This was another epic year for new kits with three releases. I present them here in ascending order of usefulness. But that's just my opinion!
Scorpion. Not strictly a tank but (at least in British service) a Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked). I did build one of these several decades ago but don't have one to hand at the present time, so I am indebted to Paul at
Plastic Warriors and Richard at
Wargames & Walking for the photos. A neat if rather fiddly kit builds as either a Scorpion (76mm gun) or Scimitar (30mm cannon) and if your skill stretches far enough can serve as the basis of other CVR(T) variants..
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| Photo by Paul Foster |
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| Photo by Richard Holden |
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| Photo by Richard Holden |
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| Photo by Richard Holden |
Chi-Ha tank. More accurately the Type 97 Medium Tank. Japanese vehicles in this scale are still rather scarce so back in the day this was something of a bolt from the blue! I recently built a couple of these which featured in earlier blog posts. It's a nice kit and well worth looking out for.
German Reconnaissance Set
What a gem this set is! Both the Kubelwagen and the Sdkfz 222 are extremely useful for our wargame armies. The '222 is an easy conversion into the MG-armed '221 and other such variants.
A pair of standard models, these serve with my incarnation of 7 Panzer Division.
Sticking with the Rommel theme, this equally standard '222 is part of 21PD.
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11 comments:
Great post Tim. The Scorpion makes a nice AFV with some minor housekeeping.
I will be surprised if most peoples German armies did not start with the Recon set. Mine certainly did!
I remember the German Reconnaissance Set from the box. Nice post.
Agreed! My German collection started with the recon set and a couple of PzIVs
I recall thinking when I first found one just what a handy kit the recon group was. The figures that came with it were useful too.
Paul Foster
And there's me still thinking of the Recce Set as a relatively new kit..... My first German AFV was the Matchbox Panzer III.
Jon Yuengling
Thanks for commenting.
Al
Three Series 2 kits? Such wealth....
Archduke Piccolo
Well reminded - the figures were indeed rather good.
Yes, the 'officer with clipboard' figure graces a couple of my HQ stands.
I think I have an Airfix Scorpion in my old plastic kits box somewhere.
Martin Rapier
I probably have a few of the figure knocking about - I just couldn't find them for the photos!
The Chi Ha is a lovely make
How many can I justify getting? I do my math and I think three, with the feeling that too might be a bit overkill!
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