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Drivetrain and chassis should more or less be carry overs from the other F-Series kits as they all used the same components. The differences would be in interior and exterior.

The price bump was from all the new tooling that had to be created to merge the drag and NASCAR versions of the two '64 Mopars together. The Belvidere and 330 weren't compatible with each other as designed originally.

Vallejo sells the paints on the wholesale end in boxes of 6 bottles. Based on that the MSRP for a bottle of paint (the eyedropper 17ml ones) is $3.30. That would seem to me that Vallejo has increased it's wholesale pricing since I doubt H.L. was selling it at a 30 cent loss per bottle before the coupon.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, they've probably had those in development since they could get their hands on a kit to size them. Plus they will be out in two weeks or so giving them at least two months on the market before the Fujimi kit hits the shelves.

Those Lee kits and I suspect the "HKimya" were reverse engineered from the Tamiya kits back when they were new. Tamiya reissued those Mercs about 10 years ago, but the tooling is from when the cars were new in the late 80s. There was no fancy 3D scanning back then, which is why the copies are so crude.

The only problem with doing an inventory is that you know what you have.

There will be people who are collectors first, builders second that could be interested in it because it's an original issue of that kit. Someone will want it for the box art more than to build it. AMT reissued that 1958 Impala many many times over the ensuing years including within the past 12 months so the contents themselves aren't particularly unique.

Yep, whoops I hit the 3 key instead of 4 on my laptop...$8.99 off is 30%. Alright in that case it's $4 cheaper than Tower.

That's $21 after the coupon which is just shy of $2 less than what Tower is selling it for...

Once you get used to the process of adding a kit to Scalemates - I'll admit it's not that intuitive the first time you try to do it - it's pretty easy to add things to make the database more complete. I've probably added 45-50 "vintage" (80s/90s) Aoshima & Fujimi kits to it over the summer, as well as providing photos for a great many sets of decals I owned which had listings, but no actual photo of the finished product.

I use Scalemates too. You can export it back down to a spreadsheet if you want to, but it's immensely easier to deal with than screwing around making a home made spreadsheet. I can bring it up on any device and it's going to show me the box art for a given kit so I'm not wondering which version of "xyz" was the one reissued in 2009.

I can't speak to the iPad, but on my phone all I see is the avatar, the name of the person, "Members" (which is the group the person belongs to - as opposed Moderator or Administrator) and their post count.

At least Revell didn't park their's in oncoming traffic like Chrysler did...

Fujimi is working on a 1/24 Suzuki Hustler.

Like Jon said your Personal Warehouse is for items you've already paid for, otherwise the other items would show up under "Open Orders". Now if you're making a habit of ordering Out of Stock items and then canceling them, then yes they're gonna be annoyed with you because you have them ordering something from a supplier and then deciding you don't want it after all. What are they supposed to do with it/them now? If it's Out of Stock that clearly means it's not an item that is popular enough for them to always have one hanging around - which is completely different BTW from when something is on Back Order which is usually popular items which have sold out and they're waiting on more stock. If you're trying to "return" an item you already paid for, you're only gonna get way with that once or twice and eat a re-stock fee before they cancel your account.

Like Jon said your Personal Warehouse is for items you've already paid for, otherwise the other items would show up under "Open Orders". Now if you're making a habit of ordering Out of Stock items and then canceling them, then yes they're gonna be annoyed with you because you have them ordering something from a supplier and then deciding you don't want it after all. What are they supposed to do with it/them now? If it's Out of Stock that clearly means it's not an item that is popular enough for them to always have one hanging around - which is completely different BTW from when something is on Back Order which is usually popular items which have sold out and they're waiting on more stock. If you're trying to "return" an item you already paid for, you're only gonna get way with that once or twice and eat a re-stock fee before they cancel your account.

Signature lines don't show up if you're accessing the forum via a mobile device.

Ahhh blind me didn't see that there were two trains on that flyer. But yes I believe that would be one of the original 1/50 tools from ye oldern days.

Both of those are newer tooling from Aoshima. The 40' Shipping Container in 1/32 was done earlier, this is just a stack of 3 of them in one box. The train is 1/45 scale, not 1/50th, and is the 2nd in this new series of trains from Aoshima. The first was a JNR DD51 Hokutosei, this is a modified reissue to update to a later paint scheme with some new parts appropriate to that. It's 1,200 pieces! Aoshima does own, or have access to the 1/50 Entex trains as they've released them in the past, but again these are new and bigger.

Yeah it's the Asurada GSX from the Anime Series "Cyber Formula". All new tooling, plus they're reissuing a bunch of the other kits in the series. The Asphalt Vibrator is 1/35 from Hasegawa to match those tracked bucket excavators.

Nope, but it's available for Pre-Order on HLJ for 3,440¥, as well as the other usual suspects for more showing a November delivery.

If you look at the FB page referenced in that Wikipedia article you'll see that there is an entire lowering and "stance" fandom about these minivans, so expect there to be some of those down the line, along with the pre-facelift (pre-2014) body style. This is the first all new "regular" car tooling that Aoshima has done since the 86/BR-Z kits in 2012.

The Hustler & Prius are 1/32 Snap-Tite kits. The one all new kit being shown on this flyer is the Toyota NCP 160V, coming in two specs. An upmarket mini-van, and a commercial van. Beyond that automotively speaking is the all new tool Asurada GSX from the Anime Series "Cyber Formula". There are also a series of reissues of cars in "The Model Car" line - the factory stock Nissans & Toyotas, the "Tuned Model Car" which are obviously the "tuner" and "VIP" vehicles beside them as well as the additional wheel sets which will be reissued in groups of 4 in October, November & December (top to bottom). There isn't a lot to be terribly excited about here, but again this flyer was put out with commentary that more new product would be announced at the show - presumably for the 1Q of 2018 - since the next major trade show is Shizouka in May.

Finally the ice has broken on what the companies are planning to release this fall, as news is starting to roll out on the planned 4Q Japanese releases. We've known about Tamiya's plans to do the AMG GT GT3 car for a few weeks, but now it's time to look beyond that into the other companies. It seems both Aoshima and Rocket Model (the new company put together by the former head of Aoshima's International Sales team) are being coy about all their upcoming kits because of NDAs, so I'll update this as necessary. Hasegawa - Well this didn't take long did it? Slated for October there are the requisite flares, new wheels, grilles, and square tail light parts to convert the 2002 to 1974 spec. In the files of JDM Historical compact cars I've long wondered why there was no 1/24 kit of this, but that's soon to be rectified. Also another version of the Suzuki Jimny tooling, because at this point why not? This represents the 1987 JA-71 variation Also from Hasegawa as reissues in the quarter - Lamborghini Muira P400 SV Chassis Restoration #5030 - much like the Jade one done earlier this is another representation of Lamborghini's Factory Restoration work, this time on a Gold Muira. Kit molded in Gold BMW 318i - This is the street version of this kit which hasn't been seen for awhile - Molded in Metallic Blue Jaguar XJ-S V12 - This is the street version (as opposed to the recently reissued TWR Race version) of this kit which was last reissued in 2002. Molded in "Wine Red" (which is how the original kit was done in 1984). Mazda Cosmo & Toyota 2000GT with period resin female figures - each kit sold separately, each with a different 60's mini skirt wearing Japanese lady. Subaru 360 1964 Japan Grand Prix T-1 Class Winner - this is another long ago and far away reissue as the kit has a resin engine cover and a handful of other race specific parts.

Revell posted this across their social media today, showing like the Ford P/U, the Eldorod was also 3D scanned. If this can be done for two "one off" kits, I don't want to hear another word about how they can't 3D scan all their subject matter.