found this on MMZ site a new academy kit ??? a rq-7 shadow drone
http://mmzone.co.kr/mda/docview.php?id=307

henk

Very nice.
Wonder about release and cost?

Tom

Very cool. I would gladly pay $30, maybe more. Talk about pandering to the dio and vignette crowd.

Nice kit for dioramas.. Thanks for sharing, Henk!

How were these things transported, by the way?

As for price.. the Academy M1115 (Which is a new tool) sells for about $25, so I can't imagine this selling for much more.

Josja,

Hey Hisham,

RQ-7 Shadows are transported by an M1113 ECV HMMWV with an S788 shelter. Might be easily converted from Brnocos M1114. Only problem will be the launch rail. Any way this thing is a musthave.

Hans-Hermann

On a related note:
I "had a dream last night." I saw a soldier holding a Raven.
Maybe the fact that I had just measured the components AND the storage box had something to do with it.)He was made of resin.
But the dream was a little fuzzy... How was he posed? Standing while holding it? Launching it? Assembling it?
Just curious is all.

Oh, jeez... there goes Robert again... making us drool in anticipation

Hisham

The figures alone look nice. If Academy were to make a modern U.S. figure set in plastic, I think it would sell well.

hey robert did you not mean the figure from afv
U.S. Stryker Brigade OIF ACU CREW(4)W/Raven UAV
henk

Academy's website:
http://www.academy.co.kr/eng/6q/frmBoardView.asp?pMenuId=BOARD00012&pCode=5102

Excuse my ignorance, but why is the tail wing "lap-sided" like that?

Hisham

It's not lopsided, it just looks that way from that angle.
The tail actually forms an inverted V...

Its tri-anguler its just the picture that throws the eye off.

OHHHHHH, OK! "face turning red"

Thanks for clearing that up for me... AND for writing "lopsided" correctly for me

Hisham

Never know maybe the humvee and shelter are to follow (if we are lucky).


Herky

maby something like this ???????
henk

How serendipitous. I just did a walkaround of that. Hmmm...

hahahhahahahahaha oh no robert here we go again we wait and see
henk
ps
how is the bike doing

Robert,

What could you tell us about the Reaper without going into classified details. By that I mean not the tech-specs found on Wiki, but actual soldiers' opinions.

I kind of thought the Reaper was "old tech" that is getting replaced by newer UAVs...

I ask because except for the figures, I'm not too excited about this unless there's an absolute "coolness factor" to it.

is there a release date somewhere?!

Cheers

Ciro

PS
Why don't we have a predator-reaper in 1/35 - 1/32?!?they are popular like humvees or m-atv

Ciro - the release date is only '2012'. We have to wait.

well...we wait...
I'm doing a M1165...I've a photo of these near the rq-7...maybe a little dio?!who knows..
I hope that at the end of the year it will be on the market.

Cheers
Ciro

Here you go, Ciro... and only for $11.50!

http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/dl35iw0xlbvxm1foapvg.html

Hisham

Hi Hisham!good to know!I'll get two of them...I hope an inbox review or a sample of the sprues will be online soon!
Any idea about accurancy by the photos on the academy site?!Can you spot some errors!?!

Regards

Ciro

Hisham,
You beat me to it.I thought I would have great news for eveyone,finding it on Hobby Easy.I just ordered 2.Well worth the price for the figures alone.Good set of photos on their site also.I was going to ask the same question about the tail until I saw the last photos.The angle of first photos does look like it is a flat tail twisted.I did notice they say a limited worldwide release of only 5000.That's not a lot for everyone in having one,I would advise ordering soon.Matt,if you don't get one I'll be happy to take your $30 for my second! .

Tom