" pe MILITARY ee ae ee ee ee fe 0 ae 0 eaten ed er Tami Fle) eyele| #255 oma hdZM is pleased to announce that we are now the exclusive import agent for After the Battle Publications. The line includes the incredible series of “Then and Now” books, After the Battle and Wheels & Tracks magazine. Prices have been reduced across the board and most items will remain consistently in stock. : ar) id The long awaited D-Day Then and Now wil be sila September 15, This massive work wll encompass over seven hundred pages in 80 volumes. May ofthe hundreds of then and now’ photographs he ben taken xa 50 years atr—sometimes othe precise minule— from when te orignal events tok place, creating unique two-volume record of the greatest combined military operation of ll ime. Vol. 1: 8% x 12 + 320 pages + 800 lus. «Hardcover. 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The original then and now ‘Wheels and Tracks Magazine. the premier magazine for format Fach sue features sores and photos about events and inary sell esas. lneresing and infomatearels on ll bates of WW. Published Quarter Yearly subscriptions types of itary veces. Pubished Quaterh, Yearly subscriptions $25.50 postage paid $25.50 postage paid. POSTAGE: add $5.00 for one bard back book and $1.50 for each additional copy ordered. Dealer inquiries welcome. 'InReview ‘The Shermanator A thorough peck atthe exciting new Tamiya AL Sherman. Uhu! It’s a Vampir! Don't be scared. 3 only Mike Roofs tok at German IR equipment. Dream Machine: mit Eisenbahn The first in aseries that erplores al the cool crup available for your nest armor project We also lok al the magnificent Bisenbahn rail car fram Tank Workshop. Catch a Firefly A review of the new DML Sherman Pirefty a the Mia What ever happened to the Gunze Panzer III? We know! A look at the happening new DML Gunse retrend. E The Mail Bag The readers speak Short Tak: A quick look at what's new on video, in print, in plastic, and generat other stuff forthe Military Minded. Double Takes Mini reviews of new versions of previous releases. This time i the T26ES, the MG and the ISU-152 ‘The Sherman: A Fragmented Look Tho socond in our four-part(2) series looking atthe details ofthe US. Sherman tank Mini-Men A peck al whats new on the figure front. 21 26 32 a3 a7 47 DR ae ee eee eee eer creas in ennai about the Sherman on page 21 and the Infantry set Sn eee mn os nee reer Puen te That cover showed the Iem Theading towards the top of the ear the cover of Vol ane page. This time the US, Army moves in the opposite Airection, Our own goofy homage to VE dayWel ts about that ime again Time for yet another in a series of ram: blings for your friendly neighborhood editor. [fel alittle lke Andy Rooney when | say: "Dja ever wonder”. What I wonder i, are we ever sing to see the big plastic companies release tuff that sever soles han spectacular Does every new release have tobe the mst incre Ite thingever done? It seems that Tamiya and DML, and ta certain extent Italeri have been trying lately to outdo themselves in the SNS ature oftheir new releases DMI has worked hard to bring us many KI" or the really unlikely subjects. Theyve hit the ball out of the park with suljcts ike the Pershing, Maus ard the Stalin. ive years ago, did you ‘ever thinkin your wildest dreams, that you'd be baling a Pershing? “Tamiya, onthe other hand, has taken the old subjets and repreluced them in stunning modern ‘etal, When think about the hours once spent to “acc my old Tamiya Panther A. [get almost as buramed out when I think about al he money [once spent on my Gunze Sangyo Panther THaleri has brought up the rear with its Panther A and this years Berge Panther and. Sherman Calliope. But what Fm looking fr reall those smaller, less famous vehicles. Im pining forthe days when Tamiya wast timid about NOT knocking us ont ‘withits latest release. Remember stff lke the Horch heavy ca, the Krupp Boxer and the 22 and 22 armored ears? Those were go solid sellers. They were not the event ofthe millennia but they filled a needed gap. What’ Inerestngls that when these kits were released they were petty cheap. ‘And even taking in to account inflation, currency rates ee, there tll pretty reasonable in price. They’ still worth buying to. Al three are in my closet, patiently waiting to be built. “Tamiya did quite few along these lines the GPA Floating Jeep; the ‘GAZ Jeep, the Dingo Scout ea, the Kettenkrad andthe German Field Kitchen to mention only avery few. Tealeri was pretty god at this to, AL time when Tamiya’s Kubelwagen and Schwimmwagen wore mere toys, alr did their on verstons that were true scale replicas. They did many others that became staples. Their German 234 armored car series is sil a classic: ‘So why doesn't anyone do this anymore? Excellent question. Perhaps in the rae to outdo each other, the Big Guys have forgotien that you don't have to doit bgjust to get our attention. Itcan be all about economics. You can sll only so many fifty dollar Panthers. The excitement will eventual Iy wear of, imagine sales peaked faely soon after it intial release. We all know a full armor kit ‘ost ig bucks to develop too.In comparison, take ou litle pal the Horch. This guy was released in 1974 (am that old?) Te contained Fully detailed suspension and interoga soft eower with sie windows and a neat little half engine. Brand new, it was around seven bucks—tops. Admittedly, now itsup around twelve dollars but itsstil nota bad twenty year run Tthink there plenty of room to goin this not so spectacular” category ‘The M2D and MS armored eats spring quickly to mind. The old Monogram kits were god in thei day, but be nice tose them done up to comtempo- ary standards Throw in that old Weasel while you're ati wouldn't mind the ocasional soft skin ether. A Mack truck would be cool or how about some other variations onthe Chevy L5 ton truck The Ford on is another Interesting item. was license built all ver the planet prior to WWI and BIB 5 used by almost every major combatant in the conflict. Tere’ the ~Einheitsesl, the Bussng Nag and the Steyr heavy car on the German side. Missing on the Allied side are a whole stable of transport vehicis like the Diamond-T and the Seammel. ‘Some ofthe litle artillery pieces would he weleame. Tamiya did the litle 7mm pack howitaer and the German“Teichte” infantry howitzer in white metal, but they've been AWOL for years. Does anyone else feel the same way on this suhject? Let me know your thoughts on the mater From Your Editor ly late. 1 seems that it always takes usust alittle longer to produce each book: This will NOT always he the case. We appreciate your patience. On the upside, we have gotten larger as promised and hopefully we will continue odo sa. Were growing This sue willsee our Fist significant eirealation number in the UK and Burope. Weleome aboard guys! We havea bunch of new stuff cooking First and foremost a tes isue of MMR Lite, our new interim newsletter. This isone small solution to getting your MOIR fx and our ite way of saying twee sory fr being so dama late There shouldbe one stuffed into every mag i theres no, et us know), Pll deta lson MIR Lite an be found in the sample issue Thisis entirely new territory to 1 0 let us krowe what you think Inthisissueis a veritable TON of new stuff There are some very exciting companies to be on the lookout for. ModeiKasten, Warriors and Tank Workshop ae this quarter most promising new and ‘old names ModelKasten has changed ther distribution structure which s going make all their coot Stuff cheaper and more widely available, Warriors is nev onthe scene and they are blowing the roof off with all their great new 35th scale (and larger) figure releases Tank Workshop is another ‘older name, but they will be broadening their market back into the US. and they have some really freat Kits nthe works, There more om all Unese guys inside Go to it Pat Stansel N I: MILITARY™ atoral Contributors “ee Aeneas fsa carenpondot Avorn Sl echoes Additional Photogsaohy ‘start arate Ten hi ey one MLITARY MINIATURES IM REVIEW i pines baton tesa ml ‘Seened Te scr may Tote epotins pat ‘Pav ir panna ns oe URSTeR Send sae canoe o MLTARY UATURES Si reveW, hoger Poko Serge 2 AMLITARY MOVATURES IN REVIEW nit ny at ‘rare aa es PEE ot apne rps i akon, ara ee. (Created and printed in U.S.A, FOG Publishinga Porshing Patter Pat Stansels review ofthe DML MOBAL was very ‘well done and very belpfl astm now working n the kit But the marking information as well asthe unit for this particular vehicle felt were “of target” have dane some research a the Marine Corps ‘istorical Center at the Washington Navy Yard and Teame up with the the fellowing theory: ‘TheMarines deployed only one tank batalion to Korea—the Ist Tank Battalion. Their vehicles appeared tohave been distinctively marked by a ‘company letter followed by atwodtigit platoon and ‘vehiclenumber-The exception appears tobe "A" Company which hadno letter applied to wiles (according to Zaloga’s Tank Warfare in Korea). DML subject vehicle has only one number 5 applied in two places on each turret side alongwith ‘atwentyineh star. There may also have been two ‘twontyinch stars on the engine deck. A second ‘number 5 appeared adjcent tthe yellow diamond insignia on the glacis and rear plat, along withthe letters “TK Another photograph ofthe same ve ‘le column shows tank number 5 accompanied by ‘tank number 9 The number 3 vehicle also had a ‘number 5 along ie ts dlamond insignia My thery is this the vehicles do not belong to the Iso th Tank Battalions They belong to the Tank Platoon, Anb-Tank Company, 5th Marine Regiment; unit known wo be at Hagar on 6 December 180 during the Chsin campaign The vehicle numbers are consistent with five vhiele {ank platoon, while the glacs markings could Delong the Sth Marines. hope this additional info willbe helpful to those trying to correctly depict the DML M2BAL Add Daverede Yés indeedyé That is most helpful. When 1 sorote the DML review, my nly references were sme wry grainy Xerires from a unit year ‘ook printed just after the Korean way: Good photos of Als area bil more shy than those ofits ‘issin'eousin, the M26. The new Concord book ‘and your information really help complete the picture. Thavks! a Gimme a @, Gimme an I... Think you guys have great tle mag Your ‘eviewsare even handed and like the article on ‘the Sherman cank nase canes. I would lke to see ‘more tu ike that, ‘Which brings me tomy next point, when are we ing to sce more GL staff from WWI? You knaw, the guys who won the war? Now, don't etme wrong [ean still remember when there was noth: fing German in 1/35th cae an Tsay keep coming ‘But I would like to see more American stuff, ikea ood US tank new: Except for the old Tani ‘command dwarfs there are one uniess you want {tospend $1200 on asingle resin figure. | would also like to see US. equipment sts with accurate packs and othe gear wish the manufactarers would Standardize equipment that shouldbe standard Jaed—German heimets came in five ies but US ML Dele came in only ONE size guess what trying toys tha as our Sherman article shunts there was more to the WWI {GL ands our than mest the ee and think the ranufactarers should fle his Hon Villas Wecouldnt agree mor! Some one up there aust Ue you Ron, becase Tamia i elesing Ub autos US Infantry St right ontop ofits ‘equally fabulous Sherman. All the rr looks great ton. In addition to Temiyn, Warriors Sate Modets is releasing great litte Gl figure sets Although they are resin, theyre very reasonable in price and refect some ofthe grat diversity Senn GL uniforms and gear Also look or stunning now US vehicle and acessry releases ‘from The Tank Workshop in the coming months Took for moe dope om al these gcse therein this issue 3 Price Wars: The Totally Final Chapter Taste oad my Chott those of Vaughn L. Shepard who appeared in V5 Mal Sick. A toby shod bean activity that one exes if you are tryingto equate hobby hapines pe dolar Spent then posbly hist the by for yout always temember what are told me one day ‘when Twas wig my concerns about ha much hadspenton models that mnt Hesaid ue supposed to spend mney ona hobby Tha why hey alta HOBBY Sounded ood tome, ‘She yo guys hae ily ote it some loro printing ese where the product aves “ontime? inaelatie orf way) dno longer ‘wonder “who the ellis Ampersand Printing and what do they want” Keep up the great work! Hook Forward wea ise anal theextra raisins that aelnelue. Charles A Whisler a who? Tjst renewed and hav "Von my mang label Des this mean my renewal sin the works 3et hope things aren lst—I dont want to miss ny issues Fike to renew for yeas could Tyebeen Dulding noes for oer 4 years remember he apa faelag ales with he plot ‘ook iN Tiss ast 3 on up tote expensive ‘esa Li wish Thad a eof those tay Thanks fr the excellent magazine Frank Harmon (Okay Heres the deal Once upon atime there asa tle mayuzine called MMR They hada Iii subseription ist One day some meat ed decided that i would Bea great idea i the railing labels contained the FIRST issue that began a subscription and not the last ibe, ike ‘most ofthe other magazines in the Historn World This ed to mas confusion riots, esti: lene, oeusts, rabies and ring worm. The number thal appeared on many the ailing labels lst time was: "V2 1" Beeause our Aadabase removes punctuation to streamline ‘postal auto sorting V2 (meaning Volume Tea ‘Number Onc) came out looking jas ike "V2" And of course uw warne everyone that abels ‘marked with the et V2 were due toexpire. ‘What we meant was that those af you eh had begun with Volume Ong Number Pe should ‘count fra by or a then renew. Gonsusing? You bt "he shor version: the number on your mail ing latel denotes your first issue. V2and VBare ‘the latest number to lookout for If our label thas ANY other numbers after the V2. like Tor 2or/2 youre current (the current “current” ‘mark should be either V2/20r V2 1) 1f this is stild confusing call us at $07 303-6029 (or = ‘mail at MMiR35701@u0Lcom) and we'll double check your records. ‘U you haw submitied an extra check it has ‘een credited to your account and will be noted ‘on your mailing label Anyone wishing to do so ‘may subscribe for muitiple years Those inter ested should inguire for rates. ‘As mor individuals subscribe we are adapt {ng the more common system of the last issue ‘notation, but this will take some time to com: pletely implement. Thanks for your continued patience. a ‘Sten This. Tsrte as areply tothe Clayton Cameron eter ‘on the Bish Sten gunn his ter he states that the [DML Red Devils coud no be used as Normandy paras bcause of the Sten Mark Vs contain these. ‘isis not true, Mark Vs were used in Normandy One sore sin the French book “invasion Journal Pretrial -Gth Jane2nd Aust, 1994 Photos on pages & 4 show the use of the Mark Vat this ime, One photo even shows the ig sticker bayonet attached, which would be an inter- etn etal to be used on figures fom bath Normandy and Arnhem. Stove Hottrewe Jon sir, are correct. correctly stand correct ed fram my correction. Im afraid I beat a litle {oo hasty retreat on the details surrounding ‘the Sten Many and Imean many) of you wrote tosubmit the correct information. Let all get ack to our fachotes and commence modeling. a ‘Ouch! Your light-hearted format and careful approach to constructive criticism st you apart from the es. ‘Many timesin the past we have been either bored to death with single person/ single subject dominated ‘mags or subjected to those that are so obsessed with perfection in scale they write letters that woald ‘make Prison Camp Commandans blush Asin any art (wll prove to anyone thats ‘mentally competent that scale modeling is an art) souhave unqualified critics, While pastive input and construetive criticism hasan excellent effect. ‘on serious medelers to retain their ability to enjoy the art, negative “fire and brimstone criticism can ‘only result in los enthusiasm and dejected future artists [tis often interesting o note that many of the negative types you overhear a shows are speak ing from opinion usually based on knowledge ‘obtained fom thei south end as they gaze north ‘Keep upthe good work and look forwant to sour next sue Tim R Taylor Ob toy Ismell a dialog—anyone ese care to rin in? a Got a problem with any of this? Well write tous dammaitSend those comments to ‘Mail Sack Military Miniatures in Review 21045 Commercial Trail, Boca Raton, Florida 33486: 1006 or discuss complaints problems, wisecracks, teva the Iaternet Find usa the handle: MMIR357O1@a0Lcomall the data i in. A very fascinating Took at cur audience, Thanks to all who submited. your responses. Almost all Shine dsb eame ack in some frm oranother-That'shgely nasal fo ths Kindo hing ‘Before we get tothe stats lets ook quickly a some ofthe comments many of you mate isto al, mos. {otk asked" can you give hepa aay when So dont kw our names” Yes we di say’that yu could ‘sami the survey “blind” We dd this so you coal fee {ree et your har dwn, Werespeet yur privacy. The secret of grabbing these blind responses is that we ‘marked the return adress on the hack ofeach and ‘hen matched his up with he name and address incur flatahase Nosweat We appreciated the time some of you tok to com plete the survey and ad your comments Some were ‘ute thorough with notes on te hack side and extra sheets Dates! We dit appreciate those of you who di fil out the survey a al. bat submitted he Blank sheet st or ‘he prize drawing Give yourselves KP duty fora week. Weal enjned the many comments writen along withthe survey data We actualy read every singlecne (and you wondered why thisissue was ate Me com ‘ments were er helmingy postive (whew). any of ‘have stated your dete for more color and als or irvater frequeny of publication, Bath ofthese are our ‘apr goals forthe future: We hope It wot be too much ange for both. ‘Many commention the nee for eter prot read Jngand thsi yo another ongoing bate Weintituted what we thought wer highly effective methods cn the Tas ise and tured oat to be dhe worst oe yet for ‘pach wel. we ke trying Before we get tothe hard dat, here’ very bret cross section of your comments (the names have ben ‘nied ope the guy Ho about some “howto” articles om applying zimmerit paste? Thanks for spoiling the “Crying Game” for me =F Uke tose reviews of large scale kits suck as ‘the VP menstors and aso a “Pouder’s gallery More modern stuff please —Tm currently subscribing to five modeling Imagine ut yours is the best! Don't split phos over tun pages. “1 realy enjoy the writing I fe like Tm talking toa: personinslead of reading thesis on modeling =L tke you guys! Youre irreverent smartasse! Keep tap! Do you know that sometimes your spelling is terrible? Stop wasting space ow stupid things ike New & improved with Vitamin A” and “MMR is for lovers" Get serious [And the winners are. ‘We icked Utes sheets ou ofthe lack completa at random. The names were ket in & mayonnaise jar fm Punk and Wagnels porch for thre das. The wit ets of our theve fabulous and extravagant prizes are ‘slows Ist Place, Xuron TK 2100 Modelers Too! Kit: (Charles Spalding I, Chala Vista, California 2nd Place a generous selection of Flogil enamels, including many oftheir new Military Colors: Paul Marshall St Joseph, Missouri ‘rd Place, a subscription to Military Miniatures In Review (we've heard of that) Robert MeNaughton, Hobds New Merion @2 Survey Says! 2m The Results Tere are the somewhat sent reuls of ont Fist sur Fest some disclaimers and notes Our readership primarily a North American cna with ‘aout ana/2) mit US and Canadian readers Wedo have some foreign subsets. Tamer, oly a very small numberof surveys were returned rom overseas Some ofthe afegories contained a wide variety of answers Ansters were discounted that didi ge at Teast en percent ofthe total and obveasy) the wine ner ofeach the one that recived the seatest per ‘ontage of votes. So if you dant see your answer reflected, thats why. The percentages aren Usted on ‘everyting ast where the rae was lose. ‘We won't try to make sense of mich of this. ike why Dl is the Manufacturer of the Year, but a “Tsnigahil isthe Kitof Ue Year. Thisis presided for you toponder.The results arein thet traeform webaverit skewed them oad ou forte companies et, This Is YOUR show-—its what you old us to say. Here es. {tof the year, plastic: Tamiya’ This lt got the most es out of many sted. We tabu lave dataon the tp thee aly The next mast poplar ‘were the Taig Sturmtger then the DMI Pershing Kit of the year, resin: Accurate Armour M10 We did realize that so many were acquainted with ‘ve line Goodby guys The oer contenders were cut: ‘us Both the MB 28 and the VP Tem bth received ‘shut eighteen percent ofthe we in thiseategory Manutacturer of the year (resin or plastic): ‘Dragon Modets, td, ‘We kinda figured this one, They've plage away at {or so Tong, their name has become synonyms wih “haste Most improved manufacturer (resin or plastic): Notch ofa surprise, Just compare the BMP with the Pershing and youl see what everyone means Tamiya was second hee, buoyed mostly by the new versimsf te Tiger Tier and the Panthers: Most of their releases have remained consistently reasonable in pice. Halen brings up second place here est aftermarket company—photoetched ‘brass: Eduard Model Accessories Bard has ben most prolific recent years and has had an obvious postive impact on the market. On the Mark Models brought up very lose second Best aftermarket company—resin, ful it: Accurate Armour “Apparel ths Seotish company has really crept into the North America madeling see Thi ne as also somewhat ls, Verlinden Priduetions takings td place This was le surprising to, as they are rota welF known fr tel full kits Bost aftermarket company—rosin ‘accessories: Verlinden Productions Desite the vast umber of competi, VP stil rules ‘Seventy percent ofthe these who answered this question ricked VP The runner up here was Chesapeake Moe Designs who garnered very healthy twenty percent. Best aftermarket company—decals/mark ings: Verlinden Productions Another VP landslide Ove sity percent pleked them ‘as thelr favorit decal pals. Tuna was the next mast Popular with about twenty percent ‘Best aftermarket company—alternate materi ‘als (aluminum, east brass, white motal, ote): ‘This was a tit of a wild one. We gt many different responses but edo Rubio tare aluminum barrels ‘came out abead. The next most popular was the Collectors Series of brass machine gs and actes ‘oie We thought that the category was somewhat in iu bat oer tweeferent companies were named Bost overall aftermarket product (can be ‘any material, bt must be used to modify or complement a full kt): ModelKasten What we were shooting for here was some specific brouc, but most of you jst listed « manufacture. ‘Thats OK. MK came out a8 the most named company with On the Mark Models coming in t second, Best magazine (it doosn't have to be this ‘or domestic): You Know Who ‘OK. OK, we were fishing for a compliment here and rif ot all of you obliged. Tank a Best new publication (book or booklet): Tigers in Combat ‘Ths was an intersting one. About half ofthe resp ents picked Tigers in Combat while the balance of utes was almest precisely split between the Cancor tnd Osprey series of bok rather Uh a pec from ether. Best mail order experience: ‘Squadron Signal Mall Order ‘This was almost a dead beat between Squadron and VLS with Squadron edging them out ony by abut fie roe. The next closest was Battle Hobbies with bout tenty percent Just You reall about you, the readers turns out that over haf of you can touch the tip of your nose with your tongue. We dont kav ‘what this means, but were terebly frightened by ‘The average numberof years you've been model: Ing 2, with che one guy eoming In a 63 years that a whole lots X-atto blades ‘Average monthly budget forthe hobby including tsp tons tis 110.00 US. Some of yo st {you spent a Title as $10.90 per month, while others Sai as much as $50000—HEL too! (do your wives now about that) Over eighty pereent of you have purchased a fll resin kit—that must be wee all he ‘money goes. Over eighty-five percent of you have purchased link link track, ‘Approximately ninety-percent of you own an airbrush and compressor. Approximately eleven percent own a lathe Most said that biggest hobby related expense you'd eve incured was for an airbrush anda com pressor, Those who listed lathe said that was the biggest expense. Buying reterence books was also mentioned frequently. Buying a house to pat your ‘models in didn’ count Every singe respondent to our survey was male (SURPRISE) and your average age as 38 ‘A good sae hunk of you sad you had served in the military, about sixty-five percent. The radon nant services being the Army and Marines There ‘were a surprising numberof Navy ves too) ‘Sothere itis We had fun doing and we're lok Inginto other types of surveys, due tothe fact that YYallare so dar responsive. Give yourselves big pat fn the bac 3}PIO [EA uoapenbg “£2 Book Reviews Tigers in Combat By Molfaang Schucider ‘Sd Fedorowice Publishing In Heard cover, 329 aes, BAW with color illustrations 2 "Das nok 8 A Lor UKE Tham Whig its heavy andit packs a aller punch “Maybe the most thorough documented history of any ‘wean system vee publish ‘you want to know Tigers and what they di, belly to Schneider’ br. According to te author, this ook i the first of two Tiger Unit histories This book overs the numbered Tiger nits. The second will focus om the named units (GrosaeutscMand Waffen $8 ete.) We await the com ingot the secon, ‘Meany back atthe ranch. Tigers in Combat 1 has four main themes. The first is aimed right between the modelers bay lite eyes. contains a short concise history of divery dates coloring schemes and numbering guide lines foreach schwere panzerabellung. The next theme stats each Units chaper witha wonderfully complete situation report. This report Aas day-Lo-day events, changing commanders (even unceremoniously sacked officers), losses, arial, ben humorous asdes (one Tiger actually broke ough inca septic system in Italy). That is followed by photos, wonderful photos, dae of potas, no hundreds of photos. Cool photos ‘with col captions chat you have never seen before Photos that match up quite nicely withthe sit reps Best caption Tanks are mighty fie things" chat was not enough—along comes several se ‘ios fled eth stunning clo lates of Tiger Tiger [sand Panzor IIAUN sapport tanks ‘And las but no least are inventory and loss chats coupled with Organization tablestal gi every tak’s individual number! Oh be sti Thiss the kindof bk you want toreadtothe kids atbadtime Once ponte there was bigol Tiger I stockin a Hungarian drainage ditchTry as they might the bergepanthers simply couknt get it ou aking came te litle Ita augkraftswagen tha oa”) ‘Serious this bok offers some very good insights inuo the enire German Part existe during the ‘war What's surprising’ that even at Word War Ten at rang Trendy fire” was very common, Even er The Year in German infantry tank hunters popped the wn guys Cutting wo the chase, “Tigers in Combat offers ‘modelers gamers historians and any ater geeks more {information than hey have peewousl beet pty to It your bookshelf doesnt have a 5-ton weigh etre tio, this iy belongs here ‘Tank Warfare in Korea 195053 Armor at Wit Series #7008 By Steven J Zaliga and Georg Balin Concord Publications, Co Saftcove, 72 pages, BRW with color illustrations ‘Turan Te seme Aso at War books from Concord had jst acho as we were sing to press onthe last ss ft MMR. We definitely could have use itl Thse seventy two pages are filled with first-rate pots of Army and Marine armor, with the obvious emphasis on the ‘MaW/M6 fam ‘A azeat selection of MES shots as been assembled from the early phases of the campaign cling the tuilkhup to the Inch landings. We were paricalarly impeessed vith the ramber of photos of the sree Fighting by Marine M2 in Seoul Mento theshts ae cleat closeups revealing etl al around Many marking questions were solved by perusing tite volume The photos also revealed the tremendous variation in the NBS on the grou Some are seen equipped with the earlier TO track while others have the Tater TS seal cleat type. The SMBIAL an the M5 are represented on, with all he same variety Living up tothe Ge, EWLK. rounds out with an ‘excelent selection of Sit armor of the period. BA armored cats SUTUs and several versins ofthe 3k arerepresented Asin previous tts the serie this ne includes 44 welldetelopd flleoor section of vehicle pain ings This section mostiy cmcentrates on the gaudy faces that were painted ct MHS and MEASESS but there are sone interesting plats of ober allied an Soriet armor a el Acouplof actual DIL kit vehicles ae represented inthe color plates The MAG and the Easy Eight are oth epicted as they appeared on het respective bx ops THis is quit helpful in gaining the additonal informa tin needed to render these complex paint schemes, ‘Asa finishing toh, there are far Tul elo po- tos of Marine MAB on the Dac exer. Ife had one thing to gripe about, it would be that they are not enough ofthese fascinating color shots Color patos ‘were taken in greater numbersin Kotea than ia WIL fand isa shame that more aren. reproduced here. Tneldentally the color of the Marin tanks pictured Is ery interesting ting almost a medium forest green, rather than the faded o dark olive yout expet. Tuy this bok anywhere Concord titles are found for under en dela Airborne Elite (@)NATO's Northern Flank By Yes Detay and James Hill Concord Publications, Ca Saft eower, 6 pas ful color throughout ‘usb NON ASRS TA explores the elite fighting forces of the North Atlantic ‘Treaty Organization. Thistle caners the mations of the forthern end of the alliance: Norway Denmark; Belgium, Great Britain the Neheriands and Germany. ‘The emphasis ison the uni forms and equipment of these highly speciale forces The bok stiken dawn into seething each covering une of the Featured talons, There are also sections on small arms, antitank weapons and airmobile deployment tates. There sa ‘ast selection of equipment ilstrated We were espe ally impressed with Uhe many shots of the hige German CHS56 transport helicopters Several are shown offloading" Weise fire support eicles Tiss ‘fascinating litle vehicle about the sie of a WWIL Bien Carrie I canbe configured with eter 42a fun ora TOW mise system, There hasbeen talk of this vohice eng released as a hit from Revell of urope.Thereisa range of ther equipment shown to, from Land Revers Unimog. medern sttf your ae, you wont want to miss this one Wherever Concord becks ae sd The Last Battle By Cornelius Ryan ‘Simon & Shuster ‘Softcover 571 pages “four photo sections plus maps. hd rereleased to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary’ of the end of WIL ‘The Last Battles part of threevolume series also com pose of The Longest Dayana saRNETiag avan | 2274 Toe Far These three (CORNELIUS RYAN | volumes: represent sme cf the ever to come oto the wat, Written bythe Ish author Cornelis Rar, they each encompass Mr. Ryans own personal experiences asa war oorespodent, unit his {ori archival information personal dares nd inter views with many of the wars partiepants. Perhaps ‘he most compelling aspet of these ree books Is that the partejants cam range from an ordinary school whose hfe is tarned to chars as the war Stvies around ber, othe general who agnizes over fac yard terior lon ‘The ist inthe series was The Longest Duy Many cof yoat may reegnine this asthe amos mie bt ae tank snot to be mised The second isthe wrench story of the Arnhem cotrdor—als famous il, The took brings every searing etal to light andi one of the best documents of infantry vs tank combat yute ever ikely to read, Both these titles have generally been available ver the years but The Last Bate had bee oficial tao pent for some ime Re-elease in 8 his the other les are new available in larger format lose to their orignal size and with all the orignalphot in place As So might have guessed, The Last Battle deals withthe climactic hate of WWI the bat forthe ‘Stroets of Balin. In many’ was this volume sthe most ‘ampeling Me. Ryan covers all sides of the confi ‘US, Brush German and Sone, which is quite impres sive considering the prevailing olital climate atthe ime it was wittn in 165 (the book is dedicated to Peter Fochter, a young German man who was ied crossing the Berlin Wallin the eaty sixties) "The race for the ety y the alled aris i thor oughly escussed and if yu ate not familiar with Che ‘eal story of how Burope was being divided up at this itn the way, thiss the place to star. Among he an intriguing toys aleof he (Operation elise dossier. Operation Elise was the Allied plan for the division of post-war Europe, spec: fyngaanes of oocupation and the various jurisdictions tf thesonn tobe vetoes pers pant ery lel ‘he war the German high command was Fall ives in iter’ misguied theory that Ue allies were disor fanie and at os cwe the territories they were oe pring Hier had further hoped that these divisions would eventually shatter the alliance and win the war {or Germany ‘Acompletesetof Operation Eclipse documents ell Into German handsin January, 1945 and the plan shook ‘many senior ofioees ight downto thee ackboots. The Last Battle fll of sich interesting anec Ahotes and we give it and its companion volumes our highest recommendation. Try to rad them in chrunc- logical oder—many characters are traced throuhont al three books ‘ou cat easly lod all these titles at most local bookstores Many of the major chains have stocked them to euieide with ths “hiteth anversary sun: men” I yo have dificuly locating them, contact the Publisher at TOUCHSTONE, Rokefeller Center, 23) Avent of the Americas New York NY 120 Achtung Panzer No.5 Sturmgeschatz II Stug. IV &S16.33, Model Graphix Publications Saft cover, 120 pages, black & white and color Ths re Fm Ta apt Model ‘Graphix Publics tions inthe “Achtung Pauser series, What’ that ‘yousay? You never heard of Model” Graphix and Achtung Panzer Wel et ‘sill youin bal! Model Graphicis sort of the ulate hobby magazin in Japan. I cers entire spectrum of the hobby experience thee, frm (Ganda, Goda and Spodracr to military itera armor and figures I fll color extavaganaa that fanmes out monthly and is approximately one hur dred seventy pags ln The greater Japanese a do lar makes this fiaancally posable Figure i such a thing were produced here, i woul cst about twenty dollars appl Occasionally copies make to our offices tnd we have ato of god frien all he cal rw products (we cart tea them away from Bre, the Godallia trea). [reoccurring feature of the magazine isthe tw ge article “Achtung Pancer” This is two pages of highly detailed drawings ofa specific German tank. All he Fitings ad deals ofthe sujet are faith ilistrated inthe most minute detail The series me times runs for many months. Excelent staff Major drawback: the text in entirely Japanese. Major plus a picture speaks a thousand wor Enter the Aehfung Panzer books. These daw upon the many years of accutated drawings sip- plemented with comprehensive series of pots a highly accurate line ravrngs all wrapoed up in seattle package The isn the series was on the Panzer TV the second on the Parae I, the third revamping ofthe orginal Panzer IV subjet and the fourth bookcverng the Panther, MGsals the source of the Pansers al Saumur books which are similar inappeoaeh Aehtioig Panser No. covers all the variants of the German Sturmgeschitas series with each suc sive variant covered in order of its development Hundreds of detailed sketches iustrate virally every square inch test Erm he-V" model tothe StuG¥- The luszations are very complete. Every pos sible component has been sketched out and eve at Amazing two-page section of on-wehicle” gears pro ‘ded Bac variant i further stated by organs Toure line drawings ‘Also included in number Sis smal section o the rarely seen Scurnfanrishots (eg par?) This tras the funky lite Parer Hl chassis withthe SG3) mounted inside a basic armored superstructure Protas and other specs have en very raze on this ‘hice. No ange! A comple selection of phos is presented incluing the Kubinka vehicle and several trarime shals~many of hero area This ay be the Tis time they have appeared prin ‘The ening ory sa seal ection showcasing David Fisher’ terrific V9 sale scrateh built Stat Dave finally gots his de! ery few photos of this ber model have ever been published Quite area. Aehtung Panser Na Sts written completely ko Japanese, bit nearly all the eaptions now have very mpetent English tratslatons. This latest yolume supplemented toa much greater extent with photos than any ofthe previous books. Many of these photos are of eantemporary restored vehicles, This has also increased ts ae aout thirty pages longer than ts cousins Get excited about Achtung Panzer No.5! Two thumbs up ie stars anal that jz Look fe Model Graphix beaks a your load hobby shop or wherever Model Graphix publications resold New Products ‘Custom Dioramics We've received bunch of spify samples of new accessory and bulding ‘ems. Cobblestone Sidewalk # CD-0,sawersatile it containing four Straight sections f sidewalk cast white plaster. Two ‘orner sections are povided. one inside and one ou ‘Se 1505 retal. This fs part of CDs lege “Urban Series” which i designed o allow the modeler to cre fate a variety of ity seapes with several different buildings and accessories Many of the buildings inthis series als gve you the option of emstrueting them undamaged KNEE-TOE! Also provided in sample form was a sue wheat It le 10-00 scale Governmental Building Ruin. CD ‘O01 This dle Beauty sll of inate nd orate otis emiey est tan resin an would be pe {eet for any 1/87 wo /72scale dorama, S50 real The guys from te “eat White Nort also have ‘wo new Tallan Buildings to add to their already textensive rang These are CD17, which sa kind of {owe rin complete with ex shaped fountain, and D> 158 which isa ila ype ruin that ineladespre-coored tof sections resin deals and a courtyard sectons These predicts wil be availabe in the fall-Names ae pecng are TBA, ‘Something completely ew from CD is 1/5th scale German replacement head set There are our different heads, two of which are wearing the ‘Stahlhelm” Two sets are prorided in each pack seal vale: Lonk for number CD-S02 an real ot $505. avaliable now ‘heck ot Custom Dis utracoot, fll olor eat log to get completely acquainted with thelr lin Creve info ad her details ean be foun in the (stom Dioramics’ ad on page Dragon Dragon has been abit quiet as of at, bt to those of you mho havent heard let ts catch you tp The Super, ultra Huge seeret release 6050 will be the German Jagdtiger. Nov exactly what_we were ‘expecting bat will be welcome nevertheless Atta: ly aceurate one as never been done and ii upto DML current standards it wil be a treat, This should ‘oavalale right nse There was a well publicized contest to gues the subj ofthis Dragon’ fifth armor kit Here ae the tests of the contest Ist prac: Sr; Yasue Ishiguro of Japan Mr Tehguro win the entre collection of Dragos 100 diferent 1/35 seale military hts, inludig kit ‘number 5, 2nd prize: Mr: James A. Forbus USA Mr Portus sins the entre collection of Dragons 50 different 1/35 seale armor Kits, including Kit ‘ube St There were also thirteen winners of (6d, but space does not permit sting each of them here Congratulations t al! The next scheduled “regula” kt release isa JS This sa veal interesting ehie fora it I i doesnt ting bell, i the very early version of the 38 series that mounied the men gun, The frontend was abit ‘Afferent to, This will be an excellent addition to DDMLS Line of WWUISoviet stuff. Just think. we wanted a JS for years and now we have six to choose from (Ghats 38, 28thm, JS Chinese Volunteer, U2 SUsgand now 381). This is listed as 6052 and will be a September felease. Price TBA. Hey wail Wis that G05TWO? ‘What apy uo 6051? Something to ponder while‘ore ling for your superglue [DML has gnerated lot of hub-bub omer thelr scgaston ofthe Gunze Sangyo line of armor prot ‘ets I you havent earl abot thi, hey wil be ee releasing these items with all ofthe bras ard etal pars rely ocd in plas, The fis she Pane J, reviewed in this book Next up will ho the early ‘Jagdpanther (902) This was one of the beter Gunze Kis and we'e faking forward tot arrival The price wll be S778 Sure beats SLDDO? The Jagdpanther Showld be out any minute Alf these ies wl bein the Imperial Series and they were ied in thecal this order 13 Stu UL f8, 011, StuG IHG *sturmhalbetze;” 95, Panzer IIL M/N and IV, Late Panther-command version, The oer of their release is somewhat di ferent. Next up is he StuG G (B01) This s slates for September release and will be priced at 85.8 Next is Wt, the Jagdpanther late (Sdkf2. 178). This is a September/Oetaber release and the retail will be 1798 Prices and procs release dates on the remain ingitems are all TBA. AMT of these tems wil stil be sold in Japan under the Grae Sangyo label. while in Europe they willbe ‘old under the Revell name bears repeating fom las time thatthe folowing ats wer listed in Dragons 5 catalog but ave not yet ten announces Flakpanzer 1V (Sem) Kagelblitz and the Sturmgeschatz V (late). Numbers 40 an Sit respectively. Release dates and prices TBA. We ‘sume sometime ths yea ‘N'GSC9 Figur set has ben announces. This wil be snother in the sores of special reaction force sts, {hs ne Heng the German SRE. Tas item number (505 anit wil etal for 8850 ne big scale sul, we're sling waling om the final iste tem le, Sereaming Eagle, Normandy 1944. This item wil bea September release with & 8146 retail These sets all have prove themselves be worth the price and we lok forward ta more, Se he Min-Men section for thongs on these new figures FloquitPottys loi has announced its al new Une of acres called POLLY Seale POLLY Scale acrylics have been in development for over three years and this aco Pletely new Tormula rom the earlier Polly’ aerslies ‘We had the opportunity to test tthe ew colors tnd we must say we like ‘em! We used POLLY Seale to Coat al the figures appearing in Ube Mink-Men section bi this. The pat performs very well and tse of Soa who didnt prefer Polly may as fl in xe with POLLY Seale. First the paint has litle or no discernible wor We used i with both the recommended thinner (Gui des have sight edr) anv with disilied ‘water Both gave excellent result The paint sprayed very well and seems to have ‘much beter adherence capabilites than Polly’ (its much harder to get off your hands te). covered more quickly and stock much beter, giving an almost ‘Selet sooth finish These sme adherence factors were present when bashing the pint on Many here elt hat this was the best adhering acrylic paint they’ had ever used In some ‘ay itperformed ike an enamel and the added ams of water clean-up make tal he more attractive ‘ceoeding tthe data we have received from log, the POLLY Scale paints wil mix withthe older Pally colors, However edd et chance to try {hs out Well Keep you appraised on this in a future iss of MOOR ThePOLLY Scale ine wil itll consis of 30m itary and 90 railroad colors with an ational 200 Items to follow next yer. There te to love by ty ing bottle out The 1/2 oz bottles wil etal for $0 an the Loz, $240, Along withthe colors clay, lat and Satin finishes will also be sold These wil be offered in (he 1/20 totes fr 1.70 each, Wetdink you wont be Alsappointed. ‘The other exiting news fom Ful this ear is der introduction of The Floquil Military Color Guide. This guide will contain ower 15 chapters and factual paint chips for nearly 30) Plog enamels tmatchet to orginal cole samples and stand Standards illic: Federal Standard FS 5 US, WWIT Army-Navy (A/N) pes and German WWI RlMorders. Tndivkal entries wil feature outof the bottle ‘eamouflage matches and approximations forall mar ‘combatants since IM Paseo us ths smal digression: 8 THIS COOL (OR WHAT We can walt og ont hands on this! ‘The Flog Military olor Guide wil available in the form of approximately 100 shrink rapes se leaf pages and thisincldes the actual color chips This wil retail for $2900 (postpaid) and wil be available exclusively from FloqukPolly $ Color Corp, 4715 STUY. Amsterdam NY 120107417, Telephone (518) ‘5.10, Payment can be by money order, MasterCard or VBA Frederick J. Tyson Presents If youhave never beard this company, werehere totell you they have quite an interesting product Ine Frederick J Tyson Presents spocalze in unique cae spay replicas of literally al types of wicks Their Tine includes an extensive series of ater and space raft repleas arapor and soft skin miltary veils, Figure constracton equipment and sup replicas ‘en arshipmodekTheeatalogis worth look, asthe Tine rly nds to be see ta be belies What go our attenion recently was What Frederick J Tyson Presents wll be bringing in the new V2 seale Tamiya M1025 Humane. Asso of Sou may know this Kt a interesting combination of Kit and eae replica. They wl be offering in two vas tins ut of fully assembled ina ease. The pice is $1005 anil and he bul aid ase version sell for i095, They wil also oer acer opons a ana tional cost such as csom paint sand alternative mmarkingoptions The vehicles arecureatly shipping US Marine Corps temperate marking Thos types of hybrid Ks ate benning to occupy a fascinating niche in oar hoi Lonk for Pederick 3 Tyson Presentstocffer other ypesof veils like this Inthe near future A Tally listrated catalog and complete product information can be obtain fom Proserick Tyson Presets PO Box 10, Dept MMR407,Corington, OIL SHINO (619) HTH obey Bounties Hotiyy Bounties is Singapore firm that wil be ‘marketing the ol Bandai range of 1/48th eae amor its These items are curently being manufactured in China unde the nane-Pro” ‘We have eeeved sample ofthe MAAS and he King Tiger and, what ko? They are old Barada Kits Way ool "This willbe good news for many, as this ine fainy poplar in its day a the Ais have beer much sought after ever since. Mis of ther contain complete interiors as well as engines, There are currently thirteen kits lists: Mk 1 Valentine; Hetzer; KV-L; Panzer TII/M; King ‘Tiger; M4A3 76mm Sherman; Panther 6; Wespe; Sake 7 halftrack; Panzer I F/G; Japanese Type 74; French AMX-H0 and the US. MBOAT. Art The kits may be ordered direct from Hobby Boutiesc/0 855 Mounthaten Road M2102 Katong Shopping Centre, Singapore 154% Singapore. Telephone (65) 4401800, fox (05) SHATSE Each wll retal for SIGDDUS Postage 10 fr surface oF 2% for atm Hudson & Allon Studio These ys contin to amaze with tet latest dor ama materials We've Feceted five new products for ‘lation: 6, Tall Grass; 54, Mud 05 Pine Boughs; 050% Hay and *10, Fall Grass Theft oactsapreolored natural har pr: vend at fit i ks le cee ine, here thedag?) But cnce ts ben removed from te bag a teed onthe esas ae que one The pr {et colored ina summer gre enor and heer fetigher ards the ends of theta’ ext up Mu” Noa ely laering nae or a small bat of brown pode, bt this st really tors rea Ica be wed ight fo he bgp tetypedtng material Nomore shaving yor pase) Sct Te ert perfet or dng eral areas of Ava weary vehicle Mixed with wae becomes early ferent product (Us 4 owe wax! Ks dessert upg) Mined with ater ad applied ni sory stage (leche term) represents ey reals trea ml We sed ths on the Fae Ion pa AUT grea part aout tisha if youd Te a sol you can wet ndmave acd ine Bough” ae inst ha Lite mini {ire pine boughs Hor they do that These ae anon aoe ee ear The boughs ar parently some ie of plat material a S the realy aneanny thing. thatthe branches nave thon sans of teeny i needles on them. Weird This pot {et alo preciored and the tally conn The prt comes out ot the package moist and Somewhat soy. This au fs some of the longer branches to curve rather unnaturally Arter being ‘atin the afr afew daysthe branches began to straghten out, The longer branches canbe lipped back with sharp sis to reve this and to shape them wo your indidua taste, Theinstructionsote thatthe material may need tobe remuastoned peeiodleally and 2 method i descebed for this These boughs woald lock fabulous tucked all around the surface ofa Tier or Panther, especially thse from the Ardennes battles Dont miss this one! Huson & Allen's “Hay” Is yo another neat tle item, The package conins perfect litte seal hay co red (ofcourse ike hay (he) hiss the prec thing facany fam scene and it would look great inex atl on the ground I also ga for camo stations Uke fantitank guns and teams seh as those seen in Normandy The final prot is “all Gras” a thsis ident al tothe Tall Gras item exept fr its color which s Shades of light bre, ‘Al the Haas & Allen product represent terrific ‘aloe for theron. rho Ulises tal for ‘aly $45--and this inches pstagen the US Theyre ‘worth Jt mort oop, bat deel De Find all Hudson & Allen prods at your favorite hub shop or order direc a PO Bex S21, Nochwste, MLASA157. (50) 651-250, Fax (10) 615000 im Shirtey Procuctions, ISP has entered te ig ki busines in wel in ig: Tle fist armor Kt was hmm MAL Tiss a compete kit moded all in resin. To give you an Impression of 1/160 sole armor ki, this one me sures about 19 inches long and about 9 inches wide. I ‘igh in ata hefty ten pou and the bx contains ‘et 290 parts. This tem number JSP and it will set Source hunt ar (800.0), ‘The newest item available i the German WWI 251/D halferack. This sien number JSPOL3 and it etal for S50 ‘Taree more fl kts wil oll this year and they ane JSPOM, Soviet T2ML (617500) J8P015, M6OA3 (500.0) an PONG, MB Halftrack (895.00) ‘They intend wo release yet anceherkithisyear and they are looking for suggestions, So bombard them withall your ideas! An extensive array of accessory items is also on line, The’ ange fom pack a rates to small ams and 50 cal NG. Postage on ISP Kits $500 forte aecessry items, ‘and $1600 for the anger kits This is for domestic ‘stage only and frog orders son ad 15% of the focal order, JSP makes it real easy—they take MasterCar, VISA and AMEX. You may aso purchase by wire transfer through the Huntingion Bank, Maitland, Ford USA. ABAWO)SII2N@, account nun ‘ber 50121 you go this he agadidea to warn JSP that your do the way "Contact then at Sim Shirley Provctions 120 Visa (Oak Drive, Longwood Florida ne (4) 1407, Fa (40) EHO, Kondall Mode! Company ‘Who? KMC you know the guysin Miami doesnt ring a bell) Wal theresa tof at intersting tory Ichind his one KMC is made up of two Velinden alu ‘sone of whorn i Wily Peters. And es he a rea uy and nat amade up name ike we tho He and his partner picked, ofall places, the sun ‘aed streets suburban Mal to set sop. Quite a change from Belgium we think ‘They are prong a small range of 125th scale ‘pret th mere (it said on the way. "The first four tems have ben sent to our ofens and in advance of & complete review we offer the fo: mngaberations, The fist product, is'a farm eat, the type you might se in any European setting 1 carefully cast in tan resin and would make a ery nice aditon toany dorama The second item i hand top converscn for the Tamiya MISI"Mutt* (noone ever realy elledithat, ‘but.) Thisisthe common MP configuration and the kit contains the top, door, warning light ad post, and a Small shest of photo-tehed bras to form the antenna ‘mount and other small pieces This is beautifully simple ite conversion and would make great “weok ender” projet. Third up sa cetaling st forthe ale M109 SPG, The kit inelodes a gly dette resin um barre, muzzle brake and base, alongwith pats for the commanders hatch and tear stowage. Long. over Ade help for this ki ‘and sre tobe pop Tar with the madern armor buffs "The fourth item is the small Tem infantry gun used by the Germans early in the war. This complete ‘i with esi and potoetched parts, ‘The advance photos ofall these tems ok pretty gcd and wer anxious to getout hands on ono()st oF ‘minute or so-hoest) for a more detailed peck. Allof the pratocs provided wer very nicely dane ‘and KMC shouldbe pro hese frst efforts They are worlds abive mucho the competion The instructions, in parila, were sexy sek, They all cantained very Skilflly drawn exploded “view rawings. willbe Interesting to. se what the fotare rings from hist eel group Pricing ‘unl ara on al tems are TBA Wehave ben asked to refer dealer inquires to Pan American Distebutors, 1975 NW th Stee, Mian FL 153194 They will be handling all hobby skp and wholesale matters fyoa wish contact KMCin regards to comments, criticisms oF request, they can be contacted a Kendall Model Company’ c/o 18496 South Dixie Highway, Bex 3 Miami FL S57 etn ‘We have received notification of the following new yummies fom the rein machines a Kirin, Al In1/3th ale ‘\ Quad Gun Truck Conversion is number 2352, This will most Likely be another conversion for the AFV Club MB truck with the addition of the quad caliber ear mount. Ts guy wil etal fr S38, Next a 7-90 conversion and this will be ai-on reactive armor and ler bits to upgrade theDML TD) tothe curren Russian MBT. Retail TBA, uber 2502) is Israeli Mechanized Infantry 1980 This wile two full figures anda half figure for tse on and around a rlitary vehicle. 2908 eal. Full Metal dacket is the tle of item number 25002 and this willbe a thee figuce vignette of {wo Vietnamera Marines assisting a wounded bud. Sounds like a gos one S288. ‘One 1/16 seal Kem on the list is Wittmann & Wall, Villers Bocage, 1944. This will dept Paaer sce Michael Wittmann and his loader, Balthasar “Bob? Wo How you get “Baby” from Balthasa's silla mystery What you do pts two figures pose to tepresent the cee (or prt of) athe tme of thle famous bat at the Vis Bocage No photos were available at press time and all release dates are TBA. Well bring you moe info ast becomes aval MB Models MB has finally announced its long-awaited British Mk VI Light Tank This will be a complete ‘it with ModelKasten tracks and brass fenders [twill retall for S155 and sumer MB-WO77. The prerse Feleace dale 8 TBA ‘MB wil release series of conversions over the next several months for the new DML Panzer I J ‘These wil be MEI Panzer TE; MB12) Pana LP. M802, Panzer 1G MUs121, Panzer IG and ‘MB AI22 Panzer TIL H. Each will consist of new ‘upper hall and tare in resin with various white etal arcesoes Find MB products t your lca bly sho Modatkasten Well you ean say that this hobby is fll of su prises. Jt wen we had jut about writen off our friends at ModelKaster dae to track sels thal est 8850 things soem tobe lose Up The distribution arrangements of all these prod ucts have suddenly and abeuply changed, What this means is thatthe prices have all crashed right back dwn and avalaiity wil finally be widespread. While were on the sujet let us take this port nity to reaoquaiat you with the products. The MoelKaste ine is composed of basically four differ ent types of products the non-workahle tracks series} the workable tack sets "SK" series) replace ment roadbed sets CW" series) and super detailing sets These have stk numbers tha tart witha BGM oran a,