Spots on the Internet (2022)

[Dave Ward]

Just had an email from MiniArt! Announcing an upcoming release!


It's also on their Facebook page, but their website is down at the moment. Encouraging to see that they are trying to continue on!
Dave
ps website is back up again

[Si Benson]

Just had an email from MiniArt! Announcing an upcoming release!
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It's also on their Facebook page, but their website is down at the moment. Encouraging to see that they are trying to continue on!
Dave
ps website is back up again

looking forward to getting one of these :smiling4:

[Dave Ward]

On the Takom Facebook page - April re-releases

Dave

[Ian M]

Be interesting to see when the first 1/35 scale modern farm tractors start to turn up.

[Dave Ward]

Ian,
an odd omission - I can only think of Thunder Models 1/35 Case Tractor. Heller did a few in 1/24 ( including the little grey Fergie ), and Revell do some snap togethers in the same scale, but 1/35 seems to have been ignored by the major makers...........
Dave

[Lee W]

Hasegawa do a 1 35 range... I say range, I've seen one, the Yanmar!

[Guest]

It's strange that the modern tractor is ignored by manufacturers. A few early ones from Mini Art .
The large 4 track would be a great kit, or a combine with head .

[Dave Ward]

Hasegawa do a 1 35 range... I say range, I've seen one, the Yanmar!

I've seen the road repair gear, but not any agricultural stuff
Dave

[Guest]

Checking Scalemates, it looks like the only pure tractor Hasegawa do in 1:35 is indeed one called a Yanmar YT5113 in a couple of versions, which I assume is a Japanese brand that has had exactly zero exports to Europe … Everything else in this genre and scale is construction equipment, plus two sets of workers to go with them, and all of it looks very Japanese/East-Asian to me, so not really suitable for dioramas etc. set in Europe.

[Dave Ward]

Checking Scalemates, it looks like the only pure tractor Hasegawa do in 1:35 is indeed one called a Yanmar YT5113 in a couple of versions, which I assume is a Japanese brand that has had exactly zero exports to Europe … :smiling3: Everything else in this genre and scale is construction equipment, plus two sets of workers to go with them, and all of it looks very Japanese/East-Asian to me, so not really suitable for dioramas etc. set in Europe.

Yanmar only export small tractors to Europe, all <60 HP. We used to acquire these, engines replaced by our own & I used to have their engines torn down, to see if we could find any innovations ( we made engines in the same range ), these would be photographed & reports written on them - one of the interesting aspects of being a design engineer.....................
Dave

[Allen Dewire]

On the Takom Facebook page - 'April Releases'
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Dave

Here in Germany, MBK is taking pre-orders for the V1 launch ramp with an expected delivery date of mid June. It sells for €74,95 as of right now. Still cheaper than Didier's piece from Azimut and it comes with the V1 (w/o interior) too..

Prost
Allen

[Lee W]

2 releases in April from Hobbyboss.

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2022/04/preview-hobbyboss-two-april-releases-in.html?m=1#more

I like the look of the Coyote!

[Dave Ward]

On the Gecko Facebook page - boxart for an upcoming release:

Dave

[AlanG]

[Dave Ward]

On the HobbyBoss & Trumpeter websites - May releases


HobbyBoss R35 with FCM turret in 1/35

HobbyBoss Flakpanzer V in 1/35


Trumpeter PLA Type 055 Destroyer in 1/200

Trumpeter HMS Belfast in 1/700

Trumpeter 2S25 Sprut-SD Russian Amphibious Tank in 1/35

Trumpeter MPQ-53 Tracking Radar in 1/72
Dave