[Airasair]

Originally Posted by Epapazian

Apparently that rumor about the new Altaya 1:144 scale bombers being sold by IXO via online and, we presume, other sellers, is true. Just got an email from Pete's Collectibles soliciting pre-orders on the following planes: BV-222, Betty, Arado 234 ( I wasn't aware this was being made in this scale ), B-29, C-47, C-54, Fiat BR-20, JU--88, JU-188, JU-52, B-26, PBM, , PE-8, Piaggio P.108, SM-79 and the Short Sterling. These are priced at only $27 apiece, which is lower than the customary eBay price for the first of this series that are now appearing in eBay's listings. Also of interest is the fact that some of the planes being offered by Altaya in Europe and by some eBay sellers---like the JU-290, HE-177 and Emily-- are not on Pete's initial list. On the other hand, Pete has planes like the PBM, Fiat BR-20 and SM-79, which were not on the original Altaya Europe list. All of this tells me that Altaya plans to do about 50 of these planes, including some that have not been identified as yet.

Actually the Arado 234 is being made in 1/72, not in 1/144 since it would be way to small.

[Epapazian]

Originally Posted by Airasair

Actually the Arado 234 is being made in 1/72, not in 1/144 since it would be way to small.

This now appears to be the case, however, at the outset, there was a good deal of confusion about the scale for the Arado 234, which was covered in a lively discussion on another thread.