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FEATURE: TamiyaCon Show Report
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Posted: Monday, April 26, 2004 - 08:27 PM UTC
I have added my experiences attending the TamiyaCon show in April. You can view it here:

TamiyaCon 2004

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Jim
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Posted: Monday, April 26, 2004 - 08:53 PM UTC
Nice one Jim! Looks like a lot of fun! Did they really have an RC mock battle in that sandbox? The buildings look nice. Would have been very cool to see AFVs running around in there. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 02:28 PM UTC
John,
Yeah I couldn't get a really good view but I think the German tanks were whooping up on the poor Americans. They had some kind of hit system where the more hits the slower the tank responded. Kinda neat. Still it seems a bit unfair that you can never get really surprised since you have a 360 degree view of the battlefield.

Jim
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Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 02:38 PM UTC
They most likely used Tamiya's own hit system that's compatible with their RC kits.
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Posted: Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 04:41 PM UTC
Great article!
About that 1/9 Sherman: wasn´t the commander and the turret ready??I´m preety sure they appeared in FSM and in Military in Scale!
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Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 10:14 AM UTC
Jim,

Thanks for putting my Bradley on the Home Page! Its a real honor.

Wexman
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Posted: Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 01:50 PM UTC
Wexman,
Thanks for providing such a great model to photograph!

I thought it was one of the nicest modern pieces at the show.

Cheers,
Jim
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