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Tamiya Model Magazine 61

Tamiya Model Magazine

Issue

Magazine:
Tamiya Model Magazine
Number:
61 | July-August 1997
Language:
English

Table of contents

News | Page 4
News desk


Show dates, modelling news, product updates and gossip
 

Editorial | Page 9
Readers' models


An offer you can't refuse - build a model, take some pics and send them pic to us - if we like it you could win TMMI for a year!
 

Build Report, 1:4  | Page 10
Mr Sandman

by Marcus Nicholls
Star Wars fever is here again, and one of the weirdest villains is now available as a 1:4 scale vinyl kit. We build and paint Screamin's Tusken Raider...
3900
Star Wars
Tusken Raider
Screamin' 1:4
3900 1995 New tool
 

Editorial | Page 12
Pachi 53


The Tamiya run model photography contest returns with some models and pictures of very high standards
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 16
Bucket car

by Marcus Nicholls
The WWII German war machine's equivalent of the Jeep, known simply as "Kübelwagen" has been totally re-tooled by Tamiya in 1:35 scale, and it's close to perfect...
35213
German
Kübelwagen Type 82
Tamiya 1:35
35213 1997 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 18
Russian metal

by Angus Creighton
The tank that never quite made it (we think) could have changed 20th century history had it been designed and built four years earlier... We review Tamiya's new 1:35 scale JS3 Stalin
35211
JS3 Stalin Russian Heavy Tank
Tamiya 1:35
35211 (211) 1996 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 22
Night moves

by Angus Creighton
Read our exclusive review of the all new Messerschmitt Bf110G4 nightfighter, from Monogram in 1:48 scale - you saw it here first!
85-5933
Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4
Pro Modeler 1:48
85-5933 1994 New tool
 

Build Report, 1:24  | Page 26
Boxing clever

by Simon Mosedale
The first kit of a Porsche 911 for a long time from Tamiya takes the form of a GT2 class racer from the Japanese racing series. It's black and beautiful, and it's the closest you'll get to owning the real thing!
24175
Porsche 911 GT2 Taisan Starcard
Tamiya 1:24
24175 1996 New tool
 

Editorial | Page 30
Faster Mini 4WD, thrill thrill!


We try and explain the Mini 4WD drive phenomenon, which is Tamiya's most popular range of models
 

Build Report, 1:20  | Page 34
Formula won

by Marcus Nicholls
Tamiya's production of scale Formula 1 models has turned back in time to the 1960s - we take a look at the new Honda RA272 from 1965
20043
1965
Honda RA272
Tamiya 1:20
20043 1998 New box
 

News | Page 38
New releases


New kits and accessories to buy and put in the loft!
 

News | Page 40
New releases special


An update on the car kits you can expect to be in the shops soon
 

Build Report, 1:20  | Page 42
Grosstraktor Krokodil!

by Mark Stevens
This one's difficult explain here - it's a Tamiya QD Monster Beetle, converted into a 1:20 scale armoured vehicle from a possible future had events been different 52 years ago...
 

News | Page 46
New releases extra


So much new stuff to fit in we had to open up another new kits 'n bit section!
 

Editorial | Page 48
Tamiya postbag


Your views in print, what's in the next TMMI, plus the Eric and Ernie of the modelling world, Vic 'n Ray...
 

Editorial | Page 50
Tamiya competition


Win a new Tamiya model kit release in this free to enter competition (well not quite free, but it's only the price of a stamp or fax!)
 

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