New Hasegawa and Aoshima kits from the 2017 Shizuoka Hobby Show. Hasegawa 1/24 BMW 2002tii Hasegawa 1/700 Yugumo Hasegawa 1/24 Suzuki Jimny (Type JA11-1) Aoshima 1/700 JMSDF Mashu-class Supply Ship SP Aoshima Japanese Cruiser Kitakami Kaiten Carrier Aoshima 1/24 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Aoshima 1/24 LB WOrks R35 GT-R V.1 Aoshima 1/24 Brabham BT52 ’83 Monaco…
New Tamiya kits from the 2017 Shizuoka Hobby Show. 1/6 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin Motorcycle. 1/35 Sd.Kfz.166 Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar 1/35 Wermacht Military Miniatures 1/16 M1A2 Abrams (not motorized) 1/16 Panzerjager “Jagdpanther” 1/700 Shimakaze Destroyer 1/32 Corsair F4U-1D 1/24 Tyrell P34 (Six wheel grand prix car)…
For those that did not get on-boarded at the May Club Meeting, you can email Stephen Cole at admin@hoestenmodel.club with the following; Desired username: Email address: (must be a valid email to receive the account creation email) First Name: Last Name: Password will be set automatically and emailed to the user, there will be a…
May 2017 New Product Rundown From Fine Scale Modeler In the 110th episode of the NPRD, Elizabeth Nash and Aaron Skinner take a look at: Moebius’ 1/32 scale Proteus Hasegawa’s 1/72 scale Kawanishi H8K2 “Emily” Meng’s 1/35 scale King Tiger Wingnut Wings’ 1/32 scale Sopwith Camel
For those who are interested, Pontos 1/200 Hood Battlecruiser Detail set back in stock over at Freetime Hobbies website. I’ve ordered mine! Have you?
Demos Demos…we want them. The Huzzah Hobbies guys want them—especially since a lot of these skills are transferable. And we want to do them—there are a lot of tips and techniques all of us have accumulated over the years. We had one in the works for this month, but some home issues overcame our first…
NoVa IPMS Model Classic and Kitty Hawk/Panda Well…our friends at NoVa IPMS had a great turnout this year for Model Classic—the best I can remember for years. The tables were full of models and the halls were full of vendors. And there were some truly outstanding models on display—friends of Piper Hobby will certainly remember…
Shizuoka! Here are some of the big news out of the upcoming Shizuoka show. Liberally poached from HLJ.com. For the BMW fans in the group (that would be me), Hasegawa is releasing a 1/32 BMW 2002tii…and the destroyer Yugumo in Midway fit in 1/700. Fine Molds is releasing a number of Japanese armored vehicles—both WW…
Academy just announced a brand new mold F-15E Strike Eagle in 1/72. This goes along with Great Wall Hobby’s announcement of a 1/72 Strike Eagle. Huzzah! Trumpeter announced releases of the SA-10 TEL and the SA-13 SAM vehicle in 1/35. They also announced the M1A1 Abrams in 1/16—and Sprue Brothers already has the 1/16…