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Panzer Concepts: Sd.Kfz. 9 Upgrade Set and Others
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 07:25 AM UTC


The latest from Panzer Concepts is an upgrade kit to convert the Tamiya kit into a late version, as well as two other new sets.

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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 05:19 PM UTC
At long last! I have the Cromwell late FAMO conversion but this didn't include the necessary late roadwheels.
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 10:06 PM UTC
Great news, I just wish people would stop calling it a FAMO.
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 11:46 PM UTC
Like calling a Mercedes not a Mercedes:-)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrzeug-_und_Motoren-Werke

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Posted: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 - 02:04 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Great news, I just wish people would stop calling it a FAMO.



Hey, Bill, don't get pedantic or people will get mad at you like they do me.

I know what you're saying, though.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 - 03:35 AM UTC
Harald, the difference is that Mercedes builds all its own cars. FAMO (Fahrzeug- und Motorenbau GmbH in Breslau) developed the concept at the request of the Waffenamt, but several firms built them as well, including Tatra and Vomag.

Shell, I hear ya. But I can't not try to correct misconceptions.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 - 05:08 AM UTC
The 'Famo' name has been put to those Sd.Kfz.9 for ages -- so everyone knows what it is ,this firm is making & selling
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Posted: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 - 05:14 AM UTC
Looks like a neat late model conversion , for a great kit . Thats still a pukka kit , all these years later
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Posted: Friday, April 07, 2017 - 11:18 PM UTC
Could care less as to what you call them, no one would call one a "Tatra" or "Vomag" just like all ME-109s weren't made in Augsburg but you still called them collectively as "Messerschmitt". Same thing here. Either way, I like what I'm seeing insofar as the offering (not the name argument) and want to check out their site to see what else they might offer. I always figured that Tamiya dropped the ball on this kit: they spent a fortune developing it and then left it to the aftermarket and cottage industry to offer alternate versions. Plain foolish on their part.
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