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Tamiya's MKIV
Marlowe
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: June 12, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 07:00 AM UTC
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/plamo/
Hobby Search scale models on-line shop has photos of the kit sprues and instructions for the MKIV. The die cast hull looks well-detailed from what I can see so you can display an overturned tank with confidence. Interestingly, it comes with a choice of idler wheel options. The periscope guards in the commander's cupola are separate pieces. The barrel is a one-piece molding with half a muzzle brake, the other half to be glued to it.
Glenn
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Posted: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 07:40 AM UTC
I wish they'd get rid of the diecast hulls though. It is a lot easier to work with a plastic hull.
Larry_dunn
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New York, United States
Joined: March 01, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 09:03 AM UTC
Clickable for the lazy:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/plamo/

Looks like another winner from the Big T.
Shado1
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Tochigi-ken, Japan / 日本
Joined: July 24, 2003
KitMaker: 211 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 03:12 AM UTC
Picked one up last week. Very nice kit.
No schurzen, but Tamiya provides templates and detailed instructions on how to make your own.

The new M10 is a winner, too!
koschrei
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Joined: September 21, 2004
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2005 - 03:06 PM UTC

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I wish they'd get rid of the diecast hulls though. It is a lot easier to work with a plastic hull.


I have been building a Skybow Tiger with a plastic lower hull, and although I have gotten the suspension together quicly enough, candidly the rigidity of the Tamiya lower hull and its metal axles are a plus for easy wheel alignment.

Konrad
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