Help support TMP


Brigade Models: "Kidō Butai"


Back to Hobby News


Areas of Interest

Science Fiction

Featured Hobby News Article


Featured Link


Featured Ruleset


Featured Showcase Article

Blue Moon's Romanian Civilians, Part Five

The last four villagers from Blue Moon's Romanian set, as painted by PhilGreg Painters.


Featured Workbench Article

VSF Vessels from the London War Room

Mardaddy has an adventure with two Victorian science-fiction vessels.


Featured Profile Article

Visiting Reaper - 2000!

The Editor takes a virtual tour of Reaper's new offices.


Featured Movie Review


1,082 hits since 11 Apr 2025


©1994-2026 Bill Armintrout
Comments or corrections?

Brigade Models announces:

If you spotted this at the bottom of another story the other day – well done! We posted a slightly blurry image of a bright-red spaceship, which I'm sure many of you twigged was an addition to our Japanese fleet. It's the Amagi carrier, which size-wise matches up to the Iwari dreadnought. It's accompanied by two new fighter types, the Katana interceptor and the Bisento attack fighter. We'll have stocks of these on Saturday, along with some Japanese carrier group packs.

Amagi carrier group

Bisento attack fighter

Katana interceptor

SFSP-1503 – Japanese Carrier group – £24.00 GBP
SFS-1510 – Amagi class Carrier – £12.00 GBP
SFS-1560 – Katana class Interceptor – £1.50 GBP
SFS-1561 – Bisento class Attack Fighter – £1.50 GBP

If you were wondering, the Kidō Butai ("Mobile Strike Force") was the Japanese navy's tactical designation for its combined carrier battle groups at Pearl Harbor.

For more information