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Chieftain Mk.2 sprue shots
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 12:15 AM UTC
HobbySearch posted images of the sprues from the new Takom Chieftain Mk.2.

One thing that looks wrong to me is the fume extractor - shouldn't it be noticeably larger diameter in Mk.2?...

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10372528n6/40/6/1

Now it is barely thicker than the thermal sleeve, like in later Marks...
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 12:17 AM UTC

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One thing that looks wrong to me is the fume extractor



You post title also looks wrong too

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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 12:20 AM UTC

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One thing that looks wrong to me is the fume extractor



You post title also looks wrong too

Gary


Oups... Unfortunately I cannot edit it myself
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 12:28 AM UTC
I notice on the sprue shots that the engine deck acccess panel handles are now moulded in place? The PE offerings on the initial Takom kits were unrealistic being 2 dimensional and needed replacing...



... but I feel this is a backwards step by Takom. Reminiscent of the old Tamiya offering. Takom still have a long way to go IMHO

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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 12:36 AM UTC
Grab handles don't bother me much, but inaccurate fume extractor, specific to this early Chieftain is a big flaw

Luckily it is quite simple cylinder, so enlarging it slightly (e.g. with a layer of this styrene sheet) shouldn't be too hard.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 01:18 AM UTC
Looking at the sprue shots it appears that there is a second gun tube, the original one is on the sprue with the bazooka plates. So maybe the artwork just doesn't show the earlier fume extractor as pronounced as it should be. If not, then I guess Tamiya are going to sell a lot of their old kits just for the gun barrels..........:-)
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 03:15 AM UTC

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I notice on the sprue shots that the engine deck acccess panel handles are now moulded in place? The PE offerings on the initial Takom kits were unrealistic being 2 dimensional and needed replacing...



... but I feel this is a backwards step by Takom. Reminiscent of the old Tamiya offering. Takom still have a long way to go IMHO

Gary



As Chieftain Mk 2 didn't have any mesh covers perhaps they just thought it made more sense to mould them on? I don't think this is too much of a show stopper. I am looking forward to this one - not least as it could be depicted in a gloss Bronze Green - just to ring the changes a bit.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 05:05 PM UTC
C'mon chaps, let's wait until somebody has it in their hands before picking the thing apart eh.

If the 'fume extractor' is incorrect, no doubt the after market crew will soon sort things out.

The front thermal sleeve was normally folded back from the front of the extractor to allow the barrel to be locked down into the early gun crutch (later changed to clamp) and re set in place before firing.

Obviously unneeded extras are on the spru webs including both NBC packs and commanders cupolas. and the warning is clearly written for all to see, model may differ from box art.

It still has to be better than the Tamiya offering.


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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 05:17 PM UTC

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It still has to be better than the Tamiya offering.[/b]


Tamiya isn't Mk2. What I am wondering is whether this kit has correct features to be a Mk2. One of the most noticeable feature of Mk2 tank, compared to later marks, is the larger diameter fume extractor and it looks like the kit may not have this feature correctly represented. Not the end of the world, but it would be nice to have such a key detail for this version properly done.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 02:48 PM UTC
It looks like the Takom kit isn't a true original Mk2 at all. Original Mk2 should have different side skirts (different mounting) and different front fender stowage boxes. It doesn't look like early skirts and early boxes are on sprues and image in instructions also shows the later pattern skirts. I also don't see the very characteristic splash board (with round openings for large single headlights) on sprues.

Without these features, it still technically is a Mk2, but not how it would look like in 1960s.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 04:31 PM UTC
Nobody is picking the thing appart -so far, at least-.
But if the fume extractor shape is incorrect, well... it IS incorrect.
Nothing so difficcult to fix, but still wrong, so it is a fair critic.

Alaso, as Steve J said, there seem to be two gun barrels in the sprues, so a correctly shaped one may be there.
But some sprues are so "cleverly" photographed that only the back of them is visible.
This happens with the main gun's sprues, so we should wait until someone publishes better images to know the final true.

Up to now, I'm a bit more concerned about the other details Pawel pointed out.
We'll see...
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