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Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 10:09 AM UTC
Tamiya have released the Japanese 4x4 light vehicle "Kurogane," as kit TAM32558 in their 1/48 Military series.
An interesting vehicle the Kurogane was an all Japanese designed 4x4 reconnaissance vehicle first manufactured in 1935. It had a 4-stroke, 2-cylinder V-I-A-F 1399-cc air-cooled gasoline engine and approximately 4,800 were built by the end of the war.

This is an all-plastic kit with a choice of open or closed top. The kit comes with a driver figure and a standing officer.

For more details check out the Tamiya website (LINK)


This would be even more welcome if Tamiya were to offer a scaled up version in 1/35 scale as well.

HLJ are showing it at $12.26.
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Pat, Can already see a dio of a captured one being used in an island setting on an USAAF air base like Iwo or some other small island.
JAN 24, 2008 - 10:35 AM
I'd definitely buy one in 1/35, but as I'm not a real fan of 1/48 I'll be passing on this. And the figures don't look especially good. It's a very interesting and unusual subject though - I'd never even heard of this vehicle before.
FEB 07, 2008 - 06:56 PM
I've wanted a plastic one since I saw an article in Military Modelling in 1974/75, and I hope they do a scaled-up one as well. Hasegawa are also about to release a 1/48 Kurogane, together with a lorry based on the Isuzu fuel tanker they already market. David
FEB 07, 2008 - 07:27 PM
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