In may every year, the Shizuoka Show is held in Japan. Being on home ground, Tamiya uses this to launch a variety of new releases. Here are the three, which i've identified as COMPLETELY new releases.

One of the more agreeable surprises was Tamiya's launch (last year) of the Soviet BT-7. Now, the company have never had a great deal of interest in doing variants, they've done a few over the years but never held a great deal of enthusiasm (as other manufacturers do) for doing infinite amounts of vehicles on the same chassis. So, the first of the two releases is an agreeable surprise:

35318 - FINNISH ARMY ASSAULT GUN BT-42 (1/35th scale)

Mounting a 114mm Howitzer with an extemporised turret on a captured BT-7 chassis this looks like a kind of mini KV-2...

The other 1/35th scale New-Tool is:

35320 - WWII GERMAN FIELD MILITARY POLICE SET (ICM moulds?)

Five figures (and dog) are included in this set which, it has to be said, looks like a marked improvement over many of Tamiya's other figure sets. Not likely to get the pulse racing to a dangerous level but with a good level of utility nonetheless..

Finally, another (welcome) 1/48th scale release with:

37010 - GERMAN HEAVY ARMORED CAR Sd.Kfz.234/2 PUMA

Included in this are some accesories in the form of fuel drums and jerry cans.