28mm Mariya Oktyabrskaya By Stoessis Heroes

 

A closer look at the 28mm Mariya Oktyabrskaya miniature(s) produced by Stoessis Heroes. I bought this blister directly from him at the Hamburg Tactica this year. (If you read this, please make a Rodger Young miniature)

It contains 2 metal miniatures, one standing and one sitting pose. Also included is a small text on the back of the insert about the historical person on which the minis are based.

As you can see on the picture above one hand of the figure on the left side needs to be glued to the body, for the picture below I used whiteglue for a temporal connection.

The quality of the models and the casting are very good, like all other miniatures from Stoessi. If you want some nice additions for your 28mm ww2 armies, I recommend his shop.

The last pictures shows that the miniatures are true 28mm. At the moment I do not have any suitable miniatures for comparison, but in my opinion their measurements would make them fit in any Soviet Bolt Action army. And the left model seems to be ready to smash some heads.

I am waiting for a box of Warlord Games plastic Soviet figures, when they arrived I will make some comparison pictures with some other miniatures.

If you want to know more about Mariya Oktyabrskaya you can read the Wikipedia article about her. The English translated Russian entry contains not only more informations than the English one, it even has a picture of one of her "Боевая подруга" (Fighting Girlfriend) T34 tanks.

You can see Mariya Oktyabrskaya on the right side of the picture, looking into the camera. To build this tank it seems I need both Rubicon T34 kits to to get the matching hull and tower.

I always wanted to keep any advertising out of this blog but sometimes there are some shops worth to be mentioned. I do not receive any bonus for this.

Some Kind Of Advertising For RBmodels

Two weeks ago I made an order at RBmodels. Its is a company based in Poland that offers metal barrels for tanks in 1:72 and 1:35 and some other stuff. 

I needed 10 barrels for the T34/76 tank and some metal barrels for the Revell S-100 boat (if you could see my future projects list, it is sooo long), and after some research on the web, this shop was the one with the lowest prices.

I made an order on thursday and payed with paypal, the stuff arrived two days later what is my new personal record for ordering from outsde of Germany. This is so WOW, that I wanted to share my experience with this shop/manufacturer. 

Their website is https://www.rbmodel.com

I always wanted to keep any advertising out of this blog but sometimes there are some shops worth to be mentioned. I do not receive any bonus for this.

New Zvezda WW2 Soviet Figures

I found this post in the Tiny soldiers forum. The linked pictures show the Maxim machine gun with crew, the other announced sets are listed too.

The Russian producer Zvezda brings out a new series of Soviet and German soldier figures and equipment of the second world war in 1:72. As I read it from the post, they will bring out their own rule system for them. They started with the T34/76 some months ago, and today I found first pictures of the upcoming figure sets.

Seems like they are available soon, CW toys has listed them but they are still not deliverable.

I always wanted to keep any advertising out of this blog but sometimes there are some shops worth to be mentioned. I do not receive any bonus for this.

Update:

Paul left a link to more pictures in the comments. And I found some pictures and informations at the Henk of Holland site (here). There are also some more informations on the Zvezda homepage (in Russion but Google translations worked fine). 

Update 04/2018

CW toys has closed it's gates.

10 Percent Discount At Smallscale.de

Smallscale.de gives to all his customers 10 percent discount on all orders until the 31st juli 2010.

It has a big sortiment of plastic model kits in 1:72 from different manufacturers like Revell, Airfix, MAC, Italeri, and many more. Beside that you can find a lot of multimedia kits, even some rare FSF kits are listed.

The prices are very fair and sometimes you can find some real rarities in his shops.

To get your own discount you must only write "HAPPYSUMMERSALE" in the comment after you checked out your basket. Check out the great sortiment at Smallscale.de and make your order.

Update 04/2018

Smallscale.de has closed it's gates.

1:72 Toolset by MACO Modellbau

A closer look at a great addition for models which comes from MACO Modellbau. MACO Modellbau offers this toolset on the picture above as a limited edition. It contains an axe, a shovel, a boltcutter and a pickaxe.

The tools are a great addition to the simple wargamer kits of HÄT and Italeri, and the price is not to beat. You will get 10 sprues of the toolset for only 2 Euros. If you want to buy them you have to be fast because it is a limited edition.

Check out the website of MACO where you will find all other excellent model kits made by MACO and from a lot of other companies, too. You can find the store at http://mc-modellbau.de/

Update 04/2018
http://mc-modellbau.de/ has closed it's gates.

20 % Discount at PBtoys.de

Peter, owner of PBtoys (one of the best online shops for 1:72 figures), gives all his customers 20 percent discount on all orders until the 31st january 2010.

He has a big sortiment of figures from different manufacturers like Caesar, Emhar, HÄT, Italeri, Pegasus and many more. In addition the sortiment of Italeri, Pegasus and Armourfast kits is growing on. The prices are very fair and sometimes you can find some rarities in his shops.

Follow THIS LINK to his 1:72 shop and maybe you will find some interesting products. If you like 1:42 figures you can follow THIS LINK to his shop for 1:32 figures and stuff, HERE you can find Elastolin figures, the shop for Britains figures is HERE, and HERE you can find Timpo Toys figures.

You have to order in each shop seperately but all orders from his shops will be sent in one packet, which means that you have to pay only one time the postage.

Update 04/2018
Seems like PBtoys has closed it's gate