1/144 Aircraft Maintenance Hangar (Tateyama AFB) - Sankei

1/144 Aircraft Maintenance Hangar (Tateyama AFB) - Sankei

Sankei have added another stunning card model to their existing range of airfield and air base buildings and structures. If you are going to purchase a hanger (opposed to using one of the free downloads) then this should be it, certainly for the modern era of jets.

The detailing of this hanger is spectacular and will take some time to put together, of course all this design and detail come with quite a serious (eye watering) price at 20,000 Yen, 200USD, 150 Euro or 130GBP

So, deep pockets will be required!!!

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/sankeishop/mk08-07/

1/144 Flying Club - Sankei

1/144 Flying Club - Sankei
A new diorama product from sankei, a "Flying Club", this should pretty much fit into any diorama around the worlf due to its generic design. Ideal for those no combat scenarios

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/sankeishop/mk08-06/

1/144 Aircraft Shelter / Hanger - Sankei

1/144 Aircraft Shelter / Hanger - Sankei
A new item in Sankei's 1/144 range of aviation buildings that would be able to fit a range of natioanlitys over the past few decades. Its a nice looking kit and to scale.It even has provision for you to add LED lighting (not included). Its biggest problem is the cost, its not cheap for a card and fibreboard building....

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/sankeishop/mk08-04/
Available: Soon
Price: Yen 8,820   $110 / 88Euro / £70 for a cardboard hanger !!!???

1/144 Aviation control Quonset Hut - Sankei

1/144 Aviation control Quonset Hut - Sankei
Another great looking diorama piece from Sankei an Radio Quonset hut with flight control trailer?
High quality pre-coloured  laser cut card making for easy assemble and no wonky scissor lines!

Out February 2012
Roughly 2700 - 2900 yen

Sankei shop  Hut  Aviation Series

other Sankei Aviation series items at Hobby Search Japan

11/144 Aviation Scene Series : Control Tower - Sankei

1/144 Aviation Scene Series : Control Tower
Once there were none, now they come along like buses!?

Sankei are to release a WWII period 'control tower'

source: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10163544

Manufacturer	:	Sankei
Scale	:	N Scale , 1/144
Material	:	Paper
Series	:	Miniatuart Kit , Aviation Scene
Release Date	:	Late Oct (Oct. 4, Pre-order start.)
Regular Price	:	2,900 yen  about 37.83 USD
Sales Price	:	2,755 yen  about 35.94 USD

1/144 Cardstock Series - Game Craft Miniatures

1/144 Cardstock Series - Game Craft Miniatures
A series of cardstock building, ideal for dioramas or wargaming from WWI and WWII forwards.

144CSS001 Building Set #1 - $15 USD
144CSS002 Building Set #2 - $15 USD
144CSS003 Building Set #3 - $15 USD
144CSS004 Building Set #4 - $6 USD
144CSS005 Building Set #5 - $6 USD
144CSS006 Building Set #6 -$13 USD
144CSS007 Building Set #7 - $15 USD

Available: Now
Supplier Link here

1/144 Control Tower "Type A" - Sankei

1/144 Control Tower "Type A" - Sankei

More known for their 1/150 N-Gauge railway diorama pieces Sankei are producing a Modern Control Tower Card/Papercraft kit.

It looks pretty good and is likely to be pre-cut/lazer cut to make construction easier!
Its not cheap but this is a nice precision card kit.

Available: (pre-order - for End of May 2011)
Price: 2800 Yen (35USD)

Judging by the Shizuoka photos there will be a second version of this kit also being issued.
"Type-A"
"Type-B"

1/144 Hanger, HAS & Bunker - By GPM

1/144 Hanger, HAS & Bunker - By GPM.

GPM is a Polish company that I first bought to your attention some time back in 2007, since that time they have expanded their 1/144 range by introducing a range of more affordable and user friendly card based models (inc transparencies for windows where appropriate). The range now includes an excellent WWII Hanger, and a Cold War style Modern Hardened Aircraft Shelter.

The basic construction of these items is based on varying thicknesses of laser-cut card and hard boards that whilst having some colour lend themselves to being painted and enhanced with additional railway style diorama products.

The hangers and shelters are nice renditions of the items concerned, and if ever you wanted to build one of the 1945 style bombed out Luftwaffe Hangers this is the once. Its not too expensive and would be easy to cut and distress to get that beleaguered effect!? (It obviously looks great fully intact too!)

The post-war Hardened Aircraft Shelter would look great certainly for an Warsaw Pact style diorama, but would also look good with other aircraft of that period.

If you have the built the Tom-Tom hanger these should not be too much of a stretch beyond that, if you haven't it would be worth while having a practice on the Tom-Tom hanger to get your and and eye experienced.

The postage on either of the Hanger or Todt card based items is fairly standard, the postage on the Todt Batterie is likely to be much more and worth noting this at the checkout! It was a pleasure however to be on the receiving end of prompt and quick Post (credit to the Polish Mail Service and Royal Mail!)

The Todt Batterie is slightly different scenario. It is a 'mixed media' kit and contains metal, card and 'plaster of Paris' based components (these are the heavy parts) such as the casement and some of the surrounding parts. It is worth noting that to make a truly excellent job of your Todt Batterie then some additional modelling and landscaping would be required.

1/144 Hanger by GPM -
Available: Now
Price: 10.26 Euro 13.79 USD
http://www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php?akcja=produkt&edycja=5936

1/144 (HAS) Hardend Aircraft shelter by GPM
Available: Now
Price: 10.26 Euro 13.79 USD
http://www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php?akcja=produkt&edycja=5937

1/144 Todt Batterie by GPM
Available: Now
Price: 45.90 Euro 61.72 USD
http://www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php?akcja=produkt&edycja=3242

1/144 RAF Control Tower - Lazermodelbau

An interesting gem that I have found, another option for RAF Control Towers!
Using Lazercut card, a precision heavy duty card kit of one of your favourite architectural study.

a WWII period RAF/8th USAAF station building for your airfield diorama.

http://www.lasermodellbau.de

http://www.shop-021.de/najemo-p97h35s38-RAF-Tower-1144.html

Available: Now
Price: 11 Euros

http://www.kampfgruppe144.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=168

1/144 Batterie TODT 38cm SK C/34 by GPM Poland!

Batterie TODT 38cm SK C/34 by GPM Poland!

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Get yourself a recreation of part of the atlantic wall bunker and defensive system!!

In resin and mixed media kit.

Available now.

Will ship internationally, but watch out for postage.
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http://www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php?akcja=produkt&edycja=3242

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website in Polish, German and English!

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modern site

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/gaz/bt.html

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http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Batterie+TODT&meta=

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if you do not wish to recreate WWII you could recreate the modern musem and put you Leopold K5 next to it!