The Shizuoka Hobby Show, an annual event where model makers show off their latest and future creations, finished up last weekend and today I spotted these photos of Ebbro’s upcoming 2009 range of 1/43rd scale Nissan GT-R models. Set for a June release, the SuperGT GT500 GT-Rs of all four teams in their 2009 specification aero and livery are looking good. I have the Ebbro 2008 SuperGT cars and the quality of them at this scale is top shelf.

We can also see that the FIA GT Test car in both all carbon finish and final 2009 FIA championship season livery will be released. This is set to June and may be a tough one to get a hold of as pre-orders are filling up and production may be limited.

Finally the GT-R SpecV models were shown and should be available in June as well, while they look good I think the HPI SpecV models look slightly better. Unfortunately HPI SpecV model will be four times more expensive at 16,500 yen versus the 4,000 yen expected for the Ebbro version.

Many of these models are available for pre-order already from certain Japanese hobby stockists, I always rely on Hobby リンク Japan for all of these and the pre-orders.

リンク: Hobby リンク Japan – Ebbro GT-R Models
ソース: via Yahoo Japan Blogs

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Nissan have partnered with Kyosho to bring us this 1/43rd scale 2007 Nissan GT-R Nuburgring test mule model limited edition. It joins a niche with other Nissan GT-R test cars from manufacturer HPI who has a 2007 Nurburgring model and a 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed model out. The difference here is that the Kyosho item has camo stripes added. There were only 500 of these Kyosho models made available via Nissan’s online store and unfortunately they all sold out already. They may still be had via Japanese online auctions like Yahoo but are now at almost twice the price…

The SpecV models are just about ready and recently GT-R World checked out the Aoshima version at the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2009. This 1/24th scale resin model is due out soon.

リンク: GTR-World.net – Shizuoka Hobby Show Photos
リンク: Nissan Shop

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Following up their past special edition models, sources have leaked news that HPI will be producing a limited edition Nissan GT-R SpecV diecast 1/43rd scale in Ultimate Opal Black and Brilliant White colours in the coming months.

This compliments their existing plans to produce a Nismo Clubsport Package special edition GT-R model in the same 1/43rd scale die cast format.

画像: GTR-World.net

If you’ve been holding out on getting a GT-R model car at all, this might be one to jump on. If history shows us anything it’s that this will sell out in a matter of days and they will not produce a second run. The Nismo Clubsport Package model is already pretty much sold out in pre-sales and will go up on auction sites for more than RRP soon after release.

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Back in 2007 before the GT-R was launched it made an early appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2007 still bearing it’s camouflage black wrapping. In a similar vein to the previous sightings on the Nurburgring, the camouflage covered the front, rear, wheels and almost all the interior. At this event nearly nothing was publicly known about the GT-R details so it was quite an exciting time for GT-R fans.

To remember that special event, HPI have released a limited edition 1:43rd scale resin model of the Nissan R35 GT-R as it appeared at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2007. As per usual, the HPI model comes in an enclosed display box with metal name plaque.

This model is similar to their previous HPI Nurburgring Test GT-R model but some small details differ, the license plate and numbering mostly. If you missed getting one of those, this might be a nice special edition to pick up instead since you can’t get the other one anymore.

Price is 15,800 yen and is available right now from our favourite hobby partner, Hobby リンク Japan. Production is limited to just 400 units worldwide.

Other cool upcoming releases by HPI include a Nismo Clubsport Package Nissan R35 GT-R which is due out in May.

Goodwood Photography: Autoblog

リンク: Buy HPI Goodwood Festival of Speed GT-R online from Hobbyリンク Japan

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Takara Tomy’s GT-R Transformer model has been hotly anticipated by Transformers and GT-R fans alike since it was spied way back in August 2008 at Chara Hobby Show 2008. It’s finally hit shelves in Japan and we had two of them couriered to us at GTRBlog on day 0 of availability. They’ve arrived today so we’ve unboxed them for a closer look on camera for our readers.

First up some background, the Nissan GT-R Transformer is one of the Alternity line of Transformers which are alternate forms of the characters we remember from the original Transformers models. The GT-R represents the alter ego of main man Optimus Prime (also known as Convoy by his Japanese home boys) when he’s not wearing his trucker outfit…

I’m not one to judge about what Optimus does to make ends meet but I am one to share my impressions of the model.

Firstly thanks to our sponsors Hobbyリンク Japan for providing these models in such a short time. I don’t actually remember any time passing from receiving the shipping notification to the delivery notification but there was a weekend in between so that could account for my blank spots. Suffice to say it was fast and I got them this morning.

First impressions are that this is way better built than the photos we saw earlier suggested. There’s lines in the body, yes but the dimensions are good and the details are pleasing to the eye so that you can overlook the lines. Especially since you know what’s inside. It’s safely packed in a bubble of protective flexible transparent plastic so you don’t need to worry about shipping damage.

Picking it up reveals it weighs a lot more than your average model. There’s that solid feel to it that you get when you pickup a quality die cast model like an Auto Art. The scale is 1/32nd which turns out to be a nice bookshelf display size. I always thought the Ebbro 1/43rd scale models were a bit small for that task unless in a display box. This wont need one to strut it’s stuff and maintain law and order over your porcelain cat collection.

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リンク: Hobby リンク Japan
リンク: Hobby リンク Japan – Buy Transformers GT-R

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