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Tamiya 100 % new molds 1/35 KV1
HOBBYMAN2015
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Posted: Monday, April 06, 2020 - 01:27 PM UTC
Complete build of the new Tamiya 1/35 KV 1
https://youtu.be/TTM_ZcKe1_g
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Posted: Wednesday, April 08, 2020 - 06:19 PM UTC
Is the new Tamiya kit on par with or better than Trumpeters KV-1's?
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Posted: Wednesday, April 08, 2020 - 10:08 PM UTC
See here:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/tamiya-s-new-1-35-kv-1-t322339.html

It has some mistakes, but also has some major improvements over the Trumpeter kit.
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Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 04:53 AM UTC
The discussion said the roadwheels and arms are an incorrect type. Am I right in thinking that this should be a simple fix by an aftermarket set of roadwheels and arms as a replacement?
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Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 05:58 AM UTC
great video Andy, I still have the old version in my stash so it was good to see the new version being built. one question, I know you're in tight with tamiya but is there any chance you could do build or review of some of the afv club Vietnam war era vehicles?
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Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 09:51 AM UTC

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The discussion said the roadwheels and arms are an incorrect type. Am I right in thinking that this should be a simple fix by an aftermarket set of roadwheels and arms as a replacement?


Think he means the return rollers (rubber or steel tired) and number of bolts on the caps on the axles. IIRC some Trumpeter kits have both kinds of caps included.

This site has a lot of pics of this version: http://kv1ehkranami.narod.ru/kv1_z41.html
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Posted: Friday, May 01, 2020 - 01:38 PM UTC
This all seems like a simple part swap if / when an aftermarket company makes a resin kit update. I am looking forward to the Tamiya kit.
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