The Nieuports are Coming!! The Nieuports are Coming!!

[WD]

Hooray!!! KP has released artwork for the Nie.11 and Nie.16 kits that are forthcoming:

https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/nieuport-ni-11-bebe-french-aces/

https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/nieuport-ni-11-bebe-italian-aces/

https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/nieuport-ni-16-aces/

https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/nieuport-ni-16-other-services/

[DaddyO]

Be still my beating heart 

[Brad Cancian]

KP intend on releasing these kits, and their new Moraine A.I, at the upcoming Zagreb model show this month (https://kup-zagreb.com/pages_en/index_en.html).

It is great news for the small scale fans!

Cheers

BC

[WD]

I will have to find a good plastic pusher to source these.

Normally I'd rely on Hannants, but an order I placed with them at the end of March, shipped on 1 April, arrived at Customs in Chicago on 4 April, and was then promptly shipped to Manila, P.I. where they have languished since the 8th of April. Hannants said they'd get it sorted, but in the last three weeks they haven't. 

Between these and the Eduard Albatros D.III I'm going to be broke.

Warren

[Rip Van Winkle]

Looking forward to all of these.

[enathan]

Warren, Modelimex in the Czech Republic is a good sourse for KP kits. It sometimes takes Petr a while to stock new kits but he is reliable, his prices are reasonable and shipping from CZ is relatively cheap.
https://www.modelimex.com/

[WD]

OK, an evil-bay seller has posted a pic of the sprues.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156213820918?itmmeta=01HYAFNA3YYQB3VRSYNT3Q8F8V&hash=item245f11bdf6:g:CZoAAOSwf7pmR7yW

Do my eyes deceive me, or did they just copy the Toko/Eastern Express plastic (with all of its faults for the interplane strut location, no slots on the elevator for the cables, etc.) and call it a new kit?

If so, saying I'm disappointed is a gross understatement.

Warren

[Tim Mixon]

Well, it certainly isn’t a direct copy of the Eastern Express kit.  The fuselage is much more detailed and doesn’t have the weird molded in solid windscreen.  The engine is a lot nicer as well. 

[WD]

Well, it certainly isn’t a direct copy of the Eastern Express kit.  The fuselage is much more detailed and doesn’t have the weird molded in solid windscreen.  The engine is a lot nicer as well.

Oh yes, I remember that windscreen now.

[enathan]

I believe the KP Nieuport 11/16 are based on the old HR Model resin kits.
I will be able to check it in a while as the two Ni.11 kits are on their way to me.

[WD]

I believe the KP Nieuport 11/16 are based on the old HR Model resin kits.
I will be able to check it in a while as the two Ni.11 kits are on their way to me.

That would be great, and i know I would really appreciate it.

Warren

[Brad Cancian]

Hi all - we've just received some of these from KP for review, stay tuned for the review to go up in the next few days

Whilst I don't have the HR kit, I can definitely say that this is not the old Toko / Eastern Express kit rebadged.

Cheers,

Brad C

[WD]

Thanks Brad!  I'm really looking forward to this! <rubbing hands together>

Warren

[enathan]

The two Ni.11's have arrived. As far as I know I do have the HR kit but I couldn't find it... Too many kits in my stash 
Definitely not a Toko/EE copy, and there's always a possibility that it's a new kit by KP that is not based on an old one.

[WD]

Does anyone have any idea as to when Hannants is going to get these kits in stock?

Warren