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Type 74 from Asuka?
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 07:24 AM UTC
Looking at an image of the Asuka booth at the Japan Hobby Show, think the JGSDF Type 74 new from them.

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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 07:45 AM UTC
That'll be an awesome kit!! Looking forward to it!
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 11:50 AM UTC
It's Tamiya kit improved with Asuka parts, not 100% new tooling.
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 02:56 PM UTC

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Looking at an image of the Asuka booth at the Japan Hobby Show, think the JGSDF Type 74 new from them.




Yes, and quite a few other new things from ASUKA; at least a half-dozen US Shermans, what appears to be a VK.-something-or-other Medium Panzer prototype test vehicle with a FULL Interior, (I believe TRUMPETER did one WITHOUT the Interior), new Figure sets, Equipment and Stowage sets, an early and late Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.L "Luchs", and quite a few more things.

HOBBY BOSS is showing a test-shot of the German WWII M35 12-wheeled Armored Car (both Krupp and Daimler versions are in the works) plus a few other juicy new kits-

There is really too much to list here- Log on to Hyperscale's videos of the SQUADRN ScaleWorkshop No.126 and No.127- Shizuoka Hobby Show. These are shown in Hyperscale's "What's New" segments for May 14 and 15, 2016, and you should be able to see videos of some really great stuff coming in 2016; Aircraft models are shown in the May, 14 segment, and Military models are shown in the May, 15 segment. It's really worth your while to take a look...
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 04:33 PM UTC
This is it closer:
http://hobby.dengeki.com/ss/hobby/uploads/2016/05/510.jpg
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 04:40 PM UTC



Yes, it looks really nice, doesn't it?
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 07:55 PM UTC
So the green parts are supposed to be the updating parts from Tasca with the rest just the old Tamiya kit?
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 08:44 PM UTC
I would say so. I've seen an update kit like this before, can't remember where, but it also had side skirts.

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I remembered, it was from Brave Model.
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Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 06:00 AM UTC

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I would say so. I've seen an update kit like this before, can't remember where, but it also had side skirts.



Well, I was excited about a "new" Type 74 until I read this. I guess I'll just have to be happy with my old one.

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Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 06:36 PM UTC

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I would say so. I've seen an update kit like this before, can't remember where, but it also had side skirts.



Well, I was excited about a "new" Type 74 until I read this. I guess I'll just have to be happy with my old one.




Love your quotes about "idiots" and "pigs" at the bottom left!

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Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 07:18 PM UTC
What's that "1/72 Akuyaku #1" in a really large box on left side table? Is that a Japanese version of the Ratte, or something?
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Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 07:22 PM UTC
Never mind. It's a war-pigs tank.
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Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 10:19 PM UTC
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Love your quotes about "idiots" and "pigs" at the bottom left!

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Thanks Dennis. Sadly it's true.
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 12:16 AM UTC
An update to the old Tamiya Type 74 would not be remiss, but it looks like it still uses the old Tamiya Rubber band tracks. Of all the kits out there, why oh why didn't they throw in a MK set of workables??? That would have made me jump at the kit!

Damon.
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Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 01:37 AM UTC

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why oh why didn't they throw in a MK set of workables??? That would have made me jump at the kit!

Damon.



Throwing in a set of MK tracks still wouldn't get me to bite. I would prefer a fresh new kit even if I had to get the MK tracks, or preferably Fruils on my own.
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