02-24-2010, 07:26 AM
That's the Hasagawa version. It shows the model in gray on the box top,but when you look at the kit scan it's olive drab,as this is the colour all the Hasagawas' come moulded in. The Tamiyas' all came moulded in the gray colour you see in my picture of it in the four foot X-wing build thread. This is to distinguish between the two brands. I wish I could've kept the rest of the railcar this came off of to prove it,but I didn't keep that part,as it wasn't a neccessary component of the ILM build. Otherwise,I would've kept the entire thing. I'm going to recast this barrel,then give it back to my uncle,so he can have the entire kit again.
I'll keep my eye out for this kit on the shelves of my local hobby store. You guys will be hardpressed to find this kit,as it was only released for a short time. Why it was only released,and discontinued is anyones' guess,but I'm thinking it was because it wasn't very popular. There are a lot of kits that aren't available anymore that have surfaced from time to time,and I'm sure that this is one of them. The only other thing I can think of is that most of the kits that were sold were also built,or kitbashed by now. If you can find one unbuilt - you've obviously found a goldmine,as this is proving to be a rare kit! For the record - the kit my uncle built,wasn't painted,but glued poorly. If I can get this from him,or find a boxtop photo of this,I'll post it.
I'll keep my eye out for this kit on the shelves of my local hobby store. You guys will be hardpressed to find this kit,as it was only released for a short time. Why it was only released,and discontinued is anyones' guess,but I'm thinking it was because it wasn't very popular. There are a lot of kits that aren't available anymore that have surfaced from time to time,and I'm sure that this is one of them. The only other thing I can think of is that most of the kits that were sold were also built,or kitbashed by now. If you can find one unbuilt - you've obviously found a goldmine,as this is proving to be a rare kit! For the record - the kit my uncle built,wasn't painted,but glued poorly. If I can get this from him,or find a boxtop photo of this,I'll post it.