Hasegawa Press Release: New Kits for October & November
By Chris Banyai-Riepl
1/72 B-47E Stratojet "Air Research and Development Command"
A beautiful bird with big bombs
Designed early in the jet age, the Stratojet was the world's first jet-powered bomber. Its swept-wing six-engine design revolutionized both military and civilian aviation. Many of the design concepts pioneered in its design continue to be used in modern jet airliners. However, simple aviation advancement was not the Stratojet's purpose. It was intended to deliver nuclear weapons against targets in Russia. Fortunately for the entire world, the Stratojet never fulfilled its destructive role.
Kit Features:
Decals for:
- B-47E-20-LM USAF ARDC AFFTC Code: 20221 Edwards AFB
- B-47E-110-BW USAF ARDC ASD Code: 0-32280 Wright-Patterson AFB
Total Pieces: 166
Skill Level: 3
Available: October
Stock Number HSGS2120
Retail Price $59.99
1/72 F-15E Strike Eagle "Tiger Meet 2005"
Bringing freedom with firepower
The F-15E multi-purpose fighter carries a broad range of munitions which allows it to execute both close support and counter-air missions. One squadron that uses this exceptional aircraft is the 366th Fighter Wing, based at Mountain Home Air Force Base. The 366th participates in Tiger Meets due in part to the old 366th Tactical Fighter Wing's tiger emblem. For 2005, the squadron outfitted one of their aircraft with the special livery seen here.
Kit Features:
Decals for:
- USAF 366th FW, 391st FS "Tiger Meet 2005" Code: MO250, 2005.
Total Pieces: 192
Skill Level: 3
Available: October
Stock Number HSGS2119
Retail Price $79.99
1/72 CV-22B Osprey "JASDF"
On the horizon?
Designed with upgrades for special operations, the CV-22B is one of the newest weapons in the US arsenal, but already it is being offered for sale to the JASDF. These exceptional aircraft are equipped with terrain following radar, infrared countermeasures, additional fuel, and of-course the ubiquitous Osprey tilt-rotor engines. Whether or not Japan will purchase the aircraft is still an open question, but Hasegawa is already bringing you this exceptionally detailed limited edition kit.
Kit Features:
Decals for:
- JASDF 63-4202 (Imaginary marking)
Total Pieces: 150
Skill Level: 3
Available: October
Stock Number HSGS2076
Retail Price $49.99
1/72 F-7A Liberator
20th Combat Mapping Squadron
Locations of enemy troops, positioning of fortifications, roads, airfields, factories, ports—it all has to be known, it all has to be photographed, it all has to be catalogued, and, from 1942 to 1945, it all had to be done by the 20th. Instead of carrying bombs, the F-7A Liberators of the 20th carried six cameras above the islands and waters of the Pacific theatre. The state-of-the-art F-7A Liberator was still vulnerable to Japanese Zeroes, making every photo-run potentially fatal.
Kit Features:
New camera window parts and decals for:
- USAAF 20th Combat Mapping SQ 4047: PATCHED UP PIECE
- USAAF 20th Combat Mapping SQ 2-64053: hangover haven II
Total Pieces: 178
Skill Level: 3
Available: October
Stock Number HSGS2114
Retail Price $79.99
1/72 Fw 190A-8 & Ju 88G-1 "Mistel 2"
The original guided missile
Late in WWII, Nazi Germany developed a type of guided munitions known as the Mistel. The Nazis packed a bomber with high explosive, attached a fighter and flew the bomb to the target. Once over the target, the fighter would release the Mistel and pull away. Guidance systems were not used so, after release, the Mistel was extremely inaccurate. However, with so much explosive packed in the nose of the Ju 88, the system didn't have to be accurate.
Kit Features:
New resin warhead and drop tank parts plus decals for:
- Luftwaffe 6./KG200 Red-12 Denmark Feb., 1945.
- Luftwaffe 6./KG200 Red-11 Denmark Feb., 1945.
Total Pieces: 146
Skill Level: 3
Available: October
Stock Number HSGS2111
Retail Price $74.99
1/72 Kawasaki Ki-48-II Type 99 Light Bomber "Lily"
Bombers of the 8th Flight Regiment
Like most Imperial Japanese Army Air Service planes, the Ki-48 was a light, fast and maneuverable aircraft that focused on armament rather than armor. The type proved to be extremely effective dive bombers in operations in the Philippines, Malaya and Burma. These bombers had a crew of four and could carry up to 1,700 lbs (800 kg) of bombs over extremely long distances. Late in the war, Ki-48s were used in numerous Kamikaze attacks.
Kit Features:
New photoetched dive brakes and decals for:
- Type II Otsu: IJAAF 8th FR, 2nd SQ. Burma, early 1944.
- Type I: IJAAF 8th FR, 3rd SQ.
Total Parts: 86
Skill Level: 3
Available: November
Stock Number HSGS0124
Retail Price $39.99
1/48 Kawasaki Ki-45KAI "27th Flight Regiment" (Nick)
Toryu "Dragon Slayers"
The twin-engine Ki-45 was designed to carry a heavy armament on long-range missions. They were clumsier than single engine fighters, but a 37 mm cannon made them highly effective against bombers and ships. One of the air groups deployed by Japan shot down eight B-29s on its first mission. The Ki-45 took a heavy toll of bombers, ships and men before becoming obsolete as more single-engine fighters arrived with American carriers.
Kit Features:
New upper fuselage parts
Decals for:
- IJAAF 27th FR. 1st SQ. Philippines, end 1944.
- IJAAF 45th FR 2nd SQ. Code: 11, Feb., 1944 Nyutabaru AFB.
Total Parts: 162
Skill Level: 3
Available: November
Stock Number HSGS7389
Retail Price $54.99
1/48 Mitsubishi® A6M5 Zero Type 52 "Taiho Fighter Group"
Defenders of the doomed
On its first combat mission in 1944, the gleaming armored decks and rows of aircraft of the Taiho were an incredible sight. As it sailed for the Philippine Sea, six torpedoes were suddenly sighted. A Taiho pilot, Sakio Komatsu, crashed his aircraft into the path of one, but even his heroic sacrifice couldn't save the ship. A single torpedo struck amidships and punctured the aviation gas tanks. Despite the damage, the ship's air wing went bravely into the fight. Those few which returned found only open ocean where the Taiho had been.
Kit Features:
Decals for:
- IJN Carrier Taiho FG Code: 601-18. June 19, 1944 Battle of the Phillipine Sea.
- IJN Carrier Taiho Fighter Group Code: 311-12. March, 1944.
- IJN Carrier Taiho Fighter Group Code: 11-22. April, 1944.
Total Pieces: 71
Skill Level: 3
Available: October
Stock Number HSGS7385
Retail Price $42.99
1/48 F-22 Raptor Prototype
As authentic as it gets
Hasegawa has accurately replicated the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor, a modern single-seat fighter aircraft of the fifth generation that utilizes stealth technology. First placed in the US Air Force inventory in December of 2005, the F-22 is primarily an air superiority fighter — although it also has the capability to carry out ground attacks, electronic warfare and signals intelligence operations.
Kit Features:
New large size pitot tube and blade antenna.
Decals for:
- USAF 412TW 411FLTS (EMD) Raptor 01:ED001, ED002 Edwards AFB.
Total Pieces: 372
Skill Level: 3
Available: October
Stock Number HSGS7388
Retail Price $89.99
1/72 Last Exile Vanship w/Torpedo
Command the skies of a dark, futuristic Earth
Last Exile's ships are intriguing designs modeled off the technological developments of the early twentieth century. These air cars cruise the skies over a war-torn futuristic Earth in the newest installment, Last Exile: Fam The Silver Wing. Hasegawa has gone to great lengths to perfectly reproduce the unique ships of this animated series.
Kit Features:
Torpedo parts
Resin pilot figures
Decals for:
- Last Exile "Grand Stream"
Total Pieces: 77
Skill Level: 3
Available: November
Stock Number HSGS6713
Retail Price $54.99
1/12 Security Equipment for Construction
WARNING, entering hard hat zone
It slows things down, leads to traffic jams, and makes drivers rather angry, but all that construction really does have a purpose—and the warnings have a purpose too! Ensure that none of your 1/12 scale figurines accidentally walk off into an open manhole or stray into a patch of wet cement with this construction security set.
Kit Features:
Wooden barricades, traffic cones, hard hat, caution light.
Total Parts: 26
Skill Level: 1
Available: November
Stock Number HSGS6208
Retail Price $14.99
Egg Plane CV-22B Osprey "US Air Force"
Can't make an omelet without...
The Osprey was one of the runniest schemes ever hatched. Designing a bird with tilting rotors so it's half heli, half plane? You'd have to be cracked... right? Well, the folks that hen-pecked the Osprey ended up with yolk on their faces. The Osprey now roosts in many Armed Forces inventories. In fact, the Osprey has set the whole world clucking. Many foreign militaries are interested in plucking a few off production lines for their own use.
Kit Features:
Decals for:
- USAF Special Operations Command 58SOG, Code: 58OG:0027
- USAF Special Operations Command Code: 0026
Total Parts: 42
Skill Level: 1
Available: November
Stock Number HSGS6056
Retail Price $21.99
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