More Tokyo Marui Madness! 1/24 Type 90 pix

J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

More Tokyo Marui Madness! 1/24 Type 90 pix

Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:15 AM

Howdy, folks! Smile [:)]

Just as I was about to post some pix of my ol' Tokyo Marui Type 90 MBT, I saw Bobby Wong's post of his amazing 1/24 M1A2! Talk about your coincidences!
Since my meager efforts at detailing up the Type 90 pale in comparison to Bobby's amazing works, I reconsidered posting...but heck, I already had 'em uploaded into Ron's gallery, so I might as well parade 'em out...
(these links oughta be valid for a little while...when they X out, I'll re-link)

It's essentially the stock paint job, touched up in spots that were damaged in the detail-up process. I did this about 5 years ago, right before I got an airbrush, so I didn't want to try tackling that camo pattern without one. That also means that I couldn't fix the massive seams on the gun tube...and many other places. Oh well, next time! I do have the Marui Abrams waiting for a facelift!

New details on the Type 90 mainly included replacing grab handles and other tubular structures with brass rod, adding stray bits of PE here and there, adding antennae, adding a wire tow cable (which now acts as the actual RC antenna), doing a bit of work on the .50 cal, and adding brass mesh to the bustle rack. Then it was weathered up a bit.
I also used the separately sold single link tracks, which look really good.
Couldn't think of any way to fix the way the tracks ride kinda off the sprockets, but what can ya do?

Read Bobby's article again, I reckon! Big Smile [:D]

Anyhoo, I hope ya'll get a kick out this modern Japanese MBT. Smile [:)]

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:32 AM

Ok, stop trying to kid us. That's obviously a photo of a real tank. Nice try though.

Smile [:)]

Edit -- are those kill marks on the barrel?

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:39 AM

Ah, Larry, you're too kind!

Nope, those aren't kill marks, but markings indicating that the tank is from the 5th Company (five stripes) of the 72nd Tank Regiment (cool cobra marking!).

Remember, modern Japanese tanks have never killed anything!

~Brian

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:45 AM

Too modest you are, Brian.. Impressive model. I have that 1/35 Tamiya kit to build.. One of those days, maybe!

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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:48 AM

That looks real good Brian!! Don't be so hard on your self Banged Head [banghead]

The question I have is...can you do that good on a 1/16 Tiger...well? Can ya? Comon, show me, I dare ya! (Don't make me bring out the big stick and have to triple dog dare ya Tongue [:P]

)

I like the weathering you did on this one, I think it looks great bro!

Eric

Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.

"Friendly fire...isn't"

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allan

Member since
June 2003
From: Cavite, Philippines

Posted by allan on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:49 AM

I could probably fit at least 8 of my Braille scale AFVs in the hull of that beast. Great work, JHulk! Where do you guys park these monsters?

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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styrene

Member since
May 2003
From: The flat lands of the Southeast

Posted by styrene on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:55 AM

What a nice build, Brian! No airbrush? Is the model pre-painted? Man, keep 'em comin'!

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:56 AM

Looks real nice Brian now you guys got me wanting one!

QUOTE: Couldn't think of any way to fix the way the tracks ride kinda off the sprockets, but what can ya do?

Are the sprockets too narrow (tracks too wide) or is the pitch off a little? It's hard to tell with the skirts on.

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:15 AM

Eric: Not the dreaded triple dog dare?!?! Seems I have little choice now...nobody survives the TDD!

Gip: Yup, it's prepainted, pre-assembled (you just have to snap on a few parts), and ready to drive. It's an RC tank that fires plastic BBs 25 meters with an airgun system. Pretty cool. I got one (and the M1A2) mainly because they are darned good models, too! The biggest inaccuracy is the fat gun tubes, though. Way overscale, but I like the way that looks!
KABOOOM!

Derek: Final drive is actually achieved via the track horns engaging holes in a drum within the sprocket, causing the "ridin' high" effect. It would take a complete reworking of the sprockets to solve the problem, which again, was something I wasn't prepared to do at the time.
The Abrams, by the way, doesn't have that problem (well, not as bad, anyway).

To the rest of you nice people, thanks for the kind words!

It's hard posting something you did years ago...hoping that you've improved since then!

~Brian

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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:44 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

Eric: Not the dreaded triple dog dare?!?! Seems I have little choice now...nobody survives the TDD!

HEh, heh, that's right Brian, just go ahead and stick your tounge to the flag pole (or pull the Tiger outa the box in your case!), there's no backing down from this one!!! Mischief [:-,]

Eric

Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning.

"Friendly fire...isn't"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 11:56 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

Remember, modern Japanese tanks have never killed anything!

Altho' they have been known 2 take potshots at a very large saurian at times ! Wink [;)]

LOL !!!!

seriously, that's pretty cool ! thanx 4 sharing it....

frosty-chan Smile [:)]

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M1abramsRules

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June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:06 PM

good looking there Brian!! I don't suppose you have any trouble getting parts, huh??

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 12:08 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by allan

I could probably fit at least 8 of my Braille scale AFVs in the hull of that beast. Great work, JHulk! Where do you guys park these monsters?

allan:
LOL !!!
i was wondering about that myself....
frosty Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:04 PM

NIIICE!

Ron

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:09 PM

Where do you get these monsters? HLJ?

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:19 PM

That's also a big one J-Hulk. I don't see anything for you to be sad about. It looks great.

And it fires, too? That makes me want to get one. LOL.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:38 PM

Excellent build Brian!

No meager effort seen in those pics......

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tigerman

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March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:46 PM

Very nice Brian and to think you did it without an airbrush. Great weathering. Thanks for sharing with us.

Eric

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:39 AM

Thanks, folks!
I think I actually did a better job of taking the pix than fixing that "toy" up!

Frosty-chan, yup, they've all had a go at the various Kaiju we have roaming around here in Japan, but as the film record attests, the poor tanks always get stomped with the Kaiju no worse for the wear! And the Type 90 has been featured prominantly in many recent Kaiju flix, too. Not only that, Toho uses the very same Tokyo Marui Type 90 RC model that you see in this post for their miniature work. The Godzilla suit is 1/24 (or 1/25) scale, after all.

And that's today's Japanese Monster Flick Trivia, brought to you by J-Hulk!

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 1:06 PM

Toho trivia rules !
and now, 4 extra credit:
what was the name of the actor who wore the Gojira suit in
those early classix ?
LOL !

frosty-chan Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 5:56 PM

J-Hulk,

The scales are a bit off, but you can recreate the movies with the Marui's 1/100 scale R/C Godzilla, and Taiyo's mini Type 90, also R/C!

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?MRI46001

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?TYO01340

Also have you seen this?

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?KSH69902

Regards,
BOBBY

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

Thanks, folks!
I think I actually did a better job of taking the pix than fixing that "toy" up!

Frosty-chan, yup, they've all had a go at the various Kaiju we have roaming around here in Japan, but as the film record attests, the poor tanks always get stomped with the Kaiju no worse for the wear! And the Type 90 has been featured prominantly in many recent Kaiju flix, too. Not only that, Toho uses the very same Tokyo Marui Type 90 RC model that you see in this post for their miniature work. The Godzilla suit is 1/24 (or 1/25) scale, after all.

And that's today's Japanese Monster Flick Trivia, brought to you by J-Hulk!

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, January 25, 2004 6:13 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by frostygirl

Toho trivia rules !
and now, 4 extra credit:
what was the name of the actor who wore the Gojira suit in
those early classix ?
LOL !

frosty-chan

Too easy, Frosty!

Nakajima Haruo!
He also donned a lot of the suits in the Ultraman series, too.

A bit tougher: Who played the Big G from '84 to '95?

~Brian

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, January 25, 2004 6:20 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by BOBBY WONG

J-Hulk,
The scales are a bit off, but you can recreate the movies with the Marui's 1/100 scale R/C Godzilla, and Taiyo's mini Type 90, also R/C!

Hi, Bobby!
Ooooh, yeah! Those and the Biollante Godzilla, RC Mothra, as well as the proposed RC King Ghidora.
Nice little tanks, too!
Absloute madness!

I have the Inoue Arts vinyl kit that is the basis for Marui's 1954 Godzilla. The brilliant sculpt by Yuji Sakai for the Biollante G was only released as a resin kit, and just way too expensive!
I keep meaning to pick up one of the RC models...yo can find 'em pretty cheap, ocassionally!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:28 AM

Still wanna know where to get one! Can't find a store on line except Japanese text ones.

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:38 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by claymore68

Still wanna know where to get one! Can't find a store on line except Japanese text ones.

Ooops! Sorry, bro!

Hmmm...I just bought mine at local toy stores.
Here's a link to one of Bobby Wong's page, and the tank group:

http://miniature-art.tripod.com/m1a2abrams/id9.html

Hope that helps! Big Smile [:D]

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:41 PM

Do TM tanks they still fire the BBs ?

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:57 PM

Yup!
25 meters, as advertised.
To be perfectly honest, I got tired of that feature in about 2 weeks, though.
The cool recoil and firing sound of the big Tamiya full option tanks is much more interesting to me.

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 25, 2004 1:18 PM

there a good company Tokyo Marui ive got
a TM M4A1
G36c
G26
MP5k PDW
and a MP5 of theres but they fire a bit better than there tanks

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mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Sunday, January 25, 2004 2:55 PM

Excellent work J-Hulk. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us.
mark956

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, January 26, 2004 7:10 AM

Thanks for the kind words, Mark!

CC, all this talk of the guns gave me the urge to fire 'em. They both still work fine! I hate chasing those BBs all over the wooden floor, though!!

~Brian

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