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Screw the 1/16 Tiger, look at this!

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 29, 2003 2:39 PM
Is it just me, or does this turret:



Appear a bit underscale?

I am glad to see that these guys are improving on reality. The ISU-152 kit is advertised as including a rotating turret!

As much as I was ever willing to spend on a kit was around $850, for a 1/80th scale vinyl Godzilla model from Kaiyodo. I got a big bonus in 1996 because the Wall Street law firm where I practiced did so well (go-go 90's), no thanks to me I should add, and I took part of it and bought the "big guy" goji. Here's part of the three feet tall, six foot long kit, sculpted by Yuji Sakai, the guy who does the concept sculpts for Toho:



Moral of the story: I never built it. Frankly, I can cope with having 1/35th scale vehicles, or 1/350th scale ships, or whatever, but a Godzilla taller than my two year olds was just too embarrassing. Tongue [:P] After a certain point your models don't just make you look eccentric any more -- they make you look bizarre!

So goji awaits the day when I am a widower in a big house and need some company, and no one will be coming to see me anymore anyway ....
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 28, 2003 7:32 AM
$=Dollar £=Pound Sterling € =Euro ¥ =Yen that’s amazing Smile [:)]
i wasnt knocking anyone lbs sounds like £, i was just stating that i have a US keyboard and the keys are in the wrong place(thats Microsoft for youSad [:(]} ive just found out where the keys are

anyway back on subject

thanks for posting the link again teddyA i missed it on the first postBig Smile [:D] and about putting a .22 rifle round in the barrel[:0]
ive herd of it being availible in the states (a long time ago) but you would have a winner in Robot Wars Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 28, 2003 6:42 AM
Not to be a smart...err rear end (gotta watch the language) but if you want to play with currency symbols just use Microsoft word and cut and paste here (or wherever):

Display and enter the euro and other currency symbols
Microsoft Word provides full support for displaying and entering the euro and other currency symbols.

Use the Symbol dialog box to insert the euro and other currency symbols

On the Insert menu, click Symbol.
In the Font box, click a font that supports the symbol you want.
In the from box, click Unicode (hex).
The set of characters is limited if you select something other than Unicode in the from box. For example, if you select a local code page rather than Unicode, you will see a correspondingly reduced set of characters in the Symbol dialog box.

In the Subset box, select Currency Symbols.
If Currency Symbols is not available, then the selected font does not support currency symbols.

Select the currency symbol you want, and then click Insert.

Happy modelling
Peter
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    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, September 28, 2003 6:15 AM
I reckon not! Just a bunch of numbers. Different system, I suppose...
~Brian
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    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, September 28, 2003 6:14 AM
Cool, a pound sign!
My keyboard is Japanese, so I don't have it, either.
But I do have a yen key!
Here it is: #65509;
Can ya'll see it?
~Brian
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 28, 2003 5:57 AM
Hey do you think one of these would keep the neighbours' garden gnomes out of my yard? Hmmm.... Maybe if I can fit that old .22 semi automatic rifle mechanism in the turret, and then .......Big Smile [:D]

Happy Modelling
Peter
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 27, 2003 3:13 PM
its Shift 3, ive got a US keyboard layout and its not on here(Microsoft)
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 27, 2003 2:56 PM
I know that caveman, but I dont have that symbol on my keyboard
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 27, 2003 1:28 PM
My first post has a link in it.

http://www.cyber-innovations.co.uk/mark-1-tank/index.html
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:35 PM
yeah it means something very Bad over here[:0], and im sure it means the same in the US
Monsterarrmor it would be £2700.Smile [:)]
2700lbs is a weight

they look cool i want them all Big Smile [:D]
is there a link to the site
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:18 PM
Well how long before we are all making 1/1!!

think i'll start saving now and maybe i'll have one in 10yrs Sad [:(]


Oh and how come TeddyA can say 'SCREW' which in the uk is something very Naughty, yet i get a slap for talking about God!?[:0]

(C rubber tyrs thread)
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:05 PM
Someone made a 1/6th Famo and trailer from the 1/8th Panther Chassis.
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  • From: Central MI
Posted by therriman on Saturday, September 27, 2003 9:56 AM
I have access to a semi truck and trailers to haul them around in. Lets see I'll only charge $1.00 per mile. What a deal.
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by mstazz62 on Saturday, September 27, 2003 9:39 AM
Man, I'm in love! Maybe refinance the house and get a couple Tigers and conquer the neighborhood! (Just kidding.) Do you have any pics of the unassembled kits?
Dreaming of large scale Tigers....
Mark
mstazz62
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  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, September 27, 2003 3:30 AM
That does it!
I'm gettin' ta work on a 1/6 E-100 right now!!!
~Brian
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 26, 2003 11:07 PM
Only 2700 lbs huh? how much is that in dollars? about $4000? well, lets see, I can sell my kidney...pawn the car, fill Ebay with my unbuilt kits...wait thats goin too far, I'll keep my kits.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 26, 2003 11:02 PM
How would you like to drive that Maus to work everyday. "Cmon , cut me off #@$^ it , I dare ya!!!"
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  • From: USA, GA
Posted by erush on Friday, September 26, 2003 10:39 PM
All right, that's it!!! I'm going to buy that 1/1 Tiger that fellow was trying to sell the other day!!!Big Smile [:D] Tongue [:P] Then we'll see who's the King of the Toys !!! Tongue [:P] Tongue [:P] Big Smile [:D]

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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  • From: USA
Posted by okieboy on Friday, September 26, 2003 10:36 PM
Damn, there goes my wife's plans for a baby... (Hey it's either that or give up on getting a diesel
pick up!)

Roy
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm." George Orwell
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Friday, September 26, 2003 10:11 PM
Well now, I'll just whip open my wallet and........seems to be empty. Sad [:(] Wife must have dipped her greasy hands into it again. Angry [:(!] Nice stuff.

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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 Eric 

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  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, September 26, 2003 9:53 PM
That Maus is the single most outrageous armor modeling item I've ever seen!
~Brian
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 26, 2003 9:30 PM
Can you peddle them around like bikes? How about R/C? Can I use them to blow up my crack-head neighbor across the street?
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  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Friday, September 26, 2003 9:28 PM
There goes the hobby budget. LOL.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 26, 2003 9:25 PM
I also forgot to put in the Maus:

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 26, 2003 9:09 PM
Looks like something the bay area tankers would build.
Mostly metal,accurate and very very cooooooool.
Now if I had a couple thousand to sink in to one of these bad boys I would be set.
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    January 2003
  • From: NE Georgia
Posted by Keyworth on Friday, September 26, 2003 9:06 PM
Good grief! If they get any bigger, I'll have to dress my kids in miniature uniforms and load 'em up!
"There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Friday, September 26, 2003 9:00 PM
Yeah, there getting bigger everyday!

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    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, September 26, 2003 8:58 PM
Keep the kids at a safe distance!
~Brian
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    November 2005
Screw the 1/16 Tiger, look at this!
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 26, 2003 8:54 PM
A 1/6th Tiger!

http://www.cyber-innovations.co.uk/mark-1-tank/tiger-1.html



Or even a King Tiger!

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