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Two new tooling from Tamiya at All-Japan Show


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1 hour ago, DominikS said:

No 72nd new tool? It seems that Tamiya has decided to abandon that scale.

 

I've long hoped they'd downsize their Spitfire Mk I as they did with the Bf 109G.

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It appears the box is and F35A and one model is an F35B STOVL variant.  So the two new kits are an F35 A and a B?

 

I have a Meng, but will need these two tamiya kits...

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38 minutes ago, Tokyo Raider said:

It appears the box is and F35A and one model is an F35B STOVL variant.  So the two new kits are an F35 A and a B?

 

This F-35A is a Tamiya new tool kit - ref. 61124 - while the F-35B is the new Italeri kit to be reboxed or simply marketed in Japan by Tamiya under ref. 38103 (original Italeri kit ref. is 2810).

 

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Just now, Homebee said:

 

This F-35A is a Tamiya new tool kit while the F-35B is the new Italeri kit to be reboxed by Tamiya.

 

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That is strange.  Thanks for clarifying.  Was this a joint project between tamiya and italieri?

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1 hour ago, Tokyo Raider said:

That is strange.  Thanks for clarifying.  Was this a joint project between tamiya and italieri?

 

The freshly announced Tamiya F-35A is a new tool kit - ref. 61124 - while this F-35B is the new Italeri kit to be reboxed or simply marketed in Japan by Tamiya under ref. 38103. As a reminder the original Italeri kit ref. is 2810.

Source: https://twitter.com/HobbylandOsaka/status/1575708611640426496/photo/1

 

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6 minutes ago, Mike said:

It's from a TV show.  I think it was the IT Crowd :)

Aah, fair enough, knew you'd be taking a reference from somewhere and I hardly watch any TV :lol:

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Jadlam sent me an email earlier that made me blink a bit.   - 

 

"Tamiya Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II 1:24 61124"

 

 

1/24 I thought

 

Tamiya 1/24 I thought   :frantic:

 

Only £70 odds in price and I thought perhaps I smell something not quite right here  - once my brain kicked in  :hmmm: and I looked hard at the box top

 

Sadly only 1/48 :rage:  and not 1/24

 

That said it will be a cracking kit if Tamiya have anything to do with it.

 

Buy one and enjoy it !

 

 

 

 

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13 hours ago, Scooby said:

This is great news! I’ll be buying a F-35A for sure.

 

Have they announced the second kit yet?  I don’t  think the second announcement is the Tamiya boxing of the Italeri F-35B as some suggested here.

 

Most probably a bin on wheels or tracks. Sigh. So what ?

https://tamiyablog.com/category/future-releases/

 

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New Tamiya products displayed at the 60th All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2022

Static Model Products

  • 1/48 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
  • 1/35 British Cruiser Tank A34 Comet
  • 1/24 Nissan Z
  • 1/12 Ducati Superleggera V4
  • 1/12 Team Suzuki ECSTAR GSX-RR ’20 No.42 (Finished Model)

 

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5 hours ago, John Thompson said:

All those who wanted a "Lightning" got one; just not the prop-driven one they had in mind...

 

John

Tamiya had recently announced a new version of the 1/48 P-38 J Lightning (Sorry if it is not relevant..)
https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/148-aircraft/lockheed-p-38-j-lightning/none/

 

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On 9/23/2022 at 7:07 PM, IT_Man said:

From September 30-October 2, the event will be taking place at Tokyo Big Sight South Exhibition Halls 1 and 2.

So, what All-New items will TAMIYA announce? We cannot tell you quite yet! However, we can say two of the subjects are completely new with brand new tooling!

 

https://www.tamiyausa.com/blog/all-japan-model-hobby-show-2022/

Going by the first post we are still awaiting the second kit.

 

Regards

Robert

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I'm always eagerly awaiting new Tamiya plastic.

A Tamiya made 1/48 F-35A shall certainly build and sell very well.

Not sufficiently interested by the subject, though.

Let's see the bright side, now I can put money aside and I won't have to choose between the forthcoming Dora Wings Beaver AND the Airfix Anson. Wait ..... that's If I don't yield to temptation before that.

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I think it is the new tool 1/12 bike they just announced. A Ducati of some kind.

You might be right, but I think this has been on their October announcement page for a week or so. Basically, fingers-crossed for a last minute announcement. 😁 There's been no sign of any bar the F-35 on the usual kit news sites

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