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1/48 Tamiya Matilda coming
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Posted: Monday, April 16, 2012 - 06:30 PM UTC
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10183410


well it's listed so fingers crossed
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 02:07 AM UTC
another link

http://www.hlj.com/shs-2012-tamiya-report
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 10:51 AM UTC

Great news! And like the JS-II and Sturmovick, a much better choice than what they used to make...

I guess the CAD design offers better possiblities to downscale 1/35th scale releases...

With one all new 1/48th aircraft release in 3.5 years, and about three AFV releases in six years, we'll have to wait to see if this is a massive return to 1/48th scale...

Gaston
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 03:28 PM UTC
3 AFV releases in 6 years???? They've released more then that off the top of my head recently we've had a couple Marders, Jagdtiger, Stuka Zu Fuss, 251D, Crusader III, Panzer II, .... How many kits total are there now anyways? I'm definitely liking their more recent choices and the figures are even looking better recently. Cheers
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 02:47 PM UTC
The Gasoline website has it listed as coming out in July - that's fast work Tamiya!
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Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 07:59 AM UTC

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3 AFV releases in 6 years???? They've released more then that off the top of my head recently we've had a couple Marders, Jagdtiger, Stuka Zu Fuss, 251D, Crusader III, Panzer II, .... How many kits total are there now anyways? I'm definitely liking their more recent choices and the figures are even looking better recently. Cheers


The Crusader line dates from February of 2007: That's nearly 5 1/2 years ago...

The Stuka Zu Fuss and the 251D are basically the same thing, and don't really count to me as they are an embarrassement compared to the AFV club 251 in every respect...

Unfortunately, some of the softskins released in that time have not been great accuracy-wise either: Staff car and GMC: They are not AFVs anyway...

Gaston
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