Spots on the Internet (2023)

[Guest]

A skydiving mermaid is a disappointment???

In todays jargon of trans this and trans that, if you stuck the wrong parts in the wrong places you would still be politically correct....

[Guest]

On thr Takom Facebook page - the second of their three anniversary Tigers
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Third- Late Tiger without zimmerit? ---- yawn--------
Dave

Ho-Hum! another Tigger.... One day I must build the Dragon one that is sitting at the bottom of my stash holding all the others up... BUT!!!! this one comes with its own bits of cloth.... and a plastic log or two...
Sorry to be facetious, but really, has this cow not been milked enough.

[adt70hk]

Ho-Hum! another Tigger.... One day I must build the Dragon one that is sitting at the bottom of my stash holding all the others up... BUT!!!! this one comes with its own bits of cloth.... and a plastic log or two...
Sorry to be facetious, but really, has this cow not been milked enough.

Apparently not.....I did see one review that did state that in Takom's defence they had never done a Tiger before.....but that's a very thin defence...,

[Dave Ward]

Ho-Hum! another Tigger.... One day I must build the Dragon one that is sitting at the bottom of my stash holding all the others up... BUT!!!! this one comes with its own bits of cloth.... and a plastic log or two...
Sorry to be facetious, but really, has this cow not been milked enough.

Yup, I've got the Academy full interior model in the stash - I have never got round to making it - I found more obscure things to make ( OK, it was bought at a silly knock down price! )

Takom's defence they had never done a Tiger before

It being compulsory for all 1/35 AFV makers to market one? Being late to the party may get a more accurate model, but the markets pretty well saturated! It's good that ther are makers that don't follow this trend!
Dave

[Allen Dewire]

I guess Takom has their own way of doing things. They released the three Hetzer versions, early, mid, and late with full interiors and now they are releasing a bundle with all three of them without the interiors. Go figure......

[rtfoe]

Ho-Hum! another Tigger.... One day I must build the Dragon one that is sitting at the bottom of my stash holding all the others up... BUT!!!! this one comes with its own bits of cloth.... and a plastic log or two...
Sorry to be facetious, but really, has this cow not been milked enough.

It's a very Asian thing being brand conscious. Like haven't you got the latest by so and so? They'll have a drawer full of branded watches and still buy another if their favorite brand does a new face-lift on one of their pieces. :rolling:

Cheers,
Wabble

[Lee W]

Miniart are at it again, they kicked the backside out of 35th Stugs so what now...?!
Really? Just wow!
Someone is scraping the bottom of the barrel!
Gents, I present you the 72nd Stug! :upside::rolling:
https://www.themodellingnews.com/202...g-iii.html?m=1

[Dave Ward]

Gents, I present you the 72nd Stug!

Hmmm https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...66/post-696279
Dave

[Guest]

Third- Late Tiger without zimmerit? ---- yawn--------

No, also with:

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This is kit 2200, as announced in the silhouette posted a few pages back: with a figure. That seems to be the only real addition here.

[AlanG]

No-one is forcing you to buy these kits guys

[Guest]

True. But the thing is, there’s already a near-literal boatload of Tiger kits out there, yet manufacturers seem to think the only way to count as a serious one, is to release another. It’s, as far as many modellers are concerned, a case of yawn, one more …

[BattleshipBob]

It's the same with Bismarck and Yamato. They sell and no doubt makes money for the companies. So hopefully they can build more different models?

[AlanG]

True. But the thing is, there’s already a near-literal boatload of Tiger kits out there, yet manufacturers seem to think the only way to count as a serious one, is to release another. It’s, as far as many modellers are concerned, a case of yawn, one more …

They are just catering to the market. Whilst it can be (obviously to you) annoying. It's just money making to them

[Tim Marlow]

If selling the tigers enables them to finance and produce a couple of more unusual kits, where’s the harm? All kit makers produce them because all kit makers know they sell. I haven’t built a tiger kit for about forty five years, but then I haven’t built a Sherman for the same length of time. Doesn’t worry me if they make em though, they then might make something I want!

[David Lovell]

Miniart are at it again, they kicked the backside out of 35th Stugs so what now...?!
Really? Just wow!
Someone is scraping the bottom of the barrel!
Gents, I present you the 72nd Stug! :upside::rolling:
https://www.themodellingnews.com/202...g-iii.html?m=1

Hmmm https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...66/post-696279
Dave

All looks very nice doesn't it ,72nd could do with a decent stug a lot of suspect details in the con sorry cad drawings but if it really is that good why on earth have they gone to all that trouble then make the biggest mistake that all the big manufacturers who release 72nd stuff make , yep they produce a really good top notch model and reduce it to a kiddies toy my fave pet hate moulded on tools surprised they didn't do the tow cables as well like a lot of them do. Price will be intresting the cost now of some of the 72nd kits is moving in to the 35th range its not for me but it will be intresting to see the real thing when it hits the street just imagine showing yourcompleted one to your friends passing them a magnifying glass and saying check out the road wheels you can read the manufacturers logo.