Guys,

Just completed the new Tamiya JGSDF Light Armored Vehicle and waiting for painting and weathering. I built the kit OOTB since there is no after market upgrade parts.
The chassis of the kit is die-cast, a real metal one! And it mated with the upper part of the vehicle perfectly. The fitting is much better than DMLs'. That's why I am a big fan of Tamiya. By the way, I am waiting for the JGSDF figure set which will be released soon in HK.

Here are the photos and your comments are welcome:










You can see the die-cast chassis in this photo.

Lord Sushi

Great pics of a neat little build. As usual, construction is up to your usual high standards as fit appears seamless and tight. This looks like a nice kit.

What's your plan for paint on this one? I assume for painting you will separate the chassis and cab to do the interior?

Keep us posted as this one progresses.

Steve

SteveWWH,

You are right, the kit you see in the photos are just dry-fit, I don't use one drop of glue on the chassis and the cab. I will do the painting seperately on the chassis, the cab and the interior as well.

:-) :-)

Didn´t realise that this was released yet! What a cool little vehicle.


Have DML one of these as well, or are you refering to their 1/72 kits??
As Steve has siad above, the build and fit look excellent. Its not 100% clear from the pictures, but there seems to be some attachment "nubs" on the railing above the back door!
Another modern vehicle I would tempted to invest in!

Plasticbattle,

All I meant is the average standard of Tamiya is better than DMLs' but it's only my personal opinion...

Now that's a rather interesting (as in cute) little vehicle, nice piece of modelling. Just might consider adding one to the closet, certainly looks like a nice little out of the box build to help when a case of AMS sets in.

looking good how long did it take to throw together I've one comming in the post looks a nice little bit of fun there

I wasn´t sure what you meant, but I would agree with you as well.

Lord Sushi,

Wonderful build, can't wait to see the final result.

Nice job there. I always like light armored vehicles especially modern ones & tis one has a die cast chasis hmmmmm....

mikeli125,

I spent about 2 days on and off to complete the kit. I did enjoy building it cause the assembly is so easy.

Lord Sushi

Looks great so far Will you paint it in a camo or single color?

generalzod,

I will paint the kit with Tamiya XF 74 Olive Drab(JGSDF).

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Neat JGSDF vehicle ! Has nice detail and your work so far is nice, clean, and crisp. I will be keeping an eye out to see how you make out with the paint scheme.

I should be getting these kits soon myself, I have had them on pre-order for a awhile. Tamiya will do a JGSDF Humanitarian Unit figure set as well, and I will have these as well

Cheers !!

Alpen

Actually this set was released in Japan last week and there will be a review of it on Armorama in a couple of days

Pawel