Hen Long 1:72 RC Tiger Tanks

Last year I got six RC tanks from ebay. All were sealed and new, the price was fair. The tanks can drive and shoot each other with infrared. This work with big and ugly remotes which need 6 x AA batteries, this definitely sucks. So I use an old 9V AC controller.

I made some tank duels with friends, and its funny to play with this little tanks. Up to four players can play against theirselves, if you have enough batteries.



After some search in the internet I found some more information about the Hen Long Tigers. In a german micro rc forum I read that the TL Tiger looks like some Italeri Tiger.
After visiting Modellversium and Henk of Holland, two very good ressources for modellers, I have to say that it is true.



This is the Italeri kit 7505 of the Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger Ausf E. It contains 2 quickbuild Tiger models for wargamers at a low price. The parts of the turret and the hull are identically to the parts of the Hen Long models except for the holes for LEDs and the spare tracks.

Last but not least I made some moving pictures after I found out that my new cam can do this. The second tank is a Hasegawa Sherman.

HÄT 1:72 StuH Modifications

I made some more little modifications on my StuH's to make them look better. Maybe other modellers can do it better, but I am happy with them because I am a newbie to modelling.
All materials I was using were from my spare parts and plastic junk box.

The picture below shows a Sturmhaubitze 42 squad for my own Eastern front wargame rules(+scenarios) that I started to write, more will come soon.
Please note, that all tanks are still not finished.

Airfix News 2010

I saw this news in this blog, Plastic Soldier Review is writing about it too. In 2010 Airfix will release several new model kits and one complete new figure set in 1:76 scale.
The most interesting kits for me are the following:
A75001 - European Ruined WorkshopA75002 - European Ruined CafeA75003 - European Ruined Corner HouseA75004 - European Ruined Country Cottage
Seems like a must-have for me and I hope they will match with the vac buildings from TM Diorama. Read more at the official Airfix homepage.

1:72 Soviet Mortars (Work In Progress)

Here are some pictures of the WW2 Soviet infantry, on which I am working. I made some basic painting on them, I did not finish the webbings, bottes and skin yet. I have still no idea how to paint the bases of them, maybe they will get some urban style.

Light mortar (Mars)

Heavy mortar (ESCI/Italeri + Revell)

1:72 Soviet Infantry Basic Painting

continuing with the infantry

Light Machine gunner with DP LMG (ESCI/Italeri)

Heavy machine gunners with 12,7mm DSchK (Mars)

Antitank rifle team with PTRD (Mars)