Tamiya’s old Sgt York was the first model I ever airbrushed. I’ve been looking to pick me up but just read that Takom is releasing a Sgt York in November. Really looking forward to seeing that kit.
The Tamiya kit is good, I hadn’t done any research on it to check accuracy but I’m not a rivet counter either. I might as well pick up the Takom kit just to see if it is better. Have to thin my stash a bit though.
I saw that. The Modeling news has this mention of 3 kits (including the Sgt York) coming out: https://www.themodellingnews.com/2022/09/we-see-patton-forming-new-art-info-on.html#more
I remember crawling around the M-48 during the annual Armed Forces Day open house at Picatinny Arsennal when I was growing up. Even though I normally only build Air Force armor, I may have to pick up the Early M-48 just because of that. I might have to get a York too, out of curiosity, we’ll see.
Interesting thanks for letting us know!!!
I’m about an hour’s drive from Danville, VA so I could get a bunch of photos of their Sgt. York.
I love seeing the new M48s though to be honest I need another M48 like I need another hole in the head. Got about a half-dozen now- not sure how I collected that many…
The Tamiya kit is horrible. The basic M48 hull is bad to start with and then they added a misshapen and bad representation of the M247 turret. They got the rear deck and engine area totally wrong as well.
Takom’s looks to be correct in details and their prior M60 kits have been great. I would bin the Tamiya kit and get the Takom kit.
Thanks Gino, I always trust your knowlege of armor. My Tamyia is akready built and I didn’t really think to see how accurate it was. I am strongly considering the Takom, mostly to see hiw they engineered the kit.
Just to ensure I’m not sounding like a fool my first statement is from respect, not being sarcastic. Your builds Heavy are things of beauty and I can only hope to reach that bar.
No offense taken. The Takom kit looks to be light-years better than the old Tamiya dog.
I’ve got to echo Gino’s sentiments on the Tamiya M247 Sgt York. It’s a kit they kind of made to look like a mock up of a York, but accuracy was tossed out of the window. It builds as nicely as their ancient M48A3 with new tracks, and looks like a Sgt York when completed.
Maybe if the vehicle would have been successful, they might have put more effort into it.
I wouldn’t bin it; there are probably guys (non-modelers today) out there who built one as a kid and would like one for nostalgic purposes. All these “classic” kits from before accuracy was an issue have value. Even the old clunkers that get repopped by various reboxing companies.
Someone snatched up all those old Renwal kits that Revell released. They didn’t hang around on the shelves for very long.
Hello!
When I was a kid and the Sgt. York was still in the catalogue of Tamiya and later Academy (they copied Tamiya!) I thought the machine looks cool. Of course I couldn’t and wouldn’t do an intence accuracy check on them.
One thing I would like to ask Gino and Rob or others who might know - why is Sgt. York’s engine deck so different than in a regular M48A3?
As for the kit - I think I would buy it if I can scrape up enough cash…
Thanks for reading and have a nice day
Paweł
It’s always a pleasure to exchange information with you.
I believe the engine deck was changed to accomodate additional power generation for the electronics in the turret as well as reduce the heat signature output as protection from anti-armor missiles fired from aircraft.
The radar from the vehicle will make the vehicle itself a target to “Wild Weasel” style aircraft.
Indeed. The “Sidewinders” occasionally seen on USMC 'copters such as the Cobra, are actually AGM-122 Sidearms- Radar guided AIM-9Cs developed for the F-8 Crusader that were modified to home in on a radar emitter such as a ZSU 23-4 Shilka. The Soviets had their own families of ARMs, Anti Radar Missiles, similar to our Shrikes, Standard ARMs, and HARMs.