Spots on the Internet (2021)

[Dave Ward]

On the Roden Facebook page - news of an upcoming release C-133 Cargomaster + Thor IRBM in 1/144

Note the RAF Roundels & Hemswell - Thor IRBM missile were based at RAF Hemswell in the early '60s!
On the Gecko Facebook page - Boxart & full build of their upcoming skid steerer

On the Border Model Facebook page - an upcoming release
If you pre-order, you get the metal barrels & resin fritz thrown in!

....................and from MiniArt - a diorama in a box! All previously released models in one box ( and it will be a big box!)

Be interesting to see the price of this, when it arrives! - and I bet it says something like 'further items will have to be purchased to complete the model as illustrated' on the side of the box................
Dave

[outrunner]

I am still waiting for Gecko to release the wheeled version of this skid steer loader.

Andy.

[Dave Ward]

On thr Roden Facebook page - another 1/144 release coming FW 200 Condor civilian airliner


On the Zvezda Facebook page - boxart for 'soon available' braille scaler...........

Note: 195 parts for a 1/72 wheeled vehicle!
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

That’s a huge parts count for something just over four inches long….

[Dave Ward]

Just had an email from Airfix - 'on approach'

I'm always puzzled by the Airfix marketing strategy - this was released in 2011, was available for a short while, then went out of production & disappeared off the shelves. A look at ebay & 2nd hand sites gives collectors prices, so there is a demand, why wait ten years before reissuing albeit with decal changes ( parts as well? ), has sales of the 1/72 Vulcan kickstarted this reissue? This can apply to several Airfix releases................
Dave

[adt70hk]

Just had an email from Airfix - 'on approach'
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I'm always puzzled by the Airfix marketing strategy - this was released in 2011, was available for a short while, then went out of production & disappeared off the shelves. A look at ebay & 2nd hand sites gives collectors prices, so there is a demand, why wait ten years before reissuing albeit with decal changes ( parts as well? ), has sales of the 1/72 Vulcan kickstarted this reissue? This can apply to several Airfix releases................
Dave

I have to agree Dave, there's quite a few smaller planes I've looked at recently where I've discovered that exact problem....

[Tim Marlow]

Could be that the initial moulding run doesn’t sell as quickly as expected so they wait for demand to build up before repopping it Dave.

[Dave Ward]

Could be that the initial moulding run doesn’t sell as quickly as expected so they wait for demand to build up before repopping it Dave.

Your guess is as good as mine!
Dave

[Gary MacKenzie]

Border Models previewing a STUG III ausf G , with full interior , 1/35th

[Tim Marlow]

Love the fact that it has crew….

[Guest]

Love the fact that it has crew….

That, really, is probably what would make this kit worth buying instead of all the other StuGs that are already available.

Might be fun to make it as this particular vehicle:

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[Dave Ward]

From MiniArt - 'new kit coming soon' and, it is new!

Hmmm - Paris region? Next being Alsace? Normandy? or even maybe German concrete road signs?
Dave

[BattleshipBob]

Border Models previewing a STUG III ausf G , with full interior , 1/35th

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And about time, Germany's most produced and effective tank killer

looking good

Thats my xmas pressies sorted

[adt70hk]

Border Models previewing a STUG III ausf G , with full interior , 1/35th

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That's a lot of tank.......

[Lee W]

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/09/preview-another-stugiii-g-in-16th-scale.html?m=1#more

Should keep BattleshipBob amused for a while, :tongue-out3:

Lee