Hasegawa

[anthonyp]

I think the CCV has been out before or at leaset their F-104 came with the parts to make it.

Yes indeedy it has.  RoG reboxed it at one point.  There's nothing on evilBay, but if you do a Google image search you'll see it.

[kevincallahan]

Hasegawa has apparently announced a new 1:72 Eurofighter Typhoon at Nuremberg. Not sure how that will play against a pretty good Revell Germany kit, especially given the RG's price and the pricing trend for new Hasegawa kits. Not really anything else in 1:72 that I've seen in the pictures on the IPMS-Germany site that wasn't already announced. Looks like a retrenching year for my scale.

[Hobbes]

The one Hasegawa announcement that interests me is this:

[Steel Penguin]

and me Hobbs
oooohhhhh shiney 

[Amphion]

V'GER 

[Sticky Fingers]

No pics yet, but I have it on good authority that Hasegawa is going to add the Camel to their list of Ma.K. releases.

Pic above is from the rare, expensive Fire Orange resin kit.


Can't wait! Easily my favourite Maschinen Krieger design for a walker.

[The Wooksta!]

Be prepared to sell your family for medical experiments to be able to afford it.

[Supertom]

Be prepared to sell your family for medical experiments to be able to afford it.

It's not that bad, I only *twitch* have this odd thing my eye does *twitch* every now and then *twitch*.

[luft46models]

Weird recent purchase from Hase was a Ju88G Berlin nose - nice kit but the prize was a Morgenstern nose complete with etched brass and clear cap - I've been after a good one of these forever and it's not even mentioned on the box as an extra - a rare bonus from Hase. this is destined for a Ju388J-3 one day, undecided whether to convert the Special Hobby Ju388 or use the old Toad Resins Ju88 to 388 conversion - any suggestions on the relative difficulty levels involved?

William in Oz

[The Wooksta!]

Special Hobby is an ill fitting nightmare.  There are reviews elsewhere on t'interweb and all agree that it's a dog of a kit which looks nice in the box.

As for the Toad conversion, it depends on which one you've got - early modular fuselage (which they used with the K/L conversion) or the later one piece fighter fuselage (which has a twist in it that's impossible to cure).  The former has a canopy that's too big and is a lot of work.  The latter less so. The former is based on Italeri Ju 188 as the donor, the latter (weirdly) on the AMT Ju 88.  As the former has better u/c nacelles and the right wings, use the Italeri 188.  At least you have the right engines for the J-3 in it.

The J-3 also has the Jumo 213E engines.  The J-1 has the BMW 801TJs.  Radar fit is irrelevant.  The number referrs to the engine used.  Check the fantastic but expensive Schiffer book on the Ju 388.

However...  The nose of the Ju 388 is much wider than that of a Ju 88, so the nose Hasegawa give you won't fit.

[luft46models]

Thanks for the info, looks like its back to the drawing board a bit. I seem to have the earlier Toad conversion so at least I have half a chance.

William in Oz

[Green Dragon]

Hasegawa has announced the next kit in their 1/72nd scale Creator Works series after the Space Wolf SW190 from anime Captain Harlock and the Santa Cruz Seaplane from Anime movie The Princess And The Pilot. Don't know what it's called as everything is in Japanese but it's a JASDF forward-swept wing/canard jet fighter from the Ace Combat video games series and damn it looks fine!
http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/hp/catalog/cw_series/cw3/index.html
Personally I want ten but can't afford Hasegawa prices!

Paul Harrison

[ChernayaAkula]

^ Yummy!



Does it have two engines? Over-under Lightning style? 

Really cool to see a kit of this. And in the proper scale to boot.  Pre-order price at HLJ won't be too bad, I guess.

[RussC]

Looks like a F-35, combined with some Su-47.

[pyro-manic]

It's called the ASF-X Shinden II. Designed by Shoji Kawamori, of Macross fame.