Price drop on Trumpeters 1/32 Hellcats!

[KSaarni]

I guess Airfix new 1/24 Hellcat is causíng some dramatical price drops with Trumpeters 1/32 Grumman Hellcat kits (F6F-3 and F6F-5) quite in many webshops.

Therefore I used the opportunity and ordered yesterday Trumpeters 1/32 F6F-5 Hellcat ( 2257 ) for 27 euros, which I felt was a bargain.
Only to see today, that another web-shop is selling the same kit for 20,5 €

Should have waited one day.. well, it's not the end of the world, but nevertheless I ordered one more, Trumpeters F6F-3N (2258) for those 20,5 euros. :-)

The both boxes will go pretty directly into my stash with an unknown build date.
My next build after my finished110 will be Revells P-51D Mustang, with quite much AM goodies + some scratch building as well.
More of that later in the autumn.

- Kari

[BlackSheep214]

Sometimes it pays to wait a bit longer. Glad to hear you got one though. It’s really hard to predict how much of a price drop when the opportunity arises.

[KSaarni]

That's true, has also happened that when doubting too long and by the time a decision is made, it's sold out !!

- Kari

[pzl66]

If only I had the room for 1/32 aircraft.... A shark mouth Hellcat would be the way to go! Unfortunately I have to save the real estate I have for that size for bombers and bigger aircraft

[mustang1989]

I'm like you guys. I've got no room for anything that big whether it's in 32nd or 24th scale. Hell the BV-141 I'm going to be building is pushing the limits.

[Stikpusher]

That is great you able to get two Hellcats! Basicly a two for the price of one deal. And in the two main versions, -3 and -5.
But I am curious as to how the 24th scale Airfix kit would affect the market for 32nd scale Hellcats Is their a similar price drop on the 32nd scale Hasegawa Hellcats?

[KSaarni]

Thanks, yes I am quite happy!

And of course I cannot be 100% sure that there is a link. Most "evidence" is my own action, seeing myself probably as somehow an average modeller. I immediately jumped in and bought the Trumpeters and suddenly my "hunger" for Airifx 1/24 vanished. 1/32 is big, a lot of detailing possibilities etc.

But it is just my theory!

Hasegawas Hellcat, I cannot find any for sale in those few web-shops I have checked..

- Kari