yeah... confirmed with ambika, fac only until issue 52

cost factor. for rm29.90 can get such detailed a-10 in 1:72, i sure sapu all!

This post has been edited by WingNut: May 8 2014, 10:42 AM

Fighter Aircraft Collection

f22 - issue 9
f35 - n/a
f14 - issue 41
f15 - issue 47
f16 - issue 38
f18 - issue 8
sr71 - n/a
f117 - n/a
b2 - n/a
su27 - n/a
su30 - n/a
mig29 - issue 4

as this collection has started quite sometime ago (actually just ended with issue 52), most of the models are already out of stock. you may contact allscript to check.

This post has been edited by WingNut: May 20 2014, 05:53 PM

alternatively, if you're only interested in the models, you could check out lukass971 and amercom_hobby on ebay...

ya lor... out of luck. me also missed a couple of issues (including the f18) so had to get it elsewhere at a much higher price. on a positive note, i also got the sr71, f117, b2 and the su27 which were not available in the malaysian series.

tripod... sorry to burst your bubble but when we say out of stock we mean allscript won't be re-ordering anymore. as for the binders and free bomber models... all long gone. not sure whether allscript still has stock of the f-14s and f15s so you better call them fast...

yeah... the sr71 definitely is (see issue 11: Giant Warplane Collection). those who subscribed to the fighter aircraft collection would be familiar with issue 4: b17 and issue 6: b24... both forming part of the free set of 4 bombers that came with their subscriptions.

i think judging from what's available from amercom, the f117 and b2 will be in that series too... but sadly, allscript hasn't brought it in so we'll have to be contented with the helicopter series for now (although the 1/72 scale is seriously depleting my display cabinet space).

anyway, i guess many posts will be kinda out of topic from now on coz this series has ended...

mebbe we all go petition allscript to bring in the giant warplane collection...

and so the hunt begins...

hey guys...

if any of you do come across issue 41 grumman f-14 tomcat, do let mikesas1992 know ya. i know so well the feeling of missing an issue...

i missed issues 8 and 11. the f/a18 is simply too iconic to miss and any ww2 collection would've have been incomplete without the zero fighter. i didn't think it would've sold out so quickly then as i was away but when i was back, it was a mad hunt and i didn't have the benefit of this forum until i became truly desperate. by then it was too late as allscript had exhausted their entire supply... and i had to resort to ebay to complete the collection.

on a side note and off topic, from my personal experience, lukass971, although much cheaper than amercom_hobby, most of the models i got from him had issues, the worse of which was the b2 with "warping" at the right wing that i couldn't rectify (most other issues were detached attachments).

nah... got 'em all already

...that is unless i wanna build up squadrons of f-14s, f-15s, f18s and f22s. dunno why me not really into f-16s, sukhoi's and migs.

actually not that many, just the la-7, mig 15 and su 27 going by uk's 64 issues. i think most will hardly bat an eyelid over the first 2 but it's the su-27 flanker that have got many

This post has been edited by WingNut: May 28 2014, 02:41 PM

awesome display cabinet! not sure whether you are more interested in the models or the magazine. i was more interested in the models and got my missing items from ebay... including a few additional models not in the malaysian fac.

here you go...


Issue 11: Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen Zero
Issue 12: Messerschmitt Me 262A
Issue 41: Grumman F-14A Tomcat

but mind you, these are models only, no magazine.

This post has been edited by WingNut: May 30 2014, 03:13 PM

wah, sharp! link correct, title silap. corrected already...

the cabinet cost a bomb??? imagine how much the collection is worth!

soon you won't have space already bro since all the helicopters are 1:72! me also gotto go get more detolfs already...

This post has been edited by WingNut: May 30 2014, 05:21 PM

i think that basically allscript doesn't want to waste precious warehouse space by stocking up on unpopular stock... but that's really no excuse for failing to reserve copies for your subscribers! from what i've been following over at this thread, allscript is really pushing for subscriptions/direct purchase rather than retail customers. to add to the observations, i had my fair share of missing issues at my favourite bookstore... or for that matter, bookstores. i did hunt around mph, borders, popular, kino... the works! initially i thought it was pure bs that they (the bookstores) forgot and never reserved a copy for me but from what has been said, i guess they really never received the issues. only reason why i followed the fac is that all said and done, for rm29.90, it is reasonable considering the detailing of the amercom models. only grouse is of course the different scale. the least they could do was at least keep aircraft of a certain genre (eg ww2) at 1:72 instead of having some at 1:100. i display my aircraft according to scale so to have some modern fighters mixed with the ww2 icons and vice versa kinda makes a mess of the display. but that's really a minor peeve. so in a way, it's good that the fac has finally come to an end (rethinking my helicopter collection subscription, since only placed order for first 10 issues, but again... for rm29.90, poison is too strong).

thunderbolt II? perhaps comrade blu3hamm3r already sapu all...