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Tamiya to release Panther Ausf.D
Wierdy
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Posted: Friday, April 17, 2015 - 11:57 AM UTC
Here is a link:

https://twitter.com/YS_SCALESHOP/status/587837021915193346

Not much info available at the moment. From what I can see it is going to be a completely new tooling. To be shown at the 54-th Shizuoka hobby show and available in July. April-June 1943 production batch vehicle. The price is ¥4,860.

Cheers, Paul
M_Wittmann
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Posted: Friday, April 17, 2015 - 09:05 PM UTC
Hi. From what they shown in the pictures, it appears to be an improved and reboxed version of the recent Zvezda Panther D, with PE screens and alu barrel.
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Posted: Friday, April 17, 2015 - 09:35 PM UTC

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Hi. From what they shown in the pictures, it appears to be an improved and reboxed version of the recent Zvezda Panther D, with PE screens and alu barrel.



It's being issued under Tamiya's Military Miniatures series with a 35-prefix (35345) so it's a Tamiya mold, not a reboxing.

KL
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Posted: Friday, April 17, 2015 - 10:34 PM UTC
That would be some very good news for the Panther fan I am. The very early (initial) variant of the D (just like Zvezda's) and the same type of parts breaking in the track's links made me consider a reboxing. More kits on the market make choice easier. I wait for the future infos concerning this one.
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Posted: Friday, April 17, 2015 - 10:51 PM UTC
I'll be looking forward to getting this, nice to see other manufactotors stepping in to fill the void DML are leaving now that 1/9 superhero toys make up a majority of their releases.
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