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Tamiya M47
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 08:28 AM UTC
Has anyone seen the new parts in it. Are they on seperate sprues or attached to the old ones.

best regard

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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 08:53 AM UTC
Topic moved from Modeling in General / Robin
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 09:02 AM UTC
Tamiya M47???
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 10:13 AM UTC

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Tamiya M47???


Another Italeri repop with extras. However, it appears Tamiya made some updates outside of the usual add extra sprues as with other Italeri troops.
https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/135-military-miniature/west-german-tank-m47-patton/
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 11:38 AM UTC
Hi;

This M-47 is almost as old as I am !!!!! its just the old Iti; kit. And was even Boxed by Tester !
Now I have built this kit way back when, and speculated as to its scale of 1/35 which to me was closer to 1/32nd !
On the plus side; They gave you the option of Three different Muzzel Brakes and A very basic Engine.

CHEERS; MIKE.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 12:14 PM UTC
Well, son a a bees wax, I got an old one waiting for paint, and they come out with this, with the mantlet cover, crap. Lol
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 01:44 PM UTC

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Now I have built this kit way back when, and speculated as to its scale of 1/35 which to me was closer to 1/32nd


The Italeri kit is generally accurate and remains the top M-47 in the market.
Takom's new kit may be more sophisticated and detailed but has more accuracy issues than Italeri's.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 01:50 PM UTC

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Well, son a a bees wax, I got an old one waiting for paint, and they come out with this, with the mantlet cover, crap. Lol


Get the mantlet cover by D.E.F. Models...light years ahead of everything else with PE to boot.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 02:17 PM UTC

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Well, son a a bees wax, I got an old one waiting for paint, and they come out with this, with the mantlet cover, crap. Lol


Get the mantlet cover by D.E.F. Models...light years ahead of everything else with PE to boot.


Yeah, I was actually looking at that 👍
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Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 10:13 PM UTC
The new dust cover is a bit "puffy" for my liking, and the turret side rails are wrong for German tanks (they had the cluster of individual grabs), but the tracks being in something other than Italeri's stiff unbending vinyl might make this a good choice - if the $62 sticker price is reduced in half. Still better than the Takom kit...
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