well, if it ever comes time to build such a combo, I'll be using what already is in the stash.

I'm with vettejack on this one, I've got too much already, though the truck is interesting. ICM makes some nice softskins, don't care much for some of their armour though.

Depending on the price (living in Japan Tamiya is more affordable for me) I may get this; I can probably live with the Flak and some help from the spares box.

Tamiya getting lazy -- or more likely , they've somethink good coming in the near future-- i hope 😵

Truck looks interesting if you can find it still. whats the storage and figures like

So, Tamiya just released it without changing the wheels (that are for a 2 ton AHS) or the planking in the cargo bay? (That are 72th scale) That's a pitty. I'll stil have to make those wheels myself....

Looks like an interesting combo. So it has some shortcomings,, what kit doesn't? With some creativity and AM/spares box parts, you could make a fine dio spanning about anything from Normandy to North Africa. Gonna add it to my wish list.

Tamiya have been reboxing kits for the Japanese market more than 40 years. The only reason it's become well known outside Japan in recent years is because the Internet allows us to see (and therefore order) their domestic releases. They do it because it makes it easier for the local market to obtain overseas kits - importing into Japan is not always straightforward so companies like Italeri have long had arrangements with Tamiya to rebox kits - sometimes Tamiya add extra sprues and sometimes they don't. Remember also that nearly 90% of Tamiya's sales are to their own domestic market - international exports only account for a small proportion of their sales. Regards, John