HMA Garage

[chrisonord]

Just seen this on the hobbysearch website, available soon, and in 1/72 scale.

[PR19_Kit]

What is it? I tried it in Hobbysearch and came up with nothing.

It does come up on Google, but it's a radiator.................. 

[Mossie]

This one? F-15 Kai from Patlabor 2.
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11256432

Seems to take cues from several real and proposed F-15s and runs with them: Intakes and canted tails from Silent Eagle, F-15U wing, F-15 SMTD canards and thrust vectoring.

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[PR19_Kit]

Coooer, very swish. 

[jcf]

Pricey.
$58 US, £42.65, €49.

[chrisonord]

I read the description of what it's made from, and it says styrofoam...?

[perttime]

At the bottom of the description it says:

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

[kerick]

I still say I should have the job of correcting all this mistranslated stuff.

[Old Wombat]

I still say I should have the job of correcting all this mistranslated stuff.

That job's all yours, mate! That's a 26hrs/day, 9days/week, 56weeks/year, 12 years/decade job that is! No breaks, no mealtimes, no sleep!     

[PR19_Kit]

In the late 60s-early 70s I did that 'translation' for Riko's imports into the UK from Tamiya, Bandai, etc. They provided the kits and the Japanese instruction sheets, and I wrote new instructions in English as I went, not actual translation though as I don't read Japanese! Riko included a properly printed version of my writings with each kit sold in the UK for some years until the manufacturers realised they could do it themselves and still retain their company 'style'.

This worked fine till Tamiya did their 1/21 scale (I think) Tiger 1 tank with a full interior. That was SO complicated, and of course I know NOWT about tanks, that it took much longer than normal, and much longer than Glyn Pearson, the Riko rep, had allowed for, so the first batch of big Tiger 1s went out to their UK buyers with photocopies of my typewritten instructions included in the kits!     

[The Rat]

Seems to take cues from several real and proposed F-15s and runs with them: Intakes and canted tails from Silent Eagle, F-15U wing, F-15 SMTD canards and thrust vectoring.

And a generous helping of way cool! 

[Mossie]

And a generous helping of way cool! 

    

[jcf]

Just seen this on the hobbysearch website, available soon, and in 1/72 scale.

The manufacturer is HMA Garage.
You may want to retitle the topic.

[jcf]

In the late 60s-early 70s I did that 'translation' for Riko's imports into the UK from Tamiya, Bandai, etc. They provided the kits and the Japanese instruction sheets, and I wrote new instructions in English as I went, not actual translation though as I don't read Japanese! Riko included a properly printed version of my writings with each kit sold in the UK for some years until the manufacturers realised they could do it themselves and still retain their company 'style'.

This worked fine till Tamiya did their 1/21 scale (I think) Tiger 1 tank with a full interior. That was SO complicated, and of course I know NOWT about tanks, that it took much longer than normal, and much longer than Glyn Pearson, the Riko rep, had allowed for, so the first batch of big Tiger 1s went out to their UK buyers with photocopies of my typewritten instructions included in the kits!   

The big Tiger was released in 1969 and it's 1/25th scale. 

[chrisonord]

Just seen this on the hobbysearch website, available soon, and in 1/72 scale.

The manufacturer is HMA Garage.
You may want to retitle the topic.

I didn't read that far down the page, I just read what was around the main picture.