62nd All Japan Model & Hobby Show (2025)

[tim boyd]

On 10/18/2025 at 6:07 AM, Luc Janssens said:

As I said before the 06-13 gen Mustang was North American only, but this one is sold thru the regular Ford distribution network in Europe too. I think I remember Belgium per catipa being a leader in Mustang sales.

The only American ICE cars, on our roads, the others being trucks with the Dodge Ram as leaders, but that market is drying up as a result of a fiscal reform.

Yeah, you can be right, but it all depends on tool design, opening/closing gates, modular in design or not.

Cheers!

Ford was recently quoted as saying half of the Mustang sales volume now comes from overseas markets, and it remains the world's bestselling sports car by a considerable margin.

The lack of a full detail (including stand-alone engine) kit of the world's bestselling sports car is deplorable, regardless of whether it comes from a domestic or overseas producer.   TB 

 

e. 

[Luc Janssens]

2 hours ago, tim boyd said:

Ford was recently quoted as saying half of the Mustang sales volume now comes from overseas markets, and it remains the world's bestselling sports car by a considerable margin.

The lack of a full detail (including stand-alone engine) kit of the world's bestselling sports car is deplorable, regardless of whether it comes from a domestic or overseas producer.   TB 

 

e. 

I feel your pain, Tim. But it's not our money on the line, so I understand ( up to a point) why (some) model kit manufacturers take this route. 

 

Cheers

Luc

 

 

[Zen]

I still find it hard to believe that there will be a kit of a "new" Mustang since everyone skipped the S550 generation, then to do this s650 with no engine detail and toy like chassis, come on.

Edited Tuesday at 02:43 PM by Zen

[Chuck Kourouklis]

5 hours ago, tim boyd said:

Ford was recently quoted as saying half of the Mustang sales volume now comes from overseas markets, and it remains the world's bestselling sports car by a considerable margin.

The lack of a full detail (including stand-alone engine) kit of the world's bestselling sports car is deplorable, regardless of whether it comes from a domestic or overseas producer.   TB 

 

e. 

You're all too polite, Mr Boyd!

We've been on record crossing pens on the objective necessity of an engine in car model kits, but even I have to admit the current Mustang situation is getting tiresome.  

You say "deplorable".  I'd call it an r-word we're not supposed to use any more.

[niteowl7710]

...and the most popular Mustang in the U.S. by Ford's sales figures is the electric SUV...I can't wait for this forum to mobilize to get the dire injustice of there being no kit of that rectified post haste. 🤣😅

[stitchdup]

3d will soon have engines and bays

[iamsuperdan]

13 minutes ago, stitchdup said:

3d will soon have engines and bays

I'm actually surprised I haven't seen a transkit for the Tamiya Mustang GT4. Either 3d printed or a retail version by ZoomOn or Hobby Design or something.

[stitchdup]

3 minutes ago, iamsuperdan said:

I'm actually surprised I haven't seen a transkit for the Tamiya Mustang GT4. Either 3d printed or a retail version by ZoomOn or Hobby Design or something.

theres a few on cults. they aren't well labelled and a lot are by french designers so they all hav diffrent search words. i dont think many are tagged tamiya

[iamsuperdan]

6 minutes ago, stitchdup said:

theres a few on cults. they aren't well labelled and a lot are by french designers so they all hav diffrent search words. i dont think many are tagged tamiya

I've seen body and interior there, but never the engine bay.

[bytownshaker]

1 hour ago, iamsuperdan said:

I'm actually surprised I haven't seen a transkit for the Tamiya Mustang GT4. Either 3d printed or a retail version by ZoomOn or Hobby Design or something.

Iceman Collections does a 5.2 Voodoo engine/transmission for the Tamiya Mustang GT4

[tim boyd]

2 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

...and the most popular Mustang in the U.S. by Ford's sales figures is the electric SUV...I can't wait for this forum to mobilize to get the dire injustice of there being no kit of that rectified post haste. 🤣😅

I trust you are saying this in jest, or at least partially so.  I gotta say, good shot!

The Mustang Mach E is a fine vehicle (it just won a 7-way Motor Trend Comparo, beating even the Tesla, Kia and Hyundai equivalents), and my wife's 2025 is a compelling effort and incredibly fast, but no, it is not a sports car by any stretch of my definition, and thus, also by my definition, it does not deserve a model kit either. 

Oh well....TB 

Edited Wednesday at 12:02 AM by tim boyd

[niteowl7710]

1 hour ago, tim boyd said:

I trust you are saying this in jest, or at least partially so.  I gotta say, good shot!

Hehehe I couldn't resist poking the "I demand full detail Ford stuff" bear.

Although a nice curbside would be something I'd buy, particularly if the cross parts were available for the Law Enforcement variant.

I could go off on a separate tangent as it relates to a "Mach-E is a waste" relating to how large the Aoshima 1/32 SnapKit line actual is at this point three years into being, and that apart from an entire slew of cars is expanding across Light Commerical with police, EMS, Fire, Towing and soon refuse truck entries. Plus it's selling so well it's paying for a Ferrari license. Photos from the "Make n Take" from this year's show illustrates literally hundreds of kids participating and of course Shizouka Hobby Show (in the Spring) has an entire day devoted to School Age kids being the only ones allowed in the venue. 

We pay a lot of lip service to wanting young people to get into this hobby, but in practice nobody does anything about it...I've seen the Make n Takes lately...it's ancient stuff that Atlantis provides. Aww inspiring stuff...

[Beans]

12 hours ago, tim boyd said:

I trust you are saying this in jest, or at least partially so.  I gotta say, good shot!

The Mustang Mach E is a fine vehicle (it just won a 7-way Motor Trend Comparo, beating even the Tesla, Kia and Hyundai equivalents), and my wife's 2025 is a compelling effort and incredibly fast, but no, it is not a sports car by any stretch of my definition, and thus, also by my definition, it does not deserve a model kit either. 

Oh well....TB 

I'd build one...Just sayin,

 

But I would put Pinto badges on it.

[iamsuperdan]

14 hours ago, bytownshaker said:

Iceman Collections does a 5.2 Voodoo engine/transmission for the Tamiya Mustang GT4

Yeah, there are a lot of engines that can work in the GT4 kit. But then one still needs to fabricate the entire engine bay; including the underside of the hood, strut towers, radiator and supports, all the ancillary things like brake booster, washer fluid tank, abs unit, etc. Some of us don't have the scratchbuilding skills or time to do that.

I'd like to see a transkit that gets us partially there.

Kind of like this: 🚗 ENGINE BAY for MAZDA MIATA For TAMIYA 1/24・ 3D File for ・Cults

 

 

 

 

[iamsuperdan]

13 hours ago, tim boyd said:

I trust you are saying this in jest, or at least partially so.  I gotta say, good shot!

The Mustang Mach E is a fine vehicle (it just won a 7-way Motor Trend Comparo, beating even the Tesla, Kia and Hyundai equivalents), and my wife's 2025 is a compelling effort and incredibly fast, but no, it is not a sports car by any stretch of my definition, and thus, also by my definition, it does not deserve a model kit either. 

Oh well....TB 

Not a sports car per se, but definitely sporting. We loved our '23 GT, and another is on the shortlist to replace wifey's current vehicle. I already have suspension mods picked out.

 

 

I have the 3d print kit for it, and I figure that if Revell can make a kit of the Audi e-tron GT, then they should knock out one of these too. I would predict many a V8 mod to that kit.

[Mark C.]

On 10/21/2025 at 8:58 PM, tim boyd said:

I trust you are saying this in jest, or at least partially so.  I gotta say, good shot!

The Mustang Mach E is a fine vehicle (it just won a 7-way Motor Trend Comparo, beating even the Tesla, Kia and Hyundai equivalents), and my wife's 2025 is a compelling effort and incredibly fast, but no, it is not a sports car by any stretch of my definition, and thus, also by my definition, it does not deserve a model kit either. 

Oh well....TB 

The Mach E is a great electric SUV, but put any badge on it that you want, it’s still not a Mustang.

Sadly, though, in yet another case of the world not seeing things my way (yet again! What’s up with that?), the Mustang nameplate remaining solely on a 2 door coupe and convertible would likely result in the demise of the brand, eventually, as “SUV” and “car” move ever closer to becoming synonyms…