Suyata 1/48 model Panther diorama all in one box

[JohnT]

I'm not an armour modeller but stumbled over this and wondered what folks think of the idea of putting a basic diorama in with the kit and also armour in 1/48 scale?  The tank comes with 16t strabokran overhead crane to lift the turret and display base.

 

Not sure why they chose 1/48 over 1/35 which I had understood to be a regular armour model scale choice.

 

It looks cool to my aviation eyes though

 

 

[WrathofAtlantis]

It is absolutely brilliant. Almost beyond belief. And top quality too, except for the PE chains... Wish tamiya showed this kind of imagination 15 years ago when they re-booted the scale (since Bandai left it in 1972)...

 

  I always wished for more common scales, if only 1/32 had won for armor, instead of Tamiya ruining everything by sizing hulls to batteries... As if that makes sense...

[John Tapsell]

It's a great kit and it's good to see a new manufacturer (rumoured to be part of the Takom group) exploring the 1/48 scale armour market. However, for me personally, there's too much much 'waste' in the box. The Panther Ausf A is a good choice; the strabokran is an interesting accessory with lots of potential, but the scenic base? It will appeal to many as a 'diorama in a box' but I'd rather have seen them released as separate kits - not everyone wants to put a Panther under a strabokran and personally, I'd rather build my own base so that it isn't identical to the one that everyone else builds (not everyone wants to do that so I understand that I'm probably in a minority there).

 

Suyata's next release will be a double kit of a modern Russian T-90 MBT and a Gaz Tigr 4x4 - that appeals to me much more and the quality of the Panther kit bodes well for future releases.

 

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