Hasegawa

[GTX_Admin]

Hmmm...I could do something with that.

[jcf]

I'm guessing it probably shares some sprues with the Astaco Neo kit.
http://www.hitachiconstruction.com/products/zx135us-6/

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Hasegawa is doing another 1/35 Hitachi excavator, the Z Axis 135:

I am looking forward to seeing this kit on the shelf.  If it is as good as the previous model released as the ASTACO Neo it will be quite the model. 

The snap-tite 1:32nd scale construction vehicles offered by Revell Germany of the Liebherr power shovel (tracked and wheeled versions) along with the Liebherr scoop loader are nice but the snap-features took away some of the details not that there is much to see beyond the various hydraulic hoses but the target audience was for a much younger crowd.  The Hasegawa kits on the other hand are not targeted towards the same client set.  I have the ASTACO Neo and will definitely add one of these Hitachi kits to the stash when it is available.  :)

[The Big Gimper]

Area 88: F-20 Tigershark Shin Kazama.  This limited edition kit features decals for Kazama's aircraft in the Kingdom of Arslan Air Force.

[Volkodav]

Area 88: F-20 Tigershark Shin Kazama.  This limited edition kit features decals for Kazama's aircraft in the Kingdom of Arslan Air Force.

Tempting, depending on the price I may buy a few as its a nice little model and great for whiffs.  If I get a few I may be tempted to slap a few together quickly.

[elmayerle]

Area 88: F-20 Tigershark Shin Kazama.  This limited edition kit features decals for Kazama's aircraft in the Kingdom of Arslan Air Force.

Now, if only they'd do his armed X-29 in 1/72.

[Gingie]

Another in the 1/35 construction series

[elmayerle]

Area 88: F-20 Tigershark Shin Kazama.  This limited edition kit features decals for Kazama's aircraft in the Kingdom of Arslan Air Force.

I bought two of them, you get some alternate variation in his markings.  Could be crossed with the Bestfong F-5F conversion from F-5E to produce a two-seat F-20.

[GTX_Admin]

Another in the 1/35 construction series

Interesting...

[GTX_Admin]

[ChernayaAkula]

^ Love the box art on both of them!  Both reboxes of the 1/48 ICM kits, I believe.

Here's something else that's pretty cool (even though it's in 1/48!):



According to Hobby Search (LINK!), it'll contain new plastic (!) parts for the ASM-3 and AAM-5 missiles. Hoping for a scale-down in the not too distant future.

[Old Wombat]

Hoping for a scale-down in the not too distant future.

Why? It's in God's One True Perfect scale!

[elmayerle]

Hoping for a scale-down in the not too distant future.

Why? It's in God's One True Perfect scale!

But some of us need the smaller scale for purposes of available room.  Still, that F-2A kit would supply suitable parts for a F-15EJ in over-ocean camouflage.

[Old Wombat]

Hoping for a scale-down in the not too distant future.

Why? It's in God's One True Perfect scale!

But some of us need the smaller scale for purposes of available room.  Still, that F-2A kit would supply suitable parts for a F-15EJ in over-ocean camouflage.

Oh, I don't have the space for all of my builds in kit form, let alone built, but I just can't see 1/72 that well any more.

[GTX_Admin]

Some more images of this:

[elmayerle]

Here's hoping you get at least two of each in the kit.

[ChernayaAkula]

<...>
Here's something else that's pretty cool (even though it's in 1/48!):



According to Hobby Search (LINK!), it'll contain new plastic (!) parts for the ASM-3 and AAM-5 missiles.
Hoping for a scale-down in the not too distant future.

Well, that didn't take long! LINK! 

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This is also really neat, I think.
Hitachi Construction Machinery Wheel Loader ZW100-6 in 1/35. LINK!

[elmayerle]

<...>
Here's something else that's pretty cool (even though it's in 1/48!):



According to Hobby Search (LINK!), it'll contain new plastic (!) parts for the ASM-3 and AAM-5 missiles.
Hoping for a scale-down in the not too distant future.

Well, that didn't take long! LINK! 

I likely will buy it in both scales to do F-15EJ models, real tempted to do an F-15EJ-Kai incorporating a lot of the F-15J MSIP 2 bits.

[GTX_Admin]

[The Big Gimper]

Featured in the space adventures of Crusher Joe and his team in novels, manga, a movie, and OVAs, the Fighter-1 now gets its due as a superb new 1/72 kit in Hasegawa's Creators Works line! Fighter-1 will be able to be displayed either parked or in flight upon completion, and the kit includes a seated figure of Crusher Joe and a standing figure of Crusher Talos, both in scale.

[jcf]

Taking a page from the Bandai playbook, I see. 

[Kerick]

If I ever get a trip to Japan I’ll come home with crates of stuff from Hasegawa.

[KiwiZac]

That's a pretty cool design!

[The Big Gimper]

Existing kit, new release with new parts.

[GTX_Admin]

1/72 UCAV A-10 coming perhaps: