I’m sure mines still round my parents. Me and my dad made a diorama with it crashing through a wooden fence. Will have to try to find it.
I remember it came with the wading trunk you could fit in one of the turret hatches.
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Sounds like a great campaign. My first Tamiya kit was a T-34-76 m. 1043, which I still have. I don’t have another one of those on hand, but I do have a Tamiya Panther kit (photos tomorrow). Will that be alright?
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Yes, that will be fine.
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Great! I’ll see what I can do (after taking care of my figures, or maybe even before!) I was planning on using it as a test mule for my new paints and pin wash, as well as a camo with brown base coat.
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Very likely that I’ll join with the tamiya Matilda
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I’m doing the good old Mobelwagen .I put one together many years ago and now I’m doing it again with love.
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These are my Tamiya models, from right to left in ascending order of assembly – T-34-76 m.1943, Sdkfz. 251/8 (modified from their 251/1 kit), and Sdkfz. 2 + Pak 38 with the rocket. The Pak 40 is yet to be painted.
My candidate for the GB will be this Panther A:
I’m not sure yet if I’ll use the figures, but the commander can always be added later. My plan is to assemble it oob and paint it with a brown base camo (as seen on the AusArmour StuG III G) to test out my new ATOM paints and the paint scheme itself.
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I will be building something from my stash old and original, and it will be painted by hand.
As I started making kits in the Early Sixties.
More later……………………………………………
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It is a really good kit (in my not so humble opinion or course!)
Sorry Stephen - just showing off; one of my favourite models.
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I did mine in Norwegian snow camouflage.
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Brilliant work!
Looks good with the netting draped over it. I remember the barrel with it’s thermal covering being tricky to clean up. That certainly makes work here easier!
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I suspect that’s why I major in AFVs - very forgiving if one uses mud and cam nets to hide the errors!
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I started the Katana this morning. One of the great things about Tamiya kits - the engineering and fit were always first rate. Low part count on the older kits meant you could get this far in thirty minutes. All major subassemblies done. Just need a little light sanding after giving the cement some time to set up.
Today’s mission is to find the correct shade of Mars Red.
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I’ve overstretched myself of late with far too much dabbling into other projects , but I might just have to join in this one. I sort of feel it should be a Tamiya “oldie” and I know I have this one in the stash:
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Oh, I remember that one!
It must have been one of my first 3, the other the SdKfz 251 and PzKpfw II
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I think I got mine eons ago, with some vague idea of starting a Panzerjaeger collection; just what I needed when my Cold War stash was already somewhat unwieldy.
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Will proably build one of the older kits in the stash; pre-2000.
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My first Tamiya kit was their Tiger I got it at K-Mart for $7.
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I’m not going to build one, but I thought it would be fun to show my first tamiya build in process. We had just gotten married and were living in a temporary apartment without a dining table—thus the bridge table serving that purpose. This was 1968 and my wife (still married 57 years) was filling out thank you notes from our wedding. The model was Tamiya’s King Tiger and you can see the unfinished kit on the pile in the corner. I finished it and then built again Revell’s Constitution. My wife knew she was marrying a guitar player and model maker, who also was a shop teacher. As some folks know on this forum, I’m still building models. I’ve been a Tamya Fan ever since.
Tamiya was a relative newcomer to the American hobby market, but sure made their mark.
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