Tongde Matilda

[RobW]

So one for Malta & one lend lease Wonder how the prices will compare?!?

[Kaczor]

It's about the size of a Chaffee so I hope the prices will be comparable.

[tankme]

As for the Coolbank / Tongde duo - someone explained on a German forum: Coolbank designs for Tongde, and Tongde manufactures for Coolbank. So there won't be a second "alternative" Matilda

I see a major disconnect there though. The Coolbank tanks are way more detailed than the TongDE ones. The Coolbank Crusader has a crisp molding while my TongDE tanks are much softer detail wise. The 3D renders I've seen on the Coolbank FB page look much better than the TongDE pics. I just posted the question to the Coolbank page to see if they can straighten out the question as to whether or not they are the same.

[Kaczor]

That's right, but in Stuart's case the details are not so crisp. It's a strange situation. There's a promotion for Tongde products on the Coolbank fanpage

[RobW]

Stuart was the first one out, and was designed with M8 in mind too.