Tamiya 1/16 KV1e

[IMPACT]

the long waited Tamiya KV is finally on youtube. Take a quick look and drool on
it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2Sjqo- ... annel_page

More pictures at
http://www.tamiya.com/japan/hobbyshow/r ... .htm#56027

ENJOY!!!

[BREL]

nice video

[971wright]

Very nice wonder how long it will be before people are using the dmd/mf units for the T34 .

regards pete

[mcevoyi]

more to the point

i wounder how many HL KV's i can have for the price of the tammiy ..... mind you why the kv ...

what a broeing tank .. green with a bit of doggy white wrighting lol...ho yes for got a choies of maybe 3 different turrets ..
non exproted ?.... so plain old russian green .....

how about somthing more interesting .. like ccromwell .....churchill .....

or better still centurion .... t55 ......

ues you all guesses i will not be buying one .. not even the hl version

[raven]

i must agree its not a good looking tank sooner have a KT


      chris

[johnmar78]

i am impressed with tamiyas new firing action /smoke effect on KV1, is that real or just for clips???

[grim_marmazet]

how about somthing more interesting .. like ccromwell .....churchill .....

I agree with you there! I'd give my right arm for a Cromwell! The market is crying out for British armour. Lets hope Tamiya or HL take up the call and we can get these neglected tanks out!

The KV-1 despite being powerful, is not one tank id want. The Russian armour is very plain, very utilitarian.

Rik

[BREL]

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The Russian armour is very plain, very utilitarian.

Rik

that is because the Russians have no sense of humour

[Mad Fox]

I dunno Brell, they have funny messages painted on the turrets, "nasivdan balonazva IVAN"....."To Fritz love Ivan" lol

[BigPanzer]

I think if Tamiya had found a method of making smoke for the gunfire we would all have heard about it by now. I suspect that this is just an effect produced during the making of the video.

The tracks look wrong - on the shots of the static model they are a loose fit, as on the real tank. On the action shots they are tight. Obviously if you try to run it with the tracks as loose as they should be, they fall off.

The sound seems typical Tamiya - more like a speaker shoved in a plastic box than a real tank.

Sorry Mr Tamiya, I'm not overly impressed. Once again you are releasing the wrong tank and have been beaten by the Chinese. You have missed the chance to produce top selling tanks on two occasions now (T34 & T55) and should have listened to your customers a bit more.

Thats my opinion anyway, others may think differently.

Peter