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Tamiya Are Releasing....
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Posted: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 08:36 PM UTC
Well, at least according to one of the Site-Users on Missing-Lynx, A BT-7 in 1/35th scale. If this is true, and there's NO reason to believe otherwise, this is going to be:

a) INCREDIBLY welcome

b) One HELL of a surprise...

Now THAT is imaginative thinking

This is how it appears on Tamiya's Home Page:


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1/35 Russian Tank BT-7 Model 1935 (Tentative)

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Posted: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 09:18 PM UTC
Good news, if it´s true.. Some pessimists here, in finnish modelling site, are already guessing, that it might just be a re-boxed Zvezda kit. Remember that announcement of Tamiya´s "own" japanese Chi-Ri tank, what actually is just re-boxed FineMold kit.? If it´s just a Zvezda kit on new box with Tamiya´s logo on it, then it isn´t that great news..
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Posted: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 10:41 PM UTC

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Good news, if it´s true.. Some pessimists here, in finnish modelling site, are already guessing, that it might just be a re-boxed Zvezda kit. Remember that announcement of Tamiya´s "own" japanese Chi-Ri tank, what actually is just re-boxed FineMold kit.? If it´s just a Zvezda kit on new box with Tamiya´s logo on it, then it isn´t that great news..


Unfortunately you're right. As Tamiya do seem to be doing 1 NEW moulding for around every 10 Re-Boxings this could be one of them...

However, let's wait and see - fingers crossed...
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 12:29 AM UTC

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Some pessimists here, in finnish modelling site, are already guessing, that it might just be a re-boxed Zvezda kit.

Same goes for IPMS Stockholm. Its hardly a wonder with Tamiya´s tracks record .... but a whole new model would be very welcome indeed.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 12:42 AM UTC
My optimism was well-founded:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208/message/1270637878/Now+the+news+is+out....
casualmodeler
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 01:02 AM UTC
Well your optimism was worth of it, Jim. Now, give us some photos of actual model, please.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 01:04 AM UTC

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Well your optimism was worth of it, Jim. Now, give us some photos of actual model, please.


I'm already working onit. Fear ye not...
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 01:34 AM UTC
Added to the list for Santa!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 01:36 AM UTC
Now, if Tamiya just would announce, that they will release completely new, their own version of T-26, just to make dozens of finnish modellers happy, not a re-boxed "#¤#¤# Zvezda or Italeri kit, then it would make our day here in dark North. I would buy two kits, thats sure!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 03:08 AM UTC
Just for curiosity, can we expect DML to launch their counterattack, as they did with JSU-152?
As notorious blogger Hiroshi already knows about Tamiya´s plans...
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 05:42 AM UTC
Talking about Blogger H:


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Got a piece of news today to share – 2-star is going to release a 1:35 scale Russian BT-7 Model 1935 in coming June, which I heard is a joint project with ICM.


René
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 05:53 AM UTC
René, not too bad - means we'll be able to get updates and Review sample easier..
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 06:29 AM UTC
I believe BT-7 is made by Tamiya and figures are made by ICM. As they did with their previous joint project, which was Kübelwagen with figures. Can´t believe they would both release their own version of BT-7 at same time. Remember what happened with Matilda release? Tamiya released their own and ICM, as a smaller company, had to cancell their own..
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 07:50 AM UTC
Maybe Blogger can go one better and give us what we really need - a new BT-5 kit !
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 08:03 AM UTC

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Maybe Blogger can go one better and give us what we really need - a new BT-5 kit !

Not a bad idea at all!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 - 03:49 PM UTC
Good news if true in the end. I built the EE BT-7a, and while fun, that kit needed HELP. If Tamiya does this new mold, it will get me to buy two or three. ANd hopefully there will be a proper aftermarket 76mm turret to make the BT-7a from it soon after....
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