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Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 03:11 AM UTC
One of the plastic manufacturers 'par excellence' in recent years was the Taiwanese company Skybow. When they sold the majority of their moulds to AFV Club it looked as if the modelling world had lost one of their truly great innovators. Now Skybow is back, not working in 1/35th this time, but in 1/48th scale....
Skybow announced a few months ago, that they would be producing an extensive range of 1/48th armor kits, shortly, they will be available in the stores...
There are two models in their initial releases, both Tiger 1s, however, both very different variants...
TP-4801 Tiger I tank / late production
This 122 part kit, has as some of its features, the following:
Accurate late production hull w/ Zimmerit
Detailed weld seams on hull and turret
Upper hull w/ turret ring guard
Has steel-tired road wheels
Nahverteidigungswaffe
Late mantlet w/ T.Z.F.9c monocular gun sight
Accurate 2-piece 40 mm turret roof
Spare track holders
Drain slits in cupola
Has three sockets for 2t jib boom
Accurate late 2 bolt escape hatch hinge
glueable rubber track
screws for road wheels
Complete decal sheet..
The second release is:
TP-4833 Tiger I tank / early production
This 144 part kit, has as some of its features, the following features
Accurate early production hull w/ highly detailed surface texture
Two Bosch head lights
Correct rear engine deck
Early drum type cupola
Side mounted smoke candle dischargers on the turret
Accurate early style loaders hatch and early style ventilator
Has mounts for S-Minen dischargers on the upper hull
glue able rubber track
screws for road wheels
Complete decals
Skybow have around 30 vehicles mooted for release, the next (confirmed) release, will be nothing less than a Sherman Firefly VC....
There are two models in their initial releases, both Tiger 1s, however, both very different variants...
TP-4801 Tiger I tank / late production
This 122 part kit, has as some of its features, the following:
Accurate late production hull w/ Zimmerit
Detailed weld seams on hull and turret
Upper hull w/ turret ring guard
Has steel-tired road wheels
Nahverteidigungswaffe
Late mantlet w/ T.Z.F.9c monocular gun sight
Accurate 2-piece 40 mm turret roof
Spare track holders
Drain slits in cupola
Has three sockets for 2t jib boom
Accurate late 2 bolt escape hatch hinge
glueable rubber track
screws for road wheels
Complete decal sheet..
The second release is:
TP-4833 Tiger I tank / early production
This 144 part kit, has as some of its features, the following features
Accurate early production hull w/ highly detailed surface texture
Two Bosch head lights
Correct rear engine deck
Early drum type cupola
Side mounted smoke candle dischargers on the turret
Accurate early style loaders hatch and early style ventilator
Has mounts for S-Minen dischargers on the upper hull
glue able rubber track
screws for road wheels
Complete decals
Skybow have around 30 vehicles mooted for release, the next (confirmed) release, will be nothing less than a Sherman Firefly VC....
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