Merit 1:18 SBD Dauntless preorders
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Just before they went down, 21st CT was developing a prototype of a 1:18 scale F-4 Phantom.
How awesome would that thing look with full ordnance?
I would buy that Phantom in a heartbeat! I have always loved the Phantom. But alas, it's just another 1:18 pipe dream. We'll see another WWII aircraft before a new modern jet
Just before they went down, 21st CT was developing a prototype of a 1:18 scale F-4 Phantom.
How awesome would that thing look with full ordnance?
Would I have bought one? Hell yes. Do I believe it was ever anything more than vaporware? Lot on your knife.
Just before they went down, 21st CT was developing a prototype of a 1:18 scale F-4 Phantom.
How awesome would that thing look with full ordnance?
Ah, excuse me, theres a jet here?, oops, my bad someone did put a plane there.
Okay who kept the girl?, I know she was there when I posted
I'm sure that happens a lot, I think it's a symptom of the old age.. there there.
this...though obviously the vintage crowd is the squeakier wheel, either with their wallets of mouths...*sigh*
Already stocked up on ammo and guns. I'm good.
you only need one bullet for each family member...
*Snickers*
I eventually had to dispatch grandpa with a table leg. Bullets just wouldn't faze him.
Wow, way to go dark with it Eddie.
sorry...but doing the "The Road" thing and dragging around a family in an apocolytic world sounds like a worse time...potentially watching my family get harmed/raped/killed/starv seems much worse than ending it all really quick...
anyway, wrong thread...
hey, long time no post, whats up man. so this is where all the exiles went? lol.. god damn i miss alot of you guys..
Dang, I had to double check to see if I was in the right thread. You guys certainly know how to derail these threads. Anyhow the word on the streets are confirming that this model will be made of styrene and not abs. It will also be much thinner then the plastic were use to seeing in this scale. This only adds to the likely hood that Merit is working with Hobby Boss on this plane. If this plane is as fragile as they say then you can forget using it with G.I. Joes. DIY repaints could be out of the question too in fear of breakage. Some are even worried that a few maybe damaged prior to packaging in China only to see a large return rate from angry customers. Though using cheaper plastics and less of it does help bring costs down a bit. That could be the reason why the prices on these are lower then usual for this size to begin with. As they say, you get what you pay for. Lets hope this isn't the case.
Styrenes fairly strong, you wouldn' want to drop it from 10 feet but shouldn't damage easily, except for things like pitot tubes
Sacrificing durablity for more detail seems to be the route being taken here in my opinion. Personly I don't mind it too much as long as I can assemble it and then hang it from my ceiling without snapping anything off.
Jim at Merit just posted over on SSHQ site earlier today. This is what he had to say so far....
http://www.warbird-photos.com/gpxd/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25634&start=275
For a second there I was almost lead to believe in his first couple of statements that they were going to release this as a kit and not a per-assembled one. Anyhow, they still haven't addressed who is behind the making of this model. Merit is contracting it to somebody but who? My guess its Hobby Boss. But regardless this will certainly be a model kit as we previously suspected. As it is they had to push back the release date so they can spend more time on strengthening it. All in all though I'm still hopefully that everything will turn out great in the end.
A 1:18 model would be kind of cool, at least it wouldn't bother me greatly. Parts are bigger and easier to work with.
It would all come down to subject, and this one ain't it. "Battle of Midway" hyperbole aside if Merit releases a model, or something semi-pre-built even, in a subject that interests me I'll buy it if I at all possible.
Just don't try to guilt-trip me into buying a Dodge when I want a Ford.
It seems so convincing that what he's trying to tell us here is they are planing on releasing just a kit version to keep costs down. But the parts regarding the screws and paint scheme has me thinking otherwise. And this talk about 3rd parties willing to join in to make extra items for the this plane has me a bit concerned. If this is a complete model why would you need anything else. Maybe a couple of pilots but that should be about it.
Smaller scale modeling is lousy with third party guys doing photo etch and parts kits to make models painfully accurate.
Dunno how it would apply here, as the scale should make it fairly easy to do a very accurate item right out of the gate, but whatever, it's not a big deal.
Actually I think I get what he's trying to say. They are planing on releasing a pre-built and a model kit version of this aircraft to help justify the cost of tooling for this item. By doing so it will help attract not only collectors like ourselves but model builders as well. Their hopes are to try and convince the the modeling communities that 1:18 is the way to go. If they cash in that could mean more sales for Merit and the very likelihood of new toolings of other aircraft in this scale in the near future. The part regarding 3rd parties willing to provide highly detailed swappable parts for aircraft in this scale will help encourage more modelers to want to join in.
it sounds like a prebuilt and a kit. It also said the paintjob may be slightly different than the photos shown, they wouldn't have said paintjob if it was a kit with different marking options.
The aftermarket would be photoetched brass details, white metal landing gears, vacume formed canopies, aluminum gun barrels and stuff like that used on a model version.
With plastic models you can spend $60 on a kit and $300 in aftermarket(armor is the worst)
Heck, add a few storm troopers to the mix and maybe they can attract the Star Wars fanatics as well.