Doom3r Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 So it is now few weeks since ANA got it's first A380 as well as it was known for some time that it was coming. With all this in mind was there anything that would indicate when Hasegawa is going to release A380 in 200 scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 that's exactly my thought - Hasegawa seem now to only focus on Japanese decaled 1/200 civils and it is about time they did something new in the scale. Its a shame they never released a 757, A340 and A350 in the scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom3r Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 11 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: that's exactly my thought - Hasegawa seem now to only focus on Japanese decaled 1/200 civils and it is about time they did something new in the scale. Its a shame they never released a 757, A340 and A350 in the scale Well, it is really shame that we have not got all of the airliners in this scale (or at least the jet age one), namely 707, dc-8, A330, 757. However, it's been known for a long time that they do only airliners that are used by Japanese airlines. This is why I've got all excited when 1st heard of ANA ordering A380 and then when Airbus channel released a delivery video. Honestly don't care about that turtle livery though (as well as standard ANA livery) but once the model is out we can get aftermarket decals for whatever airline we prefer (I think I've even seen that Draw is offering whatif decal of Braniff International (sad thing is that I might do that livery) as well as Pan Am). Speaking of A350: looks like JAL is getting theirs so hopefully Hasegawa is going to do that beautiful bird as well (funny enough couple days ago the plane I flew on was taxiing next to the Cathay Pacific's A350 so it was a 1st time I've seen this airplane in real life😍). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Arnold Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Hi All Twenty five years or so (when I worked in a hobby shop) in the Hasagawa catalogue they pictured some of there love liner with British Airways colour scheme and BA threaten legal action against Hasagawa as they had the copyright on the colour scheme. this is the probable reason that only Japanese colours are made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom3r Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) Could be, however I think it is more related to what are they considering their target audience. I've seen their airliners in the liveries of western airlines(I have 767 in AA and Delta, AA 777-200). And to completely avoid any payments to airlines they could try to pull the trick that Zvezda is doing: models are only in inhouse colors but I haven't seen such (except 787). I suspect that in Japan it is easier to sell a model in Japanese airlines colors where if it is in some other colors then it is much higher risk. So if there was no Japanese livery for an aircraft then it is even higher risk. And I am not sure that it would be quite popular in the west. I've chatted some time ago with the owner of my local hobby shop and mentioned that the almost not having Hasegawa at all and his response was that it is not popular: prices are quite higher than revell and unlike Tamiya their models might require some work. In addition to that wlhe was not aware of that Hasegawa does airliners. And to kinda confirm his words: this shop has 2 Hasegawa E-4B for almost a year now... Edited April 4, 2019 by Doom3r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Geoff Arnold said: Hi All Twenty five years or so (when I worked in a hobby shop) in the Hasagawa catalogue they pictured some of there love liner with British Airways colour scheme and BA threaten legal action against Hasagawa as they had the copyright on the colour scheme. this is the probable reason that only Japanese colours are made. and I loved building them!!! - no wonder they are so rare - I too remember them first appearing in the catalogue but only got around to building them this year, 38 years later! What was it Branson came out with all those years ago ….. 'No Way BA' ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 12 hours ago, Doom3r said: Well, it is really shame that we have not got all of the airliners in this scale (or at least the jet age one), namely 707, dc-8, A330, 757. However, it's been known for a long time that they do only airliners that are used by Japanese airlines. This is why I've got all excited when 1st heard of ANA ordering A380 and then when Airbus channel released a delivery video. Honestly don't care about that turtle livery though (as well as standard ANA livery) but once the model is out we can get aftermarket decals for whatever airline we prefer (I think I've even seen that Draw is offering whatif decal of Braniff International (sad thing is that I might do that livery) as well as Pan Am). Speaking of A350: looks like JAL is getting theirs so hopefully Hasegawa is going to do that beautiful bird as well (funny enough couple days ago the plane I flew on was taxiing next to the Cathay Pacific's A350 so it was a 1st time I've seen this airplane in real life😍). I can think of some very good things to do with a 1/200 freshly moulded A380 and A350 - the decal markets will have a field day as a 1/144 A380 needs a 6 bedroom house once built 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: I can think of some very good things to do with a 1/200 freshly moulded A380 and A350 - the decal markets will have a field day as a 1/144 A380 needs a 6 bedroom house once built Oh no! Looks like I need another 14 bedrooms added to my place to display my 3 A380 builds when finished! It would be nice to see some new 1/200 kits, didn't Doyusha do a few 1/200 kits, DC-8 comes to mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 18 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: Oh no! Looks like I need another 14 bedrooms added to my place to display my 3 A380 builds when finished! It would be nice to see some new 1/200 kits, didn't Doyusha do a few 1/200 kits, DC-8 comes to mind? they were 1/300 and are not brilliant - well, not when built straight from the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Garard Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 11 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: they were 1/300 and are not brilliant - well, not when built straight from the box Ray is correct. Doyusha did do a 1/200 DC-8-61 with 2 different box tops: https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/3/6/7/1139367-27767-88-pristine.jpg https://www.kingkit.co.uk/uploads/shop/large/81903P1010030.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV O Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Scott Garard said: Ray is correct. Doyusha did do a 1/200 DC-8-61 with 2 different box tops: https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/3/6/7/1139367-27767-88-pristine.jpg https://www.kingkit.co.uk/uploads/shop/large/81903P1010030.JPG Indeed : https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/27617-airliners-vintage-jet-airliners-1200th/ Pending : Edited April 6, 2019 by AV O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 4:19 AM, Scott Garard said: Ray is correct. Doyusha did do a 1/200 DC-8-61 with 2 different box tops: https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/3/6/7/1139367-27767-88-pristine.jpg https://www.kingkit.co.uk/uploads/shop/large/81903P1010030.JPG crikes - I do remember the artwork now - I never realised they were /200th scale at the time - thanks for letting us all know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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