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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 06:26 AM UTC
I can't wait for the T29's!!! I don't understand why there's such a low number of people excited about them!?!
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 08:39 AM UTC
It may just be me, But does the HB Skoda PA-2 Turtle looks it was left in the bad side of town. Maybe the kit will include scale cinder blocks!!
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 12:43 PM UTC
Thanks for the info, Gino.. I'll try to look for that Italeri set.

Hisham
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 02:20 PM UTC

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Thanks for the info, Gino.. I'll try to look for that Italeri set.

Hisham


Hisham you may wish to extend your search to the brand Bilek they've licensed produced the Italeri trailer as Bilek No.995 cargo trailer.

As for the catalogues, I find the announced figure kit
"African Freedom Fighters" (00348) from Trumpeter most intriguing....

http://scalemodels.ru/modules/news/img_9587_1449141619_76.jpg.html

Grz,

Sam.
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 02:21 PM UTC

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I can't wait for the T29's!!! I don't understand why there's such a low number of people excited about them!?!


Maybe it's all the other stuff? I dunno. I'm extremely excited about the impending release of the T29 family. I just hope they release it soon. Eyeing that E3 as an early gift.
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 03:55 PM UTC

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I find the announced figure kit
"African Freedom Fighters" (00348) from Trumpeter most intriguing....


I agree.. same goes for the Afghani fighters.. only problem is that Trumpeter's track record with figures hasn't been very encouraging, for some reason

Hisham
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 04:20 PM UTC

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Thanks for the info, Gino.. I'll try to look for that Italeri set.

Hisham


Hisham you may wish to extend your search to the brand Bilek they've licensed produced the Italeri trailer as Bilek No.995 cargo trailer.

As for the catalogues, I find the announced figure kit
"African Freedom Fighters" (00348) from Trumpeter most intriguing....

http://scalemodels.ru/modules/news/img_9587_1449141619_76.jpg.html

Grz,

Sam.


Thats very interesting indeed- I'll definitely be on the look-out for those.
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 04:57 PM UTC

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I find the announced figure kit
"African Freedom Fighters" (00348) from Trumpeter most intriguing....


I agree.. same goes for the Afghani fighters.. only problem is that Trumpeter's track record with figures hasn't been very encouraging, for some reason

Hisham


Trumpeter's early figures are pretty awful but their later ones are reasonable if not spectacular.

Interestingly, their latest T-62 release comes with crew figures in the box:

http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=2700&l=en

...and it looks like one of the future ones will come with the Afghan figures.

Also interesting, the new Scud crew includes a lot more than just the crew, but is also a detail-up set for the missile and launcher.

http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=2696&l=en

Finally, I've just noticed they've posted sprue shots of their December releases. Woohoo!

http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?l=en
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 05:14 PM UTC
Those Vickers kits have been on my wishlist for SOOOOO long.

Some pretty amazing stuff allround. Potentially expensive times ahead.
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 05:52 PM UTC

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Those Vickers kits have been on my wishlist for SOOOOO long.

Some pretty amazing stuff allround. Potentially expensive times ahead.


They've been on list my for a very long time too
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 06:23 PM UTC

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Thanks for posting these

I think the FAV should win an award for the longest time a kit was shown in a catalog without being released

Hisham


I do hope they hurry up.....according to my pension scheme administrators i can expect to live another 36 years.....will i see the FAV by then? 😂
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 06:27 PM UTC

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I do hope they hurry up.....according to my pension scheme administrators i can expect to live another 36 years.....will i see the FAV by then? 😂


Hmmm... tough one to answer

Hisham
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 08:42 PM UTC
I'm 18... Will I get to build it before retirement age?
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 10:29 PM UTC

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I can't wait for the T29's!!! I don't understand why there's such a low number of people excited about them!?!


Oh you're not the only one excited!
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Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 - 11:06 PM UTC
Excited? I've been dreaming of such a kit for years!
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 01:31 AM UTC
I'm curious about the SU-100 (should be SU-101) on page 49 of the Trumpeter catalogue. It was only a prototype (the war ended so the need for it disappeared) but it was based on the T-44 chassis ....
/ Robin
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 02:22 AM UTC

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Well, I DID say wait. Those who consider my comments whining, or whinging as the case may be, can buy the second rate kits when they come out, or wait.

http://armorama.com/forums/228817


Still wondering about that Detroit Diesel engine you teased us with, probably not the M915 ....
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 08:27 AM UTC
Hi;

Well I really Don't Understand Why A SU-100 Paper Panzer is in the Catalog; IMHO the SU-54/130 would have made more of A kit that was made and more Important in the Line of Armor in the Cold War ERA. Even the SU-62/130 would have made More Sence !!

CHEERS; MIKE.
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 09:37 AM UTC
I warned you, YEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! WOW, I thought I was going to be excited to get a Vickers mkI, but 4 variants? and then the US t29E1, t29E3, t30 and t34 heavies, and that's not all, the Russian t-12, and US t54E1 (I had to look those up!). Oh no where still not done, don't forget the t-18 early and late variants, and the KV-220! I know that these are mostly prototypes, but those are the ones that I really love, not paper panzers, but tanks that were actually built (even if it was only 1 or 2). Oh yea I almost forgot the AMX 13 series, AND the AMX 30 brennus! THATS 17 NEW KITS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN!!!! Damn, I'm going to have to get another job!...
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 10:25 AM UTC

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Well, I DID say wait. Those who consider my comments whining, or whinging as the case may be, can buy the second rate kits when they come out, or wait.

http://armorama.com/forums/228817


Still wondering about that Detroit Diesel engine you teased us with, probably not the M915 ....


I'm still saying its a M915A5 Line-Haul Tractor Truck or a M916
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 06:57 PM UTC

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Still wondering about that Detroit Diesel engine you teased us with, probably not the M915 ....


I'm still saying its a M915A5 Line-Haul Tractor Truck or a M916


Nope, the engine pic is totally wrong for an M915/M916.
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 08:28 PM UTC
Gino the only thing is with the M915A5 if you look up this vehicle. It looks a whole lot diff than the M915.
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 09:31 PM UTC
Finally some Soviet tank crew. I hope they release it separately and make some other releases in that regard.
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2015 - 10:25 PM UTC

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Gino the only thing is with the M915A5 if you look up this vehicle. It looks a whole lot diff than the M915.


I still have to disagree. It is still not the same engine. The engine Rob showed is almost definitively a Chevy V8 6.5 liter diesel. The M915A5 is built by Daimler (Mercedes) and is powered by a Detroit Diesel S60 (in-line 6 cylinder) engine.
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Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2015 - 02:41 PM UTC



I'm surprised that more mention hasn't been made about the 3 inter-war British Vickers-Armstrong Medium Tanks and the 2 German 8-wheeled Armored Cars. I'm guessing it's because this particular thread is more centered on stuff other than German WWII Tiger Is...

I expect that the WWII German and WWII US Allied fans are probably ignoring TRUMPETER/MERIT/HOBBY BOSS because they have been doing so much post-war Russo-Soviet stuff of late...
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