it doesn't look bad, however the painting is ocasionally what you expect from a mass-production modell.
they ain't cheap tho
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| Posted by: mabadesc April 23, 2006 06:59 am |
| Dragon 1/72 Armor Series. Dragon recently came out with a Nashorn (Hornisse) diecast model in their WWII armor series which looks better and more detailed than the tanks they've been producing so far. Are they taking a step forward in improving the quality of their models or is this just a one-time event? Take a look for yourself at the level of detail, especially for the main gun mechansim and for the fighting compartment. Remember, these are small models - usually not more than 5 cm in length and 3 cm in width and height. http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nashorn17fg.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nashorn23mo.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nashorn37es.jpg This last photo shows a Ferdinand alongside the Nashorn. The Ferdinand looks good, but not nearly as detailed as the Nashorn. http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nashornandferdinand2fv.jpg |
| Posted by: dead-cat June 08, 2006 09:13 am |
| some time ago i bought a 1:32 Tiger (1944 Normandy) by http://www.forcesofvalor.com/product.aspx?pid=9. it doesn't look bad, however the painting is ocasionally what you expect from a mass-production modell. they ain't cheap tho . |
| Posted by: dead-cat July 10, 2006 08:11 am |
| "my" local modelling store recently supplied themselves with the 1/72 Dragon armor series. aside from modern stuff, i saw there, mostly german armor including Tiger I, Tiger II, Jagd Tiger, StuG IV and Nashorn. also some T-34/76 Red Army and Beutepanzer. i'd say they are really niceley done at a reasonably price. about 17€ is not bad, considering that Rocco wants around 20-25€ for their "painted" minitanks 1/87, where they did a horrible painting job. i've been into figure painting (albeit not very much) in the last 2 years. since i thought i'm really bad at it, doing the stuff freehand, i bought recently the 1/32 716th Inf. (because i really like machineguns  ) set from FoV to get at least a comparision baseline.i wonder what's diecast in that set since it's 100% from plastic. |
| Posted by: dead-cat July 26, 2007 08:35 am |
| during the last year i purchased a few more items, mainly from Forces of Valor. a King Tiger 2 StuGIIIG a 105mm M2A1 US howitzer, all 1:32 i am quite pleased with the quality of the models, however the price might be a bit high if purchased in a regular store. so i limited myself to ebay. also i got a He-111 H6 1:72 recently from Corgi. i was impressed by the weight of the model. that one really deserves the "extreme metal" predicate. |