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Posted: Friday, September 01, 2017 - 02:17 PM UTC


Up next from Hobby Boss is an early variant of the Marder III, a heavy-duty KrAZ truck with trailer, and an armored train in braille scale.

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ilfil62
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Posted: Friday, September 01, 2017 - 04:49 PM UTC
After the launch of the armoured locomotive BR 57 a line of kits of BP 42/44 trains armoured cars is a logical step. But why "Geschutzwagen", this one apparently is a command car?
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Posted: Friday, September 01, 2017 - 05:32 PM UTC
can we PLEASE have a different trailer
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Posted: Saturday, September 02, 2017 - 02:30 AM UTC
The Geschutzwagen would be nice in 1/35th but I question the need for the Marder III as Dragon pretty well nailed that one down.
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Posted: Saturday, September 02, 2017 - 03:04 AM UTC
Trumpeter released one in 2009.



http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=1078&l=en


KurtLaughlin
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Posted: Saturday, September 02, 2017 - 06:47 AM UTC

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The Geschutzwagen would be nice in 1/35th but I question the need for the Marder III as Dragon pretty well nailed that one down.



The Marder is a slight derivative of the ex-Tristar kit, so it probably doesn't represent a large investment of effort for HB.

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Posted: Saturday, September 02, 2017 - 08:38 PM UTC
Could you make a whole armored train, or would that be inappropriate? (Were the cars not all available at the same time?) I like the look of the cars, but they appear to be pretty easy kits, with the bulk of your time spent on the paint scheme and weathering. Or am I mistaken? Definitely cool kits, but a little pricey.
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Posted: Sunday, September 03, 2017 - 02:54 AM UTC
You could indeed make a complete armoured kit, as to the availability of each kit at any particular time: who knows. Unfortunately (and completely ignoring the cost) you'd need a shelf about four meters long to display it!
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Posted: Sunday, September 03, 2017 - 08:16 PM UTC
I'm glad they are putting the train out in 1/72, as I've always wanted to build one, but given the cost of it in 1/35, as well as it's being so large when finished, that was nonviable.
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