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Re: Pics: Model Expo - Melbourne, Australia

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yaggo wrote:
sky1911 wrote:Amazing models. Seeing all those planes and ships and submarines makes me want to grab a few of those
as well. Still eyeballing the all metal IMCTh 1/32 structural models.
Could you point me out where to look for them in the pics ?

Thanks peter
Hi Peter,

for sure
1/32 Desktop Zero, bit more detail here
1/32 Desktop Mustang, bit more detail here
1/32 Desktop BF109F, bit more detail here
1/32 Desktop Shinden, bit more detail here

They have been on sale for a few years now. Several places used to carry them, amiami.com used to have
the best prices, but for some time list them as out of stock or some such. Last time I have sent them an
inquiry (@amiami) they couldn't tell me when another shipment was due. So eventually it dropped off of
my radar and I hit the 1/12 MFH stockpile ;)

I think typically they sell at around 30.000 yen, with some models around 27-28.000 yen. Listed on site are
the prices incl. tax plus some additional bits and pieces (panels, ...).

From what I heard they are not related to MFH. You can find a few build / intro threads around the web.

A cheaper option to maybe get your feet wet is Jasmine Models with their structure models featuring a
1/48 F6F Hellcat or a 1/144 SR-71A Blackbird or a 1/72 Horten Ho-229 or a 1/72 Valkyrie. I first heard of
them via the Horten.
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Great pics a Jeff and thank you for the highlights. Just dropped in this afternoon and as yet no winners announced which is very slack of the organizers...see you tomorrow
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Hi guys,

I forgot to ask this on my first post: did you guys heard from Southern Cross if they are coming with a new 1/20 f1 kit in the near future?

Their W125 is simply awesome!

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Thanks guys,

Shayne - no worries, I'll catch you tomorrow afternoon; in the morning I'll brave the swap & sell pit, wish me luck!

Guilherme - unfortunately SCM did not mention about any new releases, so we have to wait and see...
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Re: Pics: Model Expo - Melbourne, Australia

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sky1911 wrote:
yaggo wrote:
sky1911 wrote:Amazing models. Seeing all those planes and ships and submarines makes me want to grab a few of those
as well. Still eyeballing the all metal IMCTh 1/32 structural models.
Could you point me out where to look for them in the pics ?

Thanks peter
Hi Peter,

for sure
1/32 Desktop Zero, bit more detail here
1/32 Desktop Mustang, bit more detail here
1/32 Desktop BF109F, bit more detail here
1/32 Desktop Shinden, bit more detail here

They have been on sale for a few years now. Several places used to carry them, amiami.com used to have
the best prices, but for some time list them as out of stock or some such. Last time I have sent them an
inquiry (@amiami) they couldn't tell me when another shipment was due. So eventually it dropped off of
my radar and I hit the 1/12 MFH stockpile ;)

I think typically they sell at around 30.000 yen, with some models around 27-28.000 yen. Listed on site are
the prices incl. tax plus some additional bits and pieces (panels, ...).

From what I heard they are not related to MFH. You can find a few build / intro threads around the web.

A cheaper option to maybe get your feet wet is Jasmine Models with their structure models featuring a
1/48 F6F Hellcat or a 1/144 SR-71A Blackbird or a 1/72 Horten Ho-229 or a 1/72 Valkyrie. I first heard of
them via the Horten.
Thanks for the info sky1911

I misread your first post,thought there were pics of imcth planes but i couldn't find them.
Have the imcth Mustang in my stash, want to kit-bash it with the SWS mustang in the future.
The Yasmine models looks very good to, especially the Hellcat.

thanks peter
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Re: Pics: Model Expo - Melbourne, Australia

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Jeff wrote:Thanks guys,

Shayne - no worries, I'll catch you tomorrow afternoon; in the morning I'll brave the swap & sell pit, wish me luck!

Guilherme - unfortunately SCM did not mention about any new releases, so we have to wait and see...
Thank you Jeff,

I think I saw some 3D CAD design of a Maserati, if I am not mistaking, sometime ago before they released the W125.

Oh well! Let's wait.

Cheers,

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Cool , thanks for sharing !

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Great looking builds. Imaginative and well executed dioramas, too!

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Well done Jeff, your photos are far more numerous and better quality than the ones I took!

And well done on the March and Ferrari - didn't realise they were yours until just now.
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Many thanks for the compliments Mark, maybe next year we can touch base!


Update: the two Indy Lola's by Shunter came 1st and 2nd, and his Nascar came 2nd in another category; TonyM's AC Cobra won the smallcar category, and his U-boat came 2nd or 3rd - congrats guys!
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