Now for something completely different: Wave have announced that they will be bringing the LED Mirage V3 Inferno Napalm from Mamoru Nagano’s manga series “Five Star Stories” to the market in a 1/144 Injection Plastic kit. Previously only available as a limited availability resin kit, this is the first time this design has been available in a true mass market release.
Wave’s IP model kits, while not as complex as resin kits, still require glue and painting to complete.
There is no announced release date or price yet for the LED V3 Inferno Napalm. This release joints several other existing LED Mirage releases produced by Wave in various scales.
I don't know if anyone else around here has ever dabbled in resin kits or Nagano's phenomenal Five Star Stories manga, but hearing that Wave will be producing an injection plastic version of the LED Mirage V3 Inferno Napalm (do you think that name is long enough?
) is one of the biggest bits of news (for me) all year.
Prior to now, this design was only available as a ridiculously expensive ($500+) resin model kit, and while this version will be smaller, at 1/144 scale vs. 1/100 it'll still eat up a few feet of shelf space.
So pretty. It's not even up for discussion whether or not I'll be getting this when it comes out.
Of course, this just reminds me that I still have to build my Volks 1/100 LED V3 (non inferno) that's been gathering dust for the last seven years...
Lineart photo borrowed from gearsonline
(Yes, the V3 Led Mirage is supposed to have a semi-clear carapace, which is why the Wave 1/144 LM kits come molded in a milky, shiny, translucent plastic. It looks REALLY nice.)
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