Landships II

rkpost · Major

1/16th Scale FT-17

James H · Legend

Anyone saying "FT-17" has to pay a fine.

THE OLD LANCER · Colonel

Hi,
Anybody know what the cost is going to be?

THE OLD LANCER

BC312 · Colonel

I wondered that but also wondered if such a thing will happen seeing as its their first model and a new company that only just started this year. Also who would supply them.

-- Edited by BC312 on Saturday 11th of May 2013 05:22:56 PM

TinCanTadpole · Legend

James thinks 'FT***' requires a fine because it should be 'FT' - plain and simple, no numbers. It is apparently erroneous to add numbers, but it is a common mistake (there's a thread on the subject somewhere on the forum), so on this forum the use of 'FT' is being encouraged and the use of numbers discouraged.

Think of it like putting a pound/dollar/etc in a swear-box� wink

-- Edited by TinCanTadpole on Monday 13th of May 2013 10:34:09 PM

rkpost · Major

Please explain to me why FT-17 requires a fine?� Am I missing something? smile

Michael Taylor · Lieutenant-Colonel

But is it safe to refer to the Renault vehicle used to transport the FT? confuse

BC312 · Colonel

I have just looked at the Takom web site regarding the WW1 French tank, very weird indeed. Anyone know who would be distributing them in June or do you think we are in for a wind up.

herrmill · Corporal

Yea, that website is a piece of work, isn't it? That said, I've been in contact with them over the past few weeks & it sounds like tooling is finished & production started.

I live in China so asked for a local source;�Hobby Easy out of Hong Kong is supposed to offer it but I just checked their site & don't see it listed.

Several dealers in the US have them offered for late June delivery:

http://www.artistichobbies.com/products.php?cat=125

http://www.pacmodelscatalog.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=PCM&Category_Code=TAK+ARM+1%3A16

BC312 · Colonel

Is this model now available in the UK? Has any one bought the kit?

THE OLD LANCER · Colonel

Hobby link of japan have them on preorder.

THE OLD LANCER

BC312 · Colonel

BC312 wrote:
Is this model now available in the UK? Has any one bought the kit?

�Any updates or just a windup. Better to save up and buy Bigtanks FT at least you know that is a top quality model.

Lothianman · Colonel

Preview on www.perthmilitarymodelling.com - one of the most independent review websites and my favourite for armour models. Only initial impressions so far as Terry carefully points out, but it will be very interesting to see what his more considered conclusions are in the build report. And it shows the kit exists.

Hannants of Lowestoft have it on "Future releases" with a price - which usually means it'll be in within weeks or a few months at worst.

The UK price is �99.99 - no, not a placeholder (they use �TBA as a placeholder when they don't have data). Probably not a mistake either. Hobbylink Japan ask the yen equivalent of around �86 so no point in importing from them into the UK. Lucky Model quote around �66 direct from PRC/HK but you'd still be paying well over �100 with delivery and then on top of that VAT and Parcelforce ransom fee - the taxman is being very assiduous in collecting tax on parcels those days.

To put that into some sort of context, a Trumpeter T-34 (also with interior) is only 8-10% more expensive. It's not that much longer than a FT, surprisingly, at least in the hull, but it is almost twice as wide. But, as I said, it will be very interesting to see what Terry says.

BC312 · Colonel

Thanks for that, an intresting read.

TinCanTadpole · Legend

The insidethearmour website has pre-order for the Takom FT. I didn't check the price, but that's another source to consider for anyone interested.

Lothianman · Colonel

I checked the Inside the Armour price - �70! Quite a saving. The obvious question is what about VAT but I have not gone far enough into the checkout to try that, so a purchaser needs to check. Even with VAT, it is still cheaper than �99.99.