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Hobby Boss: Large Scale Schwalbe January Release
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Posted: Friday, November 29, 2019 - 11:17 PM UTC


Hobby Boss will be releasing its 1/18 scale Me 262 Schwalbe in January and has posted an image on its webpage

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Posted: Friday, November 29, 2019 - 11:25 PM UTC
People are wondering if this is based on the Admiral or 21st Century toolings. Does anyone know?
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Posted: Saturday, November 30, 2019 - 01:44 PM UTC
What I'm seeing is a big plane with little detail. Surely there's more to it?????
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Posted: Saturday, November 30, 2019 - 05:01 PM UTC

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What I'm seeing is a big plane with little detail. Surely there's more to it?????


No. These planes were originally (relatively)highly-detailed toys for the older kid/collectors market, so they had to simplify all the vehicles enough to accommodate scale action figures, working landing gear, guns, flaps, hatches, etc.

Through a lot of hard work and determination one can transform these toys into something magnitudes greater. Pretty sure one or two of the aircraft guys have tackled a couple. I know a Corsair, a Mustang, and a Thunderbolt have been done thus.
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