Hi all,

I have had a chance to visit Tamiya Head Office in Oct and wanna share with you the pictures that I took inside the exhibition hall. http://groups.msn.com/armorama/tamiyaheadofficevisit.msnw?Page=1


Steve

Thanks Steve for sharing those cool pics. What i wouldnt give to see that!
The dio where the half-track pulls the 88 onto the transporter plane is sooooo cool. Is there anywhere where I could see more photos of that!

Steve,
Wow. Thanks for sharing those. I have never seen anyone post images from there before now. If you'd like I can post them to the main gallery. Just send the images to [email protected].

That German cargo plane looked really interesting. Is that a fictional build or did they actually have a plane like that??

Cheers,
Jim

PS: I am moving this thread to "General Modeling" as it's modeling related.

Jim

Jim,

Sure, I love to post the pictures to the address you have given.
And yes, the models over there are amazing. I'm not sure if the plane is a fictional or not, but in my opinion I don't think so.



Steve

Steve, Really great stuff, now I regret that I didn't go with you....

Yes, Jim they did have a plane like this, I don't have the model number on hand, but I am sure the winged guys here can help out. I think it was also used in operation in Russia or something...

Guys, that plane is a Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant". It was the powered version of the earlier Me 321 glider! Some were used for resupply missions in Russia and Tunisia. Italeri made kits of both to 1/72 scale which had wingspans of 30 inches. If that model is to 1/35 scale, it would have a span of about 5 FEET!!!!!

To echo, yes it was real.

Hi Jim,

After I zipped the pictures and the size is about 8MB. I don't think I can email to your account in one go, right? Any other way I can submit to you at one go?

Steve

I guess no feebies at Tamiya? Please just one free Pershing okay maybe a Sherman

Hey Octupus
Anymore pictures of that dio? That has to be the coolest dio I have seen in some time!
A real motivator

Cool pics wish you could post more, how were the prices there? Interesting IDF halftrack(nonexistant ) variant.

Josh
aKA shiryon

Hi Guys,

I'm so sorry that I only took one 64 MB flash card there and forgot to bring an spare card with me. Those are all the pics I took over there.

Steve

Thanks for posting the pics Steve. Just one of the reasons Amorama is such a great place. Great job.

cfbush2000

I totally agree with you , armorama.com is a great site for all modelers on earth.

Steve

Awesome pictures, Steve. Thanks so very much for sharing them. Man, now there's a place I'd like to have a master key to.

Cheers,
Mike

Thanks anyway octupus. That idea makes me want to build some huge dio. You know the feeling you get when you see something and just know thats what you are going to be doing next!!

Great job, and thanks for sharing. I have a question on buying models in Japan. Are they much cheaper there than here? I have a brother that goes back there a couple times a year, I may have him stock up if he can get me a bunch for less money.

Hi Drewgimpy,

Here is the answer for your question "NO", models in Japan is not cheap at all unless you wanna get something you cannot find in your area.
By the way, I've visited many hobby shops in the US, Canada, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia, Hong Kong is the place you can get the cheapest models. I and Dave(SS74)would like to help if anyone wanna get some models here in Hong Kong., just leave us a message.
Steve

Is it because most of the Japanese modelling factories are not located in Japan? We have a Tamiya factory right beside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Most of the Tamiya kits I have were made there. Academy also has a factory in Cavite, a few kilometers from Manila. Academy is Korean though

Jeepney,

I think it might be the TAX.
I would like to know how much for the Tamiya "Pershing" in your country, Philiphine?

Steve