Jon Bryon Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I just wish that in 1/48 they'd expanded their F-8 range to include the early and recon versions. Come to think of it, given Hobby Boss' failure, I wish they'd done some early A-7s too... Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad-4N Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) As strange as it is for Hasegawa to sit on a mountain of tooling we’d all love to see used, consider Fujimi. There was a time around ‘87 or so when Fujimi was quickly producing the best 1/72 kits o the planet: Cutlass, Skyhawks, Intruder, Sea Knight, Saber, Corsair II, Even to this day, some have yet to be topped. Yet, they are seldom issued. Baffling. Edited March 9, 2019 by Ad-4N 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 11 hours ago, Denford said: I'm hoping that they will follow their Mavis retooling with a new G4M1 Betty It was an Emily - that was a very exciting release (well, three releases of various variants now) and I'm not sure if they would consider a new G4M1 while the newer G4M2 (1997 so not that much newer I grant you, but still comparatively up-to-date compared to the 1969 G4M1 tooling) is still selling in various guises. Now if they were able to do a new-tool Mavis, I'd be very happy about that Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 22 hours ago, Mr T said: It would be interesting to know how important the international market is to Hasegawa. My feeling is what is being charged for imported kits into the UK cannot be encouraging if you are serious about exports. I know that this has been discussed before, but the prices are beyond reasonable as far as my modelling budget is concerned. Perhaps Hasegawa might be tempted to reissue stuff like the Marauder and Avenger if they did it through a company like Revell. 21 hours ago, Sturmovik said: A thing they did with the B-25J and should be done again. Like the Eduard Liberators, if someone else pays for it the production run it is economic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dick Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Hasegawa have released their June and July 2019 newsletters http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/month/201906/ http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/month/201907/ I hope the extra parts in the 1/72 F-35B are plastic especially the external hard points & gun pod The 1/72 A-10 UAV have not seen this before - is this a what if? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) Thanks Uncle Dick! June 2019 July 2019 V.P. Edited April 9, 2019 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) I'm interested in the Arado and in the Spitfire IX in 72 that are to be released this July. Edited April 9, 2019 by Sturmovik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 8 hours ago, Uncle Dick said: The 1/72 A-10 UAV have not seen this before - is this a what if? Try googling DARPA A-10 UCAS Project 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 wish Hasegawa would sell F-35 weapon set apart, need a couple of those gun pods for the F-15S and after reading about Shapeways "brittle" problems I'm unsure if to order the pods, buy a couple of Orange Hobby F-35C and sell them minus the pods or fail for the Hasegawa solution Luigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dick Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 (edited) The translation of the Hasegawa description (Japanese to English) regarding the F-35B with gun pod and underwing hard points from https://www.1999.co.jp - July release Quote -Add new mold parts and reproduce F-35B [Beast mode]! -Equipped with a weapon outside the aircraft, stealth performance is lost, but the attack power is a form that has been greatly enhanced. -New plastic parts: gun pod, pylon, missile launcher -Included weapons: Laser guided bombs, air-to-air missiles AIM-9X sidewinder -Decal: F-35B SDD flight test plane No. 2 [BF-02], US Marine Corps 121st Marine Combat Attack Squadron `Green Knights` affiliation aircraft Edited April 10, 2019 by Uncle Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Hasegawa news for August 2019 Source: http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/month/201908/ V.P. Edited June 16, 2019 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) Hasegawa news for September 2019 Source: http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/month/201909/ V.P. Edited July 12, 2019 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 they should just add the TA 154 4 in 1 in their catalogue as the only difference between the 4 boxes is so minimal (maybe 4 square centimeters worth of plastic) that none will starve do death for the lack of 32874823482348902384238340923834902389023892394239042342390492304923 reboxes of the same kind Luigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkp Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) At this stage I'm sadly more or less resigned to Hasegawa never again issuing a new 1/48 aircraft kit - for years now it's been nothing but re-issue after re-issue. It's hard to believe that they used to release several eagerly-awaited, new-tool kits every year without fail and were for a long time the standard by which every other manufacturer's efforts were measured. Still, I guess nothing stays the same for ever.....more's the pity! Edited July 12, 2019 by hopkp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas V. Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 One man decision, Hasegawa is a small family based company, when founder's son took over he completely switched field of interest- I miss them dearly, in my view they are still No.1 in many aircraft kits. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 5 hours ago, hopkp said: At this stage I'm sadly more or less resigned to Hasegawa never again issuing a new 1/48 aircraft kit - for years now it's been nothing but re-issue after re-issue. It's hard to believe that they used to release several eagerly-awaited, new-tool kits every year without fail and were for a long time the standard by which every other manufacturer's efforts were measured. Still, I guess nothing stays the same for ever.....more's the pity! Just curious How many 1/48 Hasegawa kits are out there with parts permanently marked as unused which hinted future variants that never hit the shelves? Luigi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boman Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Subject for separate topic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 The F-111G and the F-86D reissues are good news... /André 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I am a sucker for JASDF schemes so that F-15J floating my boat😁 Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Robert said: I am a sucker for JASDF schemes so that F-15J floating my boat😁 Robert Oh yeah! me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopperhed Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 The automobiles are killing me. So many Japanese aviation subjects left undone. Hasegawa you were my hope for a 1/48th Jake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73north Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 4:36 PM, Thomas V. said: One man decision, Hasegawa is a small family based company, when founder's son took over he completely switched field of interest- I miss them dearly, in my view they are still No.1 in many aircraft kits. Totally , Totally agree - without only one exception ( to build a Spitfire Mark 1 - in 1/48th Scale , it has to be either Tamiya or Airfix _ that's a surprising omission ) I have a collection of 1/48 Kits and all of them are by Hasegawa , with only 1 Eduard FW 190 , and 1 Tamiya Spitfire Mark 1 - the sheer Quality from Hasegawa is usually excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acinonyx Jubatus Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I remember in the late 80s pre internet days, Hasegawa kits were hard to come by in Chester, and I would have to travel to the model shop in Manchester to aquire them I felt the quality of Hasegawa kits made the journey worthwhile Kits such as the 1/72 Skyraider and 1/48 A4 Skyhawk series have still not been bettered by other manufacturers, even today 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Does the "Hasegawa family" (and the Fujimi as well) knew about "Britmodeller"? Sometimes it seems that those companys and Tamiya as well are on an different planet. Didn't Internet make the world go smaller? Cheers / André Edited July 18, 2019 by Andre B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Hasegawa news for October 2019 Source: http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/month/201910/ V.P. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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