AV-8B Harrier II is almost here!!!!
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This just in from yesterday over at SSHQ....
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Small Scale Military Headquarters - View topic - 1:18 AV-8B from Merit?
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Small Scale Military Headquarters - View topic - 1:18 AV-8B from Merit?
It's so nice Merit has stayed in touch with us. Or kept up with their own forum.
Looks like the armament never made it to the showing. Overall it looks pretty amazing. I was hoping for more of a camo pattern scheme however this will do fine.
My first choice....
Followed by....
My first choice....
Followed by....
According to sources the signage at the Merit booth lists the harrier as a 3rd quarter release. So around August I presume.
It looks.. cool? I'm afraid my interest might have sailed though.
I'm sure it's hard getting things produced.. but man this is taking a long time.
Any word on MSRP?
I'm sure it's hard getting things produced.. but man this is taking a long time.
Any word on MSRP?
Pictures....or it didn't happen.
Unfortunately were not allow to take pic at there hq..sorry guy I would if I could
This just in....
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Small Scale Military Headquarters - View topic - Any Scoop on the new 1/18th Scale Harrier...?
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Pretty neat. What's the cost?
I didn't see Merit's booth where it usually was, just was a bunch of line stanchions.
When I got home I saw that Tony had emailed me asking if I was at the Con, but I wasn't checking 118th stuff while I was there. Did they end up having a booth somewhere else? Would have been nice to see the harrier in person again.
I didn't see Merit's booth where it usually was, just was a bunch of line stanchions.
When I got home I saw that Tony had emailed me asking if I was at the Con, but I wasn't checking 118th stuff while I was there. Did they end up having a booth somewhere else? Would have been nice to see the harrier in person again.
There was a booth but Merit was a no show.
Small Scale Military Headquarters - View topic - Any Scoop on the new 1/18th Scale Harrier...?
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Small Scale Military Headquarters - View topic - Any Scoop on the new 1/18th Scale Harrier...?
Interesting.. no wonder I missed it!
Wonder if they rented out the space to someone else. I remember they did that a couple of years ago.
Wonder if they rented out the space to someone else. I remember they did that a couple of years ago.
I'd bite at $200 plus shipping. That's about what the F-14 cost and I like that plane a LOT more than the Harrier.
So basically I'm not paying more for a plane I like less. Supposed higher costs associated with making such a plane today are irrelevant to me. Had they kept the functionality down, maybe they could of kept costs down. Or maybe had they made a plane with higher demand (A-10), I and tons of other guys would've caved (for maybe even a higher profit margin).
Oh well. Looks nice. I hope those that do buy in post lots of pics.
So basically I'm not paying more for a plane I like less. Supposed higher costs associated with making such a plane today are irrelevant to me. Had they kept the functionality down, maybe they could of kept costs down. Or maybe had they made a plane with higher demand (A-10), I and tons of other guys would've caved (for maybe even a higher profit margin).
Oh well. Looks nice. I hope those that do buy in post lots of pics.
Looking back at some of the older Harrier threads, I was reminded that they were gonna do a kit. Wonder if that's still the plan.
Those UH-1s were teased 3-4 years ago, and the last we heard (maybe 2 years ago, now) was that they were on the back burner. They aren't coming, and even if they were, the proposed mods would likely have them in the $250 range. Even I, who can come up for an excuse for another Huey with little prompting, ain't going there.
That would be nice, but I'd imagine one of the cast0rs here could get the new Huey and.. uh.. "life finds a way"..
That much resin? No offense to the castOrs, but the kit would cost as much as the whole whirlybird.
The first version just had new 7-shot pods. I don't recall if they were open or encased tubes. They'd just need to plug into the existing hard point.
The second was to have the M16 subsystem (quad M60s) which consisted of the Emerson mounts and the feed chutes and the M60Cs, all of which mounted to the existing M156 universal mount. So there's all that new stuff, plus modifications to the mount. The second complication is that the chutes feed into rectangular cut-outs in the fuselage, and who can say if they planned to modify the fuselage molds to do it properly, or were just gonna have a round hole and a plug on the chute end..
Honestly, I think they never got passed the teaser artwork and the idea to do them.
The second was to have the M16 subsystem (quad M60s) which consisted of the Emerson mounts and the feed chutes and the M60Cs, all of which mounted to the existing M156 universal mount. So there's all that new stuff, plus modifications to the mount. The second complication is that the chutes feed into rectangular cut-outs in the fuselage, and who can say if they planned to modify the fuselage molds to do it properly, or were just gonna have a round hole and a plug on the chute end..
Honestly, I think they never got passed the teaser artwork and the idea to do them.
