Tamiya did make a 1/25 twin motor remote control tank. Kit # DTW109 (1969 issued). They made several tanks in this configuration. Some of them were also made with a single motor only. They also made some of these kits in 1/35 twin motor as well. Also did many in static kits - the DTDNNN series. Several years ago Tamiya re-popped static kits of the Tiger I, Panther, Jagdpanther, and t34 in 1/25. Out of production and costly. All 4 sit in my stash.
Not a typo, Tamiya definitely did 1/25 models although limited. They did the T34/85 and SU 100, and the Panther and Jagdpanther, also the Centurion and Tiger 1 full interior display models, safe travels and model on. Oh and Tamiya remote controlled 1/35 and 1:25 armour kits
According to my 1978 MRC-Tamiya Catalog, DTW109 is a 1/25 scale T-34 Motorized and Remote Control kit. DT109 is a 1/25 scale T-34/85 kit. Pictures of selected catalog pages emailed…
Don't blame your brother, but Tamiya's first plastic model kit of an armoured vehicle appeared in 1962 (or 63?), a German Panther tank, whereas "GOJIRA" made his (?) movie debut in mid 1950s. So, were those tanks in the film crafted at Tsuburaya studios ? Smashing imported kit models would have been too expensive in those days.
NOPE , it’s 1/25….. TAMIYA did a few 1/25 kits There’s another hobby channel called VINTAGE MODEL KITS I think 🤔 They did a video TAMIYA 1/25 and a REVELL 1/40 comparison T-34/ 85 The 1/25 kits were in the JC PENNIES CHRISTMAS CATALOG….. I remember !!!!!!!!!!!!!! TAMIYA ON ……. CHRIS 🇺🇸
I was at Microcenter last week, and they have a bunch of Atlantis models... cool subjects for the kits, but the scales were different on every single model, and none matched what I always considered the "standards" - 1:12 and 1:24 for cars, 1:35 for military, 1:144, 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 for aircraft. I recently 3D printed a decent M1 Abrams model.... but to keep it real, I rescaled it to 1:35 before printing it. There are times I wished that 1:32 airplane scale had just been made 1:35 to make diorama building easier. Atlantis is terrible... a B-29 at 1:120 scale, but the ballistic missile set are at 1:128? Were they just eye-balling those designs?
They are for the most part re pops of very, very old Revell and Monogram kits. The scales can be weird as models were sized either to fit the molding machines used, or the standard size company box, hence the term "fit the box scale".
I just bought the Atlantis b29 and b24 kits and noticed the same thing. They are both odd, different scales. I wonder if the "standard" scales were still evolving back when they made those molds? The good news is the models are smaller and take less room on the shelf.
A lot of those 'odd' scale models were to standard scales - at the time, but they are scales that have since died out, such as 1/40th for tanks, 1/64th for aircraft, and 1/128th for aircraft and missiles.
