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Swiss Panzer 68
YOTSUYA
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Tokyo-to, Japan / 日本
Joined: January 30, 2014
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Posted: Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 09:41 PM UTC
1/35 scale PZ68 from ROCHM Model.
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 12:31 AM UTC
Welcome Yotsuya, and Wow! Talk about out of left field!
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Posted: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 12:34 AM UTC
looks very interesting
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Switzerland
Joined: January 27, 2013
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Posted: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 01:00 AM UTC
Wow man, an original swiss tank. Very cool. Love that My dad served on one of them
Thanks.

Cheers from Switzerland
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Texas, United States
Joined: December 19, 2010
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Posted: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 01:53 AM UTC
Cool, very very cool!!

Which version of the Pz68 will the kit represent?

Will it come with any crew figures as I'm not aware of any from the aftermarket crowd?
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Posted: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 02:10 AM UTC
Very interesting !!! Any plans for other Swiss vehicles ?
/ Robin
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Posted: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 02:17 AM UTC
Hi Yotsuya,

Who distributes this model? And do you have a homepage?
Cool anyway since I have a DVD of the last Panzer 68 exercise in Switzerland.

Hans-Hermann
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Posted: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 04:06 AM UTC
Whoa! Very unexpected! Especially from Japan. I remember seeing these on transport trains in 2001 on the track next to our M109s. We used the recovery version in artillery battalions until the late 2000s.

I hope it's the Pz 68/88 with nato camo. Plastic or resin?

Cheers!
Stefan
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Posted: Friday, January 31, 2014 - 09:22 AM UTC

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Plastic or resin?


Plastic, it seems:
'1/35 plastic kit #R35002 Swiss Panzer 68'


Look at the top of the photo in their site:
http://rochmmodel.com/Workbench/index.htm

Curiously enough the reference number is R35002. To my knowledge they have done just pe sets, so maybe they have another kit in the pipeline.
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Loire-Atlantique, France
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Posted: Saturday, February 01, 2014 - 07:58 AM UTC
WOW!

This has been on my wishlists for years.

Thanks for the info.

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Saturday, February 01, 2014 - 09:35 PM UTC

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Hi Yotsuya,

Who distributes this model? And do you have a homepage?
Cool anyway since I have a DVD of the last Panzer 68 exercise in Switzerland.

Hans-Hermann


Rochm model have a website. You can see all of their starting range. Most of their refs concern the Tiger I. So this Panzer 68 is a nice surprise.
chnoone
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Armed Forces Europe, United States
Joined: January 01, 2009
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Posted: Sunday, February 02, 2014 - 05:32 AM UTC
Now here is another one of those "ugly" cold war tanks ... I want one !!!
In Nato-3-Tone it's something else

Cheers
Christopher
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Posted: Friday, February 07, 2014 - 09:24 AM UTC
Sounds nice. I don't think anyone has tried these Swiss tanks befors. Pity it's in 1/35!

Chris
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Posted: Friday, February 07, 2014 - 09:32 AM UTC

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WOW!

This has been on my wishlists for years.



Mine too, for longer than I can remember!

But who are Rochm and what's their reputation like? I wouldn't want this to turn out like Kitty Hawk have on the aviation side.
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Posted: Friday, February 07, 2014 - 09:35 AM UTC
I just hope that it does indeed come out and is part of the first, smaller turret batch.

Matt
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Valais, Switzerland
Joined: August 04, 2005
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Posted: Friday, August 08, 2014 - 04:12 AM UTC
Has anyone allready have contact with ROCHM

i sent them many email with various email address and i never get any answer from them

pigsty
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Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 01:24 AM UTC
So, here we are in 2015 and ...

Has anyone heard anything about this kit? Rochm's website is no different.
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Posted: Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 09:49 PM UTC
News??
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Posted: Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 10:27 PM UTC

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News??


Nada. Really hoping it hasn't been cancelled.
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