Tsubame Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Has anybody seen a kit for the AW129 Mangusta with the 20mm gatling gun or does anybody know of any conversion or add-on kits to add the 20mm gun and ammo box to the Italeri or Tamiya 1/72 kits? Cant believe nobody has made a full kit of this model yet! Also does anyone know what happened to the Cunarmodel 1/72 A129 Mangusta that got as far as the boxart stage at least? It looked like the prototype model with the grey colour scheme and a few external differences to the production model. Does anyone know of any plans to release a model of the TAI T129 ATAK version also? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor71 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) Please take a little patience. I'm making the Mangusta is Italian and ATAK. 2 kits will be available in resin. At the moment I can not say more. Just one thing. Worth the wait! Edited July 10, 2014 by Raptor71 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) T-129 / ATAK has so many changes that trying to build one from a standard Mangusta kit would be a major task : new nacelles, five-rotor main blade, new tail rotor, etc. This does not cover the various Turkish-designed additions like the FLIR turret and indigenous weaponry (Cirit and Mizrak-U missile launchers etc.). Best of luck with the project. T-129 video Edited July 10, 2014 by KursadA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsubame Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) Well, thanks to Ernest (Aluxe?) off here I now have in my possession a 1/72 Concord Models A-129 Mangusta which is based on an early prototype with a chin mounted gun! I didnt even know this kit existed! Its not a bad little kit even though it has a few problems. The decals are a bit sparce n theres no white on the roundels, which is easy enough to fix though and the gun only has two barrels (i'd say they must have modelled it off the photo on the box but doesn't take much common sense to figure it's a 3 barrelled gun. I have an old scrapped AH-1T Cobra that I can take the gun off anyway!) but it's gonna be a nice easy build. I'm just glad I have it n don't have to mess about trying to customise a different kit! So that's my 1/72 scale attack helicopter collection/stash finally finished now! Thanks Ernest! Edited August 3, 2014 by Tsubame Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ernest Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Hi Brian I'm glad I get the model home from a fan mangusta. I hope someday to see it built in this forum. Greetings and best wishes Ernest Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rotorman Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Hopefully in 1/35 one day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lupusprimus Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I also. For flying model is 1:32 better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor71 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/6/2019 at 4:57 AM, Rotorman said: Hopefully in 1/35 one day I confirm that I am planning to make it even on a 1/35 scale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rotorman Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Raptor71 said: I confirm that I am planning to make it even on a 1/35 scale Take my money now Please. So happy to hear that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ernest Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Yes! 1/35 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carlo Guerrero Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) T129 ATAK conversion kit for 1/72 Tamiya/Italeri A129 Mangusta. https://www.facebook.com/100170621805430/posts/474377221051433/ Edited June 16, 2022 by Carlo Guerrero Added photo and description Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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