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Hobby Boss to release 1/35 M47 Patton tank
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 03:34 AM UTC
Hobby Boss made an announcement on its Facebook page -- 1/35 M47 Patton! Suh-weet!
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 04:04 AM UTC
Yes!!!!!!! Its the Battle of the Bulge version!!!!!

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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 05:27 AM UTC
Yes,after all this time I have been working on the old Italeri one now they are going to do this!!!
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 05:34 AM UTC
Good news! Thanks for letting us know, Roy.

Respectfully,
Allen
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 05:36 AM UTC
Great news Roy.Thanks.
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 05:59 AM UTC
Oh no! Not another boring M47 Tiger release....

Oh

Wait a minute...








Sorry - I know it's a useless post but it's been a long day and I couldn't resist
Bravo1102
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 07:11 AM UTC
It would be really something if the released kit actually had the options for the movie vehicles. M47s were in a lot of movies you could do whole decal sheets with all the various markings.
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 07:39 AM UTC

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It would be really something if the released kit actually had the options for the movie vehicles. M47s were in a lot of movies you could do whole decal sheets with all the various markings.


With all the different variants of Dragons M48, I'm betting that there will soon be a DAK version!!!

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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 07:41 AM UTC

So, what's everyone's opinion on the Hobby Boss M26 family? And can a M46 be far behind?
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 10:03 AM UTC
Let's hope it is a version that can be a "normal" build and not just the movie vehicle. I'm ready to add this one to the stash, and, maybe see if I have to add this to the 4 currently under construction M47's that are on my bench!


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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 10:12 AM UTC
Hobby boss will screw us all over by giving us a kit not as detailed as the venerable Italeri kit but with complex tracks where each link is over 10 pieces with even the end connector wedge bolts as separate pieces.

But maybe we'll finally learn that what is new is not necessarily better.
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 10:54 AM UTC
Don't forget the M41's from To Hell and Back and episodes from Combat
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 11:29 AM UTC
Great! I was going to post a thread saying it's about time we had a new tool M47.
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 11:30 AM UTC

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Hobby Boss made an announcement on its Facebook page -- 1/35 M47 Patton! Suh-weet!


Hi, ALL of you!

Some of you guys are getting a little bit ahead of yourselves, aren't you? The new HOBBY BOSS M47 kit hasn't even been released yet, NO PARTS have been displayed, and not even so much as a CAD-drawing has yet seen the light of day, YET SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY PRE-JUDGING THIS THING!!!

What's the MATTER with you, anyway?!? Why don't you give it a chance, first?!?

I, for one, am glad to see a new 1/35 M47, the FIRST since the old late 1970s-vintage ITALERI kit... What's more, I'd like for us to see an all-new 1/35 PLASTIC M46 from ANYONE since that DRAGON kit has been around since the 1990s...
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 11:34 AM UTC

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It would be really something if the released kit actually had the options for the movie vehicles. M47s were in a lot of movies you could do whole decal sheets with all the various markings.



Nice to see someone else saying that. I remember posting a while back that it would be nice to have some movie variants of different vehicles but not many seemed interested. Most seemed annoyed that they used such inaccurate vehicles to represent Tigers etc. I used to be like that too but now I think inaccurate movie vehicles in old films have a certain charm about them.
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 12:40 PM UTC
If truth be told I think many of us may have been inspired by 'inaccurate movie vehicles' to research the real thing.

(Or just enjoyed a movie that actually HAD real tanks in it!)
Bravo1102
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 02:48 PM UTC

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It would be really something if the released kit actually had the options for the movie vehicles. M47s were in a lot of movies you could do whole decal sheets with all the various markings.



Nice to see someone else saying that. I remember posting a while back that it would be nice to have some movie variants of different vehicles but not many seemed interested. Most seemed annoyed that they used such inaccurate vehicles to represent Tigers etc. I used to be like that too but now I think inaccurate movie vehicles in old films have a certain charm about them.


Some real life crews are instructed to perform for the camera as a live fire exercise. One movie well documented is the old Armored Command. It was filmed at the seventh army training center in Germany with real service vehicles. The German infantry were Americans in overcoats and helmets and told to run and do a tank supported armored assault.

Then there was the Beast where the platoon leader of the attacking Tiran 5 platoon gives the proper hand and arm signals for what the tanks then proceed to do. "Line" "button up" It was a real platoon told to do a fire and assault on camera.

The T-34/85s in Cross of Iron were Yugoslavian service vehicles firing live main guns rounds. You can tell they're firing real charges by how the vehicle lurches and shakes.

In the movies with the wrong period tanks. You are sometimes seeing real serving crews putting real service vehicles through their paces.
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 02:56 PM UTC
Don't forget Takom is also preparing at least two M47 variants...

Nice battle coming
Pedro
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 03:15 PM UTC

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Don't forget Takom is also preparing at least two M47 variants...

Nice battle coming


No they don't...
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 03:16 PM UTC

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Don't forget Takom is also preparing at least two M47 variants...

Nice battle coming


That really WOULD be nice! I'll reserve further comment on these TAKOM M47s, as well as the TAKOM T29E3 and T30/T34 kits until I see "in-box reviews" and "build-reviews"...
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 03:40 PM UTC

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Don't forget Takom is also preparing at least two M47 variants...

Nice battle coming


They're producing the T29 and T30/34. Completely differant vehicles.
JavierDeLuelmo
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 04:46 PM UTC

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Don't forget Takom is also preparing at least two M47 variants...

Nice battle coming


They're producing the T29 and T30/34. Completely differant vehicles.


Yes. But at least a couple of M47s too. That has been known for months by some people in the business. Including some 3Ds. Just wait a bit...
Pedro
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 05:16 PM UTC

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Don't forget Takom is also preparing at least two M47 variants...

Nice battle coming


They're producing the T29 and T30/34. Completely differant vehicles.


Yes. But at least a couple of M47s too. That has been known for months by some people in the business. Including some 3Ds. Just wait a bit...


This is very interesting news then Javier
Bravo1102
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 08:33 PM UTC
There are two major production variations with different periscope and headlight guards and turret rails. Plus three different types of muzzle brake. Then there are at least three different updated and modernized versions. Plenty of M47s to do.

Of course one version could just be the M47 rear hull mated with a M26A1 turret and front hull to make a M46.
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Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 - 08:53 PM UTC
They have taken up a massiv challenge there. The Italerie kit may be old but it is quite good and at 25€ it is low priced.

For those who like "Multiple tiny disappearing parts" tracks there is AM available. A (rather small) PE set exists as well.

So basically HobbyBoss etc. have to beat the price (Say 40-60€ depending on the tracks) AND deliver a better quality to a kit generally considerd good even today.

Oh and some, like me, HATE "fuzzy little parts tracks" so any kit with them as the ONLY option - is a nobuy.
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