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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #125 on: October 02, 2013, 09:23:14 AM »
And already the dedicated group of whiners, complainers, et al are complaining about the nose being wrong.  Considering the object in the image is nothing more than a prototype at this point it amazes me at how quickly these tools start the b1tching and whining based on little to no information. 
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Okay, so when is the time to start complaining? The sooner they get these comments, the better. If it's just a rapid prototyping "print-out", there's still hope to get the it fixed. Had this been at the stage of a test-shot, with the steel moulds already being cut, fixing these issues would be FAR more costly.
What more information do you need? There's just that one picture, granted, and the aircraft in it does look like a Twogar, but with some rather hefty problems. Was there anything factually wrong with the comments made on ARC (assuming your talking about that thread)? That the nose is too long, the canopy and rear canopy to fuselage transition look off, that the intake area looks kinda squashed, that the whole fuselage looks kinda squashed (making the fuselage look too thin)?
Yeah, it's just a prototype at this point, but the list of wonky production kits following wonky prototypes is pretty long. The list of decent kits following wonky prototypes is, on the other hand, rather short.
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #126 on: October 07, 2013, 02:30:31 AM »
Raspberry Ripple on the box top: Jaguar T.2/T.4
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #127 on: October 07, 2013, 02:31:31 AM »
Raspberry Ripple on the box top: Jaguar T.2/T.4


That would be this one?

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #128 on: October 08, 2013, 03:40:18 AM »
And already the dedicated group of whiners, complainers, et al are complaining about the nose being wrong.  Considering the object in the image is nothing more than a prototype at this point it amazes me at how quickly these tools start the b1tching and whining based on little to no information. 
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Okay, so when is the time to start complaining? The sooner they get these comments, the better. If it's just a rapid prototyping "print-out", there's still hope to get the it fixed. Had this been at the stage of a test-shot, with the steel moulds already being cut, fixing these issues would be FAR more costly.
What more information do you need? There's just that one picture, granted, and the aircraft in it does look like a Twogar, but with some rather hefty problems. Was there anything factually wrong with the comments made on ARC (assuming your talking about that thread)? That the nose is too long, the canopy and rear canopy to fuselage transition look off, that the intake area looks kinda squashed, that the whole fuselage looks kinda squashed (making the fuselage look too thin)?
Yeah, it's just a prototype at this point, but the list of wonky production kits following wonky prototypes is pretty long. The list of decent kits following wonky prototypes is, on the other hand, rather short.

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #129 on: October 09, 2013, 04:28:56 AM »
Raspberry Ripple on the box top: Jaguar T.2/T.4


That would be this one?




Forgot how nice that scheme looks on that aircraft.  :-* ... kickstarted my imagination
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #130 on: October 15, 2013, 02:12:35 AM »
Voodoo box art:



Is it just me or does it look like it is landing on the same runway that their MiG-25 is taking off from:

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #131 on: October 15, 2013, 02:14:57 AM »
Voodoo box art:




Gigggggggggity! Gigggggggggggity! Gooooooooooo! :)  I can now feel justified in dumping the Koster conversion that I used to own.  :)
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #132 on: October 19, 2013, 03:20:31 AM »
New one?

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #133 on: October 21, 2013, 02:19:43 AM »
More info - just click on the image.

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #134 on: October 25, 2013, 10:19:02 AM »
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #135 on: November 01, 2013, 02:11:02 AM »
MiG-25 and Mirage F.1 kits are now available.
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #136 on: November 16, 2013, 04:27:26 AM »
Seasprite photos (click upon to see more):

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #137 on: November 24, 2013, 04:12:59 AM »
Build Thread for MiG-25 (click on box art to go to it):

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #138 on: December 04, 2013, 02:35:29 AM »
Due for release 20 Dec:

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #139 on: January 04, 2014, 03:50:48 AM »
New Bronco on its way (click picture for more details):

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #140 on: January 04, 2014, 09:18:38 AM »
32nd... mother of god! I see a tilt wing / rotor dealie going on with that...

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #141 on: January 07, 2014, 04:55:29 AM »
Some images of the kit contents for new Kitty Hawk 1:32 OV-10D Bronco (KH32003) at CyberModeler. 


(Image source: CyberModeler/Michael Benolkin)
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #142 on: January 12, 2014, 09:53:54 AM »
Kitty Hawk has announced a full line of F-35s! in 1/72! LINK!





Yay! Really looking forward to these. Especially the B and the C!
Too bad it took them so long, though. They could have had the market cornered for years with a proper F-35A. Now they have to compete with Italeri and Academy for the 1/72 F-35A market.
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #143 on: January 12, 2014, 10:02:01 AM »
Now if only they could be so nice as to release a 1/48 F-35C....
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #144 on: January 12, 2014, 10:15:47 AM »
Woo Hoo, more kits to add to my stash and dream about building......... ;D

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #145 on: January 12, 2014, 06:52:50 PM »
Our "smaller" voices have been heard. All 3 variants from one manufacturer.

Thank you KH.
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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #146 on: January 16, 2014, 03:16:10 PM »
First Look at box contents of the new Kitty Hawk Models 1:48th scale SH-2F Seasprite (kit number 80122), courtesy of Michael Benolkin at CyberModeler.

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #147 on: March 27, 2014, 05:05:24 PM »
Coming soon:



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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #148 on: March 27, 2014, 08:10:09 PM »
Can't wait.  I will definitely be getting the -1Z and -1Y to sit next to my -1W and -1N, all in 1/48 and USMC markings, of course!

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Re: Kitty Hawk
« Reply #149 on: April 10, 2014, 11:54:03 AM »
Kitty Hawk 1:48th scale F-35C Lightning II (kit number KH80132) due for release July 2014. 


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Link to [http://www.kittyhawkmodel.com/]Kitty Hawk Model web page[/url]
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