Yes and no.
The original Hurricane's airframe was made of braced metal tubing, mostly covered by fabric (including the wings). The engine cowl and the front part of the fuselage had a metal skin. After 29 September 1939, all Hurricanes were delivered with wings covered with stressed metal skin, but the fuselage behind the trailing edge of the wings remained fabric covered. The ailerons remained fabric covered for a longer period. The forward fuselage was covered with detachable metal panels and the aft with fabric over light wooden formers. It will be interesting to see how they translate this composite construction.
The Corgi metal 1/32s are going for about $120 for limited editions of about 1200 to 2500. I have a feeling that a release of 20, which would sell out in about 20 minutes, will be more the the K&C price range. I might consider a Spitfire, especially a Mk IX or VIII, but that is a bit pricey for my tastes.
Oh I agree, the Spitfire Mk Is are nice as well, even though Corgi (admittedly) under represented the wing dihedral, a mistake they were supposed to correct on the next Marks they did. The way it is modeled it would have been considerably more twitchy to fly.
They made odd aircraft choices though, first a BoB version Spitfire, then a mid to late war 109G, then back to a BoB Hurricane, with some later war variations; Only the later Hurris faced off against that model 109, and not that often at that. Of course then they top it off by cancelling the line, go figure.
Oh I agree, the Spitfire Mk Is are nice as well, even though Corgi (admittedly) under represented the wing dihedral, a mistake they were supposed to correct on the next Marks they did. The way it is modeled it would have been considerably more twitchy to fly.
You can also get them at the Flying Mule:
you'll be very pleased to note that we are going to follow that Warbirds market leader in so far as price points ( we hope to come in a bit lower actually ) and add an incredible amount of dynamic control features.
The planes are not at all diecast but will replicate whatever material was used in that craft. We hope to become the defacto standard in this enthusiast area with our new "Eagles Of The Skies" releases.
Jazzseum since you seem quite bullish on KC warbirds ( and everything else K&C
Servo animitronic controls have come down incredibly in the last few years ( Im quite a digital controls electronic buff myself ). We have found servos that are the size of a toenail and achieve great control when actuated by standard micro chip level processing units. The technology is cheap and can be installed in quite a few small areas: under pilots seats and in fuselage works. Most of the tchnology we are implementing is being used currently in robotic armitures.
Hope that helps! Thanks for the interest all!
regards,
Brian
