Re: T-50
OK, 99.99% sure it is as Ladia said. Believe Herpa got the completed, painted and tampo-printed models from the Chinese AF1/Unistar factory. Actually, I believe they also got the box from the same producer, as the box itself is not nearly as nice as other Herpa Military boxes. The assembly instructions are half English, half Chinese.
What I dislike as well is the explicit statement on the box that the model has movable parts. This is NOT true.
As I see it, I suspect Herpa made a deal with AF1/Unistar to produce the T-50 under the Herpa brand name incl. printing, packaging etc. If they had picked a high quality "partner" (as I suspect they have done in other cases), that's fine, but in this case they went to probably the cheapest source. Mind you, I have nothing against Chinese products or China. This commercial masterstroke probably originated in Dietenhofen, Germany.
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