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17 hours ago, peteski said:
I'm probably in the minority but I much prefer the Fiero's original nose. It fit the car better than the rounded nose.
The Formula is the best of the bunch. Proper suspension and proper body shape.
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Long expected and long overdue. As usual they will release the zenki under regular series number and the Iron Mask that everyone wanted as special release afterwards, probably six months later. There should also be a couple of Group A cars and a few custom versions that suspiciously resemble the lead cars in a certain police show down the road.
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On 12/26/2024 at 11:46 PM, niteowl7710 said:
This should be a strong seller, especially if they don't double up on the previous race versions already done.
Cabin is not done yet but it won't be sellable outside of Japan. There are also still some Razo and Motul variations not done yet. Idemitsu and Jaccs will be a given, repeats be damned.
I wonder with all the Civic Hasegawa is doing, if they will finally undust the EK they have shown in the 1996 All Japan Model and Hobby Show and shelved when Fujimi beat them to it out of a sudden. A new Wonder Civic to replace the long discontinued Tamiya one will also be nice, that one also has a lot of racing variations.
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I buy from TaoBao, the local version of AliExpress, all the time. Never had any serious issue with my purchases, on a few purchases of really rare items they failed to find them and refunded promptly.
Choose stores that are in business for at least 5 years with customer score of at least 4.8/5.0, read their customer reviews and you should be fine. With the volume they sell it is very hard to fake ratings and they will get kicked out if there are too many negative feedbacks.
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This has nothing to do with online banking. It has everything to do with your lazy service providers and regulators allowing SIM porting over the phone with laughable verification methods involving information that is easily obtainable.
I have worked in this industry for over 20 years and I have never seen SIM swapping scam happened. Our regulations do not allow porting over SIM without in person verification with actual ID.
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On 8/31/2024 at 5:15 AM, Chuck Kourouklis said:
Biggest problem I recall is that you'll have to trim locating tabs from one piece or the other - from the look at the parts above, maybe those two belt-level forward nubs poking proud of the Tamiya shell.
You will need to trim the inside of this edge to fit as well. Just place the headlight cone to the body and trace the hood hinge extension piece around the edge, and cut out the excess.
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To be released in November.
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Best to e-mail Norm, he scaled down his operation quite a bit after his surgery.
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Entirely new tool. Not BTTF. Coming out in August.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YBzDgkX5SRySBWt/?mibextid=oFDknk
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I have been waiting for this since I was a kid in the 80's. Completely new tool. Can't wait for it to come out.
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5 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:
I guess they figured there's enough of a market for the 2+2 given that it has never been kitted before. Be interesting to see what they make of this over the long term considering the "2+0" 300ZX is still in production at Tamiya.
It has created quite a sensation among Japanese modellers as the 2by2 widely outsold the 2-seater in Japan, and they can now recreate the car they or their relatives owned back then.
I can already foresee standard version of zenki/chuki/zenki, and the Fuji Speedway safety car. Substituting the wheels in the chuki kit with the kouki BBS would yield the BBS edition. The Tochigi prefecture highway patrol car is also possible. Then there are the resin wing and front lip special editions, as well as the various decal special editions.
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4 hours ago, Jordan White said:
What year would you consider the start of the kouki period for this car? I know it's used for the Z31 but I haven't seen it used in regards to the Z32.
In Japanese publications and web sites they are defined as follow:
1989-1993 zenki: original model
1993-1998 chuki: new rear wing, HICAS changed from hydraulic to electric, brake calipers changed from aluminium to steel, boost gauge eliminated for the TT model, 2-seater model lost the T-bar roof
1998-2000 kouki: new bumper and aero, xenon headlights, return of the boost gauge, stiffened body, new sport suspension for the Version R
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Nice, but I will probably wait for the kouki.
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Hopefully Aoshima will retool a new chassis with proper wheelbase for the 180SX, I will still get a few even if they reuse the S15 chassis again.
Can't wait for the Rover SD1 to go with the Volvo 240.
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I am presently surprised that Hasegawa tooled up a new body for the Skyline GT-X instead of just providing inserts for the rear wheel openings. I guess we can see more Kenmary variations down the line.
I also think we will see the prototype race car soon, probably early next year release.
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On 8/30/2022 at 7:53 AM, niteowl7710 said:
I know it won't float a lot of people's goats, but man I'd love to see a new tool Skyline R30. It would allow me to dump a bunch of mediocre old Fujimi and Aoshima civilian kits, and hopefully they'd make a Gr. A race car version to cover the early years of JTCC. With the R31 pretty much done (except for whatever "resin bits and bobs" reissues) and the R32 winding down I'm not sure it makes sense to go forward into the R33.
The R30 will float a lot of boats, and I would be surprised if it is not already in their book. It is hugely popular in Japan and right off the bat I can already come up with 8 variations, zenki/kouki of RS and garden variaty grades, JTC of at least 4 liveries, and we are not even going into the various movie and TV drama cars yet. I guess Hasegawa is just saving it for later, when the R31 and R32 are completely played out.
There are 2 more possible versions of the R31 not yet released, the Autech version and the Tommykaira, and that's it for the series. For the R32 I would expect at least one street custom version with non-projector halogen lamps and big muffler, the V-Spec and V-Spec II with Brembo brakes and BBS wheels, and many more Group A and N1 decal variations. The R33 is a dead end as far as the real car goes, but then I also never expected anyone would produce a new kit of the most unpopular Skyline aka the R31, let alone it was so well received that it already spawned 10 variations, so you never know.
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12 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:
Curious about the new A70 Supra kit.
The Twin Turbo 2.5 R kit with the regular front seats + seat cover decal instead of the Recaros, and Twin Turbo 2.0 decals.
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Tamiya has announced they are developing the 1/24 new Z. lt will have separate parts for the roof panel, under panel, transmission and suspension, and the seats will be done in 4 parts to ease painting. It can be built as either Japanese or North American version.
No release date yet.
https://www.tamiya.com/japan/newstopics/info/2022/0617new.html
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I guess it is a natural after their recent line of Nissan race cars. Finally it is getting kitted.
Multiple rally versions guaranteed.
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There is also a 1/24 one from KA Models.
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Hasegawa has released test shot photos for the MR2.
http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/hc45b/
The actual product page with completed model is here:
http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/hc45/
The bumpers, door mirrors and side intake is on separate sprue so the early version is pretty much guaranteed. Whether there will be an export version remains to be seen.
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Interesting that Hasegawa is giving away the solid roof and the NA engine cover as "gift parts" for the MR-2. That makes for at least 2 SP versions they are not going to sell. Other than the early model there aren't that many variations they can get out of the mold, they must be really confident on the sales potential of this kit. Hopefully they would see fit to kit the SW20 as well if the AW11 turns out to be a hit.
As for the 117, they nailed the half polished/half burnished stainless window trims perfectly in their test builds. I wonder if that will make it to the production kits as well, that would be tricky to produce. I would expect the Bellett to follow down the road, the chassis is the same and there are a few notable racing liveries in addition to the numerous different grades that can be made.
The Piazza would be nice, and fit their one basic mold, at least 5 variations philosophy perfectly. Just on top of my mind there are the pre-MC, post-MC, Nero, Irmscher and Handling by Lotus versions.
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On 8/31/2021 at 2:43 AM, niteowl7710 said:
Side note, I see it's got a RHD dash option again. That'll make the UK guys happy I presume. Still that's gotta be a rare duck, there don't seem to be very many of them that were made factory RHD. Searching for ones online turned up a 1 of 6 U.K. Targa for sale...so what...a few hundred were made that way?
These are not as rare as you may think. Every single Porsche sold in here is RHD, and they sell 70-100 cars per month.
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3 hours ago, Ben Brown said:
I hope they include the alloy wheels and not just the steelies.
This version will actually come with the alloy wheels and not the steelies. The real car Hasegawa took this picture for happened to have steelies, and they specifically said in the same pic that "the kit contents may differ from this particular car".
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2025 Shizouka Hobby Show
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The top car is actually the early version (zenki) and the bottom car is the mid version (chuki).
Tamiya and Fujimi both did the zenki. Fujimi then cut out the front bumper of the mold and tooled up a very ugly bumper half for the chuki. A zenki bumper half was added back later and you can still get the zenki/chuki 2 in 1 kit from Fujimi with the expensive variable chassis today.
A much better 3D printed chuki bumper can be found on Yahoo Japan auctions from time to time, along with various bodykits. They would not work on the Aoshima body as the Fujimi body is considerably wider.
I am surprised Aoshima did not tool up the optional OEM side skirts for the chuki. Maybe it will come out as a special edition down the road.