Tamiya is set to release its 1/35 kit in May 2019.

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Tamiya is set to release its 1/35 kit in May 2019.

Read the Full News Story

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

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Thank You, Tat!

Surely this is a welcome kit, but TAMIYA's M10 has had a few "warts" that modelers have complained about. I expect that TAMIYA has mostly carried these "warts" over into this new Achilles...

IMO, I think that the time is ripe for the "other" Asian manufacturers to do all-newly tooled Shermans, M10s, Achilles, Kangaroos and Wolverines...

But incorrectly do not include census numbers

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One glaring mistake before we even get to the Achilles is the figures. They appear to have a Tank Regt cap badge yet the M10's and the Achilles were manned and used by members of the Royal Artillery rather than the Tank Regt or the Royal Armoured Corps. Ooops, no cigar there for Tamiya. The figures do however look quite good so a head replacement would sort that flaw as there are helmetted options.

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But incorrectly do not include census numbers

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A pet peeve of mine too. Unless there's an obvious side view photo serial or census numbers are all too rare in kits.

It's also often due to something obscuring it in the reference photos used so throw some storage over there

Just don't feel like looking it up for every Allied kit I build.

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But incorrectly do not include census numbers

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A pet peeve of mine too. Unless there's an obvious side view photo serial or census numbers are all too rare in kits.

It's also often due to something obscuring it in the reference photos used so throw some storage over there

Just don't feel like looking it up for every Allied kit I build.

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Ah-Haaa! See? This is EXACTLY the kind of thing I'm talking about when I say that WWII US/Allied modelers have been on the "short end of the stick", NOT ONLY as far as the vehicles, the men, and the equipment are concerned, BUT with the ATTENTION TO DETAIL, as well. I've been "cry-babying" about this stuff for years... ECHELON. should be able to help to correct this with their wide arraY OF DECALS. How is it that the "Panzer-Clique" can get even the most OBSCURE stuff, and we always have to go begging..? MENG's new M4A3 76mm (Wet) hasn't even made it out of their doors yet, and "our Eagle-Eyed" modelers caught several mistakes of theirs that had to be addressed...

BTW- There is more new info from MENG over on "The MODELLING NEWS" site, regarding this new Sherman of theirs. I caught that at about 4:00 AM this morning...

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But incorrectly do not include census numbers

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A pet peeve of mine too. Unless there's an obvious side view photo serial or census numbers are all too rare in kits.

It's also often due to something obscuring it in the reference photos used so throw some storage over there

Just don't feel like looking it up for every Allied kit I build.

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Ah-Haaa! See? This is EXACTLY the kind of thing I'm talking about when I say that WWII US/Allied modelers have been on the "short end of the stick", NOT ONLY as far as the vehicles, the men, and the equipment are concerned, BUT with the ATTENTION TO DETAIL, as well. I've been "cry-babying" about this stuff for years... ECHELON. should be able to help to correct this with their wide arraY OF DECALS. How is it that the "Panzer-Clique" can get even the most OBSCURE stuff, and we always have to go begging..? MENG's new M4A3 76mm (Wet) hasn't even made it out of their doors yet, and "our Eagle-Eyed" modelers caught several mistakes of theirs that had to be addressed...

BTW- There is more new info from MENG over on "The MODELLING NEWS" site, regarding this new Sherman of theirs. I caught that at about 4:00 AM this morning...

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Hi Dennis. As you know i fully support your arguments that Aliied armour is less well served by the major manufacturers, but really when it comes down to commenting about cap badges and markings we are running the risk of looking a gift horse in the mouth. As has been said german armour also has difficukties in that respect, with Dragons ^unknown Unit Eastern front 1945^, and that was for one of their Panther Ausf.D V2 prototypes which never went anywhere near a battlefield, and despite the number of Tigers on the market, David Bryden's Tiger 1 info site manages to find fault with almost every kit produced including the RFM kits.
The answer is for as many people as possible to buy these kits and show that there is a market for them, and then we may well get others. Insofar as Tamiya is concerned they are one of the least guilty of ignoring us at least in respect of British Armour.

The Tamiya M10 and Achilles are less "off" than their predecessors. And the Achilles has a better interior than the Afv-club which has no ammo for the hull storage racks. The revised Academy kits still have suspension problems in that the bogies are not weighted for a loaded vehicle.

The beret badges I think are a matter of marketing. Tamiya wants to make generic British tankers so they have the RTR badge. Be nice if they included alternative heads with RAC helmets, but there's already plenty of aftermarket.

And the extra gear is the same bit from the Crusader III that was originally in an issue of the Universal carrier? So it's recycled as generic British gear sprue. Again plenty of aftermarket. Most vehicle specific resin gear sets include enough storage for multiple vehicles.

And honestly we need a new Crusader I/II and other Cromwell variants.

And it's time for Tamiya to take their new Sherman VVSS suspension with the new M4A3 hull with revised 75 mm and 105 mm turrets to replace that 1980s Sherman. If Tamiya updated their older Sherman kits they'd own it just on name recognition.

And it's time for Tamiya to take their new Sherman VVSS suspension with the new M4A3 hull with revised 75 mm and 105 mm turrets to replace that 1980s Sherman. If Tamiya updated their older Sherman kits they'd own it just on name recognition.

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And it's time for Tamiya to take their new Sherman VVSS suspension with the new M4A3 hull with revised 75 mm and 105 mm turrets to replace that 1980s Sherman. If Tamiya updated their older Sherman kits they'd own it just on name recognition.

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I agree 100% here, and they could add also make the VVSS 76mm gun tank as well. All those years they had the old late hull 75mm tank, and never did the 76mm turret!

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And it's time for Tamiya to take their new Sherman VVSS suspension with the new M4A3 hull with revised 75 mm and 105 mm turrets to replace that 1980s Sherman. If Tamiya updated their older Sherman kits they'd own it just on name recognition.

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I agree 100% here, and they could add also make the VVSS 76mm gun tank as well. All those years they had the old late hull 75mm tank, and never did the 76mm turret!

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Unless you'd want to "hijack" the 76mm Turret from TAMIYA's "Easy Eight" kit, which would be an expensive proposition. You can get a complete RESIN 76mm Turret with all of the right casting marks, etc cheaper on Ebay...