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Takom new 1/35 kits:T29E3 Heavy &T30/34 Heavy
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 12:42 AM UTC
More pics of Takom's visit to Benning

https://www.facebook.com/TAKOM-354803674728188/photos/?tab=album&album_id=525465154328705
ninjrk
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 02:49 AM UTC
Happy to have been wrong, nothing better than when they crawl all over and take real measurements.
ninjrk
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 04:21 AM UTC
The more I think about it, the more I wish that I liked the T29E3 more than the vanilla T29, as I really have been happy with the Takom kits I've built to date. The T30 is a must buy, however.
JSSVIII
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Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 05:00 AM UTC
This is great, two companies releasing these plus the M47! OH MY ACHING WALLET!!!!
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 12:51 PM UTC

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This is great, two companies releasing these plus the M47! OH MY ACHING WALLET!!!!


Hi, John!!!

AGREE!!! My wallet's gonna be in the Hurt Locker, too!!!

As some other modellers have stated, I'd very much like to see a new 1/35 M46 kit come to fruition. DRAGON's M46 is not the "wunderkind" kit that some people are satisfied with. When comparing the measurements, proportions and shapes of DRAGON's M26 to TAMIYA's, there are quite a few discrepancies between them- For instance, their Turrets and their Main Guns & Muzzle Brakes, among other things. I bring the M26 kits up, because DRAGON's M46 shares many parts with their M26, which I DO NOT consider to be one of the best M26 kits available...

I for one, would be TICKLED PINK, if HOBBY BOSS, TAKOM, TAMIYA, TRUMPETER or ANY other PLASTIC model manufacturer released an all-new M46 in 1/35 scale...
ceerosvk
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Posted: Thursday, December 01, 2016 - 11:12 PM UTC

Pedro
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Posted: Thursday, December 01, 2016 - 11:33 PM UTC
This looks VERY promising. I can't see any mistakes so far!!!

Cheers,
Greg
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Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 - 04:01 AM UTC
Just placed a pre-order, on LuckyModel for the T29E3.
165thspc
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Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 - 08:19 PM UTC
Wanting more . . . .

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1/35 WWII US/Allied AFVs and Soft-skinned Vehicles


Dennis I got your back on this. Many of us want more US/Allied equipment and want it in 1/35th. (Also, Imaginary vehicles do not interest me!)

Something else I am excited about is that the T29/30's are no "paper" panzers, not when you can travel somewhere on the planet and measure the REAL thing!
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