I Picked up a Lovely 1975 Tamiya Marder II Yesterday!

Yes, I have built two of them.  The first was back in 1975, when it first appeared.  It was back when Tamiya ruled the armor world.  Of course back then, I don't recall anyone being concerned about the underside of tank models.  That was nutty if you were.  Lovely kit.  I think I built it as Coal Thief.   It survived until the late 80's and then it became a donor kit for various parts.  I built another in the mid 90's, and is still around.  A couple of years ago I built the new Dragon kit.  So I have both of them together for comparisons sake.  Dragon's is a far better kit for detail.  I still have 2 of the Tamiya kits in the stash, and I tell myself that I  will build them sometime.

Have fun with it

Doug

I built ont a long time ago and it was lacking. Good luck on this guy. 

Yes I built one back in the late 80s. One of my first airbrushed camo jobs on armor. It is really a beautiful kit. Out Of Box it builds up just fine, and if you must replace something on it, I would suggest the tracks. Definitely one of their better early kits. Enjoy

stikpusher

Yes I built one back in the late 80s. One of my first airbrushed camo jobs on armor. It is really a beautiful kit. Out Of Box it builds up just fine, and if you must replace something on it, I would suggest the tracks. Definitely one of their better early kits. Enjoy

I agree Stik,

It looks like it should build up perfectly OOB. I've noted that it has no radio - just an empty radio rack - so I'm going to salvage my radio from my Dragon Marder III M that never was and try and use them instead.

Tracks are definately going to have to go - I'll see what replacements I can find as I'd prefer not to fork out out £28 on Friuls - the kit was a lot cheaper than that!

The figures are surprisingly good and the facial details are crisp and should be ok to paint - as you know know I SUCK at figure painting!

The saw that is mounted on the external wall will need to be replaced by a scratched one as the kit one has no teeth and looks awful!

Watch this space, I'll be building her soon!

All the best,

Ben

Oh geez...talk about nostalgia.  I built that kit years ago.  I think I paid $8.95 for it.