Dragon DH Vampire FB6? 1/72?

[ForestFan]

Came across while looking at the Osprey Modelling news site, may be of interest? Apologies if already discussed.

FF

[Wez]

Came across while looking at the Osprey Modelling news site, may be of interest? Apologies if already discussed.

FF

I think it's an FB.5 (it's a bit hard to tell but I think that's a horizontal rather than a curved stroke at the top of the figure).

Whilst it would be nice to have a new Vampire in 1/72nd I won't be buying one at Dragon's prices - it'll cost an arm and three legs!

If they get the shapes right great, I'll keep an eye out for one on sale/2nd hand/super cheap, if not I'll persist with the old Heller kit (in it's various incarnations).

It'd be nice if they included the rounded wing-tips for the F.3 and the extended intake housing the air-conditioning unit fitted to FB.9's and many FB.5's.

Wez

[upnorth]

Interesting, but with Heller's old reliable Vampire kit recently reissued and the Amodel Vampires, which aren't as bad as some would have you believe in my view; I do question the need of a new tooled 1/72 Vampire.

Considering that Dragon has made rather a hash of the Sea Vixen and Sea Venom recently, I wouldn't trust them to get a Vampire right.

[SeaVenom]

I wonder if it will have an awful canopy like the previous release.....i.e. disapearing window frames.

[CarLos]

I never read an in-dept review of the A-model kit. I have one, and comparing it with the Heller kit the chord at the root is considerably larger, but I don't know which one is better.

[The wooksta V2.0]

Given the hash they make of most aircraft, it'll be awful. And at their prices, I'd rather pay a few bob and get a CMR kit instead.

[Duncan B]

Given the hash they make of most aircraft, it'll be awful. And at their prices, I'd rather pay a few bob and get a CMR kit instead.

No doubt about it if you're not on a budget the CMR kit is the way to go.

[The wooksta V2.0]

If you are on a budget, then stick with the old Heller kit. It's currently available under a tenner - cheaper with canny use of ebay - and with a little modelling skill, still a cracker of a kit. And better fitting than the A-Model one.

[Arpie]

The worry I have with all these issues by Dragon/Cyberhobby is how it distorts the market. The Vampire and their other recent early jets are modellers subjects and are less likely to appeal to the wider public (that's not to say there is no wider market). This is not a problem itself but the presence of a modern kit that will be left on stockists shelves due to high price and poor accuracy could scare off both manufacturers and sellers from further products of the same subject done to a decent standard.

[Giorgio N]

The worry I have with all these issues by Dragon/Cyberhobby is how it distorts the market. The Vampire and their other recent early jets are modellers subjects and are less likely to appeal to the wider public (that's not to say there is no wider market). This is not a problem itself but the presence of a modern kit that will be left on stockists shelves due to high price and poor accuracy could scare off both manufacturers and sellers from further products of the same subject done to a decent standard.

I don't see any reason to worry: if a £30 vampire remain on the shelves, this does not mean that a £10 would follow the same fate. As the Heller Vampire has been reissued several times by different companies, these same companies sure have an idea of what kind of market exists for a cheap vampire kit. If this market is big enough for a new kit, this will appear. If not, the old but good heller kit will keep reappearing again and again over the next years.