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News Takom: Male and Female
SgtRam
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 12:51 AM UTC
Some exciting news from Takom has two much awaited World War 1 tanks in the works for a June release.
Read the Full News Story
If you have comments or questions please post them here.
Thanks!
SdAufKla
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:01 AM UTC
Well done, Takom!
AlanL
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:04 AM UTC
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Well done, Takom!
Ditto.
Al
Hisham
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:11 AM UTC
This announcement has fulfilled so many people's wishes 
Being ignorant about these vehicles myself, may I ask, without being ridiculed, what's with the "male" and "female" names?
Hisham
Being ignorant about these vehicles myself, may I ask, without being ridiculed
, what's with the "male" and "female" names?Hisham
AlanL
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:14 AM UTC
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This announcement has fulfilled so many people's wishes
Being ignorant about these vehicles myself, may I ask, without being ridiculed
Hisham
Hi Hisham
Male tanks carried the 6pdr guns either side, Female tanks were machine gun tanks only.
Al
warmonger
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:14 AM UTC
The male was cannon armed and the female had just machine guns.
Hisham
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:18 AM UTC
So, the analogy is that the 6pdr cannon is the.... of the male?
Hisham
Hisham
AlanL
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:23 AM UTC
As there are two threads running on this one I copied this across.
I bought the Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual on the Mk IV about 6 weeks ago. ISBN 978 0 85733 242 4. It should come in handy for these new builds.
The 6pdrs look good and an open door should offer a decent view of the gun.
Maybe ITA will do an interior???
Al
I bought the Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual on the Mk IV about 6 weeks ago. ISBN 978 0 85733 242 4. It should come in handy for these new builds.
The 6pdrs look good and an open door should offer a decent view of the gun.
Maybe ITA will do an interior???
Al
AlanL
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:29 AM UTC
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So, the analogy is that the 6pdr cannon is the.... of the male?
Hisham
Probably an easy way to identify large and small gunned vehicles, but I can't say what the thinking was back then
Al
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:42 AM UTC
to add to the confusion, there has also been a hermaphrodite version, sporting a gun on one side and machine guns on the other. Perhaps the first "Terminator" tank
thebear
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 01:44 AM UTC
Great news ..it'll be nice to have a choice.
AlanL
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 02:00 AM UTC
Hopefully the two new Mk IV announcements will lead to some new WW1 figures too.
ICM have several sets planned and Tamiya also seem to have a set of British WW1 infantry in the pipe line. MB have their first WW1 figure set due out soon, Tommies and prisoners. With new 1/35 scale WW1 armour becoming available a whole new range of supporting products could appear which would be excellent news indeed.
I doubt it will be long before we see some German armour appearing too.
Cheers
Al
ICM have several sets planned and Tamiya also seem to have a set of British WW1 infantry in the pipe line. MB have their first WW1 figure set due out soon, Tommies and prisoners. With new 1/35 scale WW1 armour becoming available a whole new range of supporting products could appear which would be excellent news indeed.
I doubt it will be long before we see some German armour appearing too.
Cheers
Al
Biggles2
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 02:53 AM UTC
Well, that settles it. I'll just wait for the Takom. Probably cheaper than Tamiya, too!
AlanL
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 03:25 AM UTC
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Well, that settles it. I'll just wait for the Takom. Probably cheaper than Tamiya, too!
June is not far away.
Al
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 05:36 AM UTC
*sigh* two announcements in one week for new Mk.IV's. Great news (and not entirely unexpected) but now I am really starting to question whether I should keep going with my ongoing Emhar Mk.IV build. I mean, Tacoms pictures alone make me want to throw the Emhar kit where the sun doesn't shine (despite all the scratched updates). What a dilemma....
Beastmaster
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 06:17 AM UTC
Fantastic! 
All of a sudden it's going WW1 crazy.
Wonder if Meng will do one as well? I'll buy em all!
All of a sudden it's going WW1 crazy. Wonder if Meng will do one as well? I'll buy em all!
matlev
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 06:23 AM UTC
With the experience fresh in mind from Takoms St:Chamond chanses are huge that Tamiya will draw the shortest straw here. I definitely will go for these, while having a cozy bonfire with my Emhar kits
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 06:29 AM UTC
Nice!!! 
jimbrae
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 06:39 AM UTC
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Well, that settles it. I'll just wait for the Takom. Probably cheaper than Tamiya, too!
BUT! Tamiya's will be so simple to build will have some detail, will only be around $100 and, there's every chance it'll be motorized with rubber-band tracks.
How can you turn down a tempting offer like that?
PantherF
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 06:53 AM UTC
Time to get yet another book!
I have info on the FT tanks but none of these monsters!
Jeff
I have info on the FT tanks but none of these monsters!
Jeff
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 07:10 AM UTC
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With the experience fresh in mind from Takoms St:Chamond chanses are huge that Tamiya will draw the shortest straw here. I definitely will go for these, while having a cozy bonfire with my Emhar kits
Let's all have an Emhar burning session!
maartenboersma
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 07:10 AM UTC
Wow!!!!!!!
Librarian
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 07:21 AM UTC
I have been waiting so long for these, my grandfather was one of the original tank crews. He was a member of the Heavy Machine Gun Corp, that were the first crews and went into action at Flers, during the battle of the Somme in September 1916. The first use of tanks. I can't tell you how proud I am of him.
AlanL
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 07:54 AM UTC
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*sigh* two announcements in one week for new Mk.IV's. Great news (and not entirely unexpected) but now I am really starting to question whether I should keep going with my ongoing Emhar Mk.IV build. I mean, Tacoms pictures alone make me want to throw the Emhar kit where the sun doesn't shine (despite all the scratched updates). What a dilemma....
Keep going your doing a grand job, all the more rewarding due to you efforts.
Al
Grauwolf
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Posted: Friday, April 18, 2014 - 08:09 AM UTC
This is great news!
Now all the WHINING about Tamiya's future release; should finally stop!
Now all the WHINING about Tamiya's future release; should finally stop!
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