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Trumpeter Bringing Us a Maus w/Interior
retiredyank
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 06:34 AM UTC

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Although I wouldn't mind a Ferret or two ( not by Dragon ! ), at this time a Maus will do nicely thank you . Can't see separate engine deck hatches or a turret roof panel , so how do we show off all that interior stuff ?



The large area and simple angles should make for an easy cut-a-way.
KurtLaughlin
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 08:53 AM UTC

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Forty-four hundred Ferret scout cars built in various models, used by more than forty nations, . . . If they asked me I'd suggest they make kits for vehicles which actually served, especially in large numbers.



Pfft! By that logic we'd have twenty different kits of 1-ton and 1/4-ton trailers and bicycles and no Tigers at all.

KL
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 11:01 AM UTC

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At the moment I have 0 interest in scout cars so I'll pick the Maus.



I meant that as an example of an armored vehicle produced in large numbers used by many nations which has been at best under-represented in kit form. However if a model company wants to sell a kit of an absurd design exercise that never fired a shot in anger, and if many modelers want to build such a kit, okay, have fun.

My cup of tea is more towards historically significant vehicles, but your mileage might vary, it isn't a right vs. wrong choice.
babaoriley
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 11:15 AM UTC

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Forty-four hundred Ferret scout cars built in various models, used by more than forty nations, . . . If they asked me I'd suggest they make kits for vehicles which actually served, especially in large numbers.



Pfft! By that logic we'd have twenty different kits of 1-ton and 1/4-ton trailers and bicycles and no Tigers at all.

KL



If I'd said that kit makers should start with the vehicle produced in the greatest quantity, and then the second greatest, and then the third etc., then a reductio ad absurdum response would have been justified. But actually I contrasted the lack of kits for a vehicle produced in moderate numbers used by many nations over decades vs. an exercise in engineering lunacy which never saw a day of action with anyone and yet which is available from various model makers. "By that logic" seems rather wide of the mark.

As always, everyone is free to prefer whatever model subjects they please--some folks like chocolate, some like vanilla.
KurtLaughlin
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 04:41 PM UTC

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Forty-four hundred Ferret scout cars built in various models, used by more than forty nations, . . . If they asked me I'd suggest they make kits for vehicles which actually served, especially in large numbers.



Pfft! By that logic we'd have twenty different kits of 1-ton and 1/4-ton trailers and bicycles and no Tigers at all.

KL



If I'd said that kit makers should start with the vehicle produced in the greatest quantity, and then the second greatest, and then the third etc., then a reductio ad absurdum response would have been justified. But actually I contrasted the lack of kits for a vehicle produced in moderate numbers used by many nations over decades vs. an exercise in engineering lunacy which never saw a day of action with anyone and yet which is available from various model makers. "By that logic" seems rather wide of the mark.

As always, everyone is free to prefer whatever model subjects they please--some folks like chocolate, some like vanilla.



OK . . . "If they worried about service and numbers . . ." And maybe there wouldn't be "zero" Tiger kits, but about the same number as there are Ferret kits today. Is that better?

The point is that service, production, distribution, historical significance, etc. are, in and of themselves, irrelevant to model kit subject selection. It matters so little it doesn't make sense to even bring it up any more.

On top of that, does every new release post have to turn into a thread about what people would like to see instead? Every one?

KL
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 06:03 PM UTC
I don't get this complain whenever something comes out. "It should be 1/72", "it should be 1/35", "I want a more accurate M5 instead"...

This is not a zero sum game. Stuff comes out, some will be happy, some will not; but a Maus with full interior from Trumpeter will not make it impossible for Dragon to issue whatever your little heart desires.

By the way, they should have put out a T1 Cunningham with full interior instead.
bige69
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Posted: Monday, September 17, 2018 - 11:04 AM UTC
Now available for pre order on couple of the Japanese Online Shops. but dang the price tag is hefty.
Tojo72
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Posted: Monday, September 17, 2018 - 11:11 AM UTC
As I always say,any kit release is a good kit release,it grows the hobby,shows manufacturers still want to produce.If it’s not your cup of tea,like this one for me,then ignore it,don,t bash the manufacturer for making it.
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