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» Topic: MRC/Merit announce 1/48 PT kits for 2014...
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Oddly enough, they are announcing kits of PT-596 and PT-109. Merit is basically a Trumpeter product, which can sometimes be good, sometimes be bad. But for those with little room for displaying their ships, these may fit the bill.

Pat

Posted By: Pat Hutchens | Posted on: Jan 9, 2014 - 6:40pm
Total Posts: 36 | Joined: Nov 24, 2012 - 6:03am

Amazing. Nice scale though. 1/48 is still pretty big.
Dave

David Waples

Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: Jan 9, 2014 - 7:28pm
Total Posts: 1679 | Joined: Jan 2, 2007 - 9:55pm

Hopefully they won't be the same mouldings for both.

Best Regards,
Stu.

Posted By: Stuart Hurley | Posted on: Jan 10, 2014 - 12:14am
Total Posts: 255 | Joined: Mar 19, 2013 - 3:32am

Probably some Chinese reverse engineering going on here. I heard back from my friends at Italeri. They were not aware of it. This kit may never happen.
Dave

David Waples

Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: Jan 10, 2014 - 5:47am
Total Posts: 1679 | Joined: Jan 2, 2007 - 9:55pm

Sounds like they plan to do a pantoengraving of the 1/35 kit to smaller 1/48 molds. In other words smaller scale pirated copies of the Italeri kits.

Cheers

"Give me a fast boat for we want to get out of harm's way too."

Posted By: PeterTareBuilder2 | Posted on: Jan 10, 2014 - 7:33am
Total Posts: 204 | Joined: Dec 8, 2012 - 6:03pm

I don't think of Merit as pirating other companies products. They really do nice work. It's going to be interesting to see their releases of these two boats.
Dave

David Waples

Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: Feb 6, 2014 - 7:38pm
Total Posts: 1679 | Joined: Jan 2, 2007 - 9:55pm

The PT Boats are really great news but what I’m happy to see are the display cases toward the bottom of the catalog..

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2804573205

Posted By: Bob Butler | Posted on: Feb 6, 2014 - 9:50pm
Total Posts: 192 | Joined: Mar 23, 2013 - 11:58am

Trust me display cases can get costly Bob. I have them for all of my PT Boat Models and Diorama's, but you have to have them. Not sure what the cost will be for them, but good to know.

Posted By: Frank Andruss | Posted on: Feb 7, 2014 - 4:41pm
Total Posts: 3964 | Joined: Feb 9, 2007 - 11:41am

Wow, those are some big cases! I'm going to have to check those out! Great idea with all the 1/200 capital ships out there.
Dave

David Waples

Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: Feb 7, 2014 - 8:20pm
Total Posts: 1679 | Joined: Jan 2, 2007 - 9:55pm

Interesting, but I don't think I'd pay a high price for them if they didn't have crew figures...just my two cents.

Posted By: Drew Cook | Posted on: Feb 11, 2014 - 7:11am
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