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Rumor has it.
Rumor is Taigen is getting into 1/72 scale with a few tanks. They will be IR only, and in the $55-60 dollar price range.
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Hi Joe, I think it is more than rumor as the American importer was talking about it on RCU earlier today. I can see remakes of a multitude of WW2 films using ostensibly real German and American armour in battlefield scenes.
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Hi Shaun, yes, I took a walk over to the RCU tank forum and read the post from Erik of IMEX/Taigen. Also of interest was the new JT coming from Torro. That is going to be a real beast of a tank.jarndice wrote:Hi Joe, I think it is more than rumor as the American importer was talking about it on RCU earlier today. I can see remakes of a multitude of WW2 films using ostensibly real German and American armour in battlefield scenes.shaun
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Joe, I do wish more importers would talk to prospective customers on places like our Forum and RCU, Although IMEX-ERIC gives me the impression of a keen builder as well as a most beguiling salesman, More strength to him I say.
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One thing for sure Shaun, I won't be going in that direction (1/72) I chose 1:16 due to the fact I could see them and their parts. I gave all of my HO and N scale trains to my son a long time ago.jarndice wrote:Joe, I do wish more importers would talk to prospective customers on places like our Forum and RCU, Although IMEX-ERIC gives me the impression of a keen builder as well as a most beguiling salesman, More strength to him I say.shaun
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I think most of us started our modelling with 1/72 and moved ever onward finally arriving here, my railway history started with a Hornby DUBLO set one very happy Christmas, later I tried to build up a decent N guage layout but when I attended the local model railway society and asked about British Railways Catenary engines and the allied equipment I got the kind of response I would have expected if I had exposed my naked person in the local nunnery, If it was not steam then they did not want to know, I sold my N guage rolling stock soon after that!
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I'd like a few 1/72 tanks for those rainy days when my mates are round. Also all the gears / electronics would be good for small 1/16 vehicles.
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Getting some OLE in N gauge would be beyond impressive! Would you have got the 25kv ac route or the 1500v dc? Some AL1 and AL2 in n would have been sweet!jarndice wrote:I think most of us started our modelling with 1/72 and moved ever onward finally arriving here, my railway history started with a Hornby DUBLO set one very happy Christmas, later I tried to build up a decent N guage layout but when I attended the local model railway society and asked about British Railways Catenary engines and the allied equipment I got the kind of response I would have expected if I had exposed my naked person in the local nunnery, If it was not steam then they did not want to know, I sold my N guage rolling stock soon after that!shaun
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Well if they look like the 1/72 scales that came out of Japan and China ...I don't want them lol...for some reason when they make WWII versions they look stubby and fatjtracks wrote:Rumor is Taigen is getting into 1/72 scale with a few tanks. They will be IR only, and in the $55-60 dollar price range.
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For indoor battles I would have thought that 1/25 or 1/35 would have been a better choice. There is already a huge choice of static kits, so converting moulds to take RC would be a lot easier, plus there is more room for electronics.
I wouldn't use anything other than 1/16, as that is as small as I dare go for detail work, my eyesight is bad enough already!
I wouldn't use anything other than 1/16, as that is as small as I dare go for detail work, my eyesight is bad enough already!

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