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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 01:44 AM UTC
...Frorm Nuremberg a series of fairly interesting releases in 1/35th & 1/48th scales. The new announcements (no release dates and no images) can be seen:


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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 02:32 AM UTC
Can we get a list of the models back in production? Is i.e the M60A2 among them?
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 02:47 AM UTC

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Can we get a list of the models back in production? Is i.e the M60A2 among them?
No, but the M60A3 is.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 03:20 AM UTC

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Can we get a list of the models back in production? Is i.e the M60A2 among them?


Of course you can.

Here is Tamiya's page with the Fair announcement details.

http://www.tamiya.com/english/nurnberg/index.htm


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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 05:48 AM UTC
I am happy to see the M113 Fire Support Vehicle back.

I keep hoping Tamiya will surprise us like they did with the Leclrec, UE, and Char B1bis. Or even a totally new mold to replace one of their Moldy Oldies like they did with the Jeep, Kubelwagen, Schwimmwagen, and Mathilda.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 05:57 AM UTC
Thanks for the list alanmac
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 07:37 AM UTC
Here's a link to some photo coverage of the show including the Tamiya releases courtesy of PMMS.....

http://www.panzer-modell.de/specials/ontour/nuernberg11/nb.htm
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 08:31 AM UTC

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...Frorm Nuremberg a series of fairly interesting releases in 1/35th & 1/48th scales. The new announcements (no release dates and no images) can be seen:


Link to Item

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!


Received with a hearty YAWN. The T26E4 looks to bee the stock standard M26 kit with a new gun barrell included. Not exactly new tool but more modified. As it still has the later hull casting it will still be innacurate as the T26E4's would have been from the smaller blower housing production run.

I suppose the new releases are saved for the home show
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 09:36 AM UTC
Krupp is a new kit? what is a differnce with previous release?
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 01:38 PM UTC
I hope they will referbish-redo leopard1 a4 kit from the poorly done batch 1 lot and do a 3-n1 kit.The leo 1 was a popular main battle tank used by many nations in the late 70s and 80,.also rummer has it icm is doing the figure work for tamyia now.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 03:17 PM UTC
The Krupp commonly seen in shops is the Kfz.69 used for towing/supporting the Pak36/37. That featured two benches back to pack across the width of the vehicle

The one shown here is the more general Kfz. 70 with the cargo bed similar to the one Revell offers in 1/76 with the Pak.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 03:23 PM UTC
Wouldn't a better start for a Leopard be the Italerie/Revell Leopard 1A5 (That is using an enhanced A1/A2 turret IRL) and, if needed, replace the turret with Perfect Scale A3 turret? The A4 depicted in the Tamiya kit is an extremly rare variant used IIRC only by germany and even there in low numbers
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 - 10:17 PM UTC

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The Krupp commonly seen in shops is the Kfz.69 used for towing/supporting the Pak36/37. That featured two benches back to pack across the width of the vehicle

The one shown here is the more general Kfz. 70 with the cargo bed similar to the one Revell offers in 1/76 with the Pak.


There was Krupp with benches years ago - 35104. So I am wondering if it is a re-release or really NEW tooling.
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2011 - 06:31 AM UTC
Yawn is right! how sad that the BIG T has put himself in this desperate position!
And then depression sat in!
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2011 - 09:19 AM UTC

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The Krupp commonly seen in shops is the Kfz.69 used for towing/supporting the Pak36/37. That featured two benches back to pack across the width of the vehicle

The one shown here is the more general Kfz. 70 with the cargo bed similar to the one Revell offers in 1/76 with the Pak.


There was Krupp with benches years ago - 35104. So I am wondering if it is a re-release or really NEW tooling.


That's correct. The Pak 37 version that came out a while back was a re-pop of the original version from the 70's with a modified rear.
This appears to be a re-pop of the orginal 70's version right down to the driver figure. It looks like they've thrown a couple of passengers and some boxes in as an added feature - hardly new tooling. the big T does it again. What's next a re pop of the Walker Bulldog? Maybe it will come with the orginal remote control.
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2011 - 10:47 AM UTC

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The Krupp commonly seen in shops is the Kfz.69 used for towing/supporting the Pak36/37. That featured two benches back to pack across the width of the vehicle

The one shown here is the more general Kfz. 70 with the cargo bed similar to the one Revell offers in 1/76 with the Pak.


There was Krupp with benches years ago - 35104. So I am wondering if it is a re-release or really NEW tooling.


That's correct. The Pak 37 version that came out a while back was a re-pop of the original version from the 70's with a modified rear.
This appears to be a re-pop of the orginal 70's version right down to the driver figure. It looks like they've thrown a couple of passengers and some boxes in as an added feature - hardly new tooling. the big T does it again. What's next a re pop of the Walker Bulldog? Maybe it will come with the orginal remote control.


Agreed - the detail on items like the oil can beside the driver and the tilt frames are (from the photos) identical to the old 70s kit, so don't expect too much.

Looks to me like a couple of figures from the Famo and a sprue from that shonky old German Infantry Weapons set have been thrown into a new box with an old kit.

Which really isn't good enough.

acav out
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2011 - 02:12 PM UTC
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The Krupp commonly seen in shops is the Kfz.69 used for towing/supporting the Pak36/37. That featured two benches back to pack across the width of the vehicle

The one shown here is the more general Kfz. 70 with the cargo bed similar to the one Revell offers in 1/76 with the Pak.


There was Krupp with benches years ago - 35104. So I am wondering if it is a re-release or really NEW tooling.


Agreed - the detail on items like the oil can beside the driver and the tilt frames are (from the photos) identical to the old 70s kit, so don't expect too much.

Looks to me like a couple of figures from the Famo and a sprue from that shonky old German Infantry Weapons set have been thrown into a new box with an old kit.

Which really isn't good enough.

acav out


The T26 is the old kit w/ new barrel making it incorrect, the M113 FSV is devoid of interior detail and I have no doubt their "new' 250/3 is just a re-pop with some additional Jerry cans or something. Wish they'd stick to making some nice new smaller kits like the Tilly, UE and Citroen. Maybe that should be their forte?


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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2011 - 10:29 PM UTC

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I hope they will referbish-redo leopard1 a4 kit from the poorly done batch 1 lot and do a 3-n1 kit.The leo 1 was a popular main battle tank used by many nations in the late 70s and 80,.also rummer has it icm is doing the figure work for tamyia now.

I'd love a new Leopard 1 as well, but I don't see that happening, at least from an established company like Tamiya. The Leo 1 is out of service in most nations now, including Germany, and was never involved in any major tank vs. tank combat, apart from a small action involving Danish tanks in the Balkans.
From a marketing point of view, it's easier to sell wartime tanks, as there is plenty of scope for depicting desperate situations, and the modeler can really beat them up in the painting and weathering stages (though even some wars don't seem to excite--World War Two sells well, but Korean War subjects usually don't). It's also easy to sell current tanks of the major powers, as there is the national pride element, as well as the possibility of being called off to some future war. That's why the current Leopard 1 kits were released in the first place, but frankly, three decades later, their time has passed.
Model kit makers are not a public service--they have to be convinced that a new product will recoup its investment. I just don't see Tamiya-san going in that direction.
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Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2011 - 12:07 AM UTC
I wander Why Tamiya do not release the Selbstfahrlafette fur 3,7cm Pak 36 auf UE (f) Is it very difficult
The Selbstfahrlafette fur 28/32 cm Wurfrahmen auf UE (Teil) Is it very difficult
The Selbstfahrlafette fur 28/32 cm Wurfrahmen auf UE (Seit) Is it very difficult
Ho, well, one can but live in hope!

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Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2011 - 01:14 AM UTC
I know its easy to knock Tamiya but I look forward to their (infrequent) releases more then any other company out there.

They get me the most excited out of anybody. I love their kits which I guess comes from when I started building them in the 80's. I will take one or two of their releases every year then the 10 different PZ IV Dragon varients Dragon likes to do every month. Don't even get started on the paper panzers which are everywhere.

I love their instructions, they go together well without overengineering everything (Dragon I am looking at you) I have fun building them and they look the part.

Its to bad they don't put out more stuff. We all worry about the future of the hobby and Tamiya kits are perfect for younger folk just getting started. I know if I had to start out on Dragon or even Trumpy kits I would have given up as a kid.

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Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2011 - 01:37 AM UTC

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Its to bad they don't put out more stuff. We all worry about the future of the hobby and Tamiya kits are perfect for younger folk just getting started. I know if I had to start out on Dragon or even Trumpy kits I would have given up as a kid.

Jeff


I agree that Tamiya is perfect for start. But we are complaining that they write NEW tooling while re-releasing OLD stuff!

p.s. I wouldn't compare Dragon and Trump. IMHO, Trump has bad plastic and really bad quality of details comparing to Dragon, at least their Panzer IV chassis .
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