Spots on the Internet (2023)

[Guest]

it looks like about 2/3 of the sprues are devoted to the tracks.......:anguished::cold-sweat::crying:

Oh, great, they’re the same design as RFM Sherman HVSS tracks and Takom M48/M60 tracks … The assembly jig is on the sprue with the turret and upper hull. Not my favourite method of doing workable tracks. Other than that, this looks like a really good kit and sure to be a vast improvement on the old Tamiya one. It even seems to have three different gun mantlet canvases for different elevations of the main gun.

[Dave Ward]

On the Special Hobby Facebook page - new releases


Like the Fire Bomber................
Dave

[Guest]

That is a very large amount of text to put on the side of a fighter plane … I wonder what it says.

Okay … according to Google Translate, the text on the side of the Ki-43-II reads “Gokoku Manzhou Oil Co., Ltd.” — that feels more like it’s a plane in an air race than a fighter in a war

[Tim Marlow]

That is a very large amount of text to put on the side of a fighter plane … I wonder what it says.

Okay … according to Google Translate, the text on the side of the Ki-43-II reads “Gokoku Manzhou Oil Co., Ltd.” — that feels more like it’s a plane in an air race than a fighter in a war :smiling3:

….and there was me thinking it said “please don’t shoot me down, I’m on your side”……

[Guest]

TBH, I also expected it to be along those lines …

[Allen Dewire]

That is a very large amount of text to put on the side of a fighter plane … I wonder what it says.

It's like the text on Tony's orange wing thingy he just built. I think on his it means, "not enough weight, I sit on my butt"...Just a guess...

Prost
Allen

[yak face]

It's like the text on Tony's orange wing thingy he just built. I think on his it means, "not enough weight, I sit on my butt"...Just a guess...

Prost
Allen

Or ‘give me a biscuit ‘ in japanese !

[Airborne01]

Or: "Just going for a short trip Mum, won't be long... !"
:rolling:

[Dave Ward]

to Google Translate, the text on the side of the Ki-43-II reads “Gokoku Manzhou Oil Co., Ltd.”

Jakko,
Google Translate is correct - as per the note in the Special Hobby instructions!

SH research seems to have been pretty good!
Dave

[Guest]

That is a very large amount of text to put on the side of a fighter plane … I wonder what it says.

Okay … according to Google Translate, the text on the side of the Ki-43-II reads “Gokoku Manzhou Oil Co., Ltd.” — that feels more like it’s a plane in an air race than a fighter in a war :smiling3:

"Eat at Wizz Wangs corner noodle shop"

[Gary MacKenzie]

That is a very large amount of text to put on the side of a fighter plane … I wonder what it says.

Okay … according to Google Translate, the text on the side of the Ki-43-II reads “Gokoku Manzhou Oil Co., Ltd.” — that feels more like it’s a plane in an air race than a fighter in a war :smiling3:

Similar to Russian Tanks being delivered with the name of the sponsoring person/company/town on them.

[Guest]

Google Translate is correct - as per the note in the Special Hobby instructions!

Now the slogan does make sense. It would help if they had added “この航空機は”, though …*


* “This aircraft paid for by” :smiling3:

[Dave Ward]

From MiniArt - 'new kit coming soon'

................and another
Dave

[Waspie]

From MiniArt - 'new kit coming soon'
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................and another
Dave

All that's missing is Rene Artois!!!!!

[yak face]

All that's missing is Rene Artois!!!!!

Thats in the next set doug! :smiling5: Along with captain bertorelli , helga and Herr Flick of ze gestapo!:smiling5: