1/144 Anigrand Releases

1/144 Anigrand Releases
1/144 Short Stirling Mk.1  British first 4-engined heavy bomber in WWII
Unit price: US$88
Shipping charge: US$14
http://www.anigrand.com/AA4080_Stirling.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Stirling
3x Bonus Items
Left) AW(Armstrong Withwor) or GAL(General Aviation) wing http://ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2006/06/stuff_eng_hrubisko_tailless.htm

Mid) post war FA-233 V14
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_223#Postwar

Right) Miles M39A or M35 ?     http://www.flickr.com/photos/27862259@N02/6001481792/in/photostream/

1/144 scale  Boeing YAL-1A  The Airborne Laser Test Bed
Unit price: US$118
Shipping charge: US$22.00
Available: June 2912
http://www.anigrand.com/AA4079_YAL-1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1

3x Bonus Items
Left) Pilatus Porter - Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilatus_Porter
Mid)'Tacit Blue' - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Tacit_Blue
Right) ???

1/144 U-2R "Dragon Lady"

1/144 U-2R "Dragon Lady" - Plastic Kit
U-2R is the U-2C-model enlarged and improved with under wing pods and increased fuel capacity; 12 built. Initially designated TR-1A (U-2C Enhanced single-seat model with J75-P-13 engine and modified engine intakes)

Features: 
- Glider-like U-2R aircraft is fully detailed 
- Slide-molded cockpit canopy 
- Detailed antenna included 
- Cockpit interior details including pilot's seat and instrument panel 
- Realistic rudders reproduced 
- Detailed panel lines on both surfaces of high-aspect-ratio wings 
- Landing gear can be assembled in either taxiing or flying positions 
- Turbojet engine clearly modeled 
- Intricate air-conditioning cooling air outlets molded on fuselage 

Despite its advancing age, the U-2 “Dragon Lady” continues to fly high-altitude all-weather reconnaissance missions for the US Air Force (USAF) even today. In fact, the Pentagon recently announced the aircraft will continue in service until 2023 because it held advantages over new technologies such as the Global Hawk! Built by Lockheed, the U-2 is powered by a single engine, and its high-aspect-ratio wings and light construction resemble that of a glider. While its particular planform is required by the high altitudes at which the aircraft flies, this also makes it very difficult to operate. Indeed, the U-2 has to be flown at near maximum speed to avert stalling. Landing is a particularly hazardous undertaking as it uses bicycle-type landing gear and titanium skids on its wingtips. 

This specific U-2R variant is the subject of Dragons’ newest 1/144 scale plastic kit. It’s exciting as it’s a brand new design made from completely new toolings. The long, slim fuselage and outspread wings are accurately reproduced, and panel lines are finely engraved. Slide molds are used – for example, the cockpit canopy. Items like the turbojet engine are well represented too. When assembling this kit, modelers can elect to show the landing gear in either taxiing or flying position. With a wingspan of more than 210mm in this scale, this is a truly impressive model. This high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft is rarely seen, but modelers can now get their very own plastic U-2R Dragon Lady…from Dragon!


Source: http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/prodd.asp?pid=DRA4636

1/144 Lockheed SR-71 'Blackbird' - Dragon

1/144 Lockheed SR-71  'Blackbird' - Dragon (#4639)

Following hot on the heels of the recent Amercom pre-built (SR-71/YF-12C), is the forthcoming arrival of Dragons NEW TOOL SR-71. No longer do you have to put up with the LS/ARII/Crown kit!

Sprue shots:
http://www.kampfgruppe144.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1709

Expected: April 2012
Price: DML est ($23 / 1,900 Yen)

1/144 SR-71 (YF-12C) 'Blackbird' - Amercom

1/144 Lockheed SR-71 (YF-12C) 'Blackbird' - Amercom

Possible the most famous and recognisable aircraft to come out of Lockheed's Skunk works'!?

This was one of the first aircraft I had a poster of on my wall as a young boy, that and the cockpit of Concorde!

If you need to know anything about this then I am afraid your beyond hope and are lost in the wilderness without help! ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird

Image is used with permission of Inkub at Miniwojna Blog
http://amercom.com.pl/strony.php?kod=lb

1/144 Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk - Amercom

1/144 Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk - Amercom

In at No.9, the next in the series of Amercom's 'Flying Fortress' Series is the F-117.
It is due for release in Poland on the 21 December 2011.

It will be interesting to see how this stacks up against the Dragon Kits and Doyusha/Can.do models.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk
http://www.f-117a.com/

Image is used with permisson of Inkub at Miniwojna Blog
http://amercom.com.pl/strony.php?kod=lb

1/44 Stealth Black Hawk - Dragon

1/44 Stealth Black Hawk "Operation Geronimo"- Dragon

Dragon are treating the 1/144 modeler very well this year, first the Chinese J-20, and now the 'Stealth Black Hawk' used in the recent raid in Pakistan.

Not a lot of information to provide at the moment:

Available: tbc
Price: $16

It appears to be a "1+1" kit, so two kits in the box

Link: Dragon Kit #4628

1/144 "Brilliant Buzzard" - By Anigrand

1/144 "Brilliant Buzzard" - By Anigrand
USAF Black Projects aircraft..... so its 'hush hush' 'need to know basis' and I cant tell you , or I'd have to kill you !??

Price : $68
Available: Jan 2011
Bonus Items: Expected, but not declared.

http://www.anigrand.com/AA6012_Brilliant_Buzzard.htm

other references(?):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstar_%28spaceplane%29
http://www.area51zone.com/aircraft/buzzard.shtml
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=11718.msg112390

1/144 Sci-Fi Dynamics Release from Anigrand (upd 2)

1/144 Sci-Fi Dynamics Release from Anigrand (upd 2)

-AA-6012 - Brilliant Buzzard http://www.area51zone.com/aircraft/buzzard.shtml
Unit Price: 68 USD
Available: TBC?

-AA-6011 - SR-91 Aurora + F119 & UCAV
UnitPrice 58 USD
Available: July 2010

prior info
http://kampfgruppe144.blogspot.com/2010/04/1144-sci-fi-dynamics-release-from.html

1/144 Sci-Fi Dynamics Release from Anigrand

Anigrands "Sci-Fi Dynamics" Range is back with a bang!
http://www.anigrand.com/catalog_sci-fi-1.htm

USAF SR-91 "Aurora" Recon Bird (SR-71 Replacement)
There has been much talk of a replacement SR-71, be it activity at the Lockheed "skunkworks", Area 51 etc, or strange "contrails" or "black triangles (TR-3E)". The talk of Aurora or "Senior Citizen" class aircraft contine to abound

Price: $58USD
Available: TBC

SOVIET MIG-31 Firefox - Super Interceptor!
I read the Firefox book by Craig Thomas in the late 1970s and I was hooked, then came the film staring Clint Eastwood.

This model appear to be based upon the aircraft seen in the film, that good enough for me!

There is a great Firefox fansite here which is well worth a look!

(At the time the book was written the MIG-31 was a fictitious designation, which was subsequently used for the Mig-25 replacement!)

Price: $58USD
Available: TBC


It is not clear as to if there will be bonus items with these kits at this stage, although the lower than usual price may lead to the conclusion of no bonuses or maybe just the one? We will just have to wait and see closer the time?

Dont forget there is also the "Fantastic Plastic" X-JET if you like Movie derived projects!?