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The parts being shown at the show are the same ones shown in the earlier thread posted here. They did not include the entire kit.

My NNL East show haul. Alright so no one was selling the Miku Z4, but I picked it up from a friend who shared a co-order, so I say it counts. Stuff in the left column I purchased to replace old original 90s Monogram releases I had sold off. They were pretty musty and dusty after all of those years and I yearned for fresh decals.

Yes the C8 Vettes are being built RHD from the factory for the first time. No more expensive after-delivery in-country conversions. GM sold 300 RHD Vettes in Japan in less than 3 days when it was announced the cars would be RHD straight off the boat. For the kit since the C8 is mid-engined and the "frunk" is molded shut creating a RHD set up is a dashboard, center console, pedals, and scuttle panel/wipers. The way the car/kit are with a flat chassis aero plate you don't get/see the parts of the front suspension that would different (aka mirrored steering column/box).

Most recent box from the Links of Hobbies in Japan Also got talked into this Alpha Models kit because I got a bit of a discount. Who could say no? 🤣

Next two months or so was what was intimated at NNL East.

That's the older kit that's a B-26K, the one just released is a brand new 2024 tool.

Handy if you live in the UK I'm sure. However for U.S. Delivery there's a 17.24£ shipping which once you account for the currency exchange comes out to over $63USD. So...for most here that in fact is not at all a cheaper place.

Couple of things from the past weeks. Box in from HobbyEasy that has the latest NuNu reissue of their Audi R8 GT3. This has the revised Evo II rear spoiler (no more $25 resin conversions). Also got the kit's designated P/E set. Two sets from Shunko, the Clarion is a newly done sheet, the Loctite is a reprint. Both replace the kit decals in the corresponding older Tamiya kits. Also the new interior Carbon Fiber sheets for the MENG version of the Audi R8 GT3. Nominally a little more important than doing the same on the NuNu kit as the MENG kit has opening doors. Lastly for this update 3 of the newest sets of decals from S.K. Decals. You'll need some brand new resin bits from ZoomOn to fully convert the NuNu 320i to how each of the liveries ran in 1:1. The Hello Kitty decals fit the above referenced NuNu R8.

If you *really* want one RIGHT NOW, there's a seller in Poland on eBay selling them for $50 shipped.

That whole side circus is providing one of the most audacious real time "Pot calling the kettle black" I've personally witnessed. Alpha is Hobby Design, and HD got their entire start via being the biggest, rootin'-tootin'est band of IP Thieves the hobby ever has seen. Now because they insist on over promising and under delivering their product line they're up in arms spam-posting their little manifesto about being copied by PZY. If you sit both 911 GT3 RS kits down side by side they break down slightly different and PZY's offers options the Alpha kit doesn't. With the Ferrari SP3 Alpha promised that almost a year ago...this isn't the world of "normal" Model production where a licensor wouldn't grant two competitors license to do the same thing and the same time. They're both making boot leg products probably from boot leg 3D CAD/CAM and bickering about which one of the illicit copies is legitimate.

Red Wheel is based in the Ukraine. For some reason everyone in the former Soviet Satellite states learned CAD/CAM, and now it's where most 3D files seem to come from...the guy is on FB and the kit is a few bucks cheaper if you order it directly. He already sold the entire first run in a matter of days. For anyone who trades in the deep end of the resin pool these days knows the price is what a full-on multi-media kit costs now. If you want a Tucker that isn't a diecast or an old resin piece that's going to look like a $10 slush cast piece (in comparison) then this thing is going to be worth every penny.

Price is right. Like I mentioned in the other thread those "cheap" Revell prices from last month are what was wrong. Take a look at the prices on the 3 newly arrived/inbound Revell kits ('57 Ford/Tudor/'77 P/U) the street/shelf price on those kits is $30 or more depending on the vendor. I paid $30 in cash at NNL East for the ones I got, and Model RoundUp has the Wagon and Tudor priced at $32.90...

It'll be a Revell Germany reissue, sometime in 2024. Places in Europe taking pre-orders don't have dates, just a price in the $150 before shipping ballpark. U.S. MSRP is $188.99 per Stevens International.

There might have been some sort of tiny possibility if those 1966 kits Hasegawa did were lying dormant in the back of some dusty warehouse in Shizouka. But Hasegawa is still actively producing those kits, so they're not going to have any interest in selling. Also Round2 would be "the competition" as Hasegawa continues to have strong direct ties to Revell as their importer in Japan.