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Re: Revell 1/144 Type II new release
Posted by:
Krzysztof Szarawarski
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Date: February 11, 2013 10:39PM
Hello,
As far as I can tell from the info available so far this kit is a repack of the ICM kit (kit no. S.009). One thing I can't understand is why is it priced so high. Here in Poland it will retail at almost twice as much as the original ICM kit.
PS
In case anyone wonders why I think this is a repack of the ICM kit:
- same amount of parts in both kits
- only two types of conning towers available in both kits
- again, two marking options in both kits (I hope revell will at least offer markings for different boats than ICM, but this could be a problem considering the ICM kit had a conning tower specifically molded to match one specific boat)
- exactly the same dimmentions on both kits. If these were mastered indipendantly, there would be at least slight deviations in the dimmentions, even if only by a milimenter or so.
As far as I can tell from the info available so far this kit is a repack of the ICM kit (kit no. S.009). One thing I can't understand is why is it priced so high. Here in Poland it will retail at almost twice as much as the original ICM kit.
PS
In case anyone wonders why I think this is a repack of the ICM kit:
- same amount of parts in both kits
- only two types of conning towers available in both kits
- again, two marking options in both kits (I hope revell will at least offer markings for different boats than ICM, but this could be a problem considering the ICM kit had a conning tower specifically molded to match one specific boat)
- exactly the same dimmentions on both kits. If these were mastered indipendantly, there would be at least slight deviations in the dimmentions, even if only by a milimenter or so.
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Revell 1/144 Type II new release | John Doherty | 10/29/2012 07:28PM |
Re: Revell 1/144 Type II new release | Krzysztof Szarawarski | 02/11/2013 10:39PM |
Re: Revell 1/144 Type II new release | nerdling | 02/24/2013 10:24PM |
Re: Revell 1/144 Type II new release | Richard Jongepier | 08/17/2013 06:16AM |