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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 07:31 AM UTC


Takom has let Armorama know about two new kits in the making from them. The first of these is a 12.8cm Flak 40 Zwilling followed closely by a Turtle?

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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 09:09 AM UTC
Love the 128 Flak Zwilling! Too bad I didn't do a few walkarounds at APG when they lived there. Now as soon as Farina Enterprises does a flak tower turret section for it, I'm there.
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 09:13 AM UTC
And the Turtle! The "VW Beetle" of armored cars. I've wanted one of these Czech cars for years, but the resin one was too expensive. Thanks Takom!
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:19 AM UTC
Wow, this is really amazing. The twin 12.8 flak is a beauty... One to get for sure
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:39 AM UTC
Well, the roof of one of those bunkers has a surface of about four square meters...what a diorama...
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 12:52 PM UTC
Very cool that this Skoda can be now had in styrene...
Aaaand Hobbyboss, on their facebook, announces another Skoda just a couple of hours from this announcement...
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 01:06 PM UTC
Strange coincidences



Hisham
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 01:52 PM UTC
All I have is two words no and way.Never could have dreamed of seeing these in plastic.
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 02:18 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Too bad I didn't do a few walkarounds at APG when they lived there.


http://www.net-maquettes.com/fr/pictures/128mm-flak-40-zwilling-walk/

http://www.maquetland.com/article-phototheque/131-canon-anti-aerien-128cm-flak-40-und-45-aberdeen

Here's the one at the Koblenz museum :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Flugabwehrkanone_12%2C8_FLAK_40_1.jpg

H.P.

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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 03:57 PM UTC
Say what you like about the quality of Takom's parts/builds, but certainly not unoriginal.
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 08:00 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Say what you like about the quality of Takom's parts/builds, but certainly not unoriginal.

I found the Skoda 30.5cm siege mortar went together very well (with one noted exception).
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 09:03 PM UTC
You just have to smile -- the Flakzwilling following the announced Tamiya Panther D -- and seeing the many new SOMUA S-35 builds going on -- if you're into WW2 subjects, your head's gonna explode! What an amazing time we live in!
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 09:11 PM UTC



Thanks H.P.!
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Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 10:30 PM UTC
more to the point-who's going to be first with the announcement of a 1/35 Zoo flak tower??



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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 01:55 AM UTC
Love the twin 12.8cm Flak 40,no need for a flak tower some where used on ground level
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 04:34 AM UTC
Omg a 12.8cm Flak 40..and a twin. My grandad was a ball turret gunner on a B-17G(846th BG, 834th BS). Anyways, before he passed he told me everything including his ability to distinguish between "88's and 105's" in the air and "A bigger B*&%#!D in Berlin" I knew it had to be this.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 06:07 AM UTC
WOW! Anyone have a release date or an MSRP for it?
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Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 12:19 AM UTC
That Zwilling is just insane!!! Must... have... one... *Heavy breathing*
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Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 06:02 PM UTC
Looks nice





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Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 09:00 PM UTC
Should be interesting to see how their Turtle will compare with the one Hobbyboss have announced.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 01:17 AM UTC
That Turtle is flat-out cool!! With a few tweaks & mods, you could fit that into a post-apocalyptic scene with those Stalker figures.
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