discussion Spots on the Internet (2021)

[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.

 

[Tim Marlow]

At least the instructions might be better!

 

[Dave Ward]

On the Zvezda Facebook page - 'soon release'


On the Gecko Facebook page - no further info

Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

From MiniArt - 'new kit coming soon'


That brings up the old question are tomatoes, peppers,pumpkins and squash fruits, or vegetables?
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

On the ICM website - 'in process'

I've made the ICM 1/35 Model T Ambulance & Utility, they're both very good models - and I think this will be heading onto my want list!
Dave

 

[GerryW]

From MiniArt - 'new kit coming soon'


That brings up the old question are tomatoes, peppers,pumpkins and squash fruits, or vegetables?
Dave

Technically fruit
Wondering if the produce for the crates is loose, or just cleverly molded - can imagine cleaning up mold lines from them!

 

[Tim Marlow]

If it’s miniart they are probably in about three parts for each vegetable LOL....
Fire engine looks good though, very tempting!

 

[rtfoe]

Where were these veges when I needed them. :confounded:

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Guest]

That brings up the old question are tomatoes, peppers,pumpkins and squash fruits, or vegetables?

It depends on whether you ask grocers or botanists

Botanically, a tomato is a fruit—a berry, consisting of the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. However, the tomato is considered a "culinary vegetable" because it has a much lower sugar content than culinary fruits; it is typically served as part of a salad or main course of a meal, rather than as a dessert. Tomatoes are not the only food source with this ambiguity; bell peppers, cucumbers, green beans, eggplants, avocados, and squashes of all kinds (such as zucchini and pumpkins) are all botanically fruit, yet cooked as vegetables.

Regardless, MiniArt seems intent on providing diorama accessories for every occasion. If only I had a use for them …

 

[Ian M]

If it’s miniart they are probably in about three parts for each vegetable LOL....
Fire engine looks good though, very tempting!

And before long you can get the authentic colours from AK' fruit and veg range.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Can you get tri camo oranges ?

 

[Dave Ward]

From ICM - boxart for their upcoming 1/48 Bronco!

Remember the times when you couldn't show the violence of war on box tops!

..................and continuing their line of WWI soldiers - the Belgians

Didn't the Belgian Army have dog-pulled carts for light machine guns?
Dave

 

[Tim Marlow]

Yes they did Dave, and in early war shots they look like they are wearing top hats.

 

[Allen Dewire]

Yea, but why does the dude on the left have a boot sole on the side of his rucksack. A spare tire or something???

 

[Tim Marlow]

Could be the company cobbler?

 

[Guest]

Didn't the Belgian Army have dog-pulled carts for light machine guns?

Dutch Army too, until the 1930s when a Society for the Abolition of Cart-Dogs managed to get a law passed that forbade using dogs for pulling carts (in general, not just in the army). Soldiers then had to pull the carts (that had been modified with a drawbar) themselves, giving rise to jokes about setting up a Society for the Abolition of Cart-Soldiers.

why does the dude on the left have a boot sole on the side of his rucksack.

Spare boots. Soldiers in many armies and times have been issued two sets of boots, one to wear (obviously) and the other to carry in or on the pack; they were then to alternate wearing them. I’m not sure of the logic behind this, but it wasn’t just the Belgian army of a hundred years ago that did this.