1/144 HMS Holland (class) submarine - MIKRO-MIR

1/44 HMS Holland (class) submarine - MIKRO-MIR
Another in their range of 1/144 submarines, this time an boat from the early days of the evolution of modern submarines.

Expect this to be injected plastic with a photo etched parts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Holland_1


Its not on the website http://mikro-mir.com/en/ships-1-144.html , but it is appearing on ebay already!

1/144 Grumman F9F Panther - Oz Mods

1/144 Grumman Panther - Oz Mods 
Reissued, with injected plastic kit with vacform and clear canopies. Silk Screen decals for the Blue Angeles and VFA-192 Golden Dragons - aircraft 209 as seen in the movie Bridge at TOKO-Ri.

The Grumman F9F Panther was the manufacturer's first jet fighter and one of the United States Navy's first successful carrier-based jet fighters. A single-engined, straight-winged day fighter, it was fitted with an armament of four 20 mm (0.79 in) cannons and could carry a wide assortment of air-to-ground munitions.

The Panther was used extensively by the U.S. Navy and the United States Marine Corps in the Korean War. It was also the first jet aircraft used by the Blue Angels flight team, being used by them from 1949 through to late 1954. The aircraft was exported to Argentina and was the first jet used by the Argentine Naval Aviation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther

Available: March 2016
http://www.ozmods-kits.com/aircraft-kits-1144

1/144 F-Toys WTM Vol.3 (IJA)

1/144 F-Toys WTM Vol.3 (IJA)

Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_Ka-Mi

Type 89 I-Go medium tank
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_89_I-Go

Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha medium tank - NOT the same Chi-Ha as the one from the OOP F-Toys' Battle Tank Collection Vol.2. This new one represents the improved Type 97 variant with a high velocity 47mm gun replacing the original low velocity 57mm gun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_97_ShinHoTo_Chi-Ha


Source: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10377928 and Smeg1959

1/144 Bachem Ba-349 A / Ba-349 M52/M58 - Brengun

1/144 Bachem Ba-349 A  and Bachem Ba-349 M52/M58  - Brengun
Brengun have released another set of interesting little kits, previously available in resin from Fozone, its not available in build and wallet friendly injected plastic, and comes with decals and two kits in a box.

for more info on the development and history of this aircraft:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349

Bachem Ba-349 A Natter (two in box)
Catalog number: BRP144001
http://www.brengun.cz/e-shop/1-144-plastic-kits-32/bachem-ba-349-a-natter-(two-in-box)-1225


Bachem Ba-349 M52/M58 (two in box)
Catalog number: BRP144002
http://www.brengun.cz/e-shop/1-144-plastic-kits-32/bachem-ba-349-m52-m58-(two-in-box)-1226

Available: March 2016
Price: 12 Euro

Maybe there is some hope of seeing their B&V-40 in 144 too now?

1/144 Euro Jets Vol.2 - F-Toys

1/144 Euro Jets Vol.2 - F-Toys
A new set of "Euro" jets from F-Toys, expected release date "late March 2016"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen


- 1-A: MiG-29S Fulcrum C Russian Air Force technical training center
- 1-B: MiG-29S Fulcrum C Russian Air Force aerobatic team
- 1-C: MiG-29S Fulcrum C Ukraine Air Force
- 1-D: MiG-29S Fulcrum C Russian Air Force 28th fighter regiment
- 1-E: MiG-29S Fulcrum C Soviet Air Force 115th  fighter regiment
- 2-A: JAS39A / C Gripen Swedish Air Force
- 2-B: JAS39A / C Gripen Swedish Air Force
- 2-C: JAS39A / C Gripen Czech Air Force
- 2-D: JAS39A / C Gripen Hungary Air Force

Image Source: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10377915

1/144 Bugatti 100P & Type 75sc Atlantic- by MACH 3

1/144 Bugatti 100P & Type 75sc - by MACH 3

I love this aircraft and wanted a kit of this ever since i first stumbled across it on the web, the only trouble now is that i want two - one in blue and one in a military scheme!

This is a new release from by MACH 3, but only available at shows and via DAMEYA.net which will make it hard to get: http://www.dameya.net/shopdetail/000000000363

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Model_100
http://bugatti100p.com/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Type_57

2016 Fantastic Plastic 1/144

2016 Fantastic Plastic 1/144

Some interesting looking items, some are new for 2016, others carried over from 2015.
If you see something you like then it would probably help to reserve one upfront!?

http://fantastic-plastic.com/future-releases.html

http://fantastic-plastic.com/battle-beyond-the-stars-nell--catalog.html
http://fantastic-plastic.com/horten-xviiib-2---catalog.html
http://fantastic-plastic.com/kenneth-arnold-ufo---catalog.html
http://fantastic-plastic.com/nx-beta---catalog.html
http://fantastic-plastic.com/international-fleet-shuttle---catalog.html
http://fantastic-plastic.com/bartini-a-57-bomber---catalog.html

other 1/144 kits are still available here: http://fantastic-plastic.com/fantastic-plastic-models-online-catalog.html

1/144 Brewster F2A / Buffalo - by Mark I

1/144 Brewster F2A / Buffalo - by Mark I

The Brewster F2A Buffalo^[1] was an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers. The Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the U.S. Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft. Although superior to the Grumman F3F biplane it replaced and the early F4Fs,^[2] the Buffalo was largely obsolete when the United States entered World War 2 being unstable and overweight, especially when compared to the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.^[3]

Several nations, including Finland, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands, ordered the Buffalo. Of all the users, the Finns were the most successful with their Buffalos, flying them in combat against early Soviet fighters with excellent results.^[4] During the Continuation War of 1941–1944, the B-239s (a de-navalized F2A-1) operated by the Finnish Air Force proved capable of engaging and destroying most types of Soviet fighter aircraft operating against Finland at that time and achieving in the first phase of that conflict 32 Soviet aircraft shot down for every B-239 lost,^[5] and producing 36 Buffalo "aces".^[6]

In December 1941, Buffalos operated by both British Commonwealth (B-339E) and Dutch (B-339D) air forces in South East Asia suffered severe losses in combat against the Japanese Navy's Mitsubishi A6M Zeroand the Japanese Army's Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar". The British attempted to lighten their Buffalos by removing ammunition and fuel and installing lighter guns to increase performance, but it made little difference.^[7]After the first few engagements, the Dutch halved the fuel and ammunition load in the wing, which allowed their Buffalos (and their Hurricanes) to stay with the Oscars in turns.^[8]

The Buffalo was built in three variants for the U.S. Navy, the F2A-1, F2A-2 and F2A-3. (In foreign service, with lower horsepower engines, these types were designated B-239, B-339, and B-339-23 respectively.) The F2A-3 variant saw action with United States Marine Corps (USMC) squadrons at the Battle of Midway. Shown by the experience of Midway to be no match for the Zero,^[2] the F2A-3 was derided by USMC pilots as a "flying coffin."^[9] However the F2A-3s performance was substantially inferior^[10] to the F2A-2 variant used by the Navy before the outbreak of the war despite detail improvements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_F2A_Buffalo

New kits released in February 2016:
MKM14444 F2A-1 Buffalo/B-239 ‘Early Versions’ (2in1)
http://www.4pluspublications.com/en/scale-model-kits/mkm14444-f2a-1-buffalo-b-239

MKM14445 F2A-1 Buffalo/B-239 ‘Early Versions’ (2in1)
http://www.4pluspublications.com/en/scale-model-kits/mkm14445-f2a-2-buffalo-b-339-usbelgian

MKM14446 Buffalo Mk.I/B-339D 'Far East Service' (2in1)
http://www.4pluspublications.com/en/scale-model-kits/mkm14446-buffalo-mki-b-339-far-east

1/144 Mitsubishi A5M - Sweet

1/144 Mitsubishi A5M - Sweet


Mitsubishi A5M Soryu Fighter Corps 1938-1939
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10358706

Type 96 Carrier Fighter (A5M4) HOUKOKU-348 (1st Woman Teacher-GO)
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10371986

1/144 Thunderbirds 2 (Original Series) Collection - By Deagostini

1/144 Thunderbirds 2 (Original Series) Collection - By Deagostini
It looks like those look folka in Japan are getting a part by part series collection of some classic Thuderbirds items - that may well be in 1/144

http://deagostini.jp/tbk/
http://deagostini.jp/tbk/#teiki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TMkQRqweCQ

Source: http://blog.livedoor.jp/dameya/archives/50907843.html

1/144 Planned Release for 2016

1/144 Planned Release for 2016 

Some interesting planned releases from RODEN, a numbre of VC-10s
http://roden.eu/HTML/framenews.htm

Vickers Super VC10 – was a long-range British airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs and its first flight was in 1962. The airliner was designed to operate on long-distance Empire routes and commanded excellent ‘Hot and High’ performance for operations from African airports. With its introduction by BOAC in April 1964, the VC10 became an immensely popular aircraft in the BOAC fleet, both with passengers and crew, being particularly praised for its comfort and low cabin noise levels. It was BOAC’s most successful Aircraft in terms of passenger numbers carried. The VC10 still holds the record for the fastest London to New York crossing of the Atlantic, of 5 hours and 1 minute. Other major users of the VC10 were East African Airways and the Royal Air Force, the latter only withdrawing from service its last VC10 in 2013.

1/144 Vickers Super VC10 1151
1/144 Lockheed C-141B Starlifter
1/144 Vickers VC10 K3 Type 1164 Tanker
1/144 Vickers Super VC10 1154 (East African Airways)
1/144 Vickers Super VC10 1154 (BOAC)  (shown on website)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_VC10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter


Source: http://www.frogmodelaircraft.co.uk/

1/144 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet / EA-18G Growler - High-Spec Series Vol.4 - F-Toys

1/144 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet / EA-18G Growler - High-Spec Series Vol.4 - F-Toys 
The Super Hornet is an evolutionary redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The Super Hornet's unique wing and tail configuration can be traced back to an internal Northrop project P-530, c. 1965; this had started as a substantial rework of the lightweight F-5E with a larger wing, twin tail fins and a distinctive leading edge root extension (LERX).^[4] Later flying as the Northrop YF-17 "Cobra", it competed in the United States Air Force's Lightweight Fighter (LWF) program to produce a smaller and simpler fighter to complement the larger F-15 Eagle. The Navy directed that the YF-17 be redesigned into the larger F/A-18 Hornet to meet a requirement for a multi-role fighter to complement the larger F-14 Tomcat serving in air superiority and fleet defense interceptor roles. The Hornet proved to be effective but limited in combat radius. Its design was expanded in the Super Hornet, which has an empty weight slightly greater than the F-15C.^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet


Source:
http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/digitamin/yt06290.html
http://ameblo.jp/niitakayama/entry-12124185808.html

1/144 F-82F/G Twin Mustang (2 kits) - F-Toys

1/144 F-82F/G Twin Mustang (2 kits) - F-Toys
F-Toys are reissuing a set of two F-82F/G in unpainted kit form, with Rocketeer Decals.
This was last released in gashapon format in 2006

Available: February 2016
Price: @18USD


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang
http://www.swissmustangs.ch/index2.html

Source: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10370642

1/144 "Delfin" - Russian Imperial Submarine - MIKRO-Mir

1/144 "Delfin" - Russian Imperial Submarine - MIKRO-Mir

I don't know too much about this one at the moment, but it will typically be plastic with some photoetch parts?

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM144-010

Available January 2015, currently @$20 on E-Bay.

Delfin (Дельфин, Russian: "Dolphin") was the first combat-capable Russian submarine. She was commissioned in 1903 and decommissioned in 1917, having served during World War I.

Delfin was designed by Naval architect Senior Assistant Ivan Grigoryevich Bubnov, Lieutenant M.N. Beklemishev and Lieutenant I.S. Goryunov of the Construction Commission for Submarines (later the Rubin Design Bureau). The design was of a single-hull type submarine with saddle tanks whose outer plating was covered with teak to prevent damage in the case of grounding.[1] She was ordered in July 1901[1] laid down by Baltic Works at St. Petersburg, launched in 1902, and entered service in 1903, training officers and sailors. Initially the vessel was classed as a torpedo boat and only given a number instead of a name.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Delfin

1/144 Type 0 Fighter Model 21 (A6M2b) by Aoshima

1/144 Type 0 Fighter Model 21  (A6M2b)  by Aoshima 

The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range fighter aircraft, manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The A6M was designated as the Mitsubishi Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter (零式艦上戦闘機 rei-shiki-kanjō-sentōki?), or the Mitsubishi A6M Rei-sen. The A6M was usually referred to by its pilots as the "Reisen" (zero fighter), "0" being the last digit of the Imperial year 2600 (1940) when it entered service with the Imperial Navy. The official Allied reporting name was "Zeke", although the use of the name "Zero" was later commonly adopted by the Allies as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero


I hadnt seen this one before it popped up on "model stories"
http://modelbox.free.fr/news/News1601_P/index_fichiers/ASIE.htm

other than it being due 2016/03, i don't know anything else about it...

though HLJ has it as a Gashapon Series of 8 items...
https://www.hlj.com/product/AOS08585/Gsh