I’m sure you’ve seen Tamiya have been releasing some new models lately like the Comet and Hellcat, but we’ve also seen then do a redux of earlier kits, e.g.: the Brummbaer, Kettenkraftrad, King Tiger, Jagdpanzer L/70, a couple of newer versions of their Marder IIIs and a few others.
My question to you would be:
Which of their current kits would you most like to see redone/reduxed?
For me, I’d love to see the iconic old sd.kfz.7/2 flakvierling kit redone with new figures, link and length tracks and better detail in moldings etc, maybe an all-new ammo trailer etc? The old one is one of the most iconic kits in 1/35 and I reckon most of us have built one up at some point in our lives.
Or perhaps we could see a redo of the old Ausf D Panzer IV with the new crew and newer details their (superb) recent F2/ early G brought to the table?
I think their Churchill kits are very long in the tooth now and need a bit of work. Lots they could do to those to make them really amazing and a bit more competitive with the more detailed AFV Club offerings.
For sure their PAK-40, 88mm Flak 36, sd.kfz.251/1 and early Panzer Grenadiers fits could really benefit from a spruce up as well.
Yeah that one needs a pretty major overhaul. Its older than I am! the figures aren’t great either, but they could do some great things with some new ones now I think. Their figures are amazing.
The dragon 7/2 is outstanding just as an FYI. I would like to see them redo their walker bulldog, as far as I know it’s the only game in town and it’s ancient.
25pdr and SAS Jeep are long overdue for makeover. I figure that after they re-did their Jeep that the SAS version would be next, but they never did. Sd.Kfz.223 too.
Is the AFV club kit the Skybow kit? Thought I heard that years ago. It’s supposed to be a very nice kit . I have Skybows old M38 jeep and it’s very nice.
Nope - their M41A3 is the Skybow kit after they bought to company assets. AFV made their own M41 as the M41G, and it is NOT the excellent Skybow tooling!
