Kotare Models 1/32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. 1a (Late)

[Dave Homewood]

The new NZ-based model company Kotare have announced a Spitfire as coming soon:

www.kotare-models.com/products/k32001-132-spitfire-mkia-late

[planecrazy]

There are some great detailed pictures of this around the net, she looks like she will be beautiful.

[ZacYates]

Great news. I'm excited to see how this shapes up.

[ZacYates]

Kotare has been sharing more CAD imagery of this project, which is now a Mk.Ia (mid production) version with early and late variants to follow.
Kotare Spit cockpit CAD by Zac Yates, on Flickr
254647771_141193424918931_7900479217468395267_n by Zac Yates, on Flickr
0d8caca1-kotare k32001 1-32 spitfire mk.ia mid parts cowlings by Zac Yates, on Flickr
c35c1e0b-kotare k32001 1-32 spitfire mk.ia mid parts undercarriage by Zac Yates, on Flickr
2c21045f-kotare k32001 1-32 spitfire mk.ia mid parts fuselage cockpit by Zac Yates, on Flickr

[ZacYates]

Test shot build:
K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) built up early test shot. by Zac Yates, on Flickr
K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) built up early test shot. by Zac Yates, on Flickr
K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) built up early test shot. by Zac Yates, on Flickr
K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) built up early test shot. by Zac Yates, on Flickr

[l29]

That box art has a very wing nut feel about it.... Same guys involved?

[ZacYates]

Nov 2, 2022 20:29:28 GMT 12 l29 said:

That box art has a very wing nut feel about it.... Same guys involved?

Darryl Legg - I think he did a few of theirs?

[ZacYates]

Kotare have just sent out an email update:

Back in September 2021, when we announced K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) was going to be available before the end of 2022, we were pretty sure that this timeline would work out OK. And it very nearly did. But unfortunately it didn’t. Numerous factors have contributed to this, but the main ones are:
 
1 - The final pre-production samples showed up a few areas that we felt we needed to improve (mostly fit, but some details) before we considered it good enough to release, because you deserve nothing less than the very best quality model that we can provide. Unfortunately, this took a lot longer than we expected.
 
2 - Various Covid related delays in China which have had some surprising affects to the supply chain etc. In particular is has proven a lot more difficult to get the high quality Cartograf decals delivered from Italy to the factory in China.
 
3 - The pre-order response (and the response from our international distribution partners) has proven to be even more enthusiastic than we expected. This is a good problem to have, but the result is a much larger production run than we initially planned for, and this in turn takes a lot more time.    
 
For all these reasons it now looks like K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) will not now be available to ship until February/March 2023, with stock arriving at international distribution partners in due course. The biggest deciding factor in whether it will be February or March will be how much production can be completed before China closes down for Chinese New Year in mid-January. We hope you will understand.
 
As an additional reward for our pre-order customers, we have added a free gift of 32P001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid & Late) 3Dprint exhausts for each K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) pre-order (this includes existing pre-orders and future pre-orders right up until the actual release date). This is in addition to the exclusive free Darryl Legg box art print suitable for framing. We expect to have 32P001 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid & Late) 3Dprint exhausts available separately later in 2023 with an expected MSRP of US$12.99.
 
Please note that customers placing pre-orders through www.kotare-models.com are assured to amongst the very first people in the world to receive their K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia (Mid) model (and art print and exhausts). In almost all cases this will be well ahead of our international distribution partners.
 
We have also updated the instructions on our website to represent the final print version.
www.kotare-models.com/products/k32001-132-spitfire-mkia-mid

Of course, anyone wishing to cancel a previously placed pre-order can do so for a refund. Please simply email [e-mail] and we’ll do that for you, but pleased understand that there might be a bit of a delay in processing these requests.
 
Thanks everyone for your support.

Cheers
Richard

[Dave Homewood]

This kit is apparently now released and available. I was sent this photo tonight, taken today at Modelair, Auckland.

[ZacYates]

Now that's a breathtaking photo!! Here's the announcement from Kotare's Facebook page yesterday:

K32001 Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.Ia is now released.

Pre-orders previously placed through www.kotare-models.com are now being processed and shipped as fast as our small team can.
Note that there are so many pre-orders (thank you!) it's going to take us quite a few days to get through them all. Please keep an eye out for your shipping confirmation emails over the next few days/week.

Thank you once again for your pre-orders and support. It really is appreciated.

New orders placed through www.kotare-models.com will be processed as quickly as we can after all the pre-orders have been shipped.

Shipments have now been dispatched to our international distributors so please check with your local distributor for local availability.

www.kotare-models.com/page/ordering

[ZacYates]

A build of this kit is going together over at Large Scale Planes (link to thread here) and the detail is as gorgeous as previously shown. In addition the dry-fit looks to be superb.

I knew I was going to get one of these but now it's truly inevitable. Goddamnit

[ZacYates]

A Britmodeller member has shared a very in-depth inbox preview of the kit here.