New Typhoon 1/100 full kit - Made in FRANCE

[yoda_helimag]

[color=#000000]Hi

I m pleased to show a new French made submarine kit ( and compagny ):

lecma-rc web site

Russian typhoon 1/100 kit
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[novagator]

very nice kit, I don't

very nice kit, I don't like how the missile hatches open when diving, and the propellers are only 3 bladed.


For 695 euros ain't bad.



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[novagator]

http://www.lecma-rc.fr/accessoi_typhoon.jpg

[Guest]

Hmmmm. I thought that kit

Hmmmm. I thought that kit was very cheap, then I saw it has a vacformed hull, which lowers production costs considerably.

Looks okay, a shame they don't supply a hull kit seperately, as I really don't fancy the design of their pressure hull.

I doubt whether that design would stand more than few feet without problems.

Should've taken a leaf out of Robbe's book, and used a cylindrical pressure hull.

Andy

[novagator]

Hmmmm. I thought that kit

Hmmmm. I thought that kit was very cheap, then I saw it has a vacformed hull, which lowers production costs considerably.

Looks okay, a shame they don't supply a hull kit seperately, as I really don't fancy the design of their pressure hull.

I doubt whether that design would stand more than few feet without problems.

Should've taken a leaf out of Robbe's book, and used a cylindrical pressure hull.

Andy

Its seems to be down the same lines as Skip's subtech line.

[wayne frey]

I see corrections over the

I see corrections over the Engle kit I like very much.
It also is the most accurate one I have seen so far. But there are a few minor things. Very minor.
I wish it were a epoxy hull in 1/96 scale. I would buy one.

[novagator]

Wayne, you should get it

Wayne, you should get it and do a committee report on it.

[bob the builder]

If they'd sell the hull

If they'd sell the hull only, I'd be interested for sure. I've sent an email to see if that's a possiblility. I'll share what, if anything, I get back from them.

[novagator]

If they'd sell the hull

If they'd sell the hull only, I'd be interested for sure. I've sent an email to see if that's a possiblility. I'll share what, if anything, I get back from them.

Great, keep us posted bob.

[bob the builder]

They sound good to work

They sound good to work with. Here's the response that I got back, quick as a wink]Hello,

We thank you for the interest which you carry(wear) in our kit Typhoon.
The kit is absolutely complete (pump, engines, visserie stainless, ball
bearings, joins to lips, details(rooms) in photo cut, self-adhesive
decoration etc.)

The kit is delivered as it appears on photos except for helixes brass which
are in accessory

The kit is in PVC and all the details(rooms) are cut in the digitally
operated machine.

The price is 595.00 euros TTC

The price of the complete kit but without the hull(shell) pressure and its
mechanical elements is for the 387.00 euros TTC price.

We still have no cost of cheap transport.

Cordially
Leca Norbert[/i]

$387 Euros is around $477 USD, or $580 CAD. That price does not include shipping, but if you allocate another $200 or so, you'd be pretty safe, I'd think.

That's not that bad a price, really, especially considering the size of the kit. A bit of work rescribing the fuzzy details and reinforcing the hull, and this could be a bang-up model!

[yoda_helimag]

Hi

I would like to pass

Hi

I would like to pass to their factory to see their model ( approx 150km of my town), i think they are very serious.

Concerning falls details on the hull, they said in the manual that it is a "semi-maquette" ( sport scale in US?), so detailling the model is in charge of the builder. To my mind, it is a good thing, so every modeller will have a different finish model depending of his work .

Sorry for my english.

@+

Regards

[bob the builder]

They sent an addendum to

They sent an addendum to their previous email. Looks like they'll ship the hull to the US. Total delivered price would be around $500US.

Just in case anyone's interested.


Bob

[novagator]

So $500 just for the

So $500 just for the hull, how much then for the whole kit?

[Guest]

Hmmm.

370 euros for a high

Hmmm.

370 euros for a high quality epoxy glass hull from Kehrer Modellbau.

Yeah, I know what I'd choose..........