A Postcard from the Anaheim IPMS USA Nationals 2007 Part Four (Day Three) by Brett Green

Postcard Part Four

More News from the Nats

by Brett Green

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IPMS USA Nationals 2007 - Day 3

With the model room quickly filling in advance of judging tonight, some beautifully detailed and painted kits were on display. Public attention was intense.

I have some more news from the IPMS USA Nationals today:

Hobbylink Japan

Scott T. Hards and the HLJ crew made the trip across the Pacific to once again attend the IPMS USA Nationals. The Fine Molds 1/72 scale Messerschmitt Bf 109s, plus Hasegawa's 1/32 scale Ki-61 and P-47 kits that they brought along were all snapped up by the end of the first day.

Scott had a sample of the forthcoming Fine Molds 1/72 scale A6M2 Zero. This is a remarkable kit, and appears to be Fine Molds' most detailed offering to date. The Zero will only be available as part of a package with two Model Graphix magazines, but HLJ is hoping to secure overseas distribution rights prior to release. Stay tuned for more on this one.

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Scott advised that some of their other hottest sellers have been the brand new Fine Molds Y-Wing Fighter (from Star Wars - see the model built by Scott himself below) and re-releases of the long out of production starship USS Enterprise, repackaged and with new decals. Bandai's new range of 1/35 scale hybrid Gundam/Military diorama sets are proving popular too.

Tamiya's 1/35 scale mid-production Hetzer was also on the stand, as was the new 1/48 scale US Infantry set (including a "light vehicle" which looks remarkably similar to a Jeep).

Battle Ready Armor

Battle Ready Armor attended the show with several of their big and impressive 1/6 scale sheet metal armor model kits with injection moulded tracks.

Some of the kits included a late Panther G, Panzer IV, Sturmgescgutz IV and Elefant.

More information will follow in the coming weeks.

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Testor

Testor was present with samples of the packaging from their forthcoming range of Lacquer Spray Cans. These are designed to be applied in a single coat over bare plastic, and will be very fast drying.

A range of metallic colours will be offered, most suitable for model cars. A number of car models treated with this new paint were on hand. They looked very impressive.

Also on the Testor stand was a new noiseless compressor.

More news about these new releases will be posted in the coming weeks.