(Login baker24) Registered Users Posted Jun 21, 2009 4:24 PM
but it IS starting..... Other companies are seeing the potential of a new "undeveloped" scale, and they are going to dip their toes in the water to see if it's warm enough to swim. At some point, major investments will be made, and then there will be real competition for our model interests. Tamiya did not make a lot of really good armor kits until the superb quality of the classic Italeri kits of the 1970s, and the advent of the Peerless-MAX stuff, forced their hand. It was the era of Tamiya "toys" like the old Kubelwagen amd Daimler Dingo scout car with metal axles and no real underbody detail. Tamiya has already moved away from the die-cast chassis tubs and into more and better detail. They just need a bit more of a shove to keep them moving in the right direction. It will be better for them as well as the scale.