Ok, this site has gotten me all fired about about building stuff other than figures.
Looking to pick up the old Tamiya 88, one of the few kits I have never owned or built from that company. Aside from the figs (which I assume are typical 1970s Tamiya) how does this kit stand up today for $24.
I recently snagged a few of the old Tamiya kits I had written off years ago (the M-21, M-3 halftrack and others) and was surprised at how nice those kits are still today, 30 years after many were released.
Looking to do the 88 as a stand alone Artillery Kit, since this seems to be an area lacking participation at the shows I've been at. I'll probably build it OOB as well.

Thanks,

NATE
Wisc. USA

You can get it cheaper, I paid $18 US for it and it is okay. If you want it accurate, it needs lots of work, but it is okay as just a fun little thing to do.

Rob

Rob:
the kind of work that can be done with brass and sheet styrene or more serious work?

NATE

Hi All,
Unfortunately (like many things in armor modeling as a whole) the engineers at Tamiya never asked important questions about WHERE the equipment came from when they went to Aberdeen Proving Grounds to do their research. The "88" they used as their prototype for the model was a TESTBED gun used at one of the factories to test new fittings and equipment. As such, it has almost EVERY modifiaction made on 88's through most of the war. You'd have to pick a particular era gun and research the hell out of it and then make the appropriate modifications. Sorry for the bad news.
Regards,
Georg

Hmmmm, that's interesting.
For the realtively low price however (compared to all resin) I may take a crack and hope most people don't know what you, and now I , know about that fact!!!

Nate
Wisc. USA

I also have the 88 with eduard PE and a metal barrel. I also might have the one 1/72 in my stash of other hundreds of kits. I will check.

The 88 is a good kit considering its age, and with the PE and barrel can be built into a nice kit. #:-)

I think a little scratchbuilding is all it would take. And I think Dave means a Metal barrel, not a mattel barrel.

Rob

If you can, check out Tony Greenland's work on the one he put on the back of a FAMO. It is in a back issue of Military Miniatures In Review, two different issues for the whole story, and he put a different gunshield on it. He does show most/all of the mods for the gun, but he does not like the eduard PE set for it. However, Tony is a self admitted bolt counter to ethe extreem...