Spots on the Internet (2021)

[Steve Brodie]

Coming 'back' from Italeri -



Nice review on Modelling News - https://www.themodellingnews.com/202...-usn.html#more

[Dave Ward]

On the ICM Facebook page - Their 1/16 Gladiator figure fully painted...........

I have difficulty painting faces - no problem with this! - but what about all the other flesh?
Dave

[Lee W]

Interesting couple from Takom, I like the look of the T3 and Fug...



Lee

[Ian M]

I see that Eduard are now also venturing into the market with 3D printed 'decals'.....

[Steve Brodie]

On the ICM Facebook page - Their 1/16 Gladiator figure fully painted...........
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I have difficulty painting faces - no problem with this! - but what about all the other flesh?
Dave

Cover him in Blood ! :smiling5: :smiling5: :smiling5:

[Dave Ward]

On the ICM Website - renders of upcoming models...........................

Swedish, or Finnish Gladiator in 1/32


1/48 British torpedo & trailer..................... what could carry that? - the answer is the ICM Beaufort, due this year!
Dave

[Guest]

I was just thinking much the same: they look like useful figures for all kinds of 20th century to modern dioramas. Only the dress with the apron on the little girl seems old-fashioned enough it would need a bit of work to be used for about any time between the 1930s and the present day. Well, and the two figures on the left are more ca. 1970s to present. Still, very useful figures, if you ask me.

Agree with you. Don't think the people in that area dress had changed much from the 50's, lots of low income people.

[Dave Ward]

On the Zvezda Facebook page - 'soon release'

Dave

[David Lovell]

I like that Dave looks like it could be right up your street ,that conning tower steals the whole show....mmm I can feel some fathers day coming on. Dave.

[David Lovell]

Just noticed as well wouldn't want his job ,the poor fool they've sent up with the semaphore flags be nice if he came with the kit. Dave

[Dave Ward]

Revell seem to have a habit of sliding out releases without much fanfare - but probably since these are reboxings

This is a rebox of the original Zvezda model.....................

.........and this is a repop of the ICM model.
If you are in the market for either of these models, it pays to check prices on the original & the Revell versions - just a quick look, and you can find some good savings!
Dave

[rtfoe]

I have a modelling friend whose an Airforce military attache who is now stationed in Moscow. His discovery that Russian made kits are really cheap there and the postage out to other countries is rather expensive. There's no direct mailing via China if you want to go that route... so the reason for the price differences in reboxing could be because manufacturing outside of Russia could discount the extra distribution cost. Just assuming.

Cheers,
Richard

[Dave Ward]

On the Zvezda Facebook page - 'soon release'

Don't get too excited - this is from the Dragon moulds - at least Zvezda are open about it.............
Dave

[Guest]

That’s a bit disappointing — on seeing the box I expected a new kit of Zvezda’s current quality, which would have beaten the 30-year-old Dragon kit hands down.

[Guest]

Their actual wording was "based on Dragon molds", which could be taken a few ways.

I suppose we could hope for a new tool using the old ones as a reference, but somehow I doubt it.