I’ve not built either, but no, they’re not. They were released around the same time, but appear to have been designed completely independently of each other. The instructions are on Scalemates, and show clearly that the two kits really share nothing except the subject and scale:I wonder if the Tamiya and the Italeri kits are the same mold
Hi Jakko,I’ve not built either, but no, they’re not. They were released around the same time, but appear to have been designed completely independently of each other. The instructions are on Scalemates, and show clearly that the two kits really share nothing except the subject and scale:
https:tongue-out3:/www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-364-mate-greyhound--101842
By the way, Matt, I don’t know how accurate you want this model to be, but I remember a letter sent into Military Modelling magazine after an article in which Steve Zaloga detailed the Tamiya kit, which explained the things wrong with both the kit’s interior and Zaloga’s added details. I could dig it up for you if you want.
I wouldn’t be too worried about that. It’s a Tamiya kit, so you’ve clearly picked the easier of the two to put togetherIf I get it finished without any great mishaps I’ll be happy.
Far easier if you get yourself a spraying can with white primer. Build the hull with most of the parts inside, but top and bottom separate, then spray it for far better coverage than you’ll get with model paint straight (never mind than if you brush-paint it).Struggled with the tamiya XF 2 white.
I suspect they left the factory with OD floors, because that was the norm for American vehicles with open-topped hulls and/or turrets. I can’t find a usable scan of a TM online to check this, though (restored vehicles are suspect here, because people often make mistakes when painting them — think of Shermans with the insides of hatches painted white, for example).I think the problem was that they left the factory all white , and it was the troops/commanders who organised the repainting/over painting of some surfaces with olive drab paint.
Some more searching
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