DP: I expect you're right, or it sounds right to me.

Manny: Is this the vehicle you're refering to?

I've only seen this one photo. It's published in Gordon L. Rottman & Akira Takizawa's 'World War II Japanese Tank Tactics' published in Osprey's 'Elite' line. The only information on it is in the photo caption. Seemed it was from the IJA 2nd Tank Division on Luzon and ended up captured by Allied troops. The forks were used for plowing up AT mines and could also be used for ripping up barbed wire and dense vegetation.

Here's my prediction.  DML is releasing this tank now WITHOUT the pontoons first then in a year DML will make another announcement that they are releasing the tank WITH the pontoons.  DML at its best of milking our $$$ just like kits with Zimmerits.   So I will take the chance to wait for a year or two...

The Concrete buildings that they show in the blog are what they based the HBO "Pacific" series on. How neat is that?

Gamera

Very cool to see it's actually going into production. Sorry to hear that if you want the pontoons you'll either have to scratchbuild them or wait for aftermarket ones.

Manny: I think I know the engineering vehicle you're thinking of. I believe it was an experimental jury-rigged AFV and only one was built. I'll see if I can find a photo.

Very cool to see it's actually going into production. Sorry to hear that if you want the pontoons you'll either have to scratchbuild them or wait for aftermarket ones.

Manny: I think I know the engineering vehicle you're thinking of. I believe it was an experimental jury-rigged AFV and only one was built. I'll see if I can find a photo.

A few years ago someone posted a Japanese Engineering tank pic---looked medevilaly wicked!!!  Wish I coiuld find that pic...

Bringing this one back from the dead. The kit has box art now.

http://www.dmlforum.com/dmlforum/showthread.php?t=1455

Erik

I want to build that wicked looking Japanese Engineer tank...

Guess I'm a day late and a dollar short here since the post has dropped back to page 3. Still here are some pics I stol- um borrowed from the excellent Osprey book showing the front and rear (bow and stern?) pontoons attached:

I didn't go though all the blog entries but I'm assuming they're going to provide the two large pontoons that attach to the front and back of the tank? I wish I could find a photo on the internet but I've an Osprey book at home on IJA tanks that shows that with the pontoons in place the whole thing has a long streamlined boat shape. Really a cool different looking vehicle.

And I can wait, I've got enough stuff in my stash now for three lifetimes.

Guys, don't get too excited just yet. They are still researching this tank. That's why the pics are old, rusted out examples. Dragon has has a blog going this past week about a research trip for a new kit. They just revealed the subject is this Type 2. We're not going to be seeing this one on our LHS's shelves for awhile.

EWrik

WOW! WEIRD!

It's cool that they used a destroyed one for the box top art!

Here's a wartime photo--it's kinda like a "mini-Tiger-san" lol

Thanks for the update!

Nice to see some IJA armour from someone other than FineMolds! I like the British 25 pounder as well and since I don't have the Tamiya kit I might very well it up as too.

Hooray for Dragon! Long overdue! I hope they areout before Christmas time...

Now that is different! I usually just pick up German Armor, but I may make an exception here.