Model enthusiasts with an interest in South African (and Swedish, Czech, Hungarian and Thai) subjects are going to be spoilt for choice this year. In addition to the several future releases from Airfix, Revell have announced that they will be releasing a new-tool, 1:72 SAAB JAS 39 Gripen C in November.
To date all 1:72 Gripens available have been produced from the ageing Italeri moulds. While the details are not bad, the Italeri-based moulds are only suitable for recreating the earlier Gripen A variant. A recent reboxing of the single seater kit has simply been labelled as JAS 39 Gripen C, although all four decal options represent Gripen Cs.
I own one of the original Italeri Gripens, and I am looking forward to adding one of Revell's new offerings to my collection too. I'm hoping that the kit comes with a good selection of decal options, in particular options for a South African or Thai subject would be great.
It was supposed to be released in JANUARY 2014, but apparently was postponed until much later
ReplyDeleteIt was supposed to be released in Jan 2014 but for unknown reason was pushed back until NOVEMBER!
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