tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76493547375229956002024-02-24T21:46:51.250+01:00WORLD WAR 2 MODELZONEModels in 15, 20 and 28 mm, useful modelling tips, works in progress, some reviews and other shit (in veeery creepy English) Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-24895771847618387312019-12-17T20:00:00.000+01:002019-12-19T03:07:59.282+01:00Zvezda 1:100 Sd.Kfz. 222<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> <a href="https://www.zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezdas</a> 1:100 Sd.Kfz.222 for their "<a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">Art Of Tactic</a>"
wargame. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the use for this model is
not limited to the Zvezda wargame, virtually this light recon tank could be
used for every 15mm wargame which rules support this unit.</div>
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But without any more words left, let us take a look at the plastic modelkit which comes with this expansion:</div>
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The kit comes in two gray sprues and as I stated in earlier Zvezda reviews, the plastic feels slightly different
from styrene used by other manufacturers, it feels minimal softer, but it is still hard
and sturdy enough for a modelkit.<br />
The kit can be build without the use
of glue, but it takes modelcement well and binds pretty fast, but it seems
not as fast binding as the green material used by Zvezda.</div>
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did not find any issues with the sprues, except for some mouldlines which
have to be to removed, but there is minimal flash, are no sinkholes, and
any possible ejectormarks would not be seen,
when this kit is built.</div>
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The roadwheels are well made, even the armourplates of the wheelhubs are good. The grid of the turret is pretty simplified but I think for that scale it is okay.</div>
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Once again we have a nice 1:100 "Age Of Tactic" modelkit. The overall grade of
detail is well done and for its price, approx. 4 Euro as most Zvezda 1:100 tankkits, it could be a cheap alternative to
the resin/metal model of the <a href="https://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=5626" target="_blank">Sd.Kfz. 222 made by BFM</a>.<br />
Unfortunately, no decals are included in this box, but "Art Of Tactic" 1:100 tanks expansions never have decals included.</div>
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I recommend this kit if you need one (or more) of them for wargaming.</div>
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As I wrote before, this kit can be built either with or without the use of glue, and you need a fair amount of pressure to avoid gaps between the parts. I used glue, but I did not apply enough pressure, now my kit look like this:</div>
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As you can see, I will have to use some putty on this to close the gaps between the parts.</div>
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I do not have anything to compare this to, except the leftover turret from the PSC Sd.Kfz. 250 (review will come soon). The picture below shows both turrets side by side:</div>
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Personally, I would prefer the turret of the Plastic Soldier Company kit, and luckily it fits to the Zvezda model without any modifications, as you can see below.</div>
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I think, that I will use the PSC turret for my Sd.Kfz. 222, with both parts combined, my 222 now looks like this:</div>
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<strike>I will return with a closer look at an Allied or Soviet 1:100 Zvezda tank this Thursday.</strike><br />
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Update:<br />
Instead of a review I will post another battle report this Thursday.</div>
Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-27183098968177118312019-12-16T19:00:00.000+01:002019-12-16T19:00:02.995+01:00TANKS The Modern Age Battle At The Crashsite<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/04/tanks-modern-age-easter-front.html">last battles</a> <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/02/tanks-modern-age-war-goes-on.html">were lost</a> by the NATO, their morale got low and some US troops deserted and tried to reach France, but the French army will not tolerate any deserters crossing their borders and prepare to fight against these foes.<br />
While the Americans reached the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/15mm-planecrash-scenery-pieces.html">crashsite of F-WTMD</a> and destroyed a small East German reconissance platoon, the French are heading towards them...</div>
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We decided to build our platoons without knowing what the other player would use, what ended in 2 very different platoons, and in 2 NATO partners fighting each other.</div>
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On one side are the Americans, played by my mate Olli, choosing to play a rather small platoon equipped with a lot of useful upgrades. Just read his platoonlist (the M-109, Artillery Scout and Target Computer are <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">custom cards</a>):</div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/03/cobra-helicopter-expansion-for-tanks.html">Cobra Helicopter</a><br />
- Improved TOW<br />
<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/m1-abrams-tank-expansion-for-tanks.html">M1A1 Abrams</a><br />
- Artillery Scout / Randall Avery / Ressourceful Gunner / Silver Bullet<br />
M-60 <i>(coming next weekend)</i><br />
- Joseph Ortelli / Robert Folk<br />
<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/tanks-modern-age-custom-unit-1.html">M-109</a><br />
- Target Computer<br />
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= 101 Points</div>
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On the other side are the French troops, which are a "quantity instead of quality" army, their strenght is the relatively low costs for average tanks that you get strenght in numbers. This time I took only tanks and howitzers, the "Rapid Fire (5)" ability of the AMX-30 tanks would be enough firepower against any enemy helicopter. The "Willie Petes" were useless, since they are only effective against units with a lower initiative.<br />
Just take a look at my list:</div>
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- Willie Pete<br />
AMX-30<br />
- Willie Pete / Artillery Observer<br />
AMX-30<br />
- Henri Delacroux / Artillery Observer<br />
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- Andre Mareau<br />
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- Ressourceful Gunner / Bomblet Bombardment<br />
AMX-AUF1<br />
- Ressourceful Gunner / Bomblet Bombardment</div>
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As you can see, 3 tanks and 1 helicopter are fighting against 6 tanks, who would win this battle?<br />
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After we placed the scenery and our units (except for the planewreck, all scenery pieces count as cover while the wrecked plane is a sightblocker), my mate Olli had the tactical advantage for the first round, and we were ready to start:</div>
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In the first round nothing happened, some units were moved but nothing else. The second round showed the strenght of the "Bomblet Bombardment", both AMX-AUF1 used it on the M-60, and with firesupport from an AMX-30, the Patton was shattered into pieces.<br />
In that moment my mate Olli saw his troop already defeated while I was sure that I would win, but the game had not ended yet.</div>
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In the third round the Cobra destroyed the first AMX-30 with missiles, the Abrams almost destroyed another AMX-30 in a single attack, while the French attacks did not do any harm to their enemy.</div>
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The fourth round included heavy firefights, a second AMX-30 was destroyed and the Cobra was turning its "Rapid Fire" on the very fragile howitzers, not destroying them.</div>
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Due to the "Ressourceful Gunner" both French AMX-AUF1 used the "Bomblet Bombardment" again on the Abrams hitting it a single time, while one of the two remaining AMX-30 made on its way to the M-109.</div>
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Round 5 and another AMX-30 got destroyed, but its "Final Fury" attack destroyed the M-109, now the Cobra and the Abrams were left over on the American side, while the French had a last AMX-30 and both slightly damaged howitzers.</div>
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The AMX-30 attacked the Abrams, scoring a critical hit. I tried my luck and attacked the Cobra with one of the howitzers (every tank has at least a D3 attack versus helicopters) and it got hit a single time.</div>
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The sixth round brought more casualities for the French, who lost their first howitzer, now it was two on two and I already had a rough foresight how the game would end.</div>
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The seventh (and final) round brought the defeat for the French. There was the (micro)minimal chance of getting a draw, according to the "Final Fury" rule, both destroyed tanks had a last attack, but they did not hit.<br />
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The American deserteurs have won the battle, but the US HQ already got informed about this and sends a platoon to hunt them down. After a future battle you will see, if 5 Humvees are strong enough to beat the leftover deserting units.<br />
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By the way, making the Americans deserters was done only for dramatic reasons and the lore of our campaign, those boys would never retreat.<br />
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This battle showed that "hightech" upgrades and air souvereignity play a big role in deciding the victory, more than having strenght in numbers. While the first rounds the French seemed overpowering the Americans, from the moment the helicopter went into battle, their luck changed.<br />
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The Fremch AMX-30 are well armed against helicopters, but having luck with the dice plays another important role, the first picture of the post shows my D5 attack versus a D3 defence, Olli had not even to roll his defence dice.<br />
But in a usual fashion, this game made fun because it was unclear until the final rounds, who would win. We learned some more things on platoonbuilding, and, for a first game, the French fought hard. I will have to rework the US and Soviet custom artillery units and upgrades since I found some inconsistencies.<br />
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In the next days we are going to play a 4 player all vs all game, with slightly changed rules. I do not think the initiative rules to decide which tank to move would not work with 4 players fighting each other.</div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20closer%20look%20at...">A closer look at</a> the 1:100 T-34 expansion pack for the "<a href="https://tanks.gf9games.com/" target="_blank">TANKS</a>" strategy game by <a href="https://www.gf9.com/" target="_blank">Galeforce 9</a>. As usual, this box contains a 15mm model and some upgrade cards for the game.<br />
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As usual this expansion contains one 1:100/15mm modelkit made by <a href="https://www.flamesofwar.com/" target="_blank">Battlefront Miniatures</a> and some cards
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This kit comes in two green sprues, the first of them contains the main parts for the turrets and the hull.<br />
There are virtually no mouldlines, and any possible ejectormarks
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All turret hatches can be build opened or closed, but there are no crewfigures included to put them in.<br />
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The second sprue contains the tracks and a lot of smaller parts, but only a bunch of them will be used, the leftovers will disappear in the bitsbox. This sprue is at least also included in the BFM SU-76 kit.</div>
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The roadwheel detail is good, just as the general grade of detail, the tracks are acceptable for its scale.</div>
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Beside the modelkit some upgrade cards for the game are included in this expansion. First we have the cards for the unit itself:</div>
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-34" target="_blank">T-34/76</a> has a initiative of only 4 with an attack of 4, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-34#T-34-85" target="_blank">T-34/85</a> has an initiative of 6 paired with 5 attack dice. Both tanks have a armour of 1 and 5 hitpoints, even when they may not be the best tanks in the game, they are solid units. Both T-34 have the "Fast" ability what makes them very flexible.</div>
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Also included are the following 5 upgrade cards:</div>
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First we have the cards for crewmembers, two Soviet-exclusive and a global usable crewmember come with this:</div>
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The Soviet driver "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Oktyabrskaya" target="_blank">Mariya Oktyabrskaya</a>" gives for 4 points an additional armour point when it has any speed token. The busted tracks critical hit gets automatically repaired when drawn.</div>
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This is a pretty useful card, since you almost move each round, then you would have 2 instead of 1 armourpoints. Or use her with an heavy tank, then you would have 3 when you have moved. </div>
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"<a href="http://wio.ru/tank/ww2aces.htm" target="_blank">Vasiliy Storozhenko</a>", the Soviet tankcommander of this box, adds 2 additional initiative points to his tank, and, (best combine with "Coordinated Fire") Add the start of each game phase you may add an additional initiative point for each tank in close range. This is a good card, you could push your initative very much depending on that you keep your tanks closely together.</div>
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The "Agressive Loader" for only 1 point adds an additional initiative point for the shooting phase. If your tank has room for a gunner left, and you could spend a point, just take it, since this is useful for every unit. </div>
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The last 2 cards are for equipment upgrades:</div>
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All all other nations, the Soviet have with the "Arrowhead Shot" their own special ammunition upgrade. Equipped for 1 point, this card grants you an additional attack die on close range when discarded. Even when this can only be used buy T34 and SU-76, it can be an useful upgrade if it fits in your playstyle.</div>
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"Liquid Courage" is a global upgrade for 1 point, which is at least also included in <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">the starterbox</a> of the game. When equipped, you can reroll failed repair rolls for critical damage that affects your crew.</div>
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This cards usefulness depends on the dice and what critical damages you draw. I remember a game, where a Panther of my mate Olli could neither shoot or move for 3 rounds because of failed repair rolls, a little "Liquid Courage" could have repaired that damage earlier.</div>
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Following the simple instructions on the inlet of the box, this tank was built pretty fast and nothing special happened while building the T-34, my finished model can be seen on the picture below:</div>
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This is a good expansion pack for the game, the T-34 was the maintank of the Red Army and should find a place in every players collection.</div>
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Combining its "Fast" ability with the Soviet "Coordinated Fire" ability, you could build up a lot of pressure on you opponent. The Soviet heroic commander supports this playstyle too, and the other upgrades given in this box can be useful in the right situation.<br />
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Ending this post with some comparing pictures. The <a href="https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/product/reinforcements-15mm-t34/" target="_blank">Plastic Soldier Company T-34</a>, the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/12/zvezda-1100-t-3476-mod-1940.html">Zvezda T-34</a>, and this tank show some differences in their dimensions, just take a look for yourself:</div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> the 1:144 Hawker Hurrican Mk. 1 game expansion made by the Russian company <a href="https://zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezda</a>. This kit belongs to Zvezdas range of small scaled modelplanes for their "<a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">Art Of Tactic</a>" wargame. I built some planes from this range and they are easy to build, and can not only be used for Zvezdas wargame.</div>
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But without any words left, let us take a look at the kit which is included in this game expansion:</div>
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The Hurricane modelkit comes in a single sprue of sandcolored plastic, the same stuff Zvezda always uses for their Allied "Art Of Tactic" models. You can read my thoughts about this material in earlier Zvezda (p)reviews.</div>
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The sprue contains all parts needed to build this plane and I did not find any flaws on the sprue, no ejectormarkings or sinkholes were on the parts, and there is not much mouldlining to remove.</div>
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As you can see, there is the option to build the landing gear opened or closed, a nice feature that this kit has in common with all other 1:144 and 1:200 Zvezda wargaming planes.</div>
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The next "sprue" from this box contains the clear part:</div>
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The clear part for the canopy is casted as solid block, as they are in most Zvezda wargame planes, next Saturday we will see an exception. Due to its thickness, you could not add a pilot figure without a new piece for the canopy.</div>
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The third and final sprue in this box contains 2 parts to build a stand
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It seems solid and not too bad and would be a decent modelstand if all flash and ejectormarks would be removed.</div>
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As usual for "Art Of Tactic" plane kits, the Hurricane also includes a well made decalsheet for the model. In general, Zvezda produces decals of good quality, but these did not take the decalsofter without taking some minor damage.</div>
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A good layer of matte varnish may hide this, but I when I saw what happened after the application of "Mr Mark Softer", I thought that I messed up the kit.</div>
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Luckily that was not the case, my finished 1:144 Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 looks like this:</div>
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For a gamepiece this kit is ok, it is easy and fast to build due to the well made building instructions, and after you may have painted it you could add some of the decals that are included.
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Do not expect a real modelkit, this one aims at wargamers, the plane could be used for early war scenarios like the Blitzkrieg or the battle for Africa, even the Sovietunion got them via the lend/lease contract.</div>
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In the end it depends on you, but if you need a Hurricane, you should take a look at this one, even when there are other alternatives in this scale like the (out of prodution) <a href="https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-04913-hawker-hurricane-mki--139351" target="_blank">Revell Microwings Hurricane</a> or the <a href="http://www.sweetaviationmodels.com/" target="_blank">Sweet Aviation Models</a> Hawker Hurricane, both are way more detailed, but compared to the price of the Zvezda kit (below 4 Euros), their cost would be higher.</div>
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Tomorrow it is Sunday what means we will take a look at an expansion either for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>" or "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/tanks-modern-age-by-galeforce-9-and.html">TANKS The Modern Age</a>", this time we will take a look at the T-34. </div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> the 1:100 STUG III Ausführung B made by <a href="https://zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezda</a>, a modelcompany from Russia. This is an expansion box for their "<a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">Art Of Tatic</a>" wargame, but (I may have written this before) you could use the included model in every 15mm ww2 wargame if there are rules for this tank.</div>
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But before we are going to examine this kit, please let me say that today it is the 10th anniversary of the World War 2 Modelzone (even when I wrote only approximately 3,5 years in that time), and this is great.<br />
I never thought that I would continue this blog after I had a
harsh break in my life some years ago, but after I returned to modelbuilding, it
was a logical step to continue this blog as I explained in <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/06/just-ranting-wtf-is-rugen46.html">this Rügen'46 post</a>.</div>
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Everyday people <a href="http://www.supercounters.com/stats/1450039" target="_blank">visit this blog</a>(*) and I am thankful and happy if some of my posts may be entertaining or helpful. I think my old English teacher would kick my butt if he would read this gibberish, but </div>
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Sure, getting more models, build and paint them and write reviews about some of them, playing both "TANKS" games and write some more battlereports, more custom units for both games, more <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/History%20Items">wartime pictures</a>, all that mixed with the usual shit I am writing about.</div>
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But to go in detail, the planes expansion and a lot of new custom units should come over the next weeks (rules ready/cards not), the Britons for cold war "TANKS" will stay in focus next year (Easter?), my mate Olli and I created some funny gamemodes (Senshado anyone?) which will get tested, and much more.<br />
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Not to forget to mention, that over the next year I should be done with (p)reviewing the whole range of Zvezda "Hot War" and "Art of "Tactic" 1:100/1:144/1:200 game expansions. According to my list, there are 76 (?) kits fitting in that scheme (even a ship), of which I already have 21 reviewed (including this), 20+ are in preparation to be reviewed soon, but as soon I have time for regular posting, I will lower the frequency of kit (p)reviews.<br />
(If you ever ask why I link to the <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/" target="_blank">Boardgamegeek</a> hub for that game, the official site is not existing anymore.)
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While there is a plan, it all depends on the amount of time to spend for this hobby and I almost always priotorize the building itself to posting about it.<br />
I should have used the auto-publishing function earlier, and now, since I am using it, there are here and there some posts that got lost (Leo 1 comparison), or, like last weekend, a T-34 turned into a Leopard 1, but all in all, it works. <br />
Any lost post will be re-added to the list of auto-published posts that they sooner or later will appear.</div>
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While the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2009/12/hat-stuh-modifications.html">first post</a> in this blog was about a STUG III, I would like to start the next decade of the World War II Modelzone with another STUG. III. But without spending any more words, since this is a (p)review, let us take a look at the plastic kit which is included in this game expansion:</div>
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The kit comes as a single grey sprue, made from the usual material which is used by Zvezda. For me it feels minimal softer than the stuff other companies use. As a regular reader you should have read my impression on this in previous posts about these 1:100 Zvezda kits.</div>
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Some tools and the towrope are moulded onto the hull, and they look good. Beside the wellmade roadwheels, even the tracks are not as bad as usual, what does not mean that they are great, on the last picture you get a better view of them<br />
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In best Zvezda tradition, the boxart was taken from their 1:35 STUG III modelkit, but this time it fits and shows indeed the model which can be build from the box, this is not always the case, for example their 1:100 <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/zvezda-1100-bm-13-katyusha.html">Katjusha modelkit</a> differs much from its boxart.</div>
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All hatches can only be build closed, but that is ok since there is no commander miniature on the sprue which could be used. I think you could modify this but I did not try this on my STUG, maybe I will get another of these kits in the future, then I will try if this would work. </div>
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I built this kit as addition for my Afrikakorps platoon, the construction was uncomplicated due to the simple but good instructions on the back of the box, and this is the result:</div>
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I like its look and and it fits perfect to the colorscheme of the other tanks from that platoon, there are still 2 or 3 models to get, then, when it is finished, I will write at least one post about them, but back to topic.</div>
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This model can be a useful addition to every early or mid war German army. Sure, there are other STUG kits like the <a href="https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/product/reinforcements-15mm-stug-iii-f8-g/" target="_blank">Plastic Soldier Company STUG</a> or the <a href="https://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=4599" target="_blank">Battlefront Miniatures STUG</a>, but this should do its job pretty good. As you can see on the picture above, the tracks are not as plain as on the general Zvezda 1:100 tank kit, we will see similar tracksets in later posts.</div>
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Some decals would have been nice, but "Art Of Tactic" tank kits never have them included. </div>
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As usual, you can get this kit (at least in Germany) for below 4 Euros. If you would need more STUGs, you could get a PSC or BFM Stug 3 platoon-sized box, you would not only get decals (not sure if there are decals in the PSC platoon boxes) and tankcommanders with those boxes, you could build different versions of this tank (see links above). But their construction is way more complicated as with this Zvezda kit and would need glue, what is not needed to build this modelkit.</div>
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In the end, it is always your decision, get whatever you like, but I recommend this kit.</div>
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This Saturday we will take a look at another 1:144 plane expansion from Zvezda and the day after tomorrow we will see another 15mm T-34. Since I have some time over the next days, I will prepare the next batch of posts for the coming weeks.<br />
In the next days I will close this blog for some hours to do some maintenance and a decent redesign, but I will keep you informed about that.<br />
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But before this is happening, my mate Olli and I are going to play a little game of "TANKS The Modern Age" this afternoon, that battles report will get posted on Monday. While I made a small 101 pt. French list, I have no idea which nation will be my opponent.<br />
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But I do not want to spend any more words before we have taken a look at the modelkit which came with this expansion:</div>
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This kit comes in two sand-colored sprues. And as usual, the material is not as stiff as from other kits I know, what does not mean that it is soft. But Zvezda uses a material for their kits that feels (at least for me) somehow different.</div>
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Maybe this is the reason that their wargaming kits in general are casted without any flaws. No sinkholes, no ejectormarks which would be seen after construction, minimal mouldlines that would need removal.</div>
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Some tools and the towrope are moulded onto the hull, the overall grade of detail is acceptable for a wargaming piece, I have seen worse in bigger scales. The roadwheels are well made and surprisingly the tracks are not as simple as we have seen on other Zvezda kits, the Sherman tracks are ok.</div>
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A standard issue with these "Art Of Tactic" tanks kits is the absence of decals, and this kit is no exception. Another thing that I do not like, there is only the option to build it with closed hatches for (not included) crewmembers.</div>
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Following the well made building instrutions, after some cleanup, the tank was built pretty fast without any issues, as usual I used glue but it is not needed to use. In each case you should use enough pressure to avoid any gaps during the construction (next Tuesday we will see what happens if you do not).</div>
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I added a leftover hedgerow cutter from the Sherman kit of the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">"TANKS" starterbox</a>, see the finished kit below:</div>
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All in all this is a decent kit.</div>
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The grade of detail is acceptable, even the tracks are not too bad. If you need a cheap M4 Sherman, you should get this one, if you can live with the usual issues that "Art Of Tactic" tanks kits offer (no opened hatches, no decals, nocrewmembers).</div>
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And (as we see below) there are some differences in the size of this compared to the BFM Sherman:</div>
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While I would not mix both models in a single platoon because of their differences, if you would use only Zvezda (of BFM or PSC) Shermans in a platoon, it would be ok.</div>
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The price for this kit is below 4 Euros what is the average price for the sort of kits. What I wrote in earlier posts fits here as well, either you want it cheap and easy to build, or you pay a little more and get 15mm Shermans from other companies, in most cases those kits offer some extra bits and stuff.</div>
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In the end it is your choice whatever Sherman you want to use, but I recommend this kit beside the issues I have with it.</div>
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This is one of the last posts I had prepared, what means that I have to start another writing marathon in the next days, yet tomorrow we will take another closer look at a Zvezda 1:100 kit, and then I will have to start writing upcoming the posts for the next weeks.</div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20closer%20look%20at...">A closer look at</a> the 1:100 German Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausführung B game expansion produced by the Russian modelmaker <a href="https://www.zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezda</a> for their "<a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">Art Of Tactic</a>"
wargame range. This is one of the most iconic ww2 vehicles (beside the Tiger, the Sherman and the T-34), also well known under the name "Hanomag". Zvezda offers with the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/zvezda-1100-sdkfz-2511-stuka-zu-fuss.html">251 Stuka Zu Fuss</a> another version of this vehicle.</div>
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Let us take a look at the modelkit included in this expansion:</div>
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The kit comes in one grey sprue of plastic. Here and there are some
ejectormarks which may be needed to remove. I did not find any real
sinkholes, some spots are minimal sunken in, and the amount of
mouldlines is minimal. Some tools are moulded onto the hull, the MG34
lacks of greater detail compared to MG34s from other 15mm kits.</div>
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As usual for most Zvezda 1:100 kits, the roadwheels are ok, but the tracks have low detail on the outside and no details on the inner side of them. A quick comparison with the PSC Sd.Kfz. 251 shows that the tracks of both kits have the same standard.</div>
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I am no expert, but according to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._251" target="_blank">wikipedia article</a>, this thing should not have side vision slits for the crew compartment. By the way, the boxart does not show them, but in best Zvezda tradition they recycled their boxart of the 1:35 modelkit of the Hanomag for this expansion. You can see this on many "Art Of Tactic" boxes.</div>
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Todays closer look at a kit contains some closeups:</div>
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Some deatailed views on the sprue show more, in the upper left corner you see the damaged hood of this kit, but it may be that this fault came only on my kit. Also you can see the less detailed machinegun on the left.</div>
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Due to the wellmade building instruction on the back of the box, the construction of this modelkit went pretty fast and uncomplicated, as with all (most?) other 1:100 Zvezda tanks kits, you will not need glue to build this kit, but it is more stable if you use modellers cement on the parts.</div>
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The picture below shows my w.i.p. 251/1 halftrack with some leftover parts from the Plastic Soldier Company Sd.Kfz. 250 (coming soon) before it was converted to a SD.Kfz. 251/10 (I also had the choice to build a 251/9 with some leftover BFM Puma bits):</div>
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Everything worked as supposed and with a first layer of paint, I think it was Revell Aquacolor Africabrown, at the moment the model is in this state:</div>
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(in you background you can see some (also w.i.p.) technicals made from 3Dprinted SUVs and leftover bits)</div>
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To be honest, I do not have any use for this (or do I?), but now, after it was on my table, I would say that even when this is a ok kit (if you ignore the absence of crewminis and decals), you should go for an alternative. The grade of detail is not too bad, but there are some inconsenties about the version.</div>
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Compared to the cost of below 4 Euros for it, for app. 5 Euros you could get the Plastic Soldier Company <a href="https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/product/reinforcements-15mm-sdkfz-251-c-halftrack/" target="_blank">251/c</a> or <a href="https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/product/reinforcements-15mm-sdkfz-251-d-halftrack/" target="_blank">251/D</a> (<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TqPvfVAs62dHcFICdZYMjA-LGScEflOO569I-y5gtj1yqt03FWz19VlyRx1DTq5Z2Mz9yG2b9EjDnGSMk8NxjgXawgZil6cpmhlKscbVchZYoCf6IvpmOo_MjBOpxoQEaiGMw-Ytji4/s1600/acl_zvezda_251_06.JPG">picture</a>) where some crew figures and a big load of stowage are included. </div>
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If you have leftover bits to build other Hanomag versions, I recommend this kit for cheap conversions, but if you need 251/1 then you should get the PSC 251/1 for the simple reason that it contains crewfigures and parts to customize its look.</div>
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This Thursday we are going to take a look at an Allied or Soviet "Art Of Tactic" expansion at the usual time, more about the current scheduling can be found in the lastest <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/11/blog-update-november.html">blog update post</a>. And this Friday I am going to do another closer look at a German"Art Of Tactic" expansion, and this will get written that day.</div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20closer%20look%20at...">A closer look at</a> the 1:100 Leopard 1 tank expansion for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/tanks-modern-age-by-galeforce-9-and.html">TANKS The Modern Age</a>" from <a href="https://www.gf9.com/" target="_blank">Galeforce 9</a>. This expansion contains a modelkit and some upgrade cards for the game. The kit itself originates from the "<a href="https://www.team-yankee.com/" target="_blank">Team Yankee</a>" wargame made by <a href="https://www.flamesofwar.com/" target="_blank">Battlefront Miniatures</a>.<br />
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Some time ago, my mate Olli got this expansion for his Bundeswehr platoon, and he allowed me to review and build it. But with no further words left, first let us take a look at the modelkit which comes with this expansion:</div>
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The kit came in 2 green sprues containing all parts to build the Leopard 1 tank. All kits were nicely casted, and neither me nor Olli found any errors. No flash or miscasted parts were found, neither sinkholes nor visible ejectromarks (when built) were on the parts.</div>
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Even the amount of mouldlines was very minimal.</div>
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The kit give you the choice of either the wield or the casted turret, both with opened or closed commanders hatches. Also you can build the Canadian Leopard version, but that does not count for this expanion. Two turrets will mean, that one complete turret would disappear in the bitsbox (or not).</div>
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After we have seen the plastic kit from this box, let us take a look at the card for the Leopard 1: </div>
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_1" target="_blank">Leopard 1</a> has a high initiative of 8, paired with 1 armourpoint and a total of 6 hitpoints, this a solid unit. The attack of 4 is ok, the Stabilizer ability would let you reroll a single attack dice.</div>
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For its price this is a nice addition to each Bundeswehr platoon, costing only 15 points means, that you could take either 2 leopard 1 (+2 points for upgrades) or a single Leopard 2 for the some points.</div>
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Next let us see, which upgrade cards are included in this expansion, starting with the German heroic crewcards, which are "flip over" cards, what means, that they only work from the moment they are revealed:</div>
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The driver "Dietrich Manheim" adds 2 initiative points for the movement phase. When revealed directly after shooting, the tank may do a single move in any direction without adding a speed token. When I saw that card the first time, I had to think of the "Cautious" abilitiy from ww2 "TANKS".</div>
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"Jürgen Schmidt" can be added as gunner to your tank. This gunner is one of the most powerful crewcards I have seen in both "TANKS" games. Not only he grants you 2 additional initiative points for the attack phase when the card gets flipped after its attack.</div>
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After that attack you may do an unmodified D4 attack to the same target, what means that you could destroy a heavy tank in a single round with some lucky dice.</div>
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Next are 3 global upgrade cards, the "Suberb Commander" adds 1 initiative for the cost of 2 points, more initiative is always useful, but there are better upgrades for the same cost.</div>
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"Manpads" adds a single D5 missile attack when discarded. For 2 points this is a useful upgrade, giving the ability to attack helicopters.</div>
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(Even when every tank at least has a D3 basic attack versus helis.)</div>
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The last card from this expansion is "Willie Pete" for 2 points. In ww2 "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>" this is called "Smoke Rounds", and that is what it is. When this gets discarded, you do not shoot any tank. Instead of that you define a target, that gets -3 attack and counts in cover for that round.</div>
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This is a good card to weaken heavy tanks like the Leopard 2 or the M1A1 Abrams for at least one round.</div>
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Just think of an enemy platoon, where each tank has equipped "Willie Petes" ;)</div>
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The kit itself was easy to build, and the result looks like this:</div>
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There are 2 minor changes made, I used the machine guns from the BFM <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/12/leopard-2-tank-expansion-for-tanks.html">Leopard 2</a> kit instead of the included gun, and I added a scratchbuild target sight (?) on the wielded turret which will get a 3D printed hull. And I added a Bundeswehr commander mini from my bitsbox.</div>
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The third tank expansion for Bundeswehr platoons is a good one. Not only you would get a solid battle tank (and a good model of it) for your platton, you also get a bunch of very useful upgrades for your tanks. As usual, the only minus is the missing of any decalsheet or crewmember, but this is a known thing with these expansions.</div>
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Since the choice of available Bundeswehr expansions is very limited (only 4), get at least one of them if you play German forces in "TANKS The Modern Age".</div>
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"Dietrich Manheim", "Jürgen Schmidt" and the ammo cards included did well when my mate Olli and I had a small game on my workbench (tanks only), ending with the defeat of my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4VSY5LesXsvTBqkf2N0MGttiisqZX-iz6Ra7jrOVmvTkOXEG0JWdETFRex5oKLVn5aiR0MqmIc6dq4MfMgAnRWRcqBaABbR6MexWFtm1MLkOX6gb4Wqz_jm_LDw-J-eG_AU-baA5m1s/s1600/update_au_05.JPG">French forces</a>. There are no pictures from that battle but I will get a revanche in the next days, which will get a small battlereport then.</div>
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By the way, I think, I found some "official (??)" <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">custom cards</a> for "TANKS" in <a href="https://launch.battlefront.co.nz/tag/tanks/" target="_blank">this blog</a>. </div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html" target="_blank">A closer look at</a> the Soviet SB-2 high-speed bomber in 1:200 scale made by the Russian company <a href="https://www.zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezda</a>. This box is an expansion for their "<a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">Art Of Tactic</a>" wargame, but this model could not only be used for this or other ww2 games, the SB-2 was used in China and the Spanish civil war, too.</div>
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You may already know that I am no aviation expert, but this should be no big hurdle to give this kit a quick look:</div>
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The kit comes in two olivegreen sprues, there are no ejectormarkings and sinkholes, virtually no flash was found on the sprue. Here and there are some mouldlines on smaller parts to remove.</div>
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You can build this plane with open or closed landing gear.</div>
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As usual, there is no glue required to build this Zvezda kit, but if you want to, you can use normal model cement on the parts.</div>
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The next is the clear plastic sprue. It is made from pretty soft plastic and contains 3 canopies to finish the kit.</div>
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The final sprue in this box contains 2 parts to build a stand
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The decalsheet seems like it is printed in the same good quality than
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The instruction leaflet was easy to understand and after some minutes of minimal cleanup and some more minutes to build this kit, the plane was finished and looks like this:</div>
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I already have <a href="https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/SB-2M/SB-2M-CNAF-Black-36/pages/Art-Tupolev-SB-2M103-National-China-Black-36-1939-0A.html" target="_blank">some ideas</a> how to paint this thing, but I do not think this will happen this year. And, as usual, I will have to get some decals to make this version.</div>
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I have no idea how to rate this kit, and I can not say if this kit is accurate for its scale, but this may not only be useful for "Art Of Tactic" players.</div>
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Whenever you would need a early war Soviet, a Spanish civil war, or even a Chinese nationalist SB-2 bomber, you could use this one.</div>
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It seems that the ww2 Zvezda kits in Germany are cheaper compared to most countries, this costs in all of my favorised shops under 4 Euros.<br />
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Tomorrow we will take a closer look at another "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>" expansion. </div>
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Here are some pictures of a platoon for "TANKS" which me and my mate Olli had prepared for a friend as birthday present. He had played some games with us and he liked the look of my Afrikakorps platoon, that was a good opportunity to give him his own small starterforce.</div>
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The platoon is made from some Zvezda kits, a BFM Tiger and some bits/3Dprinted hybrids, all were basecoated in Revell Aquacolor Sand followed by some drybrushing and washes.</div>
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First we have a Panther and two Panzer IV H from Zvezda. These were easy to build, we will take a closer look at these kits in some later posts.</div>
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Next we have the Battlefront Miniatures late war Tiger with Zimmerit. Formerly it served under my mate Ollis service and did well in various battles, but now it is time to reach new frontiers.</div>
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These 3 assaultguns, two Jagdpanthers and one STUG III, were made from leftover upper hull parts from the bitsbox and 3D printed lower hulls and tracks. On the Jagdpanthers I had to improvise but they are looking pretty decent for that.</div>
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Last but not least we have a 3D printed Puma, the only thing that was changed on this model was the barrel, which was taken from the bitsbox. Even when some of the details got distorted, this is a nice model.</div>
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To make this package complete he gets a rulebook and all unitcards which are needed, some upgradecards and enough dice to play a first round with this new platoon.</div>
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We hope, that he will like it, when he gets this present this afternoon. (update: he did)<br />
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while I went through the upgrade cards of the Italian expansions for for "TANKS", I noticed, that one card in both packs is double sided, I added this to the reviews. </div>
Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-60949258318496042602019-12-05T20:00:00.000+01:002019-12-06T21:18:35.121+01:00Zvezda 1:100 T-34/76 Mod. 1940<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20closer%20look%20at...">A closer look at</a> the T-34/76 (Mod.1940) modelkit produced by Russian manufacturer <a href="https://www.zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezda</a> for their "<a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">Art of Tactic</a>" strategy game. This tanks comes in 1:100 scale as all Zvezda "<a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143145/hot-war-battle-oil" target="_blank">Hot War - Battle for Oil</a>" and "Art Of Tactic" tank kits, what makes it suitable for being used with any game which supports the T-34/76.</div>
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The kit comes in a single olivegreen sprue and is casted pretty
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Neither flash nor sinkholes can be found and mouldlines were
only recognized on the tracks. The plastic used for this kit feels
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Maybe Zvezda changed their recipe for this stuff.</div>
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While the roadwheels are ok, the tracks show the same issues as with (almost) every Zvezda kit, simple detail on the outside and no detail on the inner side of the track.</div>
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The turret is casted in one piece, but is is ok, I have seen worse. The only thing which worried me was that there was no hull machine gun, there is emough room on the sprue for that part.</div>
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The instructions can be found on the back of the box, and after some cleanup and the use of some modellers cement (this can also be build without any glue) my w.i.p. T-34/76 looks like this:<br />
(I am out of Red Stars at the moment, but I am going to order some decals from <a href="https://www.skytrex.com/" target="_blank">Skytrex</a>, but that will be the topic of a future post) </div>
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This kit is ok for its price, but there is the usual issue with the grade of detail on the tracks, and the exclusion of any decals is annoying as so often with these kits. Also, there is no machine gun for the hull, what is bad, but this should be easyly built from scratch.</div>
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Compared to the 15mm BFM and PSC T-34s this kit is very simple, personally I prefer the BFM T-34 which will be seen in a post coming soon. For that I will take some comparing pictures of the 3 different T-34 I have.</div>
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On the other side, if you need some reinforcements for your ww2 Soviets and you want to save some money, or/and you are not willing to spend much time on constructing them, then these should be yours. There are some more T-34 made by Zvezda for "Art Of Tactic", while I still have to get them, they all seem as easy to build as this one.</div>
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While today we are at Soviet hardware, this will continue til the end of the week. As you may have noticed, this weekends "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>" expansion will be the T-34, for this Saturday I will have a Soviet plane to show to you.</div>
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Zvezdas Tiger II modelkit comes in 2 grey sprues made from the usual Zvezda material, for me it feels softer than the usual stuff which is used for modelkits, in other (p)reviews I wrote some lines about that.</div>
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The kit can be build without the use of glue, all parts fit and sit well. But you should use glue on it to strenghen all connections between the parts.</div>
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The grade of detail is ok, all tools and towropes are moulded onto the hull, and some parts are simplyfied, especially on the turret. The roadwheels are ok, but the trackdetail is minimal, a simple pattern on the outside and no detail on the inner side of it.</div>
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Me and my mate Olli built some of them (for future use) and on some parts you have to use a good amount of pressure to close all gaps and make them fit.</div>
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When it was constructed and painted, it looked like this (the decals were made by <a href="https://www.heer46shop.de/" target="_blank">Heer46</a>):</div>
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Once again Zvezda offers a nice looking kit with the usual issues, neither decals nor a commander figure are included, and the tracks suck. But even with these issues, all in all, this is a nice kit. Remember, this is not a "true" scale model kit, it is just a piece for a strategy game.</div>
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This kit offers a good alternative to the resin Tiger II tank from Battlefront Miniatures. As far as I know, this is the only 1:100 hardplastic King Tiger kit available on the market.</div>
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The price of it is the same as for most "Age Of Tactic" 1:100 tank kits, for approximately 4 Euros you can get the Zvezda King Tiger.</div>
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Next Thursday we will take another close look at a 1:100 Zvezda kit, then we will see a Soviet or US tank.</div>
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Today I found some time for my blog and decided that this closer look can go online now and not tonight. By the way, I am going to add the latest reviews to the reviewlist. And I changed the time for upcoming autopublished reviews, instead of 22:30 (too late) they will come at 20:00.</div>
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I am still not sure if I find some time for "real" content this week, but I am aiming for the weekend to write some lines about my Revell airbrush odyssey.</div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20closer%20look%20at...">A closer look at</a> the Leopard 2 tank expansion for "<a href="https://tanks.gf9games.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">TANKS The Modern Age</a>" from <a href="https://www.gf9.com/" target="_blank">Galeforce 9</a>. This expansion includes some cards for the game and a 1:100 modelkit, produced by Battlefront Miniatures for their "<a href="https://www.flamesofwar.com/" target="_blank">Team Yankee</a>" game.</div>
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My mate Olli ordered this to complete his German Platoon, and eventually I took the opportunity to take a look at this it:</div>
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The modelkit comes in a single green sprue, and as far as I remember there were no issues with it. Neither sinkholes nor ejectormarks were found. The turret and hull details are good, some tools are moulded onto the hull. The tracks are (even when simplyfied) well made.</div>
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There is the choice of an opened or closed commander hatch. Also, there are 2 machineguns included, in case that you break one, you would have a spare piece.</div>
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After we have seen the plastic kit from this game expansion, let us take a look at the game material that is included. This time you will get 6 upgrade cards beside the unitcard.</div>
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Let us take a look at the cards and start with the card for the Leopard itself:</div>
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2" target="_blank">Leopard 2</a> is one of the best tanks in the game. With 2 armourpoints and a total of 9 hitponts it can take some hits. Its initiative of 8 is higher than average. With 5 attackpoints and the "Advanced Stabilizer" this thing is a threat to every enemy tank. To use it you will have to spend 32 points, that is more than twice that the Leopard 1 costs.</div>
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After a quick look at the unitcard, now let us see which other cards are included in this expansion:</div>
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First we have 3 crewmember cards, all exclusively usable for German Tanks platoons.</div>
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The commander "Ernst Müller" adds 2 more initiative points for your tank. The price of 7 points may seem pretty high, but this cards also grants the abilitiy to add an additional attack dice against tanks with a lower initiative. This is pretty nice, a Leopard 2 with this comander would have an initiative of 10, what is very high.</div>
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Next there is "Klaus Katelaan", who not only adds an additional attack dice, when his tanks scores a critical hit, the defender draws 2 cards and you would have to decide, which of the 2 cards would be used for that critical hit. This upgrade costs 7 points, if you put it in a <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/02/marder-tank-expansion-for-tanks-modern.html">Marder</a> you would have a nice AA unit.</div>
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The third crewcard is the "Homeland Defender", for 2 points he adds an additional initiative point for the movement phase. When that tank gots destroyed, you gain an additional attack die for your "Final Fury" attack.</div>
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"Adaptive" gives your tanks 2 more initiative points when you have three or more crewmember aboard your tank. If you are using lots of crewmembers in your tanks, this card is a must-have for only 1 point.</div>
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The "Liquid Courage" card could be known from the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">ww2 version</a> of the game. It lets you reroll failed repairs for damage which is affecting your crew. This could be useful and costs as most generic equipment upgrades only 1 point.</div>
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According to my mate Olli, the kit was easy to build and took not much time to build, the result looks like this, but please note that no crewfigures are included, that guy came from the bitsbox. And I think, that the machine gun may came from the Leopard 1.</div>
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This expansion should be owned by everyone who commands a German platoon for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/tanks-modern-age-by-galeforce-9-and.html">TANKS The Modern Age</a>". Not only that you get (one of) the most powerful unit(s) in the game, which would not need any special crews to be a threat.</div>
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The kit is well made, the only negative point is the absence of any decals or crewfigures, but except for that this box has everything included to give your platton mor firepower.</div>
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Next Tuesday (22:30) we will take <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">a closer look at</a> a Zvezda model kit, a German expansion for their "Art Of Tactic" strategy game.</div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> the Semovente tank expansion for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>" made by <a href="https://www.gf9.com/" target="_blank">Galeforce 9</a>. This expansion contains a 1:100 model kit and some cards for the game. As all other expansion kits, the modelkit came from another game range.</div>
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The Semovente model kit was made by Battlefront Miniatures for their "<a href="http://www.flamesofwar.com/" target="_blank">Flames Of War</a>" strategy game. You can build either the Semovente or the M41/14 tank from it, basically this is the same kit that is included in <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/m1441-tank-expansion-for-tanks.html">the other</a> Italian expansion for "TANKS" and what I wrote about that kit fits perfectly here:</div>
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<i>The kit comes in a sandcolored sprue of styrene. As with most BFM model
kits, I can not see any flaws on or with the sprue. Except for some
mininal mouldlines arround the tracks, no further cleanup is needed, the
kit is nicely moulded. The overall grade of detail is fine, the rivets
may be a little oversized but they still look fine. The tracks offer a
simple but nice grade of detail comparable to the better made Zvezda
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After wee took a look at the plastic kit from this expansion, let us take a look at the unit itself:</div>
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The Italian <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semovente_75/18" target="_blank">Semovente 75/18</a>
tank is a weak unit with an attack of 4, 0 armourpoints and
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This tank can join your platoon for the low cost of
only 13 points. Its Italian special ability which aims at larger tank
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As usual, next come the upgrade cards, 7 of them are included, and as we saw in the M14/41 review, there are no global cards included.</div>
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First, we have the crewcards, which all support attacks on close range:</div>
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The Italian tank Commander "<a href="http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/598888-italian-tank-aces-not-getting-their-deserved-dues/" target="_blank">Pietro Bruno</a>" adds +2 initiative for the movement phase. If you score uncancelled hits at close range, you may add an additional hit. For 4 points this may be a good commanders, but it needs some strategic moves and a lot of luck on the dice to get in close range, since the Italian tanks are pretty weak units.</div>
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The "Risky Gunner" lets you score critical hits not only on a 6 but also on a 5, but only at close range. Costing 2 points, this crewmember can be useful if you find the right strategy to compensate the weakness of the Italian tanks.</div>
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The "Risky Loader", available for 2 points, lets your exchange a critical hit made by you for 2 regular hits, but also only on close range, </div>
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The other 4 cards included in this expansion feature some new doctrines and equipment for Italian use only:</div>
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The first card, which is the most
interesting card of this expansion, has text on both side, depending if you want to use Italian tanks for your German platoon or vice versa.<br />
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On one side we have the "German Support" doctrine, with this upgrade you may add any German tank to
your Italian platoon, but for that are only non-hero German and global
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On the other side we have the "Italian support" doctrine, for 1 point you can use this
doctrine to add this or any other Italian tank to a German platoon.
Theoretically you could use a bunch of cheap Italian tanks combined with
some high level German units, and I think I am going to build an
Afrikakorps squadron including some allied Italian forces. <br />
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With the use of the "German Support" doctrine you may add any German tank to your Italian platoon, but for that are only non-hero German and global upgrades allowed.</div>
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For 1 point you could add a Tiger (for 29 points) or any other German tank to get some more firepower.</div>
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"Face the Enemy" is a doctrine which needs a lot of luck on the dice. As long as you have the card eqipped, that unit gets +1 initiative. If you discard it, this tanks and any friendly tank in close range may rotate to any direction with the cost of getting 0 initiative til the end of the turn.</div>
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This doctrine combined with "Avanti" and some upgrades can make a turn a bunch of Semovente assault guns into a big threat, if they stay alive until they can shoot.</div>
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"Effento Pronto" adds an additional attack dice when discaded. For 2 points this is a useful upgrade. We have seen this card with different names, I think in "TANKS The Modern Age" the US forces have "Silver Bullets" available which give the same effect.</div>
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The "Local Wine" lets you re-roll any one die when consumed (discarded). For 1 point this could be a lifesaver.</div>
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What I wrote in my closer look at the other Italian expansion fits here very well:</div>
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<i>This expansion for "TANKS" offers a nice 1:100 kit with two options
(only one is supported in this expansion) to build a cheap unit for the
game which may be a threat when at least three of them are used.</i></div>
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As we have seen, the strenght of the Italian tank force is staying
together in groups to benefit from "Avanti" and other advantages from
crew and doctrine cards. </i><i> The addition of the doublesided support card offers the choice to use
either Italian tanks in German platoons or to use German tanks in
Italian platoons, the choice is yours.</i><br />
<i>The only minus of this expansion is the absence of
any decals and any commander figures, a fact that this game expansion
shares with all of its kind.</i></div>
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Next weekend I may lead them into their first battle, after that I will give you my experiences and thoughts on the strenght and weakness of the Italian army for "TANKS". </div>
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The kit was easy to build and the result looked like this:</div>
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No matter which tank you will build from this kit, there is one complete upper structure left over. I choosed to build another M14/41 from the kit and in best <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/08/1100-zis-6-with-37mm-flak.html">D</a><a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/02/part-rubicon-part-3d-selprinted-156-t.html">I</a><a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/05/part-plastic-soldier-company-part-3d.html">Y</a> tradition I turned on the 3D printer to try to create another 3Dprint/bits hybrid.</div>
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On the picture below you can see this new hybrid, actually I made 2 of them. After it was finished, the tank commander was made from a British soldier and some Greenstuff, I may change it in the future but at the moment I did not find any other approciate mini.</div>
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While it is not perfect, for me this is good enough and that is what counts. </div>
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I planned to post on Saturdays about a Zvezda 1:144 or 1:200 "Art Of Tactic" plane expansion, but this "TANKS" expansion was still missing on the list. Tomorrow (17:00) we will take a closer look at another game expansion, then it will be an unit for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/tanks-modern-age-by-galeforce-9-and.html">TANKS The Modern Age</a>".<br />
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I did not see that one of the cards had text on the other side, too. Not only that, the same thing happened with the M14/41 expansion, in which this card also is included. </div>
Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-88468758070665343772019-11-28T22:30:00.000+01:002019-11-28T22:30:05.996+01:00Zvezda 1:100 M1A1 Abrams<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20closer%20look%20at...">A closer look at</a> the M1A1 Abrams tank produced by Russian manufacturer <a href="https://www.zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezda</a> for their game <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/143145/hot-war-battle-oil" target="_blank">"Hot War - Battle for Oil"</a>. This kit comes in 1:100 scale as all Zvezda <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">"Art of Tactic"</a> and "Hot War" tank kits. But you may use this model for any 15mm cold war game which supports this unit.</div>
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I already read some lines about this kit and how bad it would be, and I wanted to see if this is true and ordered one of them for a (luckily) heavy discounted price.</div>
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Let us take a look at the kit from this expansion to see if it is as bad as some other reviewers say:</div>
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The kit comes in two sandcolored plastic sprues made from the usual material which is used by Zvezda. To me it feels minimal softer then kits from other makers but this opinion may be subjective. As usual there is no problem with using modelglue on this, it binds pretty fast. And as you will see on the last picture, it connects also with styrene parts from other kits.</div>
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The kit came without any flaws like mouldlines and sinkholes. My kit did not have any flash or other excess material. The detail on this kit is very shallow, I would say in part is is minimalistic.</div>
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The turret is made from only two pieces and misses some details (more on that below), especially the storage bin on the turret is badly reproduced.</div>
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The tracks are in the same style as on other 1:100 Zvezda kits, while the roadwheels are good, the tracks are very simplified.</div>
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A decal sheet with some generic numbers and tactical signs is included, and I guess it is in the same good quality as the decals from other Zvezda kits. You can use decal setting solution on them but if you use decal softer, they may get damaged by it, at least I made this experience with the decals from an Zvezda plane kit.</div>
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When I constructed the Abrams, following the well made instruction leaflet from the box, I had no issues. As usual you have the choice to use glue or build it without any glue, but to be on the safe side, I used my standard Revell modelglue.</div>
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The partly built tank looks like this, note that I did not install the bottom of the turret yet:</div>
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As you can see, the grade of detail is pretty low. In the foreground you see some leftover bits from the BFM Abrams, I tried to improve its look with them (see the last picture).</div>
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And while we are at the BFM M1A1, just look at these comparing pictures of the Zvezda and the BFM Abrams tank:</div>
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Just take a look at both tanks and you will see the low level of detail on the Zvezda Abrams. While the general proportions of both tanks are almost equal, the barrel of the "Hot War" model is way too short.</div>
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(it seems, now while I watch the pictures, that the unpainted tank hull is shorter)</div>
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To keep it short, if you need an Abrams tanks, this model kit should not be your choice. Like for the Tiger from the last review, I do not think that this kit is worth its price. Luckily I got this kit for 3.5 Euro, but its regular price is above 7 Euros. Just for comparison, if you spend one additional Euro you could get the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/m1-abrams-tank-expansion-for-tanks.html">Abrams expansion</a> for the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/tanks-modern-age-by-galeforce-9-and.html">ww3 "TANKS" game</a>, that is (do I repeat myself??) leagues above the Zvezda kit and it offers 3 different versions to build.</div>
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Sorry Zvezda, but I say: Thumbs down, do not buy this kit.</div>
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But I got this kit and after I added some of the bits shown, I improved its look a lot, just as you can see on the picture below (I used Revell Aquacolor Bronze Green on it):</div>
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I wrote in the November <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/11/blog-update-november.html">blog update</a> that I would review Zvezda planes on Saturdays, but since I left out the missing Semovente Expansion for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>", next Saturday I will show this. </div>
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For this you will not have to wait till 22:30, on weekends my posts will come at 17:00 and maybe I will find some time to write a non reviewing post.</div>
Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-81254470729729685182019-11-26T22:30:00.000+01:002019-11-26T22:30:06.667+01:00Zvezda 1:100 Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> the 1:100 Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger produced by Russias <a href="https://www.zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezda</a> for their "<a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">Art Of Tactic</a>" strategy game. Zvezda offers a big selection of 15mm ww2 tanks and trucks which can not only be used for their game, you may use it for any other tabletop game in 15mm scale which has rules for this tank.</div>
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This kit got my attention since it was released, and now we are have the opportunity to take a look at it, but without spending further words, let us take a look at the modelkit which come with this game expansion:</div>
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This kit comes in two grey plastic sprues, some words about the material what was used can be found in an <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/zvezda-1100-sdkfz-186-jagdtiger.html">older post</a>. It may feel softer than usual kits, but is still hard and takes glue very well, binding pretty fast.</div>
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I never had problems using styrene parts from other manufacturers kits on any Zvezda kit.</div>
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The kit comes without any production flaws like sinkholes or flash, but you will have to remove some excess material at the ejectormarks, in some cases you will have to remove the whole thing. There are mouldlines all arround the tracks and the onepart moulded turret, which should be removed. You will have to be careful when you do this not to damage the (poorly made) hatches and other stuff on the sides of it.</div>
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While the roadwheels are ok, the tracks are in the same style as all other 15mm Zvezda tracks. Very simplified on the outside and no detail on the inside.</div>
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I would say this is the later version of this tank, but in best Zvezda
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Following the good and understandable instruction leaflet, after much cleaning of the parts and some actual construction, the result looks like this:</div>
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(By the way, I used glue but as usual you can build this kit as all other Zvezda 1:100 kits without glue)</div>
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To be honest, I do not recommend this kit. As you may have mentioned from earlier posts, I have a general positive attitude on these small kits, but this is an exception.</div>
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The details on the turret sides are very shallow, there is the risk to damage them while cleanup, and the tracks are bad, especially when you compare them to the BFM 1:100 Tiger tracks. The missing of decals is an standard issue with Zvezdas 1:100 ww2 kits but this is acceptable.</div>
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But what worries me more is that this kit twice as expensive as any other ww2 tank kit for "Art Of Tactic", at least in Germany. While you pay not more than 4 Euros for any other kit from this range, this stinker costed me 7,60, what is pretty high compared to its quality.</div>
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If you want a tiger, I would suggest that you get a Tiger from the <a href="https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/" target="_blank">Plastic Soldier Company</a> or one of both BFM tigers, if you buy one of the Tigers for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>" you would pay less than an additional Euro for a kit leagues above the Zvezda kit.</div>
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Do not buy this.</div>
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I did, as you have read, and with some modifications I turned it in the early version of the Tiger which will be the workhorse of my new Afrikakorps platoon for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/TANKS%20by%20GF9">TANKS</a>" built from some Zvezda kits and "TANKS" expansions. More on that in a future post where I will show the complete platoon.</div>
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If this works as supposed, it should be 22:30 MEZ and this post is online. On Thursday at the same time we will take a look at the Zvezda Abrams, and to give you a small teaser, it sucks.Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-11153281046217483952019-11-19T01:13:00.000+01:002019-11-19T01:13:36.410+01:00Plastic Soldier Company 1:100 Leopard 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> the <a href="https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/" target="_blank">Plastic Soldier Company</a> 15mm Leopard 1 tank kit. As I wrote in the previous post, the PSC offers a growing range of 15 and 20mm tanks and other vehicles for ww2 and cold war wargames.</div>
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This is the third of their (at least for now) available 3 post-ww2 tanks. I already showed the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/m60e3-tank-by-plastic-soldier-company.html">US M-60</a> and the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/11/plastic-soldier-company-1100-t-55-t-55a.html">Soviet T-55</a> in other posts. Their official homepage lists more stuff coming soon, <a href="http://brueckenkopf.de/" target="_blank">Brueckenkopf.de</a> has some pictures of new modern stuff, you can find them <a href="http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/2018/to-do-plastic-soldier-company-t55-und-previews/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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After that small introduction let us take a look at the model kit, which comes from the stash of my mate Olli:<br />
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The Leopard 1 comes in one sprue of the
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saw that sprue only for a moment, but I do not remember any flaws
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Except for the simplified tracks, the detail in general is good.</div>
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A very nice feature is the choice to have the driver and both turret hatches opened or closed, this is very nice because the PSC offers 3 tank crew figures with this kit for this. And that is not all, the kit offers the choice, either to build the German A3 or A4 version or you can also choose the Canadian C1 variant of this tank.</div>
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In general I would recommend this kit, even when I did not build it for myself, the general impression is fine. The choice of opened or closed hatches and the addition of 3 commander figures is a big plus.</div>
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My mate olli got a single sprue of this tank in which neither an instruction (can easily be found on the web) nor decals were included, I can not say if decals are included in the big box.<br />
The overall price for this kit, as for most single PSC kits, is arround 5 Euros for a single tank and 20 to 25 Euros for a pack of 5.</div>
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If I remember correctly, my mate Olli had no issues building this kit while a past roguish Montagsmaler session, I think his w.i.p. tank looks fine, the basecoat is Revell Aquacolor Bronze Green, but do not ask which other colors he used.</div>
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Tomorrow I will take the opportunity to compare this thing to the Battlefront Miniatures Leopard 1 modelkit, as long I have some of his tanks here. Then we will see what differences there are and which of both kits I would prefer. Maybe I will add a picture of my modified Zvezda Abrams, my modifications got better than I tought they would get.</div>
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> the <a href="https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/" target="_blank">Plastic Soldier Company</a> 15mm T-55 tank kit. The PSC offers a growing range of 15 and 20mm tanks and trucks for ww2 and cold war wargames.</div>
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This is one of their 3 post-ww2 tanks, there are also the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/m60e3-tank-by-plastic-soldier-company.html">US M-60</a> and the German Leopard 1, but their official homepage already lists more availble stuff coming soon. I found at <a href="http://brueckenkopf.de/" target="_blank">Brueckenkopf.de</a> some pictures of new modern stuff, you can find some pictures <a href="http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/2018/to-do-plastic-soldier-company-t55-und-previews/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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But without spending more words, let us take a look at the model kit:</div>
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The T-55 kit comes in a sprue of grey plastic, it is the usual stuff the PSC uses for its kits, this plastic feels minimal softer than usual hardplastic model kits.</div>
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I did not find any major flaws on this kit, there are some mouldlines to remove, but I did not find any mentionable flash. The details are a littles softer than on the BFM T-55, what we will see in a future post.<br />
The roadwheels are ok, but the tracks do not have much details, but they are still leagues above the tracks which Zvezda offers with their kits.<br />
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There are some sinkholes on some parts but they will not be seen, when the kit is built. Otherwise, the kit is nicely casted and offers the choice of to build either the T-55, the T-55A or the T-55AM2.</div>
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I got the single version of this kit without any building instructions, but they can easily be found on the web. If you want to build the T-55AM2 version, you should look for some original pictures, the instruction do not show the exact position of some parts of the turret.</div>
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I had no issues building this kit, except for the unclear placement of some turret parts. Otherwise this is a nice kit which will need not much cleanup, when I built mine, I gave them Eastgerman NVA decals, as you can see below:</div>
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This is a nice kit and an good alternative to the plastic BFM T-55 kit. The kit is ok except for the stuff I mentioned above. The addition of a commander figure is nice, some decals would have been nice too, but none are included at least in the single sprue version which I got.</div>
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This tank is priced arround 5 EU for a single kit and 20 to 25 for a 5 pack of them, what is a reasonable price.</div>
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After we have taken a closer look at the "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/tanks-modern-age-by-galeforce-9-and.html">TANKS The Modern Age</a>" T-55 expansion in a future post, I will do a comparison of both different T-55 15mm model kits from BFM and PSC. </div>
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In the next post, maybe tonight, we will see another 15mm Plastic Soldier post-ww2 tank, since this is the second of the 3 available cold war kits I showed in this blog, there is only one left and it should be clear what is coming next. I think the next 3 or 4 posts will feature German Bundeswehr kitten, before I would like to show you the crappy Zvezda Abrams and how I improved its look.</div>
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By the way, the first batch of Zvezda reviews is uploaded and ready, I think the stuff I mentioned in the previous post will start next weeks Tuesday with the Zvezda 1:100 Panzerkampfwagen VI and then it will go on. Depending on my time, I will add here and there some little posts, but you may expect (almost) only reviews and closer looks for the next 6 to 8 weeks.</div>
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Maybe I will do an unboxing video of my next hobbystuff order, I already made one, but I have to dub it since I messed up the sound, this should be found next weekend on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmB3-nqzxa_3hjMPkXdgLOQ" target="_blank">my Youtube channel</a>, it will show a lot of Zvezda kits.<br />
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Ooops, I almost forgot, some while ago I took a closer look at the ww2 "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/search/label/TANKS%20by%20GF9">TANKS</a>" starterbox, now I edited it heavily, to fit into the scheme, you can find it <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">here</a>.</div>
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I was watching a ww2 documentation and (just for fun) tried to find some more UHU advertisements from war time, just as the one on the upper right corner of this blog.<br />
And as you can see, I did, and this thing is a good example for indoctrination and propaganda of totalitarian regimes. If you want to know what it is about, you have to go for yourself, I will not translate it, but I may integrate this picture into this blog.<br />
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(By the way, it took some time to restore the picture to its actual state, the original was an old and faded piece of newspaper. Using this as template I could eventually "upgrade" the original UHU advertisement from this page to a higher resolution.)<br />
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But back to topic. I went through several struggles and changes in the last weeks, and I did not find neither the energy nor the time to write new postings, since writing them takes more time than you may think.<br />
What does not mean, that I did no models. The Montagsmaler are still
busy and we may get another (third) member. Also, in the past few weeks I
collected lots of new material for this blog, but I had more important
things to do than writing for this blog.<br />
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I can not say, how much time I can spend for blogging in the next few weeks, but in the next days I finally have some time to spend exclusively for blogging.<br />
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What means, that I will use the autopublishing function exessively because there are lots of kits which will get a closer look, but my time to write will be rare.<br />
At the moment I have more then 40 minireviews in the make, cosisting of lots of Zvezda kits and ww2/ww3 TANKS expansions. And then there is the usual content like 3D prining, both "TANKS" games and Rügen'46, whenever I may find time I will post about this stuff.<br />
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To give you a rough number, I am preparing the posts for some PCS models, more than 10 TANKS expansions and 30+ Zvezda ww2/ww3 kits, like the new Brummbär, the Abrams, the Tiger and lots more, which resulted in almost 300 pictures I would like to share with you.<br />
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(I may have mentioned it, I want to give all available Zvezda 1:100 tank and each 1:144 and 1:200 plane model kits a closer look and according to my list, there are arround 80 kits in these ranges, and I already own a little more than the half of them.)<br />
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Due to my limited time, my plan is to use the autopublishing function for all these new posts which I will write the in next days, the schedule should be:<br />
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On Tuesdays 20:00 a closer look at a Zvezda Axis 1:100 tank kit.<br />
On Thursdays 20:00 a closer look at a Zvezda Allies 1:100 tanks kit.<br />
On Saturdays 15:00 or 17:00 a closer look at a Zvezda 1:144 or 1:200 plane kit.<br />
On Sundays 15:00 or 17:00 a closer look at an expansion either for ww2 "TANKS" or "TANKS The Modern Age".<br />
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Following this schedule there is a lot of content to come over the next 2 or 3 months. Some of these posts will contain comparisons with other models, so I hope this will not get to dry.<br />
But before this will come, I will continue where I stopped, the next posts will be dedicated to German cold war tanks before I will start with all that reviews.<br />
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Beside that, the new custom units for the games will come whenever I will find time for it. Not to forget to mention the plane expansion for ww2 "TANKS", of which I am writing for a long time. I hope that I will finish the work on it this year.<br />
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Finally, on the first or second weekend of next month I am going to shut down the blog for at least some hours. After the first 10 years it will be time to change the layout of the ww2modelzone.<br />
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TL;DR So many models, so little time.</div>
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I updated/changes the scheduling for autopublished posts.Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-85205861313209683252019-10-03T16:18:00.000+02:002019-10-03T16:24:10.246+02:0015mm T-55AM2 Squad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some pictures of my NVA 1:100 T-55AM2 squad. These models were made by the Plastic Soldier Company, the kit offers the choice to build different versions of the T-55 (we will see that in a future post), I decided to build the AM2 version from this kit(s) just because I prefer its look compared to other versions. </div>
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The flag in the background above was bought at a fleamarkted 20 years ago, and I think it fits pretty well in todays post, not only because these kits got the East German national insignia as all other non <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/08/1100-shilka-aa-tank.html">official units</a> (coming soon) and proxie or 3Dprint <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfujw3B-0sRo-nGCAjsasMkdHOpaOu0Xocdd2JFLaQVyW9pPVdGlOUtplFY1ef5dxEd7UlzJ2CZGT-_jb-_JPe9ntKrZuPB5q4coOe_SDep8pWGCIkxQjWWdIa2Hy4a1CB9GHWDJMSyIA/s1600/tmw_bmp_08.jpg">hybrid</a> models I use for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/tanks-modern-age-by-galeforce-9-and.html">TANKS The Modern Age</a>".</div>
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The East German forces had a lot of these tanks in their arsenal, <a href="http://www.militaertechnik-der-nva.de/Bestimmungsbuch/5gepKetFhrmitTurm/59/59.html" target="_blank">this website</a> shows all T-55 versions which were used by the Nationale Volksarmee.</div>
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As you may see, here and there are some little bits which I may redo,
but basically these tanks are ready for future battles. The already
served at the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/04/tanks-modern-age-easter-front.html">Easter front</a>, one of them shot down a German PAH. At the moment they <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/15mm-planecrash-scenery-pieces.html">hold postion</a> near the French border and wait for further commands.</div>
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For last years "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/06/just-ranting-wtf-is-rugen46.html">Rügen'46</a>" game, more on that in <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/rugen46-beer-and-pretzels.html">this post</a>, I build for each player an additional squad of troopers. The other minis I built and painted and more from that game can be found in <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/rugen46-gangs-of-sassnitz-2.html">this</a> and <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/08/rugen46-schwere-mechanisierte-infantrie.html">this</a> post.</div>
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Sister Mary (<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/06/rugen46-stoppt-die-eindringlinge.html">this post</a>) represented what was left of the Roman-Catholic Church. The Vatican saw in the Sassnitz incident the beginning of the endtime and gathered lots of poorly armed Christian fanatics who would give their life for god in the final battle between good and evil.</div>
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These cultist were built combining some Mantic zombie- and ghoulbodies with the robed cultist heads made by <a href="https://tabletop-art.de/" target="_blank">Tabletop Art</a>. Their arnament came from my bitsbox. It made fun to build these strange minis, if I find the other 8 (?) cultist heads in my bitsboxes, I may build more of them.<br />
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The sixth and final Squad I built represents the new Germany, reborn when the war ended with the victory of the allied forces. Since there are not many industrial capacities left after the zombie outbreak, the army of the reborn German nation has to rely on Wehrmacht equipment.</div>
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These minis were taken from the German Infantry box from <a href="https://www.warlordgames.com/" target="_blank">Warlord Games</a>, the mini in the middle may came from Wargames Factory German Infantry box. They were built out of the box except for the heads, where I used <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/05/westwind-productions-28mm-shs-seperate.html">heads</a> from the SHS range from <a href="https://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/" target="_blank">Westwind Productions</a>.</div>
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This is the first batch of those minis, last Sunday I built 10 more, but I do not think I will paint them soon. But when I do, the mouldlines on the already painted minis will be removed. But I did not care for this when I painted them, I did not have time for that, because I had to hurry.</div>
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This Squad was led by an unknown female officer.</div>
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This mini was taken from the "Ilsa and the She-wolfes" set made by <a href="https://pulpfigures.com/" target="_blank">Pulp Figures</a>. The mini got a new SHS gasmask head and a hairpiece from the bitsbox.</div>
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I can not remember in detail which colors I used on the Germans from this post, but the uniform color is Revell Aquacolor Olive Gray, what not only fits for most German uniforms (including the early monocolor Bundeswehr uniforms) as a substitude for Feldgrau, also it is a good first layer of drybrush color for most greens I use for my 15mm tank models.</div>
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I can not say if I will find some time for posting tomorrow, but Thursday is the 29th anniversary of the German reunification, and for that reason I will post about German post-war stuff for the rest of the week only.</div>
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After the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-first-custom-units-for-tanks.html">SU-76</a> and the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-first-custom-units-for-tanks.html">BM-13</a> custom expansions for "TANKS" now comes the third new <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">custom unit</a> for the game. This time it is the Soviet heavy KV-2 tank. This was not playtested yet, but feel free to use it for your future "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>" games, it should work as supposed.</div>
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Also included is a new doctrine for Germany, "Beutepanzer" offers the choice to use foreign tanks for German platoons. You can only use global upgrades on that tank, this enlarges the range of tanks to choose from if you are playing the German forces.</div>
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The minis on the picture are the dismounted Soviet tank crewmen from the "Flames Of War" range, when the plane expansion is finally done, I may add another rules expansion.</div>
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While I was playing with a friend and one of his tanks was destroyed, he mentioned if he could save his crewmembers to another tank. What an interesting idea.</div>
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Today I did not reach the copyshop in time, but the KV-2 card was made in the same session as the SU-76 and the BM-13 cards were made. Since the printouts of these cards are ok, I think this new card should also be good enough for games.</div>
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At the moment the 3Dprinter is printing the second of two Semovente 75/18. I had written about it in the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/09/m1441-tank-expansion-for-tanks.html">last post</a> but I decided against combining the M41/14 with printed parts. Instead, I will use the Semovente structures to build two new hybrids.</div>
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I think I will dedicate tomorrows post to some finished and w.i.p. 28mm figures. Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-90976378498629639112019-09-30T00:13:00.003+02:002019-12-06T21:09:11.518+01:00M14/41 Tank Expansion For "TANKS"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> the 1:100 M14/41 tank expansion for "<a href="https://tanks.gf9games.com/" target="_blank">TANKS</a>" made by <a href="https://www.gf9.com/" target="_blank">Galeforce 9</a>. This game is a spin-off from Battlefront Miniatures "<a href="https://www.flamesofwar.com/" target="_blank">Flames Of War</a>" wargame. It uses models from that range, but concentrates on tank battles only. As you have have read in the past, a lot of the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2017/11/gfs-9-tanks-bad-pictures-of-unknown.html">previous</a> <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/05/15-mm-british-sherman-platoon-for-tanks.html">posts</a> are dedicated to this game and its <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/12/tanks-modern-age-by-galeforce-9-and.html">successor</a>, due to the simple fact that they are played by me and some friends of mine, and building and painting these small models makes a lot of fun, at least for me, they offer a nice distraction after work.</div>
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As usual this expansion contains one 1:100/15mm modelkit and some cards to use ingame. But with no further words, first let us take a look at the plastic which comes with this expansion: </div>
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The kit comes in a sandcolored sprue of styrene. As with most BFM model kits, I can not see any flaws on or with the sprue. Except for some mininal mouldlines arround the tracks, no further cleanup is needed, the kit is nicely moulded. The overall grade of detail is fine, the rivets may be a little oversized but they still look fine. The tracks offer a simple but nice grade of detail comparable to the better made Zvezda "Art Of Tactic" kits.</div>
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You can build two different tanks from this box, but more on that later. Before that let us take a look at the cards which are included in this game expansion:</div>
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The Italian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_M14/41" target="_blank">M14/41</a> tanks is a pretty weak tank with a low attack of 3, 0 armourpoints and only 4 hitpoints. Its initiative of 6 is in the medium range, but a bunch of them could be a potential threat to every unit with a lower initiative, since this tank can join your platoon for the low cost of only 12 points and the Italian special ability which aims at larger tank groups, it should be used in groups with at least 3 tanks.</div>
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Starting with the 4 crewmembers, first comes the Italian hero card "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Arbib_Pascucci" target="_blank">Luigi Arbib Pascucci</a>", this commander offers the benefit of 2 additional initiative points. also all other Italian tanks of your platoon get +2 initiative as long they stay in close range.</div>
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First there is the "Risky Commander", for 2 points you can choose between 2 critical hits if you got critically hit but only if you are in close range of the attacking tank. Not bad, but I would prefer to stay out of close range, but other Italian crewmembers are beneficial too, if you go on close range to the enemy.</div>
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The "Risky Radio Operator" is another crewmember that supports attacks on close range. If your tank is within close range of an enemy, this and all other allied tanks get +1 initiative. This may seem pretty useful for 2 points if you play with allied German tanks who have the "Blitzkrieg" ability. </div>
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The other 3 cards are Italian doctrines.</div>
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"Believe! Obey! Fight!" offers for 2 points an additional +1 to armour if an enemy tank is on close range. Another card which supports rushing into the enemy.</div>
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"Always Forward, Italy!" gives you for 2 points an additional initiative point, and all other "Risky" crewmember would cost 1 point less. You could fill your Italian tanks with these crewmembers (at least from this expansions) for only 1 point each, if you would use this doctrine.</div>
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On one side we have the "Italian support" doctrine, for 1 point you can use this doctrine to add this or any other Italian tank to a German platoon. Theoretically you could use a bunch of cheap Italian tanks combined with some high level German units, and I think I am going to build an Afrikakorps squadron including some allied Italian forces.</div>
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On the other side we have the "German Support" doctrine, with this upgrade you may add any German tank to
your Italian platoon, but for that are only non-hero German and global
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For 1 point you could add a Tiger (for 29 points) or any other German tank to get some more firepower.<br />
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This expansion for "TANKS" offers a nice 1:100 kit with two options (only one is supported in this expansion) to build a cheap unit for the game which may be a threat when at least three of them are used.</div>
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As we have seen, the strengh of the Italian tank forces is staying together in groups to benefit from "Avanti" and other advantages from crew and doctrine cards. The addition of the doublesided support card offers the choice to use
either Italian tanks in German platoons or to use German tanks in
Italian platoons, the choice is yours.<br />
The only minus of this expansion is the absence of any decals and any commander figures, a fact that this game expansion shares with all of its kind.</div>
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How good this unit actually is will be seen in a future game.<br />
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The construction of the kit went straight forward, everthing sits and fits well, the finished model is shown on the picture below:</div>
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You get a complete upper hull of the Semovente tank (to disapper in the bitsbox) if you build the Fiat M14/41 and first I wanted to magnetize this kit to have both tanks usable, what seems pretty easy to do, but after the examination of the Italian cards, I will turn on the 3D printer to make a matching hull and use the leftover bits as I <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/02/part-rubicon-part-3d-selprinted-156-t.html">did before</a>. Since I also own the Semovente expansion for the game, I think I will use the upper structures of the M14/41 for two new hybrids.</div>
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The next post will include a new custom unit, either for ww2 or ww3 "TANKS". Tomorrow I should have the time to visit my local copyshop to get some testprints to see if the cards are alright. This would be a good opportunity to showoff some of my mate Ollis tanks, before he picks them up in the next days.</div>
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If everthing works as supposed, you will be able to download the KV-2 and a new German cold war kitten <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">custom unit cards</a> tomorrow.<br />
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More pictures from the second world war. My grandfather took these while he was a part of the German invasion troops on the African continent. He died while I was still a kid that I had no chance to ask him about these dark time, but the pictures give some clues, where he had been.</div>
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By the way, I still remember him enough to know that he in not the guy on the picture above, he is shown on <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbcub_mvvff5ADjhVrJdmK7SN7S2bV9EQNgrUbA3bmdsIOfDoxq8MiAh8wnaYJFrx1IimR5wAGia-WkoNryc-J-hshpZw4MN9-wGClPihFn5tUHrtTZyEUQYTqE2-aqzgOU3rh14_M_8/s1600/fow%25285%2529_00.png">this picture</a>. </div>
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On the first picture you can see a damaged British airplane, a quick online search showed that this could be a US P-40 in British service or as they called it, a Kittyhawk.</div>
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While I wrote the <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/06/faces-of-war-6.html">last post</a> about these old pictures, I found out that he at least visited the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Arch_(Libya)" target="_blank">Lybian Marble Arch</a>, found on <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnCBTNE_Eh9EcWpgJCbsEG67dVkzj_jjHK9NyVXlFJr0s2sHTbGcHVtZ8m7fxSzHegN9Hqg0S0ZVkhMeSSmKOTJNi9Koo01hwPEiJrYjz7I3Crv5pjb_LEYLdp0l41qfWYYZce-lAYsA/s1600/fow2_07.png">this picture</a>, near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%27s_Lanuf" target="_blank">Ra's Lanuf</a>. This time there are no special landmarks on these pictures but we may get some more hints about his military past.</div>
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The first picture of this group shows something like a cantina. You can
read the Italian words "DI RISTORO PER MILITARI" what can roughly be
translated to "refreshment for military". This may be a hint that his unit was connected with some Italian units.<br />
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A reader from Italy mentioned that the whole phrase should say "PUNTO DI RISTORO PER MILITARI". Thanks for that addition, mate.</div>
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The plane on this picture seems like a Messerschmitt BF-110. There are a lot of clues that my Grandfather could have been a member of the Luftwaffe since there are a lot of planes on these old pictures.</div>
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I suppose this plane shows a Messerschmitt BF-109 as it seems. The insignia is showing the Berlin Bear with a crown above that. This could be a hint, in which unit he could have been. I will try to find out for which unit this sign stands and will add this to this post.<br />
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It seem that the Berlin Bear insignia was used by the second squadron of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_27" target="_blank">Jagdgeschwader 27</a>.<br />
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This picture of the Bear seems almost identical to the one on the plane above.<br />
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Sunday, funday. Today I am going to build some 28mm figures using some bits I got from the bay. There are a dozen of unbuilt Britons and some Germans who will get new weapons and the rest of the Westwind Productions <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2018/05/westwind-productions-28mm-shs-seperate.html">gasmask heads</a>. I hope this will work, there are way enough arms and weapons for the British troopers but I do not have any clue which of them belong together, this may include a lot of puzzeling.</div>
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While I am looking out of the window, I reminds me to the fact, that the color gray was invented here in 1254.</div>
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In tonights post we will keep staying in Africa, I am going to take <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">a closer look at</a> the first of the two available African themed Italian expansions for "TANKS", and a first look at the included cards shows, that the tanks are pretty weak, but the available crew and upgrade cars are pretty strong.</div>
Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16754942065421469656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649354737522995600.post-52034375854965991572019-09-29T01:30:00.000+02:002019-12-17T19:08:22.670+01:00Zvezda 1:100 Sd.Kfz. 186 Jagdtiger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html">A closer look at</a> <a href="https://www.zvezda.org.ru/" target="_blank">Zvezdas</a> 1:100 Sd.Kfz.186 Jagdtiger for their 1:100 "<a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/70461/art-tactic" target="_blank">Art Of Tactic</a>" wargame. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the use for these models is not limited to the Zvezda game, virtually this Jagdtiger model could be used for every 15mm wargame which rules support this tank.</div>
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But without any more words, let us take a look at the plastic modelkit which comes with this expansion:</div>
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The kit comes in two grey sprues and somehow the plastic feels different from their green plastic, it feels minimal softer, but it is still hard and sturdy enough for a modelkit. The kit can be build without the use of glue, but it takes modelglue well and binds pretty fast, but it seems not as fast as the green stuff does.</div>
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All parts are moulded well, without any sinkholes or flash, but there are some mouldlines which should be removed. Some tools and the towropes can be found moulded onto the hull. The trackdetail is simple, with low details on the outer trackside and no details in the inner side of the tracks except for some guideteeth.</div>
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In contrast to the Tiger 2, the sparetracks are moulded onto the hull, but I think this is because there was no more room left on the sprues for them.</div>
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But all in all this is a nice kit with some ignorable faults, there are no decals included, the tracks are pretty simple, and it would have been nice to have the option of an opened or closed commander hatch.</div>
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But we must not forget that this is a simple wargaming kit which is pretty cheap, a quick check on some (German) onlineshop shows that this kit costs below 4 Euros.</div>
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The construction of the Zvezda 1:100 Jagdpanther model went on pretty fast without any issues, but on some parts you will need a serious amount of pressure to avoid gaps. As usual for most Zvezda 1:100 tanks, due to its inner frame structure its construction may seem complicated, but the well made instruction leaflet is easy to understand.</div>
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After I built this model in less than 30 minutes, with some paint and decals my Jagdpanther is ready to be used as a <a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">custom unit</a> for "<a href="https://ww2modelzone.blogspot.com/2019/01/sneak-preview.html">TANKS</a>".</div>
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