(First post on the new forum, hope everything works)
An injectiom moulded FH-70, YAY! a bit more info here :
due march this year.
Grz,
Sam
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Well, I didn’t see that one coming! A superb addition to the world of artillery - and not too badly priced either. However, we’ll need a decent towing cum limber vehicle for this and as I recall it every user nation had their own design. There is a Bundeswehr conversion for the Revell MAN truck by Y Modelle (and they also do their own FH 70 anyway), but the rest of us might struggle.
Nice that this one should appear though.
Good news indeed! I still remember shuddering the old Hobby Fan release. A real piece of crap. I wonder what will be the price in Europe. With the MAN 7 ton truck announces from HobbyBoss, it will be a “perfect” couple.
I’m assuming this never actually came to fruition, but I’ve just noticed this on the Track-Link site (and borrowed the pic); it reports that it’s due out Jan next year:
Perhaps others know a bit more, or at least a bit more than me. If it didn’t see the light of day a couple of years ago, then this is good news; conceivably it could be a re-issue? In any case, as I say, if one is on the cards then great.
It has been on sale for about three years :
It exist , I have one 
grz,
sam.
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I also have one, but be warned, since it´s the JGSDF version, I can only be used for JGSDF. European guns have a different engine and will need some scratchbuilding.
I don´t think that Hobby Japan will make an extra kit for NATO modellers.
Maybe it’s an artillery term I’m not familiar with, but how exactly does a towed howitzer have an engine, much less different engines between Japan and Europe?
Powers the hydraulics. Much easier than pumping oil with a handle.
The FH-70 can also move on its own:
The Swedish Haubits 77 (or FH77)
Motor for local maneuvering AND it can also assist the towing vehicle when the
going gets tough, the 6x6 + dumb load becomes an 8x8 (up to 7 km/h I think)
FH-70 in Japan
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Japan build the guns in license so they choose a domestic engine.
Thank you; I didn’t realized there was a hybrid towed/self propelled howitzer out there. Learned something new today!
I like the 4 rounds burst mode and the beefy engine sound. 
Will look good next to my Strv103 model.
Btw We need some more towed artillery pieces in styrene, e.g. M777 and FH77.
IIRC The FH77 played a major role in a Bollywood movie starring Shah Rukh Khan.
Some type of military show/display in India.
Complete with bouncing Indians …
(Discourse tells me I have posted this link before …)
I think the max range is 30 km with special projectiles (the speaker says 42.3 which I doubt is correct)
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I wonder what it will cost? I got to crawl over the SP70 prototype that was at the Firepower museum in Woolwich before it closed, and thought about a scratch-bash project - the gun tube and brake would really come in handy!
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Hmm - tempting!