HK announcement!

[GusMac]

Please, please, please be the Spey 'Toom.

Been waiting for that since seems like forever.

Dying to do a 111 or 43 Squadron bird from Leuchars as I saw them every day as a kid.

[sluggo]

No announcement yet?

[1to1scale]

I just got back and as of 2 hours ago, nothing yet.

[Ryan]

Wasn’t there a flyer on the table for a ETO B-25 version?

Is that the big reveal?

[sluggo]

3 hours ago, 1to1scale said:

I just got back and as of 2 hours ago, nothing yet.

Probably waiting for me to arrive................

[crazypoet]

2 hours ago, Ryan said:

Wasn’t there a flyer on the table for a ETO B-25 version?

Is that the big reveal?

CATCH-22!!!

[1to1scale]

3 hours ago, Ryan said:

Wasn’t there a flyer on the table for a ETO B-25 version?

Is that the big reveal?

So the question to speculate on, would that require all new tool?

[sluggo]

13 minutes ago, 1to1scale said:

So the question to speculate on, would that require all new tool?

I would think not.

[Martinnfb]

If I understand correctly this new release is year away,  it better be something new-new. 

[BlrwestSiR]

I wonder if they have decided to announce new kits when they're much closer to release as they got quite a bit of flak over the delays to the Lanc.

At the LHS yesterday we were brainstorming what the new release could be. I was thinking Grand Slam Lanc as that wouldn't be too hard. 

 

[1to1scale]

4 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

I wonder if they have decided to announce new kits when they're much closer to release as they got quite a bit of flak over the delays to the Lanc.

At the LHS yesterday we were brainstorming what the new release could be. I was thinking Grand Slam Lanc as that wouldn't be too hard. 

 

So here is what I’m thinking, reading their own words, a new Lanc would not be “all new tooling”. So could it be a C-47? JU-88? Nope, it’s going to be a British Phantom! Just go to their webpage, two of the 3 header pictures show FG-1’s. I’m going to put money on it! 

[smitty44]

On 8/5/2019 at 4:31 AM, smitty44 said:

Brit Phantom pic pops up first...…. just sayin'

https://www.hk-models.com/hkm/

Sheesh, everyone just blew past my post.

[Martinnfb]

[nmayhew]

On 8/5/2019 at 1:36 PM, 1to1scale said:

If it was the phantom, then it would not be all new tooling, they have a range of F-4’s. I’m speculating they are maybe bringing out a new 1/32 century series jet. 

Not in 1/32 they don’t...

[[CAT]CplSlade]

1 hour ago, smitty44 said:

Sheesh, everyone just blew past my post.

And hence, why human discourse has devolved to the level it has in recent years, when tl;dr becomes the excuse as to why skipping to the head of the discussion line by clicking the correct arrow and ignoring all previous replies, allows a person to now believe that they were the first to have a novel idea even if that idea is in the post immediately prior to theirs.

There's some other factors, but discussing that would just generate some more tl;dr events.

[Martinnfb]

It's gonna be propeller driven /multi-engine/main-stream aeroplane.

[[CAT]CplSlade]

19 hours ago, crazypoet said:

CATCH-22!!!

It would certainly be a possible marketing tool for them to sell more B-25's and for the Catch 22 guy's to market the show to HKM's domestic region, which is presumably PTO-biased and an ETO show might be refreshing.

[Ryan]

The rep told me the ETO 25 was not the mystery release.

[IainMackayDall]

No one has done a 1/32 Avro Vulcan ( Apart from a Paper Model version I found on eBay ) Although personally I would rather see a 1/32 HP Victor

[1to1scale]

16 hours ago, smitty44 said:

Sheesh, everyone just blew past my post.

Sorry, didn't mean to do that, but I agree with you. I can only hope it’s an FR.1, I guess we should find out this weekend.

[ScottsGT]

So no real announcement yet?  Isn’t the show over as of today?  

[smitty44]

12 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

So no real announcement yet?  Isn’t the show over as of today?  

Ya. we know one is coming, but that announcement the way they did it was a publicity stunt,

[Artful69]

On 8/5/2019 at 8:36 PM, 1to1scale said:

If it was the phantom, then it would not be all new tooling, they have a range of F-4’s ...

HKM Have only one hairdryer release to date: The Gloster Meteor. Perhaps you're thinking of ZM and their recent release of 1.48 F4's??

Anyhow HKM announced sometime back that they were working on a 1/32 Spey Engined Phantom (at least 3-5 years ago now) ... so the gestation period fits.

They also announced a P.51B and a Ju.52 (both of which are of interest to me - especially the Ju.52)... 

Apparently the news is ... 6 "undisclosed kits" have been raffled off at the convention ... even the winners don't know what they've won!!

My guess is that the announcement / unveiling will happen at Telford - since that this the big one at the end of the year ... If it IS the Phantom - this would be fitting considering this is the home of the Spey variant.

Rog

[ScottsGT]

Fingers crossed for that Phantom phantasy!!!

[1to1scale]

HK pulled a chicken shit stunt, and we fell for it. No new kit announcement.