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New Tamiya T-55 kit
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Posted: Friday, February 12, 2016 - 06:25 AM UTC
The new Tamiya T-55 kits seems reasonably priced. Is it not as good as the prior one?
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Posted: Friday, February 12, 2016 - 07:07 AM UTC
When did Tamiya release a new T-55 kit?
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Posted: Friday, February 12, 2016 - 07:19 AM UTC
I am not aware of the release of a new T-55 from Tamiya but There are new kits coming from TAKOM. They aren't out yet but look very interesting from info so far revealed.

HTH

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Posted: Friday, February 12, 2016 - 07:58 AM UTC

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The new Tamiya T-55 kits seems reasonably priced. Is it not as good as the prior one?


They are probably just re-releasing the original tamiya t-55, which is an excellent kit btw.
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Posted: Friday, February 12, 2016 - 08:15 AM UTC

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The new Tamiya T-55 kits seems reasonably priced. Is it not as good as the prior one?


Are you referring to the IDF Tiran 5 kit? It is based on Tamiya's T-55 kit and it is very nice indeed. Excellent prices on Amazon due to the great exchange rate of USD vs. Yen nowadays.
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Posted: Friday, February 12, 2016 - 08:18 AM UTC
Ah. It is the same kit number. The picture here has some extra stuff hanging off the turret and that threw me off. Good to see the price get back to normal.

http://www.squadron.com/1-35-Tamiya-T-55A-Russian-Medium-Tank-TM35257-p/tm35257.htm
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Posted: Friday, February 12, 2016 - 02:36 PM UTC
Tamiya 35257 is the old Tamiya kit. Not new.
New one will be Takom's.
I'm waiting for AM version so I Can build Polish "merida"T-55
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