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    February 2003
panzer 38(t)
Posted by ponch on Sunday, August 31, 2003 4:20 PM
Hi all,
Does anybody know if Tamiya (or any other manufacturer, for that matter) makes a model for the panzer 38(t)? I know Italeri used to make one in 1/35th scale, but it's very hard to find.
Thanks in advance.

 

 

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    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Sunday, August 31, 2003 4:54 PM
Ponch, to my current knowledge, Italeri is the only company to produce one.

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 Eric 

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    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Sunday, August 31, 2003 6:01 PM
The only one that I know of is the Italeri kit too. Just checked their site and it still is listed as being in production. You may have to order it in from one of the mail order shops if your local shop can't get one.

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:23 PM
Gasoline from France does a 1/48th scale resin kit which is supposed to be reasonably good. Maquette does two in 1/35th scale (I think their's are an Ausf G and one supposed to cover Ausf s A-D) as well as a flakpanzer and Aufklarang version.

A friend has one of the Macquette ones, unbuilt, and I've had a look inside. It doesn't appear too bad a base to start from, but the running gear, suspension, and machine gun absolutely must be replaced. My friend ordered two of the Tamiya Wheel sprues and the Main gun sprue for the Marder 3M, from www.rainbowten.co.jp, to take the easy way out here.

I have built the Italeri one. It is an old moulding and suffers from age as well as the same running gear suspension problems. It is also not very accurate in a lot of places, particularly the turret cupola which is manufactured symetrical in the kit, which the real one was not!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Tamiya will use the mouldings they have for the Marder and then release the 38(t) using that .(Sorry you guys wanting less German kits. I do agree with you, and want to see a lot more allied kits like the Sexton, Archer, Comet, etc, etc ,etc, but I really would like a decent version of the 38(t), it being such a fundemental basis to much of the German equipment. After all it isn't another German vehicle kit, it wasn't a German design after all!)

Peter
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, September 1, 2003 1:51 AM
There's always 1/76 and 1/72... Lots of 38(t) available at those scales! Fujimi, ESCI, SHQ to name but a few!
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