[raidou]

Here's a site to "iScale" which is a German off-shot of Kyosho Diecast..

Link here: http://www.iscale.eu/en/

Cheers!

Apparently not, Kyosho make a press release & said they were nothing to do with them.
[/quote]Yeah, I remembered that.. that's why I mentioned "Off-Shot" as they aren't really Kyosho, but originally had association with them...
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Relationship between iScale -> Kyosho Deutschland -> Kyosho Corporation:

HISTORY
The origin of the iScale GmbH leads back to the well-known Kyosho Deutschland GmbH, which was founded in 1999; the routes actually go back to the year 1985, when the company was established by the present CEO and owner Bernd Moebus. Until the year 2000 the main focus was on RC-models only. During this period such brands as Kyosho, Hitec, Hype, Team Orion or Hobbywing were established and successfully distributed within Europe.

From the year 2000 onwards the section of diecast miniature models was added. On behalf of Kyosho Corporation contacts to the German car-industry were established and orders taken. In the year 2012 a branch office in Aachen was established concentrating on diecast miniature models only, and the brand "iScale" was founded. Under this name countless miniature-models were developed and manufactured for the German car industry. As these models have been produced without indication of our brand or logo often and are distributed via the official sales-channels of the car industry only, many collectors may dispose of "iScale" models without knowing.

At this point a distribution via the model-shops is not being considered.

 

[raidou]

Kyosho Germany never made anything, they were only distributor for Kyosho RC (and other brands, mentioned above).
But they were the key for Kyosho Corp. to German car industry, took the orders and forwarded them to Japan.
Then Kyosho Germany was bought by Robbe RC but those went bankrupt after that deal.
Bernd Moebus founded his own brand iScale to go on with diecast merchandising.
Though Kyosho Corp. denies any relation to iScale the models are obviously made by the same plant. When you dismantle the iScale R8 workmanship is conspicuously close to Kyosho.