A surprise in the mail...

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

A surprise in the mail...

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 1:33 PM

I won this auction on eBay about a month ago and totally forgot about it. I saw this and in all my German armor searches, I had never seen this produced by Tamiya. Of course it was one of the, "Gotta Haves"

J-Hulk,

Is this a release that you have seen?

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shermanfreak

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January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Thursday, October 2, 2003 1:36 PM

Italeri rebox for distribution in Japan ??????

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 1:48 PM

Hmmmm wow is it an older kit?

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wipw

Member since
January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Thursday, October 2, 2003 2:35 PM

Hmmm, At least part of the boxtop is in English. How do they box the Tamiya stuff over there, Brian? Do they have different boxes than here that are all in Japanese??

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 2:40 PM

Nice find! They're restoring one (wood cab) at the Patton Museum... nice little things, cute, cool, fun to drive (I'd imagine!)

Enjoy making it! Post scans when you're done!

Ron.

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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Thursday, October 2, 2003 2:47 PM

Awesome Eric! I've been looking for an Italari kit of that. Have you opened it up and checked it out yet? Is it the Italari or did T do one of their own?

Eric

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

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 3:03 PM

Great find. It should be alot of fun to build. The world is watching...

demono69

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styrene

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

Posted by styrene on Thursday, October 2, 2003 3:21 PM

This thing is brand new from Tamiya. It may still be the old Italeri kit, but I just saw it at www.best1hobby.com for $31.90
Gip Winecoff

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1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Thursday, October 2, 2003 3:27 PM

Tamiya boxes Italeri kits for sale in Japan. This is most likely the Italeri kit with the new Tamiya fuel barrel set.

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styrene

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

Posted by styrene on Thursday, October 2, 2003 3:31 PM

Rob, I think you are right. In addition to the Steyer RSO, there is also a Mercedes truck and the Puma, both of which look too much like the Italeri offerings.
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 Thursday, October 2, 2003 5:14 PM

I didn't have too much time to examine it. I hurried to take a pic and then off to work.

I'll have to look at the bottom of the hull and see if Italeri is stamped on it.

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Thursday, October 2, 2003 5:38 PM

I helped my son build the Italeri kit, but it came with a pak 75. Neat model, but needs indy tracks.

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

Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 6:45 PM

i remember there was a Huge peice of sprue sticking out of the roof of my Italeri RSO
great kit

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mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Thursday, October 2, 2003 8:48 PM

How much did you have to pay for the model?

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renarts

Member since
April 2003
From: Sunny Florida

Posted by renarts on Thursday, October 2, 2003 8:54 PM

NIcely done Eric.

Mike

Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

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Build22

Member since
May 2003
From: Upstate NY

Posted by Build22 on Thursday, October 2, 2003 9:05 PM

Don't you love that. You order it and you keep track for a little while . Then you just kind of forget it.

Then, out of the blue it shows up on your door -just like christmas in July - total surprise !

Erock - there's a bunch of cool aftermarket conversions for that from a variety of different companies.

Good luck

Jim [IMG]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 2, 2003 9:45 PM

Open the box and lets see whats in side .Really Erock thats a odd kit to find Cool [8D]

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, October 3, 2003 8:37 AM

Howdy, Folks! Smile [:)]

Yup, it's Italeri alright. Last May or so Tamiya released 4 "Italeri Military Models with Tamiya Taste" (I guess that means with the added jerry can sets and figures!).

Besides the Steyr Erock scored, they also reboxed an Sd.Kfz. 234/2 Puma, a Mercedes Benz L3000 truck, and a Kfz. 15 Horsch (sp?).

That looks like the same packaging as I've seen here. There's still plenty of Japanese on it, from what I can see!

Does it say "Made In Italy" in the lower righthand corner?

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 3, 2003 11:16 AM

10-4, it's a Tami-leri Wink [;)]

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