/? who partnered up with a Chinese firm who then ran off with the plans leaving the original folks high and dry ... or something to that effect?? Or are these the Chinese folks? Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) OOOOHHHH! I would looove a limey phantom!!! Saaaaaaay What....not me brother...I'm not a fan of that color green. A lime green Phantom...YIKES!!!!....It might fly like a bat outta hades, but forget it in a furball...probably make some fashion mags front cover An accurate, well designed, and affordable large scale RAF/RN Phantom would be a welcomed sight, the 32nd scale Phantom conversion kits found from time to time on Ebay are just too far out of my price range Edited October 5, 2015 by #1 Greywolf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Any relation to the 1/32 entrepreneurs from (?) Denmark/Belgium/? who partnered up with a Chinese firm who then ran off with the plans leaving the original folks high and dry ... or something to that effect?? Or are these the Chinese folks? None whatsoever. That relationship was basically over before it started. HK is completely independent, and 100% Hong Kong. HK didn't "run off with the plans", btw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 An accurate, well designed, and affordable large scale RAF/RN Phantom would be a welcomed sight "Affordable" is in the eye of the beholder. If you're expecting a brand new, accurate, well designed 1/32 Phantom kit for $29.95, you're going to be disappointed. But I think you'll definitely get your money's worth out of it. the 32nd scale Phantom conversion kits found from time to time on Ebay are just too far out of my price range Not to mention woefully inaccurate. The data that's been gathered on this project pretty well proves that the entire fuselage aft of the cockpit was structurally different on the Spey powered airplanes - in some areas drastically different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Clark Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 This is excellent news. I shall start saving now.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I had sworn off of 1/32 Phantoms due to lack of display space. I've even been able to resist GT Resin's F-4S conversion. An RN FG.1 might be impossible to resist! Ben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 I had sworn off of 1/32 Phantoms due to lack of display space. I've even been able to resist GT Resin's F-4S conversion. An RN FG.1 might be impossible to resist! :woot.gif:/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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