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The Russian kit manuacturer Eastern Express has announced five new 1/35th scale armor kts. As is to be expected from this company, they are all Soviet subjects and all offer some interesting possibilities...

Having recently 're-discovered' Soviet armor after a 20+ year 'gap', I would not entirely consider myself a disinterested spectator in these new releases...

What makes these small companies notable, is their constant striving to bring new and different subjects to the modeller.Not for them the 'mainstream' subjects of companies such as DML they do attempt to bring previously ignored subjects to the marketplace - subjects which would normally only be kitted-out in resin...

EASTERN EXPRESS NEW RELEASES 1/35th

EE35084 - Heavy Tank KV-1 mod. 1941 (early version)

EE35126 - GAZ-MMM mod. 1941 Soviet Army Truck

EE35089 - KV-2 Heavy Tank, (early version)

EE35124 - BA-I0 Soviet Armored vehicle (Early Version)

EE35141 - BA-10 Soviet Armored vehicle )late version)

Both of the new KVs will be facing stiff competition from the forthcoming Trumpeter ones - we have been promised no less than 3 versions from them.. The BA-10s have excellent possibilities as well. The early version was used in the Spanish Civil War for example as were many captured examples in WWII...