First up is a Fujimi 72nd F-22 Raptor with a separate engine - that includes the display stand.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10114876

Ok since I started it I might as well update it

So far what is 'known'
Kinetic:
48th EA-6B Phase III
48th E-2 Hawkeye 2000
72nd F-16I Sufa

Hasegawa
72nd F-16I Sufa

Dragon
35th M-7 Preist

Tamiya
35th BT-7 (Soviet light tank)

Hasegawa:

1/32 109F ( F4-trop as intial release)

1/72 JU 188 with raidal and inline engines I beleive


Jonners

2010 year of the Freidrich...Hasegawa, Trumpy in 32nd, Zvezda and Hasegawa 48th

My attempt to grab those pics from HLJ failed....thanks for listing them

I am going to try and either grab pics or link pics as they come available - but the Hobbylink ones didn't work too well!

The Dragon M7 sounds interesting

Thanks to those who have posted on Happy Teacup and Shion on ARC for spotting the link this morning.


TSR-2 Thingy....


Platz T-33 - the first time I believe that they have done 72nd. They are famous for the double kits of 144th subjects
Also notice the Global Hawk in the foreground


Hasegawa 72nd Ju-188


Hasegawa 72nd Sufa...gotta love the red Sufa sprues...definately makes the new parts stand out!


Hasegawa Embraer....


Hasegawa 32nd 'early' Ki-44 Tojo - this marking is from the prototypes that flew operationaly in Malaysia in '41/42


350th USS Gambier Bay - I think it's the Hasegawa kit....continuing the tradition of the Japanese model companies of only doing Allied naval prototypes that were sunk by Japanese forces! A Casablanca class escort carrier - for those who may want to do something that wasn't sunk at Leyte Gulf!

More to come.....

Also seen - though I'll wait for confirmation and better pics in the armor realm...

Japanese WWII Trucks (Finemolds?)

Dragon Pz III Ausf N - late war infantry support tank (short barrel 75)
Dragon Pz IV - 'new tool'? Late war with bazooka plates - is there really any Pz IV not molded?
Dragon Pz-II Ausf B

Tasca/AFV(?) Sherman w/76mm gun (non-'Easy Eight')

I'll nose around the armor sites for confirmation and furter details - like that of the Sherman

next 32nd 110

A pair of wild ones....

The Tasca Sherman is probably this one....
Tasca Sherman M4A3 76mm

IT'S MALIBU BEACH BATTLE BARBIE'S DREAM CAR!



Ok...I know.....a LRDG/SAS jeep is pretty neat...even if it is Battle Barbie scale!

Thanks for the update.

About the Panzer III N, I think it´s most famous for being used for close support to the early Tiger I´s. It´s more of a mid war tank.

Apollo- Soyuz in this pic?

Yep, that's definitely the ASTP (Apollo-Soyuz Test Program). Now I need to know what scale, price and availability!

Obi-Jiff

Wow-za!!!!! I might have to start buying kits again...!


OCD Cheers,
ggc

Over 8000 Pz Kpfw IVs were built. Dragon won't rest until every single one has a box of its own, at fifty quid a pop.

Hope they edit the blurb on the back of the Meteor box. Those "ailerons" don't half look like flaps to me, and that correctly-moulded rudder is strangely reminiscent of the tailplane. (Yes, I know - I'm quibbling!)

Obi - 1/400, to judge by the other stuff?

Am I the only one feeling quite underwhelmed by the "new" aircraft kits. An alteration/addition to the Hase F-16 in 1/72 to give an I, the same for the ME109 in 32 to give a Friedrich, another Dragon ME-110 alteration/addition in 1/32 and a new tool Meteor and Tamiya releases, another Zero..... Nothing really new and exciting, no new tool 1/48 or 1/32 aircraft effectively. I must be getting grumpier as there is nothing that even raises a spark of interest for me.

If the two Saturn rockets behind it are 1/400, then the ASTP is much larger in scale - hopefully 1/72

Obi-Jiff

It´s still the first day of the show, so there can be additions. But I agree with you. It seems like the japanese companies has geared down a bit lately.

As has been said still the first day, hopefully a little more on Cyberhobby's new aircraft line (other than the Meteor) will come out.

One surprise to me was seeing Hobbyboss being displayed....I thought Trumpeter (and therefore Hobbyboss) was 'banned' from Shizouka as a result of Tamiya being hacked off at the early copy jobs done on Tamiya releases.

I like the look of the M7 and PzKpfw III Ausf N.

The 72nd Hobbyboss Dora (the rail gun) sprues

Thanks to the people behind the 'Happy Teacup' pictures where there were linked from

Hasegawa 144th Embraer 170

Dragons 35th M-7 Priest

I do like that!

I will put this on the list of "wants"

Looks like another decent year for armor and ship builders and now real space (which has been sorely lacking for years) but as Greg says, a disappointing year for aircraft guys so far.

Thanks for all of the hard work Matt.

Mike

Holy crap, they really are going ahead with that. Sacre bleu!

Cool a 1/72 Dora Me want!

What hard work....it's called being bored at home!

Now what to do.....clean the catbox or run the dishwasher....

It would be so much cooler in 1/35!!

There is a 1/35th version Mike!

SHUT UP!! Really? I am not up on my armor even though I seem to be on a purchasing kick of late.

Yup there sure is a 1/35th version of Dora clicky

Wasn't the 35th something like $800 and in a box about the size of a small motorcycle when it came out?

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=mod...2439&page=1

That sucker will still have about a 12mm bore in 72nd and probably nearly 3 feet long

...I wonder whether it’s accurate to scale in 1/72 in every respect, or whether it can be “tweaked” to actually run on a OO/HO railway layout? A couple of big Fleischmann locos and you’d be away...

bestest,
M

It 'ran' on paired rails, that part in the center is the 'lower hull' of the gun platform. Somewhere is an article on how many train loads that thing took to get to where it was needed (Sevastapol) and then only fired under 50 rounds.

I think that HB is doing locomotives in 72nd to go along with it.

http://www.hobby-show.info/shizuoka2010/

Here is a general pic thread of the first day....and yes I agree not much aircraft shown.....

About the only interesting thing is a repop of Hasegawa's 72nd Neptune

Dora on Ebay although it's £350 plus £40 P&P

Interesting bit of sprueology, Here is a pic of the WING sprue for the Meteor III. All wing parts are on the same sprue including engines, wouldn't that make it easier to eventually do a F4 and a F8? Wonder if the tail is separate on the fuselage <edit> nope - in one of the pics it shows the tail complete on the fuselage which is stated as an 'accurate' Meteor III fuselage - I wonder if that does mean other fuselages. Was a F4 the same fuselage as a Mk III with a differing wing? Not too up to date on my Meatbox variants, it has been probably 15 years since I built a first run Tamiya Meteor

Matt,

Any news on anything Sci-Fi or Gundam related? I am a sucker for that stuff.

Sci-fi and Gundam....look at the Happy Teacup picture thread - I have no idea what is new and what isn't with that stuff

http://happy.ap.teacup.com/runchickens/

Here are a couple of 144th announcements from Pit-Road....question don't they work with Trumpy in Japan?

Drumroll please....

144th TSR-2


144th PAK-FA (Russian Raptor) though it looks like the Great Lost White Hope is a bit further along

Thanks to Tomoaki Katoh over on ARC for finding these pictures

I'm actually quite tempted by the Doyusha range of Leonardo da Vinci machines - quite extraordinary!

This:
http://www.hobby-show.info/shizuoka2010/images/0582.jpg

is irresistable...

And Fine Molds appear to be releasing some incredible models of... machine tools???? Aoshima are also doing an Apartment Block, with a wheelie-bin store (I think!)

For sure, Japanese modelers have much more eclectic tastes than we seem to...

bestest,
M.

Am I the only one who spotted the Tamiya 1/35 BT-7 ?????????? No one commented?
Tony

Yeah down in the Tamiya Spit VIII thread from early April. It\'s one thing I am never certain of is how much armor to cover and bring to peoples attention, especially if non-British.

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47099

Armor guys will like this - a new tooled BT-7 1935 tank. It has been confirmed on Missing-Lynx that this is a new tool and not a rebox of the Zvezda tooling. The BT-7 is the immediate predicessor to the T-34 tank and was the first mass produced tank to utilize the design of the revolutionary Walter Christie suspension system which allowed for a very high speed. BT stood for \'fast tank\' - a calvary vehicle. And hopefully Tamiya will release the numerous detail variants that were introduced over the 6000 vehicle production run and nearly decade of service (think of how many KVs Trumpeter has released!)

At the time I don\'t think there were *.jpg files of the tank available. Give me a bit of time and I\'ll try and get a couple posted, I just saw a sprue shot as well as the build up






Thanks to Paul Owen on Track Link.com for the pics

Even if I have to sell a kidney or two, I really wan´t this:

Over on F1M.com, they're reporting a couple of 1/20 F1 announcements. Both are provisional, to gauge market reaction, but should think it would be very favourable:

Fujimi are planning an all-new kit of the 1985 Lotus Renault 97T, which no doubt will be released as Ayrton Senna's car from the Portuguese GP, his first win. Hopefully they'll include rain tyres.

And Tamiya are thinking about re-releasing the 1976 McLaren Ford M23, as driven by James Hunt to win that year's world championship. It's just about the only classic Tamiya 1/20 kit that's never been given a re-issue, and commands reasonably high prices on auction sites, so should go down well. I'm looking to get at least 4, if it does happen.

Obi-Jiff

Not sure if a Shizouka announcement - but a new gun from Bronco



So now all that is needed is a new tooled 6 pounder. Vulcan Models has released a new crew for thier 2 pounder


http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=mod...ead&order=0

Thanks to PMMS for the Bronco pic and Armorama for the Vulcan Models Pic

Both the BT-7 and 17pdr look good. I agree that nothing interesting on the aircraft side yet.

Ross

Hi Matt, Doyusha is the Japanese company linked to Trumpy/Hobbyboss. I think you'll find the new Doyusha 1/72nd T-6 Texan, Blue Impulse F-86, UH-1 Huey and AH-1S Cobra are all reboxed HB and the first kit linking them IIRC was Trumpy's 1/144th Raptor last year.

Paul Harrison

Hi Obi, don't know price or availability but it is 1/72nd and I think I want one!

Paul Harrison