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BTW, is there a list of the models Italeri made? I can see, there are several variations on the models, some of them I never heard about.
Thank you,
Michel
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Most of Italeri's kits go in and out of production on a regular basis. They eventually reissue virtually every kit, but it may take them up to 10 years. Unlike most companies, Italeri focused on US armor. This is not to say they don't have a large variety of other nations' vehicles, but that the majority of their kits are US armor. They also make more modern US armor than any other manufacturer. Their line of modern US self-propelled howitzers has been quite impressive beginning with the M107, M108, M109, M109A1, M109A2, M109A3, M109A5, M109A6, M110, M110A1.
They also tend to rebox other manufacturers' kits. In the late 80s and 90s, they reboxed Dragon kits for sale in Europe, particularly the modern Soviet armor. Sometime within the last 5 years they acquired the former Esci/Ertl molds and began releasing them as well (T-55, M60A1, M60A1 Blazer).
They also own the old Japanese Peerless Max kits and have been reissuing those kits for decades (Dodge ¾ ton series, White Scout Car, Chevy trucks, etc.).
Many Italeri kits have been reboxed by Revell, Testors, Bilek, Heller and even Dragon's original Sherman series included Italeri Sherman sprues.