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Bronco 1/32 scale T34
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 03:06 PM UTC
http://www.moxingfans.com/new/news/2019/0102/5427.html
Well, at last, a plastic model sized to fit MiniArt figures to scale.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 03:18 PM UTC
I wonder of Bronco's intentions, producing an armor kit in 32 scale.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 03:37 PM UTC

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I wonder of Bronco's intentions, producing an armor kit in 32 scale.


I tried translating the article and it was just a history of that tank shown in the pictures. I couldn't get any of the forum to translate, but it looks like several people were questioning the 32nd scale label. Strange none the less.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 03:47 PM UTC
Maybe they meant to put "1/35" in the picture?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 06:21 PM UTC

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I wonder of Bronco's intentions, producing an armor kit in 32 scale.


Hi, All!!

I have to wonder about that, too. Maybe it's just a typo... Then again, the cynic in me says that it just might be BRONCO trying to open up a "new market". There's nothing like a new model in an "off-scale" to generate a lot of "buzz". It also sows confusion.

I'm basically an aircraft modeler, and I've stuck to 1/48 scale aircraft since I was 8 years old. My forays into 1/35 armor, soft-skins and figures are occasional, however I have quite a few kits in that scale. I have too many 1/48 aircraft to give you guys a "count". Let's just say that between the 1/48 aircraft, 1/35 military, 54mm-120mm figurines, high-end brass and mixed-media HO Steam Era locomotives and trains, 1/24-1/25 scale autos and the occasional 1/350 ship, "off-scale" ships, and my 1/144 Revell USS Fletcher-Class Destroyer, my plastic and resin model collection numbers in the thousands. Oh, and I have about 160 Franklin Mint and Danbury Mint die-cast autos in a separate display case, besides. Not bragging, just saying that I have varying interests. My photography "itch" is confined to scenics.

Personally, I couldn't care less if BRONCO actually DOES come out with a 1/32 T-34. I don't model in that scale at all, so a 1/32 T-34 would be irrelevant to me... (And no, I don't build 1/32, 1/24, or 1/18 aircraft, either. They take up waaaay too much space...)

PS- Do we reeeally need ANOTHER T-34/85 kit? Hate to say it, but there are getting to be way too many Tigers and Panthers to choose from out there, too...
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 08:13 PM UTC

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http://www.moxingfans.com/new/news/2019/0102/5427.html
Well, at last, a plastic model sized to fit MiniArt figures to scale.


But... But... But quite a few of TAMIYA's figures are UNDER-sized... So what now???
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 08:32 PM UTC
I used Google Translate for the Chinese comments.
The translation is far from perfect but it looked as if most of them, except two or three, were questioning the choice of scale.
The tenth comment was translated like this:
"Can't read, don't understand. Maybe the wild donkey made a raccoon cat for the prince. Deliberately write 32, then the proportion is out of balance, exactly 35. Cleverly escaped the front of the first wave of the big factory to the anus, and everyone has reflected that it has begun to sell. I am reassured about the quality of the wild donkey, but even if there is no scene in the 32, there will be many model friends who are hesitant to enter."

Maybe 'wild donkey' is supposed to mean Bronco ....
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 08:51 PM UTC

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Maybe the wild donkey made a raccoon cat for the prince... Cleverly escaped the front of the first wave of the big factory to the anus...


My thoughts exactly...

I don't think it's a typo - the product number is MB32001.

Squinting at the CADs it looks simplified with a lot of moulded-on detail. Maybe a new line of snap-fit kits?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 09:17 PM UTC

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I used Google Translate for the Chinese comments.
The translation is far from perfect but it looked as if most of them, except two or three, were questioning the choice of scale.
The tenth comment was translated like this:
"Can't read, don't understand. Maybe the wild donkey made a raccoon cat for the prince. Deliberately write 32, then the proportion is out of balance, exactly 35. Cleverly escaped the front of the first wave of the big factory to the anus, and everyone has reflected that it has begun to sell. I am reassured about the quality of the wild donkey, but even if there is no scene in the 32, there will be many model friends who are hesitant to enter."

Maybe 'wild donkey' is supposed to mean Bronco ....

Raccoon cat for a prince is an expression about fooling someone. The sentence is something akin to "fooling us by saying its 1/32 scale when in fact it's perfect 1/35." Kind of like other companies once proclaiming 1/35 when the kits are in fact 1/36-1/32 depending on the direction the kit is measured from.

Could be a new line of snap togethers in 1/32 to go with toy soldiers.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 10:38 PM UTC
Thanks for sorting out the Chinese expression
I suppose the reference to the rearwards body opening is an incorrect choice of synonym for 'outlet' or something?
/ Robin
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 - 11:08 PM UTC

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Thanks for sorting out the Chinese expression
I suppose the reference to the rearwards body opening is an incorrect choice of synonym for 'outlet' or something?
/ Robin

Try "backdoor " . The translation software is probably transcribing the characters' literal meanings as opposed to how they're used in conversations. I've seen "prince" as a literal translation of the characters forming the name of a certain Japanese model company. So the expression could be a pun too.
Really need a native speaker to sort this all out. Translation software rarely gets colloquial language right.
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Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2019 - 12:02 AM UTC

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Translation software rarely gets colloquial language right.


That is why these automated translation usually are hilariously funny
/ Robin
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Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2019 - 12:42 AM UTC

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Translation software rarely gets colloquial language right.


That is why these automated translation usually are hilariously funny
/ Robin


Funny, but sometimes I wonder what the software is thinking!

Thanks for succeeding where I failed on the comments.
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Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2019 - 12:56 AM UTC
One of the image stated that there are stickers included, as well as decals.

And oh yes, people are annoyed by the scale.

The puzzling expression means 'there must be a mistake'. It's from a story about a baby prince being swapped with a cat and it somehow fooled the enemy.

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Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2019 - 01:48 AM UTC

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One of the image stated that there are stickers included, as well as decals.

And oh yes, people are annoyed by the scale.

The puzzling expression means 'there must be a mistake'. It's from a story about a baby prince being swapped with a cat and it somehow fooled the enemy.



The stickers definitely indicates that this is somewhere in the grey area between toy and a scale model.
I presume that Bronco (wild donkey??) has a clever business plan for this kit.
/ Robin
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Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2019 - 01:49 AM UTC

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Translation software rarely gets colloquial language right.


That is why these automated translation usually are hilariously funny
/ Robin


Funny, but sometimes I wonder what the software is thinking!

Thanks for succeeding where I failed on the comments.


Copied and translated them one at the time .....
in the hope of finding a good clue to what was going on
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