Odemars/Orion 1:72 Volkssturm Figures 1/2

Part one of my Volkssturm Figures made by the russian producers Orion and Odemars. The two lying figures are from the set "No refuge" from B.U.M. and got some weapons and equipment from Preiser.More informations will follow soon with the second part.

Hasegawa 1:72 SDKfz. 7/2 with 37mm Flak 36

This SDKfz. 7/2 with 37mm flak 36 is the fifth kit I finished after I started building models last year. I have a dozen unbuild kits on my desk but I wanted to start with the easier ones. Before that I finished a Panzer II, a Panzer III, a Tiger 2 and a SDkfz. 11 with an 88 Flak.
The kit is built straight from the box, the only things I did were that I drilled the barrel and built some kind of ammo mounting plate. The most figures are Hasgawa, the gunner is some Preiser figure and the figure with the AT mine belongs to ESCI. All was painted with acrylic colors from Citadel, Vallejo and Tamiya.

There a minor things to change. While watching the pictures I mentioned that I forgot to attch the steering wheel and to drybrush the front wheels. Decals and dirt will come in the future, I still have to improve my modelling skills.

Giant 1:72 German Infantry

These figures came with an ebay lot. I had never see figures like them before and had no information about the manufacturer of them. The bases are printed with "Giant" and "Hong Kong". Seems like a first hint.
Their armament consists of German WW2 weapons like MP40, MG34, Panzerschreck and Stielhandgranate. Maybe these guys should be German infantry from world war 2.





I did not know anything about the Giant corporation. Google did. I found this interesting article at the Hät homepage and some other smaller sources which gave me a some information.

This is what I found out: They appear as "World War 2 German infantry" in 10 different poses and were manufactured by the Giant corporation. They are downsized copies of old Marx figures, a picture of it can be found on this homepage. They were made between 1960 and 1970 (found an ebay auction that said 1969) in Hong Kong.




To the conclusion a comparison with figures of other manufacturers:

First row (1:72):
Pegasus Volkssturm, Giant, Esci Paratrooper, Giant, Revell Pioneer, Giant

Second row (1:76):
Matchbox Infantry, Giant, Airfix Afrikakorps, Giant, Matchbox Afrikakorps, Giant, Airfix Infantry

Revell News 2010

I got this great news from Modellversium and Henk of Holland. The Revell company will reissue several old world war 2 kits this year. It is great to read that both ww2 Soviet infantry sets will come back to the market, beginnig with the kit "Siberian Rifleman" (02516) which will come in March. In June the "Soviet Infantry" set (02510) will come back again.

In addition there will come some new world war 2 armour, like for example the reissues of the Panzer III M and the Jagdpanther, and the new kit of the 8,8cm Flak 36 with the Sd.Anh.202 that will be surely better than the old Hasegawa kit which I built last year.
Read more at the official Revell site.

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.