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I had an email from Akira Yasui this morning to say that Radjapan is now stocking these resin 3D printed kits. There are five listed so far:-

A Japanese Twitter user has shared these images of 'Military' Vehicle releases, scheduled for 13/10/2022/

I think these must follow on from their assumed sucess of repackaging the Diotown range as battlefield buildings? So, here we see several military items collected from the...

Merry Christmas, everyone!

My name is Sergey and I'm from company named ' Sputnik 3D Labs '.

Like many others on the market we 3D print models, but unlike many others - models of planes and UAVs in 1/144th scale.
Sputnik 3D Labs is a group of 144th scale adherents willing to...

Has Mr Decal slipped under the radar?

Seems to be some very interesting schemes available in 1/144.

Its not clear how well some of these might rescale, or how long you'd have to wait for some of the subjects to be released in 1/144 :D

I did ask re the medium, and got a...

Just spotted in Futue Releases at Hannants:

Armory AR14305 Messerschmitt Bf-109E Mediterranean TO Aces plastic injected kit w/ PE parts
Armory AR14306 Messerschmitt Bf-109E Foreign Service Aces , Pt.1 - Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Serbia
Armory AR14307 Messerschmitt Bf-109E...

1/144 JSDF Type-90 and Trucks - Pit-Road

So, some further 1/44 releases from Pit-Road, and more frustrating 1/700 releases that folks would love to see in 1/144 :roll:

- JGSDF Type 90
- JGSDF Type 90 + mine Rollers
- JGSDF Truck 3 1/2 Ton (covered tarp)
- JGSDF Truck 3 1/2...

1/144 KF-21 Borame - Tori Factory

South Korea's latest machine becomes a plastic model!
KF-21 Borame

Expect the first plastic model of the actively developed 4.5th generation fighter.

- Total 43 parts
- 3D printed parts, clear resin parts
- High quality Cartograph decal...

Hobbysearch Japan are listing this release as being available for pre-order.

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Streamed on 10th March.

1/144 Typhoon Rapid Pacific 2022 / F-16N Top Gun / FA-18E Maces Platz

March 10 (Friday)

1/144 German Air force Eurofighter Typhoon Rapid Pacific 2022 - Platz

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1/144 US Navy Aggressor F-16N Fighting...

1/144 B-36 (Mosquito FB.VI) 'CzAF Post-war Service' - DK Decals

1. B-36/Mosquito FB Mk.VI, TE603, Air Regiment No.24, Ruzyne Air Sow, September 1947
2. B-36/Mosquito FB Mk.VI, PZ247, 2nd Sq., Air Regiment No.24, 1947
3. B-36/Mosquito FB Mk.VI, MM430, Air Regiment No.25, 1950
4....

first new 1/144 kit release for 2023 has been announced by ICM. 8-)
(image borrowed from the ICM facebook page)

Here's a link:

I went the long way around to get to the new kit's contents:

F-Toys FC-14 F/A-18C Hornet Golden Dragons kit
OzMods 14417 (2 fuel tanks and 2 pylons)
Platz Weapon Sets AW-1 and AW-2.
Rise144 for the BRU-57s

Incoming...

I wonder if the Platz F-8C canopy will work with this conversion?

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USTAR (Suyata) look to be releasing an collection of M3 Grant/Lee series tanks.

UA-60016 1/144 British M3 Grant 7th Armoured Brigade Desert Rats , North African Campaign - USTAR

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UA-60017 British M3 Lee CDL (Canal Defence Light)

UA-60017 M3...

new reases for 2023 have been announced this morning of Facebook 8-)

in 1/144 we have, from Trumpeter:

-Xian Y-20 strategic heavy transport
-Xian H-6N Strategic Bomber

from Hobbyboss we have:

-Antonov AN-12
-Shaanxi KJ-500 AEW
-Shaanxi Y-9 transport

but the latter have...

ETA: After April

Anyone know how the Roden 707s and Minicraft 707s compare?
I read the nose profile on the Minicraft 707 was not accurate.

Glad there is a Caracal decal sheet:

Brengun have a number of new releases announced on their website.

A strip down of the SG-38 glider

Douglas A-24 Banshee

And on the accessories side:

Grasshopper Etch x2 for the Mark1/Stransky kit

And lots of 109 wheels:
BRL144181 – Messerschmitt Bf-109...

OzMods is progressively updating its range of 1/144 aircraft kits to include RONIN SILK-SCREENED DECALS and CLEAR INJECTED and VACFORMED canopies. The first to be reintroduced is the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (OMKIT 14409), the T-33 (OMKIT 14404), the B2/B57A Canberra (OMKIT...