JAPANESE RESEARCH INTO THE NICHIMO MOON RANGER

"Since the launch of the "accused submarine" for the first time of the power plastic model in Japan in 1959, energetically power model has been released in Japan model (aka Nichimo Corporation) is to launch amphibious expedition vehicles "Frontier" in 1965 you.

Turn the caterpillar and the screw in the motor power, water is also the design of this kit that land was also moving around, the roots of the company's amphibious tanks flourish after, solid chassis design will feel also robust, which is a feature of Nichimo Corporation AFV kit.

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Next in 1966, has been arranged to smart in a more SF Chick with exactly the same concept, "Challenger" is N. B. It will be released from K.
Although this is a science fiction mecha of hailed as space exploration vehicles, the year that this 1966 is also the year Midori has been released, such as "Beetle II," "Echo 7", hereafter Japan JOSF kit of explosive development It will be.
(Previously in this corner there is a time that introduced the Challenger and the product of Nichimo Corporation, but it will correct it was a mistake. I apologize)



In addition the same year, Challenger will evolve more of retrofuturism feeling full of bubble canopy equipped to "pioneer".
By the way, but was a major futuristic design of about say that even had the same thing in this "pioneer" design at the time of Tin Toy, but whether the mechanism that was its original neta What is it, or of Nichimo Corporation and the toy as a product for such as which is what was in the first, yet in the course of research.

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Now, the upper structure of the "pioneer" is has been as it is also used in space exploration bulldozer "Ranger", wonders that this kit and hit the obstacle straight ahead, keep on running to automatically back change of direction I had the mechanism.
In fit and in's report Baan unit of the maker of the gear box is the corona, the same thing was also used in non-stop Imai "BB-1 tank".

And in 1968, Nichimo Corporation is first billed as the SF series №1, it up to the slightly revamped the design concept of the SF mecha was outdated design, announces the monumental space exploration vehicles "adventure".

This kit is a single run with one motor, radar rotation, observation tower inside of the light source rotation, but it was super kit to perform a gimmick, such as missile time differential firing, thus epoch-making SF submarine tank debut among JOSF plastic model of Japan the preparation went well-equipped steadily. And ...."

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Translated into English using Google Translate from an original article on the Japanese net by Mizu.