discussion Spots on the Internet (2024)

[AlanG]

This is the non-controversial one. They also announced a companion kit that got rather more flak:



The first part of it is that it shows the tank being knocked out, which is a slightly odd choice for box art for the kit you’re actually buying (it’s based on a scene from the movie Fury, BTW). A lot more controversy happened when they released this photo of a built-up model:



What they did was take the hull of the kit Dave posted, which is a 75 mm Sherman, and put a 76 mm turret on top. Fine, OK … except what they’ve made here is a small-hatch, 76 mm Sherman — which never came out of any factory like that, because all 76 mm Shermans have big-hatch hulls. The only way to have one of these IRL is to take an old 75 mm Sherman, lift the turret, and put a spare 76 mm turret in its place. And if you were to do that, you’ve got no realistic place to put your ammunition, because the 76 mm rounds are far too long for the 75 mm ammo racks, so no, they would not do this as a field repair, either. Plus, there’s a canvas rain cover over the mantlet, which is a very, very late-war feature — as in spring 1945 late-war. Oh yeah, and the tracks are of a type that really only ever got put onto M4A4 tanks, not M4A1s, plus the machine gun on top of the turret is an M2 QCB, developed in the 1980s, off the top of my head …

Maybe it's the cider talking but in that first pic with the box art. Is it me or does there look like a head wearing a gas mask and helmet on the left (as you look at it) of the hull?

 

[Waspie]

Maybe it's the cider talking but in that first pic with the box art. Is it me or does there look like a head wearing a gas mask and helmet on the left (as you look at it) of the hull?

I see it too and no cider consumed. (Yet)

 

[Guest]

Is it me or does there look like a head wearing a gas mask and helmet on the left (as you look at it) of the hull?

It’s a trophy German gas mask and helmet that have been put onto the brush guard for the headlight. You can also see it in the photo of the built kit, so it will include that, apparently.

 

[Dave Ward]

HobbyBoss and Trumpeter have updated their websites with the July releases

HobbyBoss

1/48 Bf 109E-3

1-72 Panzerjaegerwagen II

1/35 Bergepanzer BPz 2A2 ARV

Trumpeter

1/16 Pz.kpfw III Ausf.J

1/35 UH-1B Huey

1/72 M706 Commando upgraded

Dave

 

[Guest]

HobbyBoss and Trumpeter have updated their websites with the July releases

HobbyBoss

1/48 Bf 109E-3

1-72 Panzerjaegerwagen II

1/35 Bergepanzer BPz 2A2 ARV

Trumpeter

1/16 Pz.kpfw III Ausf.J

1/35 UH-1B Huey

1/72 M706 Commando upgraded

Dave

Be nice to see the Huey, went looking for a 1/35 one recently on evilbay £211.00 That is not finger tremble that was the asking price.....

 

[AlanG]

On it's way...

 

[Lee W]

On it's way...

That's gonna be HUUUUMUNGUS!

 

[AlanG]

That's gonna be HUUUUMUNGUS!

The 1/32 scales ones are bigger and already out

 

[Dave Ward]

From MiniArt - ' new kit coming soon '
New?
Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

It seems that MiniArt put the wrong picture up for their ' new kit coming soon ' this has been substituted


On the Das Werk Facebook page - an add on for their 1/16 range - in association with Takom

Dave

 

[Dave Ward]

From MiniArt - ' new kit coming soon '
Elite? - does that mean Waffen SS? - without the Pak, they all seem to be doing a dance!
Dave

 

[A_J_Rimmer]

Elite - so good they can shoot tanks without a gun!

 

[adt70hk]

On it's way...

That will be on the large side!!

 

[AlanG]

From MiniArt - ' new kit coming soon '
Elite? - does that mean Waffen SS? - without the Pak, they all seem to be doing a dance!
Dave

Yeah it's the crew from their PAK 40 kit. They are down as being 12.SS.Pz.Div

I'm glad they are bringing these out separately as i need a set for my Tamiya PAK 40

 

[Ian M]

Happy new year.
A new year, a new thread. Please no chit chat. A single comment is acceptable. Once it starts going back and forth then it's going to get deleted. If you want to discuss a post with the OP message them!

As John requested at the start, can we stop the chatter in here too.

 

[Lee W]

Just seen this on TMN

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2024/05/sprues-colours-markings-of-miniarts-new.html?m=1

 

[Dave Ward]

From MiniArt - ' new kit coming soon '



On the ICM website - ' in process '
1/35 Humvee M1097A2
Dave

 

[Guest]

Everybody seems to release bubble-top P-47s, but the only one I want to build someday is the razorback (I know there are plenty of kits of that too, BTW.)

 

[Dave Ward]

From DoraWings - 'ready'

Dave

 

[Lee W]

Something interesting from Das Werks Fb page...