Hobby Boss Kits

[chrisonord]

Cheers H,
Yeah I have seen those before,and I do already have a sokol part finished. It was such a bad kit I put it down and stayed away from my modelling bench for a week. The landing gears are that brittle, they just shattered regardless of how you went about removing them from the sprue.
Chris.

[Mossie]

More pics of the Sea Hawk FGA.6 on Hobby Search including full instructions.  Stores options are eight 60b RP's & gas bags.  Three decal options, 806 NAS & 810 NAS Royal Navy, 300 Sqn Indian Navy.
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10135915

[Radish]

1/48th Ta-152C is very nice, according to my local expert, but HB have made the same mistake as Dragon re. the cowling interior. As to what, not sure, but he says he can fix it easily.

[The Wooksta!]

Does he mean the radiator section?  The C was like the H in that the radiators lined the cowling sides, the front opening was mesh.  I'll have a check with the Monogram Close Up when I get home.

[Radish]

1/72nd Sea Hawk is available

[Mossie]

ooooOOOOoooo!

[Radish]

Between £10-£12 depending on where you buy.

Also, a rather nice German prototype tank, the name of which I've forgotten, in 1/35th that'll be ideal for Meerkats.

[Weaver]

Hannants now have these in stock:

VK4502 (P): http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HB82444 (what the hell is it? - Looks like a Tiger II turret on an Elefant-derived chassis!)

Landrover WMIK: http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HB82446  

White Scout Car: http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HB82451

Oh yeah, and the 1/72nd Seahawk: http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HB87251

[GTX]

VK4502 (P): http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/civil/previews/0001.htm (what the hell is it? - Looks like a Tiger II turret on an Elefant-derived chassis!)

Err, you might want to check that link.

Regards,

Greg

[Weaver]

Oops, sorry - fixed it now.

[rickshaw]

Hannants now have these in stock:

VK4502 (P): http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HB82444 (what the hell is it? - Looks like a Tiger II turret on an Elefant-derived chassis!)

It was what Porsche proposed as his version of the Tiger II.  He went ahead and started production - of long lead items such as the turrets - before the decision was made and when he lost out to Henschell, he found he had all these turrets made.  So they decided to use them on the Henschell hulls, as the Henschell turret production was lagging.  Problem was, the Henschell hulls lacked the turret ring protecting lip, at the top of the glacis which the Porsche design had and so the Porsche turret was easily jammed if a shell hit under the turret mantlet.   The Porsche turret's glacis was also weaker 'cause it was rolled, whereas the Henschell one was simply a flat plate.  Rolled glacis and the cutout required on the turret side for the commander's cupula made the Porsche design more difficult to manufacture overall so the Henschell one was preferred.

[Thorvic]

With that VK4502 if you removed the step down in the hull over the tracks and fitted return rollers that Porche designed Vorche would make a very viable post war MBT don't you think 

[Weaver]

Hannants now have these in stock:

VK4502 (P): http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HB82444 (what the hell is it? - Looks like a Tiger II turret on an Elefant-derived chassis!)

It was what Porsche proposed as his version of the Tiger II.  He went ahead and started production - of long lead items such as the turrets - before the decision was made and when he lost out to Henschell, he found he had all these turrets made.  So they decided to use them on the Henschell hulls, as the Henschell turret production was lagging.  Problem was, the Henschell hulls lacked the turret ring protecting lip, at the top of the glacis which the Porsche design had and so the Porsche turret was easily jammed if a shell hit under the turret mantlet.   The Porsche turret's glacis was also weaker 'cause it was rolled, whereas the Henschell one was simply a flat plate.  Rolled glacis and the cutout required on the turret side for the commander's cupula made the Porsche design more difficult to manufacture overall so the Henschell one was preferred.

Now then, I've read that "standard" story, and I've also read somewhere that it's completely untrue: both turrets were made by Krupp and the rounded "Porsche" one was simply the early model, replaced by the flat-fronted "Henschel" model because it was easier to make.

[Maverick]

A review of the Diana SPH over on Modeling Madness.

Great to see such an unusual subject in injection for 35th.

http://www.modelingmadness.com/scotts/misc/military/previews/hobbyboss/85501.htm

Regards,

Mav

[Maverick]

IPMS Deutschland have a review of the Ka-29 'Helix B' in 72nd.  Looks like a nice chopper with a nice selection of stores.

http://ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook/Hobby_Boss/HB_Ka-29_Helix-B/HB_Kamow_Ka-29_Helix-B.html

Regards,

Mav