Spots on the Internet 2019.

[Guest]

All Takom needs to do now is add Dutch parts for the Bergepanzer Oh, and for a Pionierpanzer 1, that’d be nice to have too.

[Dave Ward]

On the Riich Facebook page on sale June.................

And a 'Global Release' on 21st June!

Dave

[Dave Ward]

From an email shot from MiniArt 'in progress'

A different mine roller (!?)
Dave

[Gary MacKenzie]

A different mine roller (!?)

I bet they have about 50 types to choose from

[Dave Ward]

On the MiniArt Facebook page - in progress

On the AFV Club Facebook page - Japanese Hawk

On the Kinetic Model Facebook page - 'available June' - New Tool in 1/48, F-104G

Dave

[Guest]

I wonder how that Hawk kit differs from the non-JSDF one that AFV Club already released. Looking at the text, it seems it contains parts for Japanese tail lights and decals, and that’s it.

[Dave Ward]

On the IBG website - 'available now'

Is it me, but don't those figures look rather big?
Dave

[Guest]

They do, but it’s actually fairly accurate:

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I do wonder why one of the infantrymen with the AA version is carrying a Thompson SMG while the other has a Sten Mk. V, when neither is really appropriate for regular infantry in Normandy

[Dave Ward]

On the HobbyBoss website their beginning of month update
Canadian Leopard C1A1 in 1-35


Chinese KJ-200 in 1/144 ( AWACS aircraft - I had to Google it! )

And the similar update on the Trumpeter website
Uragan MLRS in 1/35


BMD-4 Airborne IFV in 1/35
There are others on the update page, but only in CAD renderings
Dave

[Dave Ward]

On the Zvezda Facebook page - available soon............
Parts count -194......
I made the Zvezda 1/35 version of this last year, and it was a real beauty of a model

A bit overambitious in terms of scale representation on the reloading apparatus, but a really enjoyable and impressive build
Dave

[Dave Ward]

On the MiniArt Facebook page - in process
'special edition' ? - is that by the addition of the female traffic cop?
Dave

[Dave Ward]

On the ICM website - something to be clarified

I wondered why this seemed expensive at around the £48 mark, but this includes the Kfz.1, a Typ L3000S, German Infantry, Drivers (8 figures). Odd why it's specified Army Group Centre, I'd have thought these were common on every front!

On the Trumpeter/HobbyBoss Facebook page, available June.....


Bit of a disappointment! Firetrucks should be red & shiny!!!
Dave

[Guest]

That fire truck looks even better than the test pictures you posted up a month or so back.

I hope the price isn't too far out of my reach as I'd love to build that. Probably in red too!

[Guest]

It’s Trumpeter, so it’s not likely to be all that expensive. Almost guaranteed to be cheaper than a Tamiya or Dragon kit of similar size.

The kit, BTW, is of an M1142 HEMTT TFFT (Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck [that’s the basic truck] Tactical Fire Fighting Truck), and is kit no. 01067, both according to a Trumpeter “New Releases 2019” flyer I got from a mail order company earlier this year.

[Dave Ward]

On the Trumpeter/HobbyBoss Facebook page - 'available soon'

On the MiniArt website

Dave