As I’ve had a few questions about the vehicles used in my recent WW2 game (see here Link), I decided that a separate post was in order. Here then, is the eclectic selection.
All three T34s are 1/56 scale plastic kits by Rubicon.
The Lone Star Carriers were covered in this recent post (
Link) They scale out at 1/40.
BA-64 is a Tamiya 1/48 scale plastic kit. It’s a lovely little thing.
Kubel is plastic & diecast by Victoria in 1/43.
More 1/48 Tamiya kits - above the Horch kzf70, below the Steyr 1500A. Very nice kits.
Here they are in company with (centre) a Solido Citroen C4 van.
The Panzer IV is on the face of it a fairly nasty toy, but after ripping out the friction motor and repainting it looks fine. Slightly smaller then the early war Solido Panzer IV which is 1/50 scale.
The Corgi range of 1/50 scale military vehicles is usually very expensive but they occasionally crop up at palatable prices. They are lovely - none more so than this Panther. A better model than the still very nice Solido version which is a bit too wide.
The diecast and plastic 1/43 GAZ-67 is from one of the partwork ranges.
Finally, this Sdkfz-10 with 20mm Flak gun came in a batch of other stuff some years back. It is both nasty plastic tat and a rather nice model. I think it would benefit from a repaint.
6 comments:
1/48th scale (quarter scale) is also the smallest dolls house scale - so things like furniture are available for use in diaramas, etc - it's a very useful scale!
I rather like those Chinese-made PzIVG. I have 4 myself; they still have their friction motors - which gives them a nit of heft - and I have left them in their original livery. Of course, the Ra'esharn don't call them Panzers. They are Pandora Mark IV tanks: medium tanks with medium armour and a medium anti-tank gun.
Those pretty T34s of yours deserve by their very appearance to be Guards...
Cheers,
Ion
Thanks for the post , most interesting.
Alan
Rob Young
Useful info - I hadn't though of that!
Archduke Piccolo
The Pz4s are medium/medium/medium in my game too - but there they would be! They look surprisingly effective with a bit of paint.
Tradgardmastare
Thanks - I like to keep up a flow of useless information!
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