Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk
Academy/Minicraft | No. 1655 | 1:72
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Facts
- Brand:
- Academy/Minicraft
- Title:
- Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk
- Number:
- 1655
- Scale:
- 1:72
- Type:
- Full kit
- Released:
- 1987 New box
- Barcode:
- 048051016557 (EAN: 0048051016557)
- Packaging:
- Rigid box (Top opener)
- Topic:
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk » Propeller (Aircraft)
Markings
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Curtiss Hawk 81 A-2
中華民國空軍 (Republic of China Air Force 1920-now)
- American Volunteer Group, 3 PS Hell's Angels 68 | P-8109 (Charles Older)
1942 World War 2 - Kunming
FS34079 FS30219 FS36463
Box contents
Plastic sprue, Plastic sprue (Clear), Decalsheet (waterslide)
Dimensions:
190x125x40 mm
(7.5x4.9x1.6 inch)
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What do we do with this kind of kits?
Much has beed said about the relation of Academy toolings with other brands (this and the Frog one, the MiG-23 and F-104 to Hasegawa, P-39 and Tempest to Heller...), but it is more a matter of copying than retooling; you can't mix those tools without major or minor surgery.
Should we establish that relationship as 'based on ..' or we consider it 'new tool'?
21 October 2012, 09:19
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I propose a new origin entry 're-tool' to go along with 'rebox' including reference to the new tool it is based on.
We shouldn't bother whether we have a case of legal re-tooling or a not so legal copying. If we'd do, it would pose a legal risk to Tim as the owner of the site.
21 October 2012, 10:30
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That's right. This is one of this cases. It was said this was a copy, but not a 're-tool' as the company hadn't access to the original tool and the parts layout is quite different.
The matter with the F4F is much more obvious and maybe the origin of these believings, it has even the same support stand!
Maybe we should had an entry of 'It is said is a re-tool based on...'
But I think we shouldn't mention it anyway.
21 October 2012, 11:26
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How about 're-engineered' then? Sounds like a nice euphemism to me :-D
21 October 2012, 11:35
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for me it is a "new tool".... adding the other one will make it more complex... there is currently already a mixing up of "rebox" and "new tool"...
21 October 2012, 16:26
Reference material
![P-40 Tomahawk and Kittyhawk (Wing Leader 24) P-40 Tomahawk and Kittyhawk (Wing Leader 24)](/books/img/4/6/1/140461-10105-78-t180.jpg)
P-40 Tomahawk and Kittyhawk In RAF Service - Europe and North Africa
Wingleader Photo Archive No. 24
Neil Robinson
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