Hi all!

Someone pointed me to the latest shizuoka news pages and I found this to be very interesting:











There are other new releases in 1/48 scale, especially Armor (Cromwell, Firefly, KV-1, King Tiger etc...) but the Krupp Truck, the " Käfer" Staff Car and the German Airfield Set (their Kettenkraftrad + Power Supply Unit and figures) could make a nice addition to every Luftwaffe diorama!
I just hope they will do the Opel Blitz Truck in the future and also British and US Airfield Vehicles. Anyway, the 1/48 Armor and Vehicles range is growing at a very fast rate!

Don't forget to browse through the other pages as well... a new manufacturer seems to be very promising: Hobby Boss... Anyone heard of them?

Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

nice you posted it here. I am really happy about the Käfer and the Kettenkrad with figures ... long needed kits

BUT as you stated :

WE NEED A PLASTIC OPEL BLITZ!!!!!!!!!!!!

(sorry for shouting but that's how I feel)

Also a Büssing-NAG 4500 or Mercedes would also be nice..

BTW Hobby-Boss is quite nice ... I got a T-34 from the Nürnberg Toy fair ... downscaled 1/16 kit ... full interior!!

cheers

Steffen

Jean-Luc,

Thanks very much for the information on those new airfield equipment sets.
Those are exactly the kind of things I have been wanting to add to my photobase! This is the best news I have heard all day.

I agree we need an Opel Blitz fuel truck plastic kit...maybe next year Tamiya?

Matrixone

Hi, I see the Opel Blitz in FM models in resin and plastic. It is very expensive, but it is a great model. I hope that Tamiya will include this model in your catalogue.

Where I can see the "Power Supply Unit" or Airfield set for to buy it ???

PD: Ah, I see it is only for pre-orders. Soon we can to buy it.

Regards.

Where's the Allies??

Hello Jan, how are you? Good question. I hope some more releases for the 1/48 scale armour, with allies accessories.

Regards my friend and take care.

Wow those sets look spectacular,and cant wait to pick then up.I
hope they do some British and American air feild support pieces too ! some engine scafoldings and a few portable crane to hoist engines! ok now I might be off the deep end , I hope not!

Accurate Armour has some British 1/48th scale airfield vehicles.

http://www.accurate-armour.com/showaaproducts.cfm?CFID=4556808&CFTOKEN=62275730&category=82&subcategory=251

Plus a Austin Tilly and David Brown tractor coming.

http://www.accurate-armour.com/comingsoon.cfm?CFID=4556808&CFTOKEN=62275730&navlevel=2

GJ

Hi Geert!

Welcome to Aeroscale (I almost wrote Armorama! :-) )

Yes these Accurate Armor vehicles look great! I'm currently putting money aside to buy some of them

Jean-Luc

Got the Käfer and the Kettenkrad with APU today. Great little kits!!







More soft targets Tamiya-san!!

cheers

Steffen

REVIEW!!! :-)

Hi Jean-Luc

Look here:

Käfer

Kettenkrad

I know you can read it I'm sorry for the others.

I did a review as soon as I got the kits (which was today 5.30 PM local) ... no translation though, I can barely keep up with the updates of my site. It is not that I do not want .. I just do not have the time

best wishes

Steffen