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**Kid_Kyoto**

Dragon USA has a new kit out the ReallyHardtoSpellBigGermanTank

http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=CHC6666

1/35 Neubau-Fahrzeug, Rheinmetall-Fahrgestell und Krupp-Turm

Supplies are limited, only a small quantity of this 1/35 Neubau-Fahrzeug Rheinmetall-Fahrgestell und Krupp-Turm Geanderte MG-Turme will be produced. Cyber-Hobby items will have one production run only and there will NOT be a reproduction of this item. In another words, once it is sold out it will be gone forever!

Cyber-Hobby Model Kits are OEM by Dragon Models, the same manufacturer that brings you the finest model kit in the market. These Cyber Hobby kits are officially known as the Master Grade Model by Dragon as they uses genuine Dragon parts, have a more obscured topic selection, uses special markings, and are normally loaded with bonuses.

Furthermore, Cyber Hobby Limited Edition Model Kits are small quantity limited production, and there will be one production run only.

Remember shipping is free on orders $99 or more!

Features:

Delicate 7.5cm KwK L/24 and 3.7cm KwK L/45 included

Upgradeed frontal MGs included

Slide-moulded turret for maximum detail

Detailed hatches w/weld seams

Injection-molded fenders made to thinnest possible dimensions

Turret can be rotated at different angles

Intricate antenna included

Complicated exhaust system accurately recreated

Delicate engine deck produced

Intricate ventilator w/photo-etched parts

U-shaped metal tow hooks

This rare vehicle has been accurately and beautifully recreated

Slide-molded upper hull produced w/intricate details

Hull bottom has full and correct details

Delicate suspension system

Drive sprocket accurately recreated

Final-drive housing w/details on both sides

Injection-molded on-vehicle tools w/clasps

Detailed 38cm track produced

At 1/35 it'll a bit big but since when is that a bad thing. And it has 3 turrets. 3 TURRETS!

Other neat stuff on their site:
http://www.dragonusaonline.com/home.aspx

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**Kroothawk**

Name just means "Newly build vehicle (chassis by Rheinmetall, turret by Krupp, modified MG-turrets)"

**Kid_Kyoto**

Oh dear, I think I finally found what a 40k staff car should look like

http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=MIN35074

Just $20 with the internet discount.

Very tempting...

**Kroothawk**

BTW you can get all those in the correct 1/56 scale (not double 40k scale):
De 028 Neubau Fahrzeug http://www.diewaffenkammer.com/_germany.html
Gb 005 Humber staff car http://www.diewaffenkammer.com/_great_britain_and_the_commonwealth.html
or this German Scout car: http://www.brigadegames.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BGAHSL&Product_Code=CB-NAGV08&Category_Code=TVSEV

**cadbren**

That Austin K-5 would make a great truck for the IG.

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This is interesting, though it needs a railway to move on.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Kroothawk wrote:BTW you can get all those in the correct 1/56 scale (not double 40k scale):
De 028 Neubau Fahrzeug http://www.diewaffenkammer.com/_germany.html
Gb 005 Humber staff car http://www.diewaffenkammer.com/_great_britain_and_the_commonwealth.html
or this German Scout car: http://www.brigadegames.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BGAHSL&Product_Code=CB-NAGV08&Category_Code=TVSEV

Good to know but for WWII models I think 1/35 works best. There really aren't that many things showing scale on the models and the fact is most WWII vehicles are smaller than we think. There were light tanks there that are smaller than a modern hummer. WWII engines and logistics just couldn't support some of the large vehicles we see today.

So if someone is using the BigBadGermanTank as a Superheavy 1/35 will look better.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Oh dear, I think I finally found what a 40k staff car should look like

http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=MIN35074

Just $20 with the internet discount.

Very tempting...

In the Grim darkness of the 41 millenium Imperial Guard, Only the Elyssians have wheel technology. Everyone else makes do with tracks, legs or wings.
That vehicle, with legged tracks and wings really would fit in well.

**JOHIRA**

cadbren wrote:That Austin K-5 would make a great truck for the IG.

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This is interesting, though it needs a railway to move on.

You got your submarine in my train!

**ancientsociety**

Are those secondary deck turrets modified from Pzfw I turrets?

**Mannahnin**

Nice stuff. I like the squadcar and the train in particular.

**grizgrin**

Actually, regarding scale, I recently built some B-17's in both 1/72 and 1/48. Seeing as how the Marauder from Foregworld is just a slab sided B-17, I just call them Pre-Heresy Marauders. Anyway the 1/72 were wayway too small and the 1/48 still look a hair too small. 1/35 may not be bad at all, giving a superheavy more oomph and yet not making your models loom like oompa loompas.

**Kid_Kyoto**

grizgrin wrote:Actually, regarding scale, I recently built some B-17's in both 1/72 and 1/48. Seeing as how the Marauder from Foregworld is just a slab sided B-17, I just call them Pre-Heresy Marauders. Anyway the 1/72 were wayway too small and the 1/48 still look a hair too small. 1/35 may not be bad at all, giving a superheavy more oomph and yet not making your models loom like oompa loompas.

Got any pics?

**ancientsociety**

grizgrin wrote:Actually, regarding scale, I recently built some B-17's in both 1/72 and 1/48. Seeing as how the Marauder from Foregworld is just a slab sided B-17, I just call them Pre-Heresy Marauders. Anyway the 1/72 were wayway too small and the 1/48 still look a hair too small. 1/35 may not be bad at all, giving a superheavy more oomph and yet not making your models loom like oompa loompas.

Sorry, but 1/35 scale is way too big. I've used 1/35 scale tanks as the basis for several Battlewagons are they are always larger than Land Raiders.

Just take a look at any 1/35 scale figure. They're almost 2x larger than the average GW mini.

**warboss**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Dragon USA has a new kit out the ReallyHardtoSpellBigGermanTank

lol, as german words and tank names/designations go... that one is actually a piece of cake. they get alot harder than that!

**Kanluwen**

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:
Kid_Kyoto wrote:Oh dear, I think I finally found what a 40k staff car should look like

http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=MIN35074

Just $20 with the internet discount.

Very tempting...

In the Grim darkness of the 41 millenium Imperial Guard, Only the Elyssians have wheel technology. Everyone else makes do with tracks, legs or wings.
That vehicle, with legged tracks and wings really would fit in well.

Funny story that...

The Tauros is a conversion of a civilian vehicle, uparmored and armed.

So...yeah.

**ancientsociety**

What's sort of weird is I'm currently doing research for my FOW Early War Germans, which I plan to base on the 196th Heer Division and the 40 Abt. Panzer Co. who participated in the invasion of Norway (Operation Weserubung).

Sure enough, I came across the NbFz V!

6 of these tanks ever existed and all of them served in the Norwegian campaign (2 of which were destroyed).

Here's a good writeup on the NbFz:
http://tanks.deagostini.co.uk/chat/yaf_postst681_German-Tank-Profile-PzKpfw-NbFz-V.aspx