I'm not a big wing nut but I never thought the A-10 looked ugly. One look at this aircraft and I see a flying tank....it may not fly at mach 1 but its gonna kick some ass and still keep ticking.
Its design was all about purpose, bring the pilot, plane and ordnance on target and bring the pilot and plane back home safe....nothin ugly about that.
I hope All Go does give the A-10 some thought, the aircraft has proved itself in combat and is worthy of being modeled in 1:18th!

Now back on topic......Bring on the Jagdpanther and King Tiger!!!!!!!!!!!

Jagdpanther got my attention. As someone else said, a must-have. Go, All-Go!

Wow, this is great stuff. Looks very nice.

I don't see any hatches blocked off in any of those pictures.

That's because there aren't any blocked hatches.

What he is seeing, is the lid to the turrets rear hatch, through both openings. It's a straight shot through, view wise, and it just kinda looks like there's something inside the top hatch. When in reality, he's seeing THROUGH the top hatch, and seeing the back end of the tank.

I know, that's what I meant. It seemed obvious to me it was the open escape hatch seen through the open rear top hatch.

Now, as far as that model being the Tamiya 1/35 model? I can kinda see where they're coming from...I mean, the paint scheme and patterns are IDENTICAL.

<img src="http://depothobbies.com/Tamiya/tam35203%5B1%5D.jpg">

<img src="http://www.fastrakhobby.com/catalog/images/tam35203.jpg">

<img src="http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq61/tko211/tank3.jpg">

but, these new AG photos do look different. It just LOOKS bigger, to me. I dunno.

its a custom built prototype.

Is it

It does not matter. Let me have it. I want it and in multipuls.

yea what pickelhaube said...nice I go away for a bit when 1/18 scale was all but dead... and when I come back all is right in the world again...love how things turn around.

Problem is if the photo is of a Tamiya Jagdpanther then your be getting a 1/35 tank lol

It is. Please check post #83 specifically to get the full poop.

manufacturers always use models to show upcoming product. Always have, always will. Not sure why it's an issue this time.

They most probably haven't even begun to start making it.

Using the floor tile for a 12" point of reference, I looks 1/18 scale to me.

Forgive me for not knowing the correct terminology, but it looks like it's missing the protective cover over one of the periscopes. But I can live with that, just let me buy one.

sorry i forgot to add the link...

http://forums.fighting118th.com/showthread.php?t=1870

That is a response from All-Go Toys. Post 83 is their response.

No matter what it is the pictures (custom, model - magical optical illusion) I just hope both it and the King Tiger finally become a reality in plastic and get offered for us to buy.

king tiger tooling is complete according to all-go.

Thanks Paul for getting the word directly from the source. Hopefully at some point All-Go will be more comfortable posting directly. That would save a lot of grief.

I really hope that it is the case, and not just an example of the same old song from an old band with a new name. I have wanted that KT for so long I will hold off jumping for joy till I can actually order it. These same folks dissapointed us alot before.

i completely agree with you.

All-Go seemed interested in starting up a monthly Q and A gig with us. I'm sure they will extend the same courtesy to SSHQ guys, how can they not? Maybe we can coordinate to make sure we don't have overlapping questions and share answers to make sure we get as much information out to everyone as possible.

That would make a lot of sense and seems to be the norm for other manufacturers like Hasbro, etc.. Additionally, keeping a log of previously answered questions might cut down on some of the repetition. Since you seem to be in direct contact, what would be the next step in getting a monthly Q&A going?

agreed. It would make sense to run the QA just through Fighting 1/18th as the questions here will be almost the same as the questions asked over there....and many of the questions asked they won't be wanting to answer anyway, as we know, with worries about the competition etc.

It would make it less effort for AG if they just have to deal with one board and thus make them more willing to do it on an ongoing basis.

i just read post 83 on the F18th. Surprising that is a real prototype of the jagdpanther. Sure looked like a small scale model to me. Regardless, i'm sure it will be next year sometime before we can buy it.

The comment about the spitfire and fw 190 being the hardest to move: The FW i remember well being a slow seller but i sure don't have the same recollection with the Spit. The root problem in both cases was the 21c trait of releasing too much too fast. 3 spitfire repaints and 4 Fw's all in about the same time periond. The other problem i guess is the Walmart was not the place to be selling aircraft like that, because few that shop there have heard of either of them.

My spitfires are among my most prized possessions...