[Q] 1/72 Tamiya Warbirds toolings?

Feb 08, 2004 9 Replies

Many of the planes in the Tamiya Warbirds series are reboxes of the old 1/72 Italeri kits.



Which ones are all-new toolings? I understand the 1/72 Seiran M6A1 is an all-new tamiya tooling, and comes with great details.


The Mustangs (D version, WW II and korean war) are also their own tooling, as is the FW-190A-3, the Corsair, the Shiden and the Mesquiteers. I think there is also a trainer version of the Shiden (Shiden-kai?). Of the Jets, the Skyray is a gem, the X-1 (if 72 is your scale) is also beautiful (althrough it is not originally their tooling, as I understand it). I think I remembered everything... :) Cheers! Tvrtko

I thought Tamiya also re-boxed many Hasegawa kits?

"Tvrtko" schreef in bericht news:c07tmo$9q9$ snipped-for-privacy@ls219.htnet.hr...

Nooo... I've known of cooperation betwen Hasegawa and Dragon, but Tamiya only reboxed the Italeri kits in the warbird series- I'm not aware of any cooperation between Tamiya and some other japanese model company. Cheers! Tvrtko

A new-tool P-47D razorback is coming, and the Bf-109e-4/7 is already out

Cheers! Tvrtko

This is good news if true! But when the Hell are they going to focus their shrink ray on the P-51B???

It is true. Scheduled for a May release with a $19.50 list price in the U.S.

Jim Bates

And the He-219 and MiG-15?

HLJ also offers pre-orders for 1,330 Yen (about US$12.60) until Feb. 13. It's scheduled to be released during March in Japan, so you might get it a little sooner and cheaper through HLJ.

Woohoo! It's almost time for another Rainbow Ten order..... :-)

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