Tamiya Model Magazine 62

Issue

Magazine:

Tamiya Model Magazine

Number:

62 | July-August 1997

Language:

English

Table of contents

Build Report | Page 10

Once bitten...

by Marcus Nicholls
Some of the best science fiction/movie related kits ever released are now available to buy again - we put three of Revell's Battlestar Galactica kits through their paces...

Battlestar Galactica

Revell 1:4105

04816 1997 Changed ???

Battlestar Galactica

Colonial Viper

Revell 1:32

04815 1997 New box

Battle Star Galactica Cylon Base Star

Revell 1:8500

04817 1997 New box

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 16

Flower power

by Matt Edwards
WWII generated some wild and terrifying weapons, and those who stood anywhere near the Sherman Tulip while it fired its 60lb aircraft rockets were brave men indeed...

M4A4 w/60 lb. Rocket

Dragon 1:35

6041 1995 New parts

 

Build Report, 1:24  | Page 20

Honda right track

by Simon Mosedale
Tamiya's Honda Accord from the JTCC touring car series receives the wiring and superdetailing treatment...

PIAA

Honda Accord VTEC JTCC

Tamiya 1:24

24174 1996 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 24

A brutish beau

by Marcus Nicholls
Aviation modellers have waited patiently for this kit - it's one of the best loved aircraft ever and a superb subject for a kit. We've built it first (as you would expect) and here's what we think...

Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI

Tamiya 1:48

61053 1997 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 32

Meteor maker

by Geoff Coughlin
The Gloster Meteor was the first jet aircraft in service with the RAF, distuinguishing itself early on by downing V1 Flying Bombs aimed at British cities. Geoff Coughlin is the first to build Tamiya's new 1:48 scale kit of this important aircraft

Gloster Meteor F.1

Tamiya 1:48

61051 1997 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:48  | Page 40

Doodlebug!

by Geoff Coughlin
The Fieseler Fi103 "Vergeltungswaffe 1" (Reprisal Weapon 1) was well known to residents of cities across Europe. the "Doodlebug" rained down on them and became a much feared weapon. To compliment the Meteor, Tamiya now offer a very neat little kit of the V

V-1 (Fieseler Fi103)

Tamiya 1:48

61052 1997 New tool

 

Build Report, 1:35  | Page 42

Drei running

by Angus Creighton
Not so long ago there was a drought on for fans of the Panzer III, but now you can model almost every variant. Tamiya are the latest to join the fray with their Ausf. L

Sd.Kfz. 141/1

Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. L

Tamiya 1:35

35215 1997 New tool

 

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