1/144 The Kotobuki Squadron in the Wilderness` A6M5 Zero Fighter Type 52 Air Pirate the 301st Guard Affiliation Machine Ver. (2 in 1) - Plex/Platz

1/144 The Kotobuki Squadron in the Wilderness` A6M5 Zero Fighter Type 52 Air Pirate the 301st Guard Affiliation Machine Ver. (2 in 1) -  Plex/Platz

The animation [Kotobuki Kozurugi of the Wilderness] is presented by the director Tsutomu Mizushima x series configuration, the gold combination of Yokote Michiko
It is the latest original animation work!
-Full-fledged air combat action unfolded by a beautiful girl team with great arms, being on the air in popular broadcast from January 2019!

-Reproduce the fighter that appears in such a notable work with a 1/144 scale plastic model!
-Really reproduce the specifications of the [Zero-War 52-type] air thief third-party guards affiliation aircraft that appeared in the anime.
-While being palm-sized at 1/144, the markings applied to the aircraft, such as the distinctive marks drawn on the wing, are reproduced with decals. 
- I set the parts for two aircraft in the kit.
-Also on TV or on the internet! The story enters the setting point, and more attention is drawn to future developments [Kotobuki squadron in the wilderness]!
-The appearance of a model I want to check with the anime!

( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10601312
Price: 1800 Yen, 17 USD, 15 Euro, 13 GBP
Release Date: 22 March 2019

1/144 The Kotobuki Squadron in the Wilderness` Fugaku `Ikesuka Ver.` - Plex/Platz

1/144 The Kotobuki Squadron in the Wilderness` Fugaku `Ikesuka Ver.` - Plex/Platz

Model the aircraft that appears in the popular anime [Kotobuki squadron in the wilderness] on the very popular broadcast as it is the atmosphere of the animation!

-The anime [Kotobuki Squadron of the Wilderness] is the latest in the original animation presented by the director Tsutomu Mizushima x series composition, the golden combination of Michiko Yokote!
-Full-fledged air combat action unfolded by a beautiful girl team with great arms, being on the air in popular broadcast from January 2019!

-Reproduce the fighter that appears in such a notable work with a 1/144 scale plastic model!
-Really reproduce [Togashi] that appeared in Episode 10.
-Big size of about 32 cm in total length and about 43 cm in total width while 1/144 scale size.
-Marks applied to the aircraft, such as the distinctive marks drawn on the main wings and tail wings, are reproduced with decals.
-Also on TV or on the internet!
-The story enters the setting, and more attention is drawn to future developments [Kotobuki squadron in the wilderness]!


( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )

This time a Nakajima G10N with fictional Marking in lines with the TV Anime.

Source: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10601610
Price: 3400 Yen, 30USD, 27 Euro, 23 GBP

Release Date: April 2019

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1/144 Bartini A-57 Bomber Soviet Seaplane Concept (1957) - Fantastic Plastic

1/144 Bartini A-57 Bomber  Soviet Seaplane Concept (1957) - Fantastic Plastic 

Robert Lugvigovich Bartini (1897-1974) was an Austro-Hungarian-born aeronautical engineer of Italian descent who eventually became one of the Soviet Union's most visionary aircraft designers.

In the mid-1950s, Bartini received government backing to develop the A-57, a massive sea-launched intercontinental bomber that would not require vulnerable land-based air fields. To be fueled by submarines, the A-57 was to use vertical jets to assist with lift during take-off. Subsequent variations also included a twin-engined jet parasite fighter to serve as an escort over enemy territory.

In 1957, the Kremlin pulled funding from Bartini's bold project, perhaps figuring that with ICBMs now coming into their own, there would be less and less need for the kind of massive bomber Bartini envisioned.

Scale:      1:144
Material: Resin
Length:   18 inches (45.72 cm)
Number of pieces: 36
Parasite fighter included!  (http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/tsybin/rs/rs_e.htm )
Pattern by Scott Lowther
Casting by Creative Cast Parts
Decals by JBOT
Original Box Art by Brad Fraunfelter


Price: $185.00 USD + Shipping   (£140/162 Euro/ 20,700 Yen)

Available: March 2019

http://fantastic-plastic.com/bartini-a-57-bomber---catalog.html

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIIO/EP/RZ/5AD 'Worldwide Service' (RAAF, PAF, SAAF, UAEAF) by Mark I Models, MKM144102

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIIO/EP/RZ/5AD 'Worldwide Service' (RAAF, PAF, SAAF, UAEAF) by Mark I Models, MKM144102 

Dassault Mirage IIIO/EP/RZ/5AD 'Worldwide Service' (RAAF, PAF, SAAF, UAEAF) The Mirage III jet fighter was developed by the French Avions Marcel Dassault company and its prototype flew in 1956. The first major production model was the Mirage IIIC, while the IIIE was an upgraded variant flying in April 1961.

The Mirage IIIE was a single-seat, all-metal monoplane featuring a tailless delta configuration utilised as a multirole/strike aircraft. Compared to the previous IIIC, it had an extended fuselage for avionics and additional fuel and straight tailfin leading edge. It was powered by a SNECMA Atar 09C turbojet. It carried two DEFA cannons in the lower fuselage under the air intakes and was fitted with five external stores pylons.

The first production Mirage IIIEs went to the French Air Force in 1964, with a total of 183 aircraft eventually delivered to that air arm. Licence production was also undertaken in Australia, where 98 a/c were built between 1963-68 by GAF as the Mirage IIIO. A number of Mirage IIIEs were built for export, being purchased by Argentina (IIIEA), Brazil (IIIEBR), Lebanon (IIIEL), Pakistan (IIIEP), South Africa (IIIEZ), Spain (IIIEE) and Venezuela (IIIEV).

Mirage IIIR was a reconnaissance aircraft, with radar replaced by a camera nose. It was based on the IIIE but with simpler avionics. These aeroplanes we supplied to the French Air Force (IIIR/RD) and others were exported to Switzerland (one Mirage IIIRS delivered + 17 licence-built by F+W in 1968-69), Pakistan (IIIRP) and South Africa (IIIRZ/R2Z). Production of the Mirage IIIE/R (incl. exports) was substantially greater than that of the IIIC, totalling more than 530 aircraft.

The Mirage 5 was the next major variant, first flying in May 1967, destined for clear-weather attack role. It was equipped with less sophisticated avionics, more fuel storage and featured a longer nose. In Belgium, 63 a/c were licence-built in the period 1970-73 by SABCA as the 5BA. A total of 531 Mirage 5s (all variants, incl. exports) were built, of which a number were exported to Abu Dhabi, Colombia, Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Pakistan, Peru, Venezuela and Zaire.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) GAF CA-29 Mirage IIIO(F), s/n A3-3, Black A3-3, No.76 Sq., Royal Australian Air Force, Williamtown Base, New South Wales, Australia, early 1970s

2) AMD Mirage IIIEP, No.67-112, Black 112, No.5 ‘Falcons’ Sq., Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza’ya), Sargodha Air Base, Pakistan, late 1971

3) AMD Mirage IIIRZ, No. 4F4A, Black 838, No.2 Sq. ‘Flying Cheetahs’, South African Air Force, Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, 1990

4) AMD Mirage 5AD, No.402, Black 402, 2nd ‘Shaheen’ (Falcon) Sq., Fighter Wing, United Arab Emirates Air Force (Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah), Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, early 1990s

This injection-moulded kit contains 53 parts and two clear parts (the cockpit canopy, taxiing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

Estimated Price : £18 GBP
Release Date: To be confirmed
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144102

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

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIIE/EE/RS/5BA 'In Europe' (French, Spanish, Swiss & Belgian AF) by Mark I Models MKM14410

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIIE/EE/RS/5BA 'In Europe' (French, Spanish, Swiss & Belgian AF) by Mark I Models MKM144101

Dassault Mirage IIIE/EE/RS/5BA 'In Europe' (French, Spanish, Swiss & Belgian AF) The Mirage III jet fighter was developed by the French Avions Marcel Dassault company and its prototype flew in 1956. The first major production model was the Mirage IIIC, while the IIIE was an upgraded variant flying in April 1961.

The Mirage IIIE was a single-seat, all-metal monoplane featuring a tailless delta configuration utilised as a multirole/strike aircraft. Compared to the previous IIIC, it had an extended fuselage for avionics and additional fuel and straight tailfin leading edge. It was powered by a SNECMA Atar 09C turbojet. It carried two DEFA cannons in the lower fuselage under the air intakes and was fitted with five external stores pylons (one under the fuselage and two under each wing).

The first production Mirage IIIEs went to the French Air Force in 1964, with a total of 183 aircraft eventually delivered to that air arm. Licence production was also undertaken in Australia, where 98 a/c were built between 1963-68 by GAF as the Mirage IIIO. A number of Mirage IIIEs were built for export, being purchased by Argentina (IIIEA), Brazil (IIIEBR), Lebanon (IIIEL), Pakistan (IIIEP), South Africa (IIIEZ), Spain (IIIEE) and Venezuela (IIIEV).

Mirage IIIR was a reconnaissance aircraft, with radar replaced by a camera nose. It was based on the IIIE but with simpler avionics. These aeroplanes we supplied to the French Air Force (IIIR/RD) and others were exported to Switzerland (one Mirage IIIRS delivered + 17 licence-built by F+W in 1968-69), Pakistan (IIIRP) and South Africa (IIIRZ/R2Z). Production of the Mirage IIIE/R (incl. exports) was substantially greater than that of the IIIC, totalling more than 530 aircraft.

The Mirage 5 was the next major variant, first flying in May 1967, destined for clear-weather attack role. It was equipped with less sophisticated avionics, more fuel storage and featured a longer nose. In Belgium, 63 a/c were licence-built in the period 1970-73 by SABCA as the 5BA. A total of 531 Mirage 5s (all variants, incl. exports) were built, of which a number were exported to Abu Dhabi, Colombia, Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Pakistan, Peru, Venezuela and Zaire.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) AMD Mirage IIIE, No.568, Black 4-BI, Escadron de Chasse 2/4 ‘La Fayette’, French Air Force (Armée de l’Air), Air Base (BA) 116 Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur, France, early 1970s

2) AMD Mirage IIIEE, No.631/C.11-23, Black 111-12/C11-23, Escuadron 111 ‘Dólares’, Ala de Caza 11 (Fighter Wing), Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire), Manises Air Base, Spain, 1973

3) AMD Mirage IIIRS, No.5, Black R-2101, Überwachungsgeschwader (Surveillance Sq.), Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe), Dübendorf Air Base, Switzerland, late 1965

4) SABCA Mirage 5BA, No.021, White BA 21, 2e Esc. ‘La Comète’, 2e Wing Tactique, Belgian Air Force (Force aérienne belge), Florennes Air Base, Belgium, late 1985

This injection-moulded kit contains 53 parts and two clear parts (the cockpit canopy,taxiing lamp). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

Estimated Price : £18 GBP
Release Date: To be confirmed
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144101

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

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIICJ/CZ 'Mach 2 Warrior' - Mark I Models MKM14493

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIICJ/CZ 'Mach 2 Warrior'  - Mark I Models  (Israeli, Argentinian and  South African AF) by Mark I Models  MKM14493

Dassault Mirage IIICJ/CZ 'Mach 2 Warrior' (Israeli, Argentinian & South African AF) The Mirage III jet fighter was developed by the French Avions Marcel Dassault company and its prototype flew in 1956. Regarded as a versatile second-generation fighter, it was the first Western European aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight. The first major production model, the Mirage IIIC, took off in 1960 and nearly 100 were built for the French Air Force. A single aeroplane of this variant was also exported to Switzerland, where licence construction was undertaken as the Mirage IIIS.

The Mirage IIIC was a single-seat, all-metal monoplane featuring a tailless delta configuration. It was powered by a SNECMA Atar 09B turbojet and designed for all-weather interception, close air support, ground attacks and also fighter-bomber role.

It was armed with two DEFA cannons in the lower fuselage under the air intakes. Early Mirage IIIC’s had three external stores pylons (one under the fuselage and one under each wing), but another two outboard pylons were later added to each wing. The outboard pylons were intended to carry Sidewinder missiles, while the centre pylon could carry Matra AAM.

Mirage IIICs were widely exported overseas and used in active combat roles in multiple conflicts. The prominent operators included Israel (72 a/c delivered between 1961 and 1964 as the Mirage IIICJ), South Africa (16 supplied in the period 1962-64, designated the Mirage IIICZ) and Argentina using re-exported Israeli aircraft.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) AMD Mirage IIICJ “Shahak“ (Skyblazer), No.84, Black 784, No.119 ‘Bat’ Sq. (119 Tayeset), Israeli Air Force (Kheil HaAvir), Tel Nof Air Base, Israel, 1966-67

2) AMD Mirage IIICJ “Shahak“ (Skyblazer), No.07, Black 107, No.117 ‘The First Jet’ Sq. (117 Tayeset), Israeli Air Force (Kheil HaAvir), Ramat David Air Base, Israel, autumn 1973

3) AMD Mirage IIICJ, (ex-Israeli No.12), Black C-703, Escuadrón 55 (Sq.), Grupo Aereo 4 de Caza (Air Fighter Group), Argentinian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina), El Plumerillo Military Air Base (BAM), Argentina, 1987

4) AMD Mirage IIICZ, No.161/ 806, Black 806, No.2 Sq. ‘Flying Cheetahs’, South African Air Force, Air Force Base Waterkloof, South Africa, 1975

This injection-moulded kit contains 49 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy).
A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

Estimated Price : £18 GBP
Release Date: To be confirmed
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14493

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

1/144 Dassault Mirage IIIC 'Delta-wing Fighter' by Mark I Models MKM14492

1/144  Dassault Mirage IIIC 'Delta-wing Fighter' by  Mark I Models MKM14492

Dassault Mirage IIIC 'Delta-wing Fighter' (French & Swiss AF) The Mirage III jet fighter was developed by the French Avions Marcel Dassault company and its prototype flew in 1956. Regarded as a versatile second-generation fighter, it was the first Western European aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight. The first major production model, the Mirage IIIC, took off in October 1960. A total of 95 were built for the French Air Force, with which it remained in service until 1988. A single aeroplane of this variant was also sold to Switzerland, while a total of 36 modified a/c, known as the Mirage IIIS, were constructed under licence by Federal Aircraft Works F+W.

The Mirage IIIC was a single-seat, all-metal monoplane featuring a tailless delta configuration. It was powered by a SNECMA Atar 09B turbojet and designed for all-weather interception, close air support, ground attacks and also fighter-bomber role.

It was armed with two DEFA cannons in the lower fuselage under the air intakes. Early Mirage IIIC’s had three external stores pylons (one under the fuselage and one under each wing), but another two outboard pylons were later added to each wing. The outboard pylons were intended to carry Sidewinder missiles, while the centre pylon could carry Matra AAM.

Mirage IIICs were widely exported overseas and used in active combat roles in multiple conflicts. The prominent operators included Israel (IIICJ), South Africa (IIICZ) and Argentina using re-exported Israeli aircraft. A total of 184 Mirage IIIC were produced.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) AMD Mirage IIIC, No.24, Black 5-OG/24, Escadron de Chasse 2/5 ‘Île-de-France’, French Air Force (Armée de l’Air), Air Base (BA) 115 Orange-Caritat, France, 1967

2) AMD Mirage IIIC, No.30, Black 110-RE/30, Escadron de Chasse 2/10 ‘Seine’, French Air Force (Armée de l’Air), Air Base (BA) 110 Creil, France, 1979

3) AMD Mirage IIIC, No.27, Black 3-10-LE/27, Escadron de Chasse 3/10 ‘Vexin’, French Air Force (Armée de l’Air), Air Base (BA) 188 Djibouti, 1980

4) AMD Mirage IIIC, Black J-2201, “BlümliË? (Blossom), test a/c, Gruppe für Rüstungsdienste (GRD Armament Services Group), Swiss Air Force, Emmen Air Base, 1973

This injection-moulded kit contains 49 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy).
A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

Estimated Price : £18 GBP
Release Date: To be confirmed
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14492

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

1/144 Roden C-131B Samaritan and B307/C-75 Stratoliner by Roden

1/144 Roden C-131B Samaritan and B307/C-75 Stratoliner by Roden 

More RODEN kits due in 2019
http://www.roden.eu/HTML/models1.htm

#338 Roden C-131B Samaritan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_C-131_Samaritan

#339 B307/C-75 Stratoliner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_307_Stratoliner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_307_Stratoliner#C-75


I have soft spot for the stratoliner, as i have a few resin kits of this - one of which appears to have had some inspiration from the minicraft B-17 kits as the minicraft wings area a directly interchangeable with the resin wings.

There where at least 
- two resin kit/conversions produced the SASQUATCH MODELS 307 STRATOLINER (I think conversion options options for Crwon B-17 and complete kit options where available)
- a vacform conversion set for the B-307/C-75 by Scratchbilt
- Anigrand C-75 Resin Kit
- F-Rsin Resin Kit
- Herb Deeks  conversion resin kit


sources: 
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ROD338
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ROD339


https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235050782-1144-boeing-307-stratoliner-by-roden-release-in-2019-2020/

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/roden-339-boeing-307-stratoliner--1196884

http://www.greenmats.club/forums/topic/5432-roden

1/144 F-Toys Wing Kit Collection VS11 "Sabre vs MiG 17F"

*** UPDATED ***

F-Toys Wing Kit Collection VS11  "Sabre vs MiG 17F"

Not much information on this at the moment, as it has only come to light by a 1/144 search on Japanese TWITTER accounts.

Expected Release Date: April 2019

New Tooling!

The next in the "VS" series is clearly a Sabre vs MiG 17 series, from what i can detect from the screen grabs that it will be a 9 Items series with special(s) including a lottery item relating to a Yugoslavian Sabre markings!.

There appears to be 

North American Aviation F-86 Sabre -USAF

North American Aviation F-86 Sabre - RoCAF

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre

Candair Sabre F.4 - RAF 92 Squadron

Candair CL-13 Sabre - RCAF "Fireball" Display team

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

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 - PLAAF/Soviet Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily (VVS),

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 - Syrian Airforce

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 - PLAAF/Soviet Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily (VVS),

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17  - Egyptian Airforce

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17  -  Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee – LSK (East German)

Source: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10592181

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