Anything you’d care to suggest? A 1/35 LCAC, MV 22B, CH 53? Or, a late mid production Tiger with interior. Oh, wait, that’s been done.

I hope it is not the Brummbar as posted in their catalog.

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Anything you’d care to suggest? A 1/35 LCAC, MV 22B, CH 53? Or, a late mid production Tiger with interior. Oh, wait, that’s been done.

I hope it is not the Brummbar as posted in their catalog.

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Right you are!

I expect you'll receive some negative commentary from SOME people. Until TAMIYA released their M10 TD and their M4A3E8 kits, not many people complained about ACADEMY's kits of the same subjects. Of course not; much attention, (too much so, IMO) was being paid to the likes of MENG, TAKOM, RYE FIELD, etc over Tigers, Panthers, Bergepanthers, and the like. Naturally, ACADEMY will only rate a few "HO-HUMS". Personally, I'd like to see ACADEMY,(or KITTY HAWK, for that matter), "up-scale" their/GALLERY's H-34/UH-34-series helicopters to 1/35 scale. These were pretty common during the earlier stages of the Vietnam War, and I think these deserve a fair shake...

I wish it would be AH-1G version instead....a new OH-58A Kiowa in 1/35 would be nice,too

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Anything you’d care to suggest? A 1/35 LCAC, MV 22B, CH 53? Or, a late mid production Tiger with interior. Oh, wait, that’s been done.

I hope it is not the Brummbar as posted in their catalog.

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Right you are!

I expect you'll receive some negative commentary from SOME people. Until TAMIYA released their M10 TD and their M4A3E8 kits, not many people complained about ACADEMY's kits of the same subjects. Of course not; much attention, (too much so, IMO) was being paid to the likes of MENG, TAKOM, RYE FIELD, etc over Tigers, Panthers, Bergepanthers, and the like. Naturally, ACADEMY will only rate a few "HO-HUMS". Personally, I'd like to see ACADEMY,(or KITTY HAWK, for that matter), "up-scale" their/GALLERY's H-34/UH-34-series helicopters to 1/35 scale. These were pretty common during the earlier stages of the Vietnam War, and I think these deserve a fair shake...

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The AH-1Z is nice but 1 35 scale helos take up too much shelf space id like to see one or all of the following M88A2 Hercules,M104 Wolverine AVLB and the new Joint Assaulr Bridge

Forget it, just forget it. Academy gets no respect. Their Brummbar will probably blow away Tamiya's but the big T is who they are and Academy is the also ran who gets no respect no matter what they pull off.

Academy's M4A3E8 is better than Tamiya's. T's has some neat engineering and molding but every handle is solid. No one is ever looking out their periscope on a Tamiya tank. Molded shut. And a bunch of other little things but Tamiya gets respect and Academy gets shown the doghouse. I got a bunch of Academy Shermans so I can properly dress up the lackluster Tamiya ones with stupid stuff like periscope guards, periscopes, grab handles.

Cripes even Dragon couldn't be bothered to put separate grab handles or open periscopes on all their kits.



When it comes to aircraft it's a different story.

Forget it, just forget it. Academy gets no respect. Their Brummbar will probably blow away Tamiya's but the big T is who they are and Academy is the also ran who gets no respect no matter what they pull off.

Academy's M4A3E8 is better than Tamiya's. T's has some neat engineering and molding but every handle is solid. No one is ever looking out their periscope on a Tamiya tank. Molded shut. And a bunch of other little things but Tamiya gets respect and Academy gets shown the doghouse. I got a bunch of Academy Shermans so I can properly dress up the lackluster Tamiya ones with stupid stuff like periscope guards, periscopes, grab handles.

Cripes even Dragon couldn't be bothered to put separate grab handles or open periscopes on all their kits.



When it comes to aircraft it's a different story.

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Forget it, just forget it. Academy gets no respect. Their Brummbar will probably blow away Tamiya's but the big T is who they are and Academy is the also ran who gets no respect no matter what they pull off.

Academy's M4A3E8 is better than Tamiya's. T's has some neat engineering and molding but every handle is solid. No one is ever looking out their periscope on a Tamiya tank. Molded shut. And a bunch of other little things but Tamiya gets respect and Academy gets shown the doghouse. I got a bunch of Academy Shermans so I can properly dress up the lackluster Tamiya ones with stupid stuff like periscope guards, periscopes, grab handles.

Cripes even Dragon couldn't be bothered to put separate grab handles or open periscopes on all their kits.



When it comes to aircraft it's a different story.

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I know this will raise hell with some people, but this is a hobby about model building, right? I literally just finished two of the Tamiya Easy 8’s. it took me all of 1 hour to cut off, sand and fashion new handles out of wire for both models.

It seems allot of people want to be spoon fed when it comes to model building.

Until TAMIYA released their M10 TD and their M4A3E8 kits, not many people complained about ACADEMY's kits of the same subjects. ... Comments, anyone?

Kurt comes to the rescue with the blazing sword of Truth and the deadly lance of Reason!

Way to go Kurt!

/ Robin

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Kurt comes to the rescue with the blazing sword of Truth and the deadly lance of Reason!

Way to go Kurt!

/ Robin

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i thought health & safety had banned those items as they're far to dangerous to have people waving them around lol

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That statement is factually incorrect. Plenty of people complained about the Academy M10s (and the AFV Club M10s) when they came out because of shape and size errors with the hulls and turrets.

Regarding their HVSS Sherman, check out the PMMS review. (On top of what Terry writes, the dozer is also dimensionally off.)

You should also remember their M12. People loved it until they found out it was .080 too narrow. How about their M18? AFV Club issued one around the same time and the line I recall is "probably the worst kit from both companies". How about the new Sheridan? Highly anticipated until it turned out to be so awful (worse than the old Tamiya kit, as I recall). They had a new ONTOS, you'll recall. People could live with the detailing issues but the suspension was hosed making it unbuildable for many. They came out with new M3 lights, but made the turret way too small like Tamiya did ages before, and screwed up the fenders and side skirts. They released a M3 medium, but again, couldn't get they suspension right. On the other hand, they have made some good kits recently, their Jagdpanzer 38 and M60A2 for example. Academy's reputation of being hit-or-miss, even within the same kit, is well-earned.

One has to keep in mind that comparing Academy to Tamiya is an exercise many modelers don't bother to join. From my own experience, I know what to expect from both companies. Unless they have a subject that is not issued by anyone else, I think long and hard about buying one of their kits because they involve more work to get where I want my models to be than something from one of the "newer" companies.

KL

Or am I mistaking the cross for something else?

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Or am I mistaking the cross for something else?

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The cross is part of HMLA-169's insignia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMLA-169