In Box Review of Tamiya 1/35th Scale
German Tank Engine Maintenance Crew Set
Minature Series no. 180
Kit no. 35180-900
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $12.79 to $13.12 at 4 U.S. shops and also available from 8 shops overseas.
Kit has a copyright date of 1994. I paid $10.00 for my kit back then.
Kit no. 35180-900
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $12.79 to $13.12 at 4 U.S. shops and also available from 8 shops overseas.
Kit has a copyright date of 1994. I paid $10.00 for my kit back then.
THE KIT:
Tamiya is an old prolific model company based in Shizuoka City, Japan. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit comes in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows 2 maintenance men atop the rear deck of a Tiger tank. Both men are in field-gray uniforms with side caps and low shoes.
One man is kneeling on one knee and holding a wrench. The other man is watching him and bent at the waist with his hands on his knees. There are 2 panzer-gray oil cans , a metal tool box and a wood tool box on the deck with them. The illustration of the Tiger's rear is a line drawing.
In the foreground there is a wood ladder and a fuel drum with a blow-torch and a oil squerter on top of it and a battery on the ground.
One side panel shows color illustrations of a tubular wrench, a screwdriver, a hammer, a oil squerter, a blow-torch, oil cans, metal tool box, wood tool box, battery and a oil drum, followed by a paragraph in Japanese.
Tamiya is an old prolific model company based in Shizuoka City, Japan. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit comes in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows 2 maintenance men atop the rear deck of a Tiger tank. Both men are in field-gray uniforms with side caps and low shoes.
One man is kneeling on one knee and holding a wrench. The other man is watching him and bent at the waist with his hands on his knees. There are 2 panzer-gray oil cans , a metal tool box and a wood tool box on the deck with them. The illustration of the Tiger's rear is a line drawing.
In the foreground there is a wood ladder and a fuel drum with a blow-torch and a oil squerter on top of it and a battery on the ground.
One side panel shows color illustrations of a tubular wrench, a screwdriver, a hammer, a oil squerter, a blow-torch, oil cans, metal tool box, wood tool box, battery and a oil drum, followed by a paragraph in Japanese.
The other side panel shows small illustrations of Tiger variants and 2 views of a Maybach HL230 engine.
The other side panel shows small illustrations of Tiger variants and 2 views of a Maybach HL230 engine.
Tamiya's U.S. office address in Aliso Viejo, CA and their office address in Germany are provided at each end of the box.
Inside the tray of the box there are 15 black and white photos out of Tamiya's armor photo album and illustrations of 3 variants of model cement they manufacture.
Inside the tray of the box there are 15 black and white photos out of Tamiya's armor photo album and illustrations of 3 variants of model cement they manufacture.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
This kit holds 2 dark-gray trees in a sealed cello bag and the instructions.
The instructions consist of a single sheet folded in the center to create 4 pages in 7 1/2" x 11" page format.
Page 1 has the history of the crew in Japanese, English, German and French, with a line drawing of the Maybach HL230 P45 engine and small black silhouettes of the Panther, Jagdpanther, King Tiger, Hunting Tiger, Tiger I and the Sturmtiger.
Page 2 begins with READ BEFORE ASSEMBLY instructions, a list of tools needed and a color listing over the first 2 assembly steps in the 4 languages.
Page 3 to 4 give a grand total of 7 assembly steps.
The bottom of page 4 has the painting instructions in the 4 languages and a customer service coupon.
Dark gray letter A tree holds: the parts of the Maybach engine, the oil squerter, oil cans, battery and blow torch (27 parts)
This kit holds 2 dark-gray trees in a sealed cello bag and the instructions.
The instructions consist of a single sheet folded in the center to create 4 pages in 7 1/2" x 11" page format.
Page 1 has the history of the crew in Japanese, English, German and French, with a line drawing of the Maybach HL230 P45 engine and small black silhouettes of the Panther, Jagdpanther, King Tiger, Hunting Tiger, Tiger I and the Sturmtiger.
Page 2 begins with READ BEFORE ASSEMBLY instructions, a list of tools needed and a color listing over the first 2 assembly steps in the 4 languages.
Page 3 to 4 give a grand total of 7 assembly steps.
The bottom of page 4 has the painting instructions in the 4 languages and a customer service coupon.
Dark gray letter A tree holds: the parts of the Maybach engine, the oil squerter, oil cans, battery and blow torch (27 parts)
Dark gray letter B tree holds: the wood ladder, the two figures (divided into separate torsos, arms and legs), the wood tool box, hammer, hinges for the metal tool box, fuel drum, circular tool, screwdriver (26 parts)
These figures will look great in a diorama of them working on a Tiger variant kit.
Highly recommended.