Alabama, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 06:15 AM UTC
In November, Fine Molds will be releasing a kit of the hypothetical Japanese 150 ton O-1 super heavy tank. While much of the history of the tank is shrouded in mystery and speculation it is an impressive beast.
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Connecticut, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 06:23 AM UTC
Japan's land battleship, the O-I !!! So klunky, so cool. I hope Fine Molds enlarges this kit to 1/35!!!
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Matt
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Tennessee, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 08:21 AM UTC
Cool subject. And yes, I hope it will be released in a bigger scale - 1/48!?
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Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 02:53 PM UTC
This would have been even better in 1/35.
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 09:41 PM UTC
150 TONS?!??! That's not a "what-if," more like a "have you lost your mind?" Still,, it would be cool in 1/35!
Even my pick-up is panzer grey.
Utah, United States
Joined: December 20, 2003
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Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 09:54 PM UTC
An entire German Tiger I is only slightly larger than the upper square portion of the superstructure where the turret of the O-I is located. Thats huge.
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 10:05 PM UTC
How were they planning on transporting it? Or is that why they cancelled the project? I suppose if they manufactured them in a shipyard, they could use heavy cranes to lift them into transport ships, but when they got to their destination how would they unload them?
Texas, United States
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Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 08:37 PM UTC
Wow, should be a fun build.
United States
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Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 10:26 PM UTC
Quoted Text
This would have been even better in 1/35.
By releasing it in this scale, all they need to do is produce one or two trees of details and variant weapons for the turrets, and they can market it to the Warhammer 40,000 players as an Imperial tank.
