Belfine To Release TANKHEAD TYPE 33 HEIKEGANI Plastic Model Kit In April 2027
The kit turns Tung's Japan-facing mecha design into a model with a design credit and a box art credit from the original artist, so the release reaches the hobby side of a project that started as a concept-art world.
Reporting from 1 source: Dengeki Hobby Web.
Belfine is releasing a plastic model kit of TYPE 33 HEIKEGANI, a six-legged tank from Emerson Tung's original work TANKHEAD. Preorders open Monday, September 14, 2026, at 11:00, with release set for April 2027. The 1/48 scale kit stands about 103mm tall and 270mm long, priced at 6,820 yen tax included, designed by MDT with box art by Tung.
The kit depicts a six-legged tank head of the Yamaichi Dominions, a faction drawn with an awareness of Japanese culture and design. The machine is modeled after the Heikegani crab, whose shell resembles a warrior's face, and carries a 120mm main gun, missiles, and a rotary cannon. It runs 1/48 scale, about 270mm long and 103mm tall, molded in PS and ABS, with Mitsuho-machi Design Team handling the design and Tung supplying the box art. The TANKHEAD setting is a war called Neverwar on the planet Arde.
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