Error in SAMI?

[CementNotGlue]

Hi all

Readers to the "just Landed" column might think the Revell release of Spitfire Vb in 1/72 is a "new tooling". I actually e-mailed Germany to clarify and they tell me it is a re-release.

I'm still waiting for a thank-you email from David Francis for forwarding Revell's reply.

If anybody would like to check the magazine, I'd be grateful - I've not been well.

CNG

[Crashpilot]

Hi all

Readers to the "just Landed" column might think the Revell release of Spitfire Vb in 1/72 is a "new tooling". I actually e-mailed Germany to clarify and they tell me it is a re-release.
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CNG

A re-release? On super-hobby, there are shots of the "re-tooled new-tool" Spit IIa, now sold as Vb:
https://www.super-hobby.de/products/Sup ... 49341.html;
They didn´t had to change a lot, to go from IIa to Vb.
They kept the ugly, far too thick framed canopy from the IIa
IMHO, this kit is a bit disappointing for a new tooling.
But, generally, people have high expectations, when it comes to Spitfire kits, anyway.
But there´s so much info out there about Spitties, so it shouldn´t be too difficult for Revell (or others),
to bring out decent stuff.

[Crashpilot]

In my eyes, it´s a new tool, but maybe Revell sees it differently?
Since it´s not a re-release of the IIa from 2016, because some things had got to be changed (diff. armament, f.e.),
it´s "new" in this form, but, no use arguing about that