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Joined: 11/6/2007 From: chanhassen,
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Who would like to see Tamiya make an Abrams? Let them know there are people who would like this tank and would be willing to purchase it!. I will send the results to them if there are enough respondents. Never hurts to let them know! Lets hear from you. Please no HL Mauri etc... VS Tamiya arguments! Just a simple survey.
It would be nice but unlikely. I think Krauss-Maffei Wegmann paid part of the cost to produce the model. The Gearbox from Leo, suspension system and turret setup can be re used. All other parts would have to be new. They also need to have different sound effects for the DMD since it is a gas turbine.
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I vote YES and would like to build a hardcore Abrams with a functioning "Full Width Mine Plow/Combat Dozer Blade Package". Hint, hint Tamiya.
Maybe, now is a good time to add some depth to an already great Tamiya rc tank product line.
Perhaps, Tamiya marketeers and product designers might want to dust off their copy of "Jane's Tank Recognition Guide" and explore developing a "complete product line" of modern MBTs manufactured by different nations from around the world, as they have done for WWII Armor.
As to the WWII and Korean Era Shermans, perhaps Tamiya would consider it a "marketing franchise" unto itself and offer a complete line of after market Tamiya "HOP-UP" Kits (at reasonable prices) to "plus" the outstanding 56014 Sherman RC 1/16 Scale Kit. The Sherman Hop-Ups could include suspension kit alternatives, as well as hull and turret options, pioneer tool kits, march gear, etc, to better model and create early, mid and late variants plus Tank Destroyer variants.
Hopefully, more great modern era armor kits will be released by Tamiya and at this point, as a historical modeler, I have pretty much satisfied my interest in WWII 1/16 scale armor.
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Joined: 5/8/2008 From: jackson, MI, USA Status: online
yes abrams would be nice also a challanger 2 or for ww2 a m18 hellcat tank destroyer I have a m26 pershing on its way would look nice to have the m18 hellcat to go with it .
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