Comments on: 23.10.2013

By: col_Beckett

col_Beckett — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:31:42 +0000

models from your link are veery expensive (now i make 1:35 KV-122 from Thumpeter and it cost less than 23EUR and tanks on that site in scale 1:72 cost more than 60eur

By: col_Beckett

col_Beckett — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:29:30 +0000

I also found some Cromwell models with IS7, IS4 FV215 183 (!)(that FV is exacly like in wot but it was made in 2008 :D )

here is the link:
http://henk.fox3000.com/Crommod.htm

By: a.

a. — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:17:33 +0000

there is a panther ausf D in 1:35 with that dvd available too. its 18€ on amazon which is pretty cheap considering the fact that the 1:72 kits are 16-18€ too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:35:00 +0000

wow entitlement

By: Captian Nemo

Captian Nemo — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:04:29 +0000

No fair Woras gets a clone…
.
And so begins the Clone Wars.

By: Scootaderp

Scootaderp — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:53:34 +0000

There’s a GuP Maus model coming up lol…
http://www.hlj.com/product/PLZGP-9/Mil
(of course it’s a Dragon kit reboxing)
In general, for most prototypes you’re going to have to search for resin models, and a lot of time they’re gonna be 1/72 rather than 1/35 and dubious on accuracy, for example:
http://www.okbgrigorov.com/
OKB Grigorov has 1/72 AMX 50/120, IS-4, IS-7, IS-8 (or rather the T-10M), M103, T57, T58…but who knows what quality they are.
There have also been 1/35 kits of the Obj.704 and 268, although they are extremely rare. Sometimes one will show up on ebay.
The more difficult (PE, extremely tiny parts, instructions require you to modify some of the plastic yourself) models still appeal to only a niche market and of course the snaptites and simple glue models are aimed at kids who aren’t going to know about rare models. Also even the larger model companies only do small runs of kits (although they have increased the numbers somewhat, in the old days you might see a kit go out of stock everywhere within a week) with reissues every few years. Additionally, this niche market contains a very vocal population which points out every error, and will compare the kit to photographs and even go and measure the actual vehicles in person.

So, you’re looking at a fairly small market, requiring your company to do extensive research and travel to ensure accuracy, and any found errors may damage not only sales of that model but of your whole lineup if they’re bad enough. If one of the aftermarket companies make parts to correct the inaccuracies you might make up some sales… Unless a lot of people are asking for these prototypes it’s not worth it for these companies to devote the time and effort to developing a kit.

By: StyleZ

StyleZ — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:35:42 +0000

I think they already said it at some point – you will be able to pick a nation for the crew, when choosing them for any Europena tank.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:22:22 +0000

Yeah, M60, a mass-produced tank restricted to CW only.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:06:38 +0000

I hate that the 410 had lost its 50mm. I loved that gun

By: scootaderp

scootaderp — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:29:41 +0000

Buy from Squadron or one of the other big distributors, they stock direct from manufacturers so they carry more models than the companies’ US distros do. Revell Germany kit quality is usually a lot better than those made in the US as well, but you have to research because a lot of it is rebranded or originally designed by other manufacturers. Which is the case with a lot of the Asian brands as well, some kits are the same parts but sold by 3 or more brands, and usually quality goes downhill fast as the design circulates.