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instead of reissues top ten retooled kits?
mlb63
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Connecticut, United States
Joined: October 22, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 08:51 AM UTC
mine would be 1)matilda 2)centurion 3)tamiya's grant 4)tamiya's stuart 5)long range desert group 6)tamiya's sas jeep 7)italeri's ferdinand tamiya's bmw w/sidecar 9)6pounder 10)tamiya's hanomag sdkfz 251/1
warhog
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: November 26, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 09:38 AM UTC
top 10 retools 1tamiya t-10,2 tamiya saladin,3 tamiya t-62,4 tamiya centurion,5 zsu-57-2
6 tamiya plain jane m-1,7 italeri m-7 priest,8 italeri lav -25,9 dml m-4a3e8,10 heller leclerc could stand to have these re done
generalzod
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 09:41 AM UTC
#1 Tamiya Panzer IV ausf D #2 Tamiya Marder II #3 Matilda #4 Tamiya panzer II #5 Tamiya M8 75mm HMC #6 Tamiya U.S.halftracks #7 Italeri M4A1 Sherman #8 Tamiya M5A1 Stuart #9 Tamiya Shermans #10 Italeri M32 ARV #:-) (++)
Sabot
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 09:48 AM UTC
Tamiya's M106A1 4.2" mortar carrier (Four Duece) into an M1064 or M1064A3 120mm mortar carrier. Same with the M577 into an M577A2 or M1068 SICPS. And how about giving us former red over white troopers some Cav rides? Would it kill anyone to toss in the parts to make the M3A1, M3A2 or M3A2ODS along with the infantry Bradley variants?

While we're at it, about the old Tamiya M551 Sheridan, we need the M551A1TTS Sheridan as seen in ODS.
TankCarl
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 10:07 AM UTC
1.M-60A2
2.M-60A1
3.SdKfz7/2
4.Centurion
5.M-551 Sheridan
6.PzKpfw IV Ausf D
7.M-41
8.M-113
9.M-557
10. M-42
Halfyank
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Colorado, United States
Joined: February 01, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 10:46 AM UTC
Mr Tamiya, could you please retool, NOT reissue, the following?

1. M3 Half-Track, re-tooled as a M3A1, not the unmade A2
2. M3 Lee
3. Grant
4. Matilda
5. M4 Jumbo
6. M4A3E8
7. M16 Quad .50 Half-Track
8. M21 81mm Half-Track
9. Six Pounder, while you're at it how about making a kit to make the 57mm as well?
10. M24 Chafee

If you could just take these old kits and re-tool them to be as good as the re-tooled Jeep we all appreciate it.

Yours Truly

An allied AFV fan.

sgtreef
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 11:22 AM UTC

Quoted Text

1.M-60A2
2.M-60A1
3.SdKfz7/2
4.Centurion
5.M-551 Sheridan
6.PzKpfw IV Ausf D
7.M-41
8.M-113
9.M-557
10. M-42



I agree with you except on Centurion would make it T/34 type 85

all good choices (++) (:-)
mikeli125
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Joined: December 24, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 11:35 AM UTC
I agree with the SdKfz7 range should be in perment production well it can only be a few months until it's back out as the jeep was only OOP for about 3.5-4 years so cant be to far off!
what does surprise me is that by the looks of it they want to go down the 1/48 scale road
surely it'd cost less to to a good re-tool than a whole new 1/48 which only really appels to wingy builders
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