CMOT
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Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 01:43 PM UTC
HobbyBoss has announced two new Panzer IV tanks and provided images of the sprues for these two offerings. The two offerings are a Panzer IV B and Panzer IV C. The box design looks different from the usual box design from HobbyBoss.
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Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 01:47 PM UTC
Er, these are not new kits. Tristar already released them back in the late 2000s and Hobbyboss rereleases them now the former went bust.
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varanusk
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Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 01:56 PM UTC
After Trumpeter/Hobby Boss acquired Tristar moulds it was a matter of time that they would re-release all their catalogue. In this case they have not even changed the box image so I doubt the kit inside would have anything new.
Anyway, they are new on the market as HB and I think it is very good to have them available again!
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Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 02:13 PM UTC
Hope hobby boss re-release the wheel sets and track sets for the panzer IV series Tristar did as they were nice sets to upgrade tamiya's older panzer IV kits.
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tatbaqui
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Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 07:30 PM UTC
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Hope hobby boss re-release the wheel sets and track sets for the panzer IV series Tristar did as they were nice sets to upgrade tamiya's older panzer IV kits.
I second that wish
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Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 08:30 PM UTC
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After Trumpeter/Hobby Boss acquired Tristar moulds it was a matter of time that they would re-release all their catalogue. In this case they have not even changed the box image so I doubt the kit inside would have anything new.
Anyway, they are new on the market as HB and I think it is very good to have them available again!
I wonder what they are doing with Tristar's sd.Kfz.222 molds?
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Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 09:11 PM UTC
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Hope hobby boss re-release the wheel sets and track sets for the panzer IV series Tristar did as they were nice sets to upgrade tamiya's older panzer IV kits.
Or... you could just get the full Tristar/Dragon kits of the tank which have have far more advanced moulding and are not much harder to build if you have decent skill?
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Posted: Monday, September 21, 2015 - 12:02 AM UTC
True but I already have the older kits in my stash replacing the less detailed suspension and too wide wheels saves me getting rid of the kit. Plus I like testing my scratch building skills adding the missing detail on a kit which only cost £10-15 rather than pay £50+ for a dragon kit and mess up so getting a wheel set which when released by Tristar was £8.00 isn't breaking the bank and just brings the kit more up to date with a bit of work.
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