Wednesday, June 25, 2008

1/144 Hetzer from Claude!



1/144 Hetzer from Claude!
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A nice study of a 1/144 Hetzer made from the Panzer Korp Kit!
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Believe it or not, this is Claudes first AFV!!?

1/144 Type XXI in Drydock



1/144 (Revell Gmbh) Type XXI in Drydock
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This is a very nice and detailed diorama!
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I like the addtional work that has gone into providing additonal detailing and that human touch!
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More photos>>




Tuesday, June 24, 2008

1/144 Future Releases by Anigrand.


1/144 Future Releases by Anigrand.
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Anigrand dealing a clever hand, after the earlier anouncements regarding the german horten, here are some items for the Japanese and Amerinan modellers!
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1/144 scale Kawasaki Ki-91 Japan last heavy weapon - Aug 2008
like the partner Nakajima, some interesting bonus kits!
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1/144 scale Consolidated B-32 Dominator Insurance for the B-29 - Sept 2008
The anigrand page isnt set up properly yet, so no clue as to the specials?
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Monday, June 23, 2008

1/144 'nam PBR by Obake


1/144 'nam PBR by Obake
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A cool looking "Patrol Boat: River" from the Vietnam war period - maybe like the one you saw on the 'Apocalypse Now"movie?
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The article is very interesting as it include a reasonable amount of "How To" images!
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...build this and you can go looking for the NVA "Charlie" up the Mekong River Delta!?
"Adults only: Bad Language and Excessinve Violance!"
or, maybe put these sound files on your phone?
http://www.destgulch.com/movies/apoc/
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

1/144 Resin Kits from "7StarHobby"



1/144 Resin Kits from "7StarHobby"
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There appears to be a new producer of resin kits from China.
Hopefully these are the start of a new range, maye picking up some other more unusual subjects along the way.
They can be purchased from the website or, I notice they are also available on ebay.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Bovington Tank Museum * * * UPDATED * * *




Bovington Tank Museum * * * UPDATED * * *
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A great collection of armoured vehicles!
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I took a number of pictures and will post these on my other website very soon!
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SEE HERE>>>:
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1/144 Dioramas


1/144 Dioramas by Kaiyodo
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I bought these in a shop in Lyme Regis(!!) while I was on holiday (Vacation), i had seen them used elsewhere but never for sale!
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There are five variations of which I have 3. I think they are slightly more useful than the basic can.do options. These also have potential for repainting

1/144 AVRO Lancaster MKI/III by AMODEL.


1/144 AVRO Lancaster MKI/III by AMODEL.
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a nice article (in russian) but lots of pictures(!) of the new !/144 kit by Amodel!
It appears to have
*white metal fittings,
*brass photo etched pieces
*rubber tyres?

all i need to know now is why Hannents dont seem to have shipped the pre-orders?

thanks to Claude.

Monday, June 02, 2008

1/144 F-Toys "Heavy Bomber" Vol.1

3x Specials:http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b86447592
Lotto version:http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b86388602
1/144 F-Toys "Heavy Bomber" Vol.1
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interestingly there is a grey Lancaster of 35 Squadron RAF TW880 TL-F.
However TL-F also had been previously allocated to a Halifax II/III (which flew on the Tirpitz raid in '42) and either before/after TW880 to PB366 which was lost Christmas Eve 1944 over Koln
http://blog.sina.com.tw/231/article.php?pbgid=231&entryid=580738
(scroll past text for more pictures, CafeReo + F-Toys B-17 Compared! interesting!!)
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http://homepage3.nifty.com/8bee/heavy_bomber.html
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"Naked Bombers"
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/zimba_heavy/9576127.html
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There seems to be some text indicating that the Squadron / Serial number maybe be interchangable decals. (unfconfirmed)

Sunday, June 01, 2008

1/144 Altaya prospects!

1/144 Altaya prospects!
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I have seen the following noted on a few sites with regard to further items on the up coming release schedule! - but no firm dates!

#B&V 222
# C-47
# B-17C
# JU-86
# Farman F. 222
# Cant Z 506B
# PB2Y Coronado
# Me 323 Gigant
# Mitsubishi Ki-67 Peggy
# A-26
# SB-2