Bill Cross and AndersN have provided us an information about latest release of Grey Matter Figures which is Henschel HS 129 in 1:32 scale.
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1/32 Grey Matter's new Rutman HS129Mecenas
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 06:41 AM UTC
bill_c
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 09:55 AM UTC
Thanks, Michal! This looks like a super casting from a very interesting kit. And thanks to AndersN, a member of the Large Scale Planes community, for the photos.
The 129 suffered from slow speed and a lack of protection, so less than a 1,000 were built, but that's all the more reason to have a top resin kit, as styrene companies aren't likely to go down this route.
And with plans already announced for the B-3, the airframe gets VERY interesting: it initially started out with the 2cm FlaK 18 cannon (ala the Stuka), but was later adapted for use with an aircraft-adapted PAK 40 75mm! Talk about cool stuff.
The 129 suffered from slow speed and a lack of protection, so less than a 1,000 were built, but that's all the more reason to have a top resin kit, as styrene companies aren't likely to go down this route.
And with plans already announced for the B-3, the airframe gets VERY interesting: it initially started out with the 2cm FlaK 18 cannon (ala the Stuka), but was later adapted for use with an aircraft-adapted PAK 40 75mm! Talk about cool stuff.
MrMtnMauler
Washington, United States
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 01:12 PM UTC
This is very exciting indeed! It will be nice to get a larger scale rendition of this unique and very cool airplane. It will definately shore up my Eastern Front theme collection of kits. Thank you very much for the info!
Jim
Jim