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Your cart is empty.Tamiya ventured into the modeling business in 1948, with a scale wooden ship model kit. Since then, Tamiya has been striving to offer merchandise that can truly be called "First in Quality Around the World." Now Tamiya is offering more than 300 different products, both in the fields of precision static models and high performance radio control vehicles. These products are not only sold in Japan but also exported in vast quantities to the United States, Europe, South East Asia, and to many other parts of the world. The standard of excellence achieved by Tamiya is regarded as among the very finest in the world of model hobbies.
Michael Herndon
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2025
Bought this model kit for my brother who is an advanced model builder as a Christmas gift. He says the kit is excellent.
Richard V.
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2025
Arrived on time as described
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024
item arrived on time and in good condition.
Big A
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024
Old school Tamiya kit. Ridiculous value for the price. Most of the fits are great, a couple tiny gaps that can be fixed easily with putty. Great detail and comes with a metal canon upgrade and photo-etch pieces. Highly recommended.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2023
This kit had a few small fit-and-finish issues, but an experienced modeler should have little trouble with the assembly. The track provided is rigid plastic molded in individual sections, and the only problem I had was that they didn't fit as shown in the instructions...I had to eliminate one track piece to make them fit, and it left a very small (almost unnoticeable gap). On the plus side, when Tamiya reissued the kit they upgraded many of the parts to improve the details on the finished piece. They also included a metal gun barrel and some photo-etched parts. One caution...in my kit, they taped the metal barrel and the photo etch package to the inside top of the box. I never thought to look there initially! Overall, worth the price and an enjoyable kit to build.
Robert H.
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2022
nice kit from Tamiya, upgraded with a few small PE parts and metal gun barrel, 2 figures included, easy to build, overall good fitting apart on the upper two hull parts was on mine a small gap which had to be filled with putty but nothing problematic, turns out nice
Stefano
Reviewed in Italy on May 28, 2021
Modello SPET-TA-CO-LA-RE!!!!!! BELLISSIMO!!!!! Kit molto dettagliato con bellissime foto incisioni e alternativa della canna in metallo, fune di traino in cordino nylon e decal per 3 versioni diverse Ariete, littorio e Australiana, cioè preda di guerra dell'8va armata favoloso!!!!!!! Consigliatissimo!!!!!!
Sandy Ferguson
Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2021
Quite a few years ago i made the original Tamiya M13/40 kit, and I enjoyed making it, though the suspension was a bit of a slog. Recently I decided to make another one. This an updated version, with some excellent improvements, including link and length tracks, some well detailed crew figures, a metal gun barrel and some photo-etch. Though the suspension was still a bit of a slog, this was a fun kit to build with the new parts a joy to work with.
Andy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2020
Not so famous but a good build
Stephanie Araneta
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2019
Another great offering by Tamiya. This kit bears all of the hallmarks that you've come to expect from Tamiya: Solid exterior detail, clear instructions, minimal flash, near perfect part fit and excellent prices relative to the industry. I should add that I do NOT own Tamiya stock nor am I a member of the board - haha.One cautionary note: Be careful with the 4 "walls" of the superstructure and ensure that all 4 are firmly in place. You'll have to hold these 4 parts together for at least about 60 seconds to ensure proper seal.I had a such a great time re-creating a 1941 era Italian tank in North Africa. I applied a 1st layer of dark brown base coat (versus my typical approach of abblack base coat), added white panel highlights, followed up with a mix of Desert Yellow/Sand color with Khaki camo spots - all via airbrush of course. I then applied a very small amount of sponge weathering, some light & dark dry brush wreathing and finally some small paint brush weathering for scratches and larger chips. I then added some color modulation with artist oils (white and yellow only) and finished up with AK streaking rust enamel. This kit is roughly 95% complete. I would need to apply a final dust coat (airbrush) along with some additional wreathing (with pigment powders) on the tracks, but that will come later if/when this model finds it's way onto a diorama.In closing, I can't help but admire the Italian tankers that had to go to battle in these sub-par weapon systems. Poor dudes.Love this kit. Buy it. Build it. Weather it. Enjoy.Update - June 14, 2022: I was inspired by the excellent work put forth by Robert Kessler below so I decided to upgrade my kit a bit more with recently learned techniques. Proof that these model kits remain a neverending work in progress....
白髪オジサン
Reviewed in Japan on December 17, 2019
キャタピラが凄くいい雰囲気になりました。ほかの戦車キットも、このくらい作りやすければいいのに
Enrique
Reviewed in Mexico on October 28, 2019
buen serviciojusto en la fecha que tienen programado
Ed Friendly
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2018
Wow great detail. Started the build of this model. As it starts to come together. I cannot wait to paint and detail this tank. Parts have very few holes to fill. I like the tracks as they are glued in sections. Alot diffrent as to what im used to from tamiya. Parts are well detailed and figures are included. Will go good with my model tank collection. Thanks!
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