Tamiya 1/35 M113 ACAV Unboxing, Review and Rating

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Steve's Vintage Model Builds

Ай бұрын

First tooled in 1977, new figures and accessory parts were added in 1983.

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@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab Ай бұрын

Nice looking kit Steve! Tamiya are the Daddy for these armour items! 👍🏻

@stevesmodelbuilds5473 Ай бұрын

One could say Tamiya is the Iron Standard... 🤣

@bigcharliesmodelgarage296 Ай бұрын

Nice kit enjoy the build 😊

@garfieldsmith332 Ай бұрын

Yes, Steve, Canada Post rates are very high. I can ship a package from Ontario via UPS to Florida and Oregon cheaper than thru CP. In fact cheaper than sending the same size package to Alberta. One has to wonder why. And CP adds a "Fuel Surcharge" to every package, and that charge is update weekly. And get this, at present the charge is 16% to the USA/Foreign, and 26% for domestic packages (Canada). Almost double surcharge for Canada than the USA. It boggles the mind, but they say gas is cheaper in the USA. And of course they just hand it off to the USPS. . I have ordered from Rarewaves (aka Rarewaves-CA on Amazon Canada). I order DVDs/Blurays. Shipping is $ 3.49 for up o 2 discs. They have excellent service and the package has always arrived earlier than expected. I guess they are a full retail store of some kind. , Ray Cross art work is awesome. Nice kit. Those early Tamiya kits are a good bang for the buck. Nice that Tamiya re-issues them every so often.

@stevesmodelbuilds5473 Ай бұрын

Hi Garfield! Thanks for watching 😀. Well, the US doesn't have a carbon tax... Most of those vintage Tamiya kits never went out of production -- that's how good they are. One exciting thing that's happening is that Round 2 is re-releasing a lot of the classic AMT and MPC kits with fresh toolings. I've got a real honey on the way now, and I think I'll do a live chat with the unboxing and review, so stay tuned!

@garfieldsmith332 Ай бұрын

@@stevesmodelbuilds5473 Yep. The CP fuel surcharge has been going on for a long time now. Just another cash grab. Tamiya does keep their molds and they clean them up and re-pop the kits. unlike a lot of manufacyrers. Last year I go their first 5 Military Miniatures, MM35001 to MM35005. Made in Philippines instead of Japan. They are releasing three older kits of their US Half-Tracks. Should be available soon. I have a mission to get all of the MM series. I have a couple that are originals and use a different numbering system. . Round 2 is doing a great job of re-releasing those kits. I have many of their "Polar Lights" Sci-fi kits. Mostly now discontinued. Only MPC car kits I have of theirs in the 1932 Imperial Gangbusters kit. Built the original kit in the 60s so I had to get that one. Hope they re-pop the entire series. Round 2 and Atlantis are great for re-popping old kits that I remember building.