At least these new kits from Trumpeter have been spotted at the 2012 All Japan Model Hobby Show :

http://happy.ap.teacup.com/applet/runchickens/msgcate18/archive?b=20

Frenchy

Many excellent news: another t-64, MTVR, 2s3. Thanks for the link.

I guess it's better late than never on the MTVR!!

Page one has sprues of what looks like Tamiya's M1A2 Tusk.. Page 2 shows some interesting stuff too.

All in all, like Arpad said... lots of excellent news for next year!!

Hisham

MTVR is great news !
But the Tamiya M1A2 seems to be a rebox with some extras ...
just the TUSK 2 in plasic is temping though but I'll wait a what price the whole kit comes.
Any hint on the price for the MTVR by chance?

Cheers
Christopher

A lot of neat stuff, like the HF072 by Hobby Fan on page 5? What is that?

And the M3A3 with a Pak 40? Never seen THAT before!









~ Jeff

If you look closer, I'd say 70% of the kit is retooled. Only thing carried over is the hull tub and the wheels.

Frenchy and the Happy Tea cup- making my day so much better!!

Thanks Marcel! I learned something new today!


That TUSK 2 kit will be my second Abrams build... ever.










~ Jeff

Could someone provide some background info as to this show? Is this show for releases this year, next year, "The BIG show," the "LITTLE show," the runner up to the "BIG release show," the "garage kit" show, the "manufacturer show," etc.

Nice to see some new releases, but actually, I was expecting many more releases, but I think that happened in the middle of 2012.

Thanks.

The M3A3 with PaK 40 and Flakvierling where converted by the Yugoslav Federal Army. The Yugos never throw anything any. I remember seeing 2 cm Flakvierling in action in the civil war used by the Federal Army.

Hans-Hermann

Can't agree ... no anti skid surface, turret has not changed from what I can identify ( "bump" on turret top/Gun mantlet missing), side stowage bins the same as before (lack of detail, no "Blue Force Tracker" etc.
The top hull has been retooled but the rest are all new spures.
My intentions would be to use a Dragon M1A2 SEP with the Tamiya TUSK parts .... think this option would create a lot of detail without having to add the "heavy" resin AM parts.
A pitty Tamiya did not further exploit the option of adding some retooled M1A1 parts.
I'LL see what I will do when I get the chance to have a look in box a my dealers.

Cheers
Christopher