what is this?

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:51 am

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/104 ... image.html

Post by **aferguson** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:28 am

Good question. How did you find it?

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:42 am

I was trying to track down a US distributor or importer for that 1/18 RC Panzer IV and the alibaba site came up on some google search I made and somehow I found the above link. I'm pretty clueless about modern armor but was thinking it may be some type of LAV prototype or something.

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:18 am

Centone:

The tank you found looks like a version of the Chinese Type 63A Amphibious Tank. The latest Chinese copy of the Ruskie PT-76 Amphibious Tank.

TTT

Post by **aferguson** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:36 am

i figured it was a chinese vehicle since the site seems to be a chinese wholesaler. Large diecasts of chinese weaons are becoming more common..

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:56 am

Yeah, it being some type of Chinese armor makes sense but I'm not sure it's related to the 63a since it's wheeled instead of tracked. There's about a billion things that look almost identical (to this and to eachother) but most seem to be 8x8 and this looks like a 6x6.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/sh ... p?t=138584

It likely doesn't matter as we'll never see it over here on the shelf. It is cool to see something unexpected in 1/18 scale though.

on a unrelated note, I did a google image search for type 63 and found this creep-out pic...

Post by **aferguson** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:29 am

the new pte chinese ifv is 6 wheeled too, so it likely represents the same vehicle. I can't remember the designation for it but i believe it's a chinese copy of a french design...

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:40 pm

That is a pretty creepy pic! I almost vomited when I saw it:) I think we can order that tank but we'd have to get like 300 units and I still dont see a price anywhere.

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:11 pm

There are Chinese 6x6 armored cars. I found many pics, even some with cannons in turrets like the one in Centone's pic, but the gun in the Centone pic seems to me to be a long barrel 30mm, not the 105mm mostly shown in the turrets, which are large turrets to accommodate the 105mm gun, rather than the skinny turret in the Centone pic.

I haven't seen a Chinese small barrel gun in a turret, yet.... Nice find Centone...... maybe we can start a new forum for modern armored vehicles....... just kidding..

TTT

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:18 pm

I emailed the guy and heres his responce:
Dear Mel,

Thanks for your enquiry, the tank is 1: 18, length is approximately 250mm.

The prices and MOQ are listed as follow:

Resin Zinc Alloy
100-300 USDUSD28 USD39
500 or up N/A USD20

All prices are FOB Yian Tien China.

If you are interest with the prices and qty, please let me know, we could discuss about the detail.

Ling Fung International
Tel : (00852) 8210 0195
Website : www.lingfungint.com.hk
Email : garychang@lingfungint.com.hk
So if we could get 100 peeps to get in on this, it looks like the price will be 29-39 bucks each, I wonder how much to ship?
We'd have to get them shipped to a central location then shipped individually to members. Probably another 15-20 bucks so that makes em about 60 bucks each.
I think maybe Ill wait for the PTE Chinese AFV

Rogue 01 · Post by **Rogue 01** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:48 pm

It is a BMP