Monthly Archives: September 2010
There But For The Grace Of God ….
Next month Tamiya is re-releasing their old 1/25 scale Jagdpanther kit. This in itself isn’t that exciting as the kit itself, along with the Academy clone, isn’t an overly inspiring kit by today’s standard, but then it is almost 30 … Continue reading
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Coming Soon From Dragon Models Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.E France 1940
Looks like DML have a new theme going on with a new Pz.Kpfw.III following hot on the heels of a matched tank crew, both based around the battle for France in 1940. This one ( Kit no: 6631 ) is a … Continue reading
Coming Soon From Dragon Models Ghost Division Tank Crew Blitzkrieg 1940 ( Kit no. 6654 )
Looks like a rather nice set of early war panzer crew on the way, time to start dusting off the Pz.Kpfw.I/II and Sd.Kfz.232 kits. Entitled “Ghost Division” ( 7th Panzer Division ) these could be used for any early war … Continue reading
Coming Soon From Tamiya Pz.Kpfw.35(t) ( Kit No. 25112 )
More details and images are now available on this kit, and as rumoured this one is indeed a reboxing of the CMK kit together with extras in the way of tools, jerry cans and a commander figure from Tamiya. The … Continue reading
Coming Soon From MiniArt Models GAZ-AAA Family Wheels Set
This kit ( Kit number 35122 ) contains 144 parts to make twelve wheels for Russian guns and vehicles, including the GAZ-05, GAZ-AAA, BA – 3/6/10 Armoured Cars and SU-12. Each wheels has a separate tyre made up of seven slices. As … Continue reading
Coming Soon From Tamiya – Finnish Army Sturmgeschutz III Ausf. G
Finally got official photos for this which puts paid to having to collate various rumours ( my own included, sorry folks for the bits I got wrong ). So looks like Tamiya decided to not be overly adventurous by updating … Continue reading
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Kit Review : Tasca U.S. Sherman M4A3E8 “Easy Eight” w/T66 Tracks
Tasca is a Japanese manufacturer who specialise in Sherman variants as well as a few minor German armour offerings. They aren’t a prolific manufacturer but what they make are generally condidered to be the best Sherman kits available, and deservedly so. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged sherman m4a3e8 easy eight, Tasca 35020, Tasca Sherman, Tasca Sherman M4A3E8
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Dragon Models Early Production StuG.IV With Zimmerit Built Up Photos
DML have put out photos of their Early StuG.IV With Zimmerit ( kit no. 6576 ). click images to enlarge ( opens in new window )
A Very Welcome New Work In Progress From MiniArt – British Tank Riders ( NW Europe )
Now here’s a kit I really like the look of and one I can see being very popular. This new WIP ( kit number 35118 ) follows on from the British Tank Riders set aimed at the Western Desert with … Continue reading
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Tagged Miniart 35118, MiniArt British Tank Riders NW Europe
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Dragon Models Sd.Kfz.7 with Crew Built Up Photos
For what it’s worth, it at least shows how the vehicle looks ( and it does look good ) though personally I would have liked to see the built up crew too. Click images to enlarge ( opens in new window … Continue reading
New Action Figure From Dragon Just Because It’s Cool
Now usually 1/6 releases won’t get a look in here unless I’m feeling generous or it’s particularly interesting, so this one makes it on count two because you have to admit this is just really cool looking. 1/6 Straydog-Kerberos Panzer … Continue reading
New, Newish, and Back Again From Italeri For September
On the shelves this month from Italeri are a rather nice looking little sub, a Hybrid Tiger ( I’m trying to avoid passing judgment this early but it does just look like a cobbling together of older kit parts ), and … Continue reading
