New Hasegawa kit: Ferrari 312T2

[teoteo]

Originally Posted by jano11

Are you sure of that? It's a pretty recent car and I'd love to see it as an affordable plastic kit, but I would still be surprised.

PS: You were saying something about a 412T2 some time ago, will that still happen (in the near future I mean)?

412T2 is just a rumor
But Fujimi presentated mockup of 248F1
on the "All Japan Hobby show" that start.
They are preparing to release them next year, they says.
But I think it's up to sales of 641/2 and others

[jano11]

Originally Posted by teoteo

412T2 is just a rumor
But Fujimi presentated mockup of 248F1
on the "All Japan Hobby show" that start.
They are preparing to release them next year, they says.
But I think it's up to sales of 641/2 and others

Thanks for the info!

[teoteo]

May be this pic will help you

http://file.mishimagtooru.blog.shinobi.jp/1c86a1df.JPG

[Decs0105]

That is interesting, looks like the 1/20 plastic kit market (I hope the kit will be 1/20) is not dead anymore, great!

[jano11]

Originally Posted by teoteo

May be this pic will help you

http://file.mishimagtooru.blog.shinobi.jp/1c86a1df.JPG

Excellent! Thanks again.

[F1Tommy]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

1/24 would be corporate suicide. That would be like Tamiya announcing a new Bugatti Veyron road car in 1/32 scale. 1/20 is the standard/proper scale for F1 models. Don't forget that an F1 car is pretty small compared to a street car. 1/20 scale F1 models are roughly the same footprint and size as a 1/24 street car. Revell 1/24 F1 kits look tiny. Probably the same reason that the meat of the motorcycle model market is 1/12 scale...the model ends up being about the same size as a 1/24 scale model car.

Looks like Hasegawa did a great job on this. Sure wish the US manufacturers had the balls to tool up a new kit and surprise the world with it right before selling it, unlike the standard "announce it now, wait for preorders to trickle in, then decide whether to green light the development and tooling" method that guarantees at least a 1 year wait for anything new they claim to be selling.

The real reason 1/20th was started by Tamiya from a Tamiya engineer, now owner of EBBRO:

"When starting the F1 series Tamiya could not fit the batteries for the motor
on the Tyrrell P34 using 1/24th scale. They measured the batteries and decided they would fit in the model if they made it 1/20th".
Thats the real reason. Motoi from Hapico quoted the engineer during an interview in Japan. Having said that, I dont care what scale you build it,
as long as you do a great job!!

Tom Tanner/Ferrari Expo 2009 model and art contest

[teoteo]

Originally Posted by Thesaint111

That is interesting, looks like the 1/20 plastic kit market (I hope the kit will be 1/20) is not dead anymore, great!

Yes, its 1/20, major F1model scale in Japan.
Also Fujimi will release

1/24 New Fiat
http://mokei.net/up/img/img20081018231639.jpg

1/12　NISSAN GT-R R35 (Famous car in Japan. This kit is amazing)
http://mokei.net/up/img/img20081018231034.jpg

and more.

Plastic kit market in Japan is getting worse these days.
Chlidren nowadays doesn't make kit anymore and lots of kit shops closed its business.
One of the famous Carmodel shop in Tokyo closed last year.(Modelers brand)
It looks Tamiya lost its passion to plastic model and seeking for another way.
Only Fujimi, Hasegawa and other few companies are still releasing new kits.
So I'm always giving thanks to them, and buying there kits as donation

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Cool, new Fiat 500 and the 1/12 GTR should be interesting kits!