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AFV Club: Japanese Chaffee
SgtRam
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 12:46 PM UTC


A new release is on the way from AFV Club in the way of the M24 in JGSDF use.

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Tiger_213
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 01:15 PM UTC
I thought the 'basic' Chaffee kit had a Japanese version included; and they already released an Indo-China version as well?

Was that just a different vehicle, or manufacturer?

EDIT: I looked around, it was Bronco who did that. Will at least be interesting to see how the kits compare.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 01:26 PM UTC
You may be thinking of Bronco Models offerings.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 05:38 PM UTC
Great to see all these coming from AFV Club now. An "apples to apples" comparison is already possible to do. The AFV Club Korean War version has been out for months and the plastic can be compared to any of the Bronco offerings (I realize that the tracks were different on the later versions).

My personal preference is AFV Club. Broncos Chaffees are superb, but slightly over-engineered (especially the 7 part engine deck). AFV Club has taken a slightly simpler approach without sacrificing detail. I prefer the single link tracks in the Bronco kits, though.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 09:26 PM UTC
Thanks for the info!

I have the Bronco "Asian Forces" kit but I will get the AFV Club JGSDF release (I'm a big JGSDF fan) and probably the French one as well.

It's great to see AFV Club including figures in their kit "ā la Tamiya" I hope they will continue this for future releases.

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 12:08 AM UTC
Ever since the Norwegian NATO version, I've heard bits and pieces of AFV Club's version versus the Bronco offering. We truly live in an age of plenty.

I've not gotten either -- I think I may need to bite on the AFV Club M24 after all.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 03:07 AM UTC
Hi Guys;

NOW ALL I NEED IS GODZILLA IN 1/35 SCALE FOR MY BATTLE OF TOKYO AND IM ALL SET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


CHEERS; MIKE.
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