[Epapazian]

I guess that I'm not sure which way to go on this one. Time was when I would jump at the chance to get a Marushin Betty, even though my experience with one of their Oscars wasn't so hot due to lack of detail and assembly issues. The price doesn't bother me, considering the heavy metal content of this company's models, nor does the scale, though I'd much prefer 1:72nd, to 1:48th. But the situation has changed. Where it seemed most unlikely that anyone else would put out a Betty, now I'm not so sure. Once the current diecast production mess gets sorted out and the surviving players regroup, it seems that a 1:72nd scale Betty and, for that matter, a number of other medium bombers that we are all clamoring for, may be made ---either by a venturesome newcomer like Hobby Master or a rejuvenated Corgi...or, perhaps someone else. Meanwhile Altaya is about to give us a 1:144th scale Betty at less than a tenth the price of the Marushin entry. So I might just sit back and be patient, awaiting future developments. We'll see.