Solo Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Bsin said: Wow! Look at the detail in the weapons bay. Just like not Tamiya. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanW Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Wow! Look at the RAM panels. I guess LM will have to increase the thickness of the panels. No way Tamiya is wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Inquisitor Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) On 10/1/2022 at 8:50 PM, ElectroSoldier said: Interesting, there's nothing orderable for the European market yet. Will this be a Japan only release? Technically all those Italeri reboxed by Tamiya have always been for the Japanese market. Although with the internet and intl shipping they have appeared outside, some of the old ones due to fixed prices and fluctuating exchange rates are cheaper than the original Italeri kit. I have several of their 1/72 Su-34 and A-10 reboxes because they've been cheaper than the original Italeri box. But in this case I don't know why you'd want a more expensive 10k+ yen rebox (that's roughly $75USD +S&H from Japan, with current exchange rates) of the italeri kit when you'd find it at the same price or even cheaper locally in Europe? And looking at the info on the cardboard it seems there are no extras to sweeten the deal, it's the same parts and decals as the original Italeri release, bar maybe a Tamiya designed instruction sheet. Edited October 3, 2022 by Inquisitor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B2Blain Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 9/30/2022 at 11:20 PM, delide said: §30 is a great deal. But to be fair, Meng kit is developed like 5 years ago, where everything is cheaper. Nowadays their new tool kits aren't cheap either, their new 1/35 Chieftain costs about 70EUR. Prices for all kits have risen. And Meng's F-35A certainly looks very much like it, but there many shape issues, for example the fuselage wing transition area if anyone is interested, it's totally flat, on the real thing it's curved like the Tamiya above here. After seeing the Tamiya weapon's bay detail I'm glad I only purchased one Meng kit. The detail on this kit looks pretty good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ijozic Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Inquisitor said: But in this case I don't know why you'd want a more expensive 10k+ yen rebox (that's roughly $75USD +S&H from Japan, with current exchange rates) of the italeri kit when you'd find it at the same price or even cheaper locally in Europe? I saw a pre-order at some local webshop for roughly 60 USD (for the Italeri F-35B). I wonder how much the Tamiya kit will go for as I'd prefer the F-35A.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markiii Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, ijozic said: I saw a pre-order at some local webshop for roughly 60 USD (for the Italeri F-35B). I wonder how much the Tamiya kit will go for as I'd prefer the F-35A.. $78 and some change at Squadron. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
konbini Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Seems like some RAM panels are intentionally thicker than others from Solo’s post. Another detail not skimmed over by Tamiya. I preordered my copy already. At this rate I’ll never get any models completed. From the pictures alone the RAM panels seem quite pronounced but I will wait until I see the real thing to make any judgement. Nothing some sandpaper sponge/sticks cant fix. My previous 2 builds with 2 Tamiya vipers saw a moderate amount of scratchbuilding in the gear bays. Gotta say Im very happy with what Tamiya has done here. Really did their homework. Thanks for posting the pictures and letting us see a preview of whats to come. 🍻 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ijozic Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 12 hours ago, markiii said: $78 and some change at Squadron. Hmm, indeed, thanks. That's not that much over Italeri with expectedly noticeably more detail, I'll probably wait for that one.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 21 hours ago, Inquisitor said: Technically all those Italeri reboxed by Tamiya have always been for the Japanese market. Although with the internet and intl shipping they have appeared outside, some of the old ones due to fixed prices and fluctuating exchange rates are cheaper than the original Italeri kit. I have several of their 1/72 Su-34 and A-10 reboxes because they've been cheaper than the original Italeri box. But in this case I don't know why you'd want a more expensive 10k+ yen rebox (that's roughly $75USD +S&H from Japan, with current exchange rates) of the italeri kit when you'd find it at the same price or even cheaper locally in Europe? And looking at the info on the cardboard it seems there are no extras to sweeten the deal, it's the same parts and decals as the original Italeri release, bar maybe a Tamiya designed instruction sheet. Erm... No Technically many of them are orderable from Tamiya by their distributors outside of Japan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flybywire Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) On 10/4/2022 at 3:41 AM, B2Blain said: After seeing the Tamiya weapon's bay detail I'm glad I only purchased one Meng kit. The detail on this kit looks pretty good. I'm glad I didn't buy a single Meng F-35. Edited October 7, 2022 by flybywire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delide Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) On 10/3/2022 at 9:41 PM, B2Blain said: After seeing the Tamiya weapon's bay detail I'm glad I only purchased one Meng kit. The detail on this kit looks pretty good. Yes, the details look amazing, looks to be the best from their 1/48 kits by far, or even the best from all. Also the shape looks perfect, every things that all the other manufacturers got wrong in any scale, they got it right, it's like they had blue print or reverse engineered the thing... There are new build up photos, it looks perfect, https://www.tamiyausa.com/blog/new-images-lockheed-martin-f-35a-lightning-ii-model-kit/ Edited October 7, 2022 by delide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stalal Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 1 hour ago, delide said: Yes, the details look amazing, looks to be the best from their 1/48 kits by far, or even the best from all. Also the shape looks perfect, every things that all the other manufacturers got wrong in any scale, they got it right, it's like they had blue print or reverse engineered the thing... There are new build up photos, it looks perfect, https://www.tamiyausa.com/blog/new-images-lockheed-martin-f-35a-lightning-ii-model-kit/ Very nice new images on the Tamiya link. I wonder why two canopies? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delide Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 43 minutes ago, stalal said: Very nice new images on the Tamiya link. I wonder why two canopies? I guess it's for switching it open or closed, if we don't glue the canopy. For the canopy in open position there must be support parts, which could then be plugged into the openings at the front(can be seen in the fuselage part). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Solo Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Meanwhile few excellent pictures: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flanker27 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Do anyone know when Tamiya will release this in Japan? have a friend going to Japan next week and hoping to pick up a couple if its going to be release soon. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 12:51 PM, flanker27 said: Do anyone know when Tamiya will release this in Japan? have a friend going to Japan next week and hoping to pick up a couple if its going to be release soon. Thanks A few years back I could have sworn the US got the kits before the Japan market when I was over there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, fulcrum1 said: A few years back I could have sworn the US got the kits before the Japan market when I was over there. They still do, occasionally. I think the 1/48 F-4B may have shown up at US sources before Japanese shops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stalal Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 In the past few releases, I have noticed Tamiya new kit shows up in Canadian stores before Japan. I guess they release the kits in North America first. But its just a guess. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Maybe distributers pay more to be the first in line with a new product? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GeneK Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 My understanding was/is that Tamiya, in an attempt to fairly "even out" distribution, may ship early to distributors with directions to hold the product until a certain predesignated day. However, some distributers seem to always jump the gun. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/1/2022 at 11:46 AM, Dave Williams said: Are we still slap fighting about whether this is a new tool kit? Priceless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 2:41 PM, B2Blain said: After seeing the Tamiya weapon's bay detail I'm glad I only purchased one Meng kit. The detail on this kit looks pretty good. Ditto. I'll still build my Meng kit...but I want the Tamiya first. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Is there any more information out there that the delayed kit is a 1/32 New Tool F-4B? Anyone else here that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markiii Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 8 hours ago, Mr Matt Foley said: Is there any more information out there that the delayed kit is a 1/32 New Tool F-4B? Anyone else here that? Nope, nothing...yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Mr Matt Foley said: Is there any more information out there that the delayed kit is a 1/32 New Tool F-4B? Anyone else here that? Who said that? Other than the standard wishing that comes with every Tamiya announcement, I’ve never heard of this. In fact, of all the kits that people are hoping of, this isn’t one that I’ve seen mentioned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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