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15mm Late War German Infantry Heavy Weapons set comprising 4 tripod MG42 teams, 4 x 82mm mortars, 4 x 120mm mortar teams and 8 x panzerschrecks and 8 panzerfausts for £16.50.

http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_22_24_49&products_id=286

What do you guys reckon?

Having spent the weekend gaming with Will Townsend, you 15mm boyos have lots to look forward to...

These are the best set so far from what I have seen.

Though Im waiting on the US Infantry...

Awesome!

Im gutted though. Just bought a German Mortar platoon and some loose Panzerfausts. I should be able to sell the fausts but im halfway through painting the mortars. Even so, i will be buying this kit. Most of what i have is from PSC with the odd bit from Battlefront.

I want to see sqrue shots. This thing has potential, but I want to see the fausts mixed in on a base with BF models. I have pleanty of BF "basic" troopers, but if I can pick up fausts and schrecks to make more accurate stands, I will be sold on this.

well i know what i will spending my gaming allowance on next month!!!

Also if any one wants a sneek peek at the Soviet Arty set. they have one up, kinda of....

I was doing some shopping for PSC stuff and stumble across this. The 20 mm and 15mm set are the same.
example the new released soviet mortar set;.lCompare to the 15mm set vs. the 20mm set and they are the same!!!!
Hence my unoffical sneek peeks.

Good good. Plenty of little kneeling men to use for conversions, because I have no use for the big mortars. And this time I'll go all the way to the big city and hand a man in a shop some notes for this set, rather than pre-ordering it from Maelstrom.. because it will be bloody quicker. Actually, it would be quicker to walk to Mr Townsends house and ask him for one. And he lives on the other end of the sodding country.

Nice bits for 251/2 mortar halftracks, observer-teams etc. I am kinda regretting picking up FiB Heavy machine-gun teams now, but I will be buying this for sure.

Hi all.
MORE cool stuff from PSC!
I might be getting a Panzergrenadier army next!

Just a quick question . What base sizes do the PSC infantry come with ?
Are they BF base compatable or would I need to get bases from elsewhere?

Aren't PSC doing 251 half track conversion kits soon? EG pioneer-assault ramps, flamethrowers, Sturm um fuss (Sp?) rockit launchers, 37mm/28mm AT gun, etc.
They might do 75mm assault gun and mortar variants too...or am I getting carried away?

God bless Mr Townsend for providing all this WWII wargaming goodness!

As far as their basic infantry kit is concerned, they are not coming with any bases - but things may be different with heavy weapon kits (perhaps somebody who has obtained the Russian heavy weapon set could enlighten this?). And yes, they will be doing that, but nothing prevents us getting moar and moar other options and some crazy kitbashing

Yes! And now I can finally get started on a Grenadierkompanie.

CainTheHunter wrote:As far as their basic infantry kit is concerned, they are not coming with any bases - but things may be different with heavy weapon kits (perhaps somebody who has obtained the Russian heavy weapon set could enlighten this?). And yes, they will be doing that, but nothing prevents us getting moar and moar other options and some crazy kitbashing

I just ordered one last from the Warstore.So yes, i will let everyone know.I was kinda thinking about doing a product review for this set.

Also if any one needs nice cheap plastic basas i highly recommend one of our sponsors here on DAKKA.Proxy minatures!!!THEy have some real nice Buildings BTW they are Plastic and modular.Also have a nice selection of Bases to choose from.All for the low cost of 4 dollars each!!!!

Thanks Cain.
Kit bash away mate!
It will be a while before I get around to my german Panzergrenadier army, so I might not have to kit bash as much.

(My Wife wont let me spend all my money on minatures!And I can NOT have more wargaming stuff than the attic and garage can hold.
So I may have to be a bit prudent /lie about how much I already have....before I can buy those exellent PSC german kits. )

I am simply not telling mine that I spent money on "those little things" again .

Big P - Is Will struggling to get the kits out fast enough? It seems he has brilliant plans, and lots of things prepared but it takes a while *Flash to Bang* (in military parlance) to get it to market is this because of long lead in times to manufacturing the Box sets?

Wonderful news! Just as I am getting the ball rolling on my mid-war Ostfront stuff

mwnciboo wrote:Big P - Is Will struggling to get the kits out fast enough? It seems he has brilliant plans, and lots of things prepared but it takes a while *Flash to Bang* (in military parlance) to get it to market is this because of long lead in times to manufacturing the Box sets?

Yes... We had a long chat over dinner regarding production rates.

Its simply that it takes a long time to get a frame into production, especially given that mistakes get made and have to be corrected. He also found that the resizing between scales wasnt working as well as he hoped so he spent some time working on those issues. Its been a steep learning curve for them, but he is going great guns at the moment.

Its not so much that he is struggling, he has a great team at PSC working with him, but more that he wants everything they put out to be as good as it can be, and as they are learning so much with each new version, he then goes back to other prototypes and has them reworked to learn the lessons of whats come out. This all adds time, plus of course the usual mishaps in any design process, but Will is committed to putting out the best he can. Hence why he is planning at a later date to retool some of the earlier frames when he has the time.

I cant say much, but he does have big plans, and I know he will make them happen. I suspect you will see an increase in both the 15mm and 20mm outputs over this year and into next year. His plans for what he wants to cover in plastic are immense... and Its very exciting... Especailly them branching out into other periods.

Will is a great lad, if you see him at a show, make sure to have a chat... He's a diamond geezer. He is back over in August for another game.

I am meeting up with him at Salute. Good to know that he's cranking them out, I have to say I must have given him £120 in the last year alone with the Panthers, Panzer IV's, Stug's and 251's.

Awesome stuff.

EDIT also got that British Armour in Normandy for Easter (off my Amazon wish list) Thanks for the recommend.

No worries...

...and if you see Will at Salute, tell him Piers says 'Hi' and tell him not too 'Double Skip' on ye discount.

This is great. You can make a very competitive list now for dirt cheap:
From the V3 Forces book.
Grenadierkompanie (Heer)

HQ
Grendierkompanie HQ with 2 cmd panzerfaust, mortar section, anti-tank section, 145

Combat companies

1.Grenadier platoon, cmd panzerfaust, 6 rifle/mg teams, 165
2. Grenadier platoon, cmd panzerfaust, 6 rifle/mg teams, 165

Weapons platoons
3. grenadier machie-gun platoon, 4 MG 42, 135 (combat attach to above)
4. Grenadier mortar platoon, 4 12cm SGW43, 165

Regimental support
5. Grenadier ppioneer platoon, cmd panzerfaust, 6 pioneer rifle team, 175

Divisional support
6. Panzer platoon, 3 Panther A, 560
7. Panzergrenadier anti-tank gun platoon, 2 7.5 PaK40, 105
8. Ju 87G Stuka limited air support, 135

1750 points of Confident/Veteran late war unpleasantness for about $100.

What you buy:
1. PSC german infantry box
2. PSC german heavy weapons box
3. PSC panther box
4. Zvezda Stuka
5. Battlefront pak40 blister
6. bases

Except that Zvezda does not produce Stuka, but PSC has promised to release the pioneer kit, with 251/7 upgrades, Stuka upgrade and several pioneer models to mix with their rank and file infantry (soldiers with mine detection equipment, Goliath etc). And there were some promises concerning Artillery as well.

Yeah it's pretty amazing, I have to say and i'm not nay saying because I like PSC, my infantry (about 18months old) are looking a bit ropey. Lots of minor damage, my recommendation is that if you are playing alot the extra investment in metal might be worth it.

However his Vehicles are unparalleled, people moan about weight but these people lack the imagination to put some weight in there (like some dirt cheap fishing weights etc.) The Quality of moulding is amazing compared to BF Resin.

Very nice release for PSC. although since the historical board is faster I think I'll stop updating the News/Rumors topic

CainTheHunter wrote:Except that Zvezda does not produce Stuka,

What

Oh, my fault, of course they do. I read that post and instead of "Stuka" it clicked in my mind as "Stuka zu fuss". Sorry

Big P wrote:Yes... We had a long chat over dinner regarding production rates.

Its simply that it takes a long time to get a frame into production, especially given that mistakes get made and have to be corrected. He also found that the resizing between scales wasnt working as well as he hoped so he spent some time working on those issues. Its been a steep learning curve for them, but he is going great guns at the moment.

Its not so much that he is struggling, he has a great team at PSC working with him, but more that he wants everything they put out to be as good as it can be, and as they are learning so much with each new version, he then goes back to other prototypes and has them reworked to learn the lessons of whats come out. This all adds time, plus of course the usual mishaps in any design process, but Will is committed to putting out the best he can. Hence why he is planning at a later date to retool some of the earlier frames when he has the time.

I cant say much, but he does have big plans, and I know he will make them happen. I suspect you will see an increase in both the 15mm and 20mm outputs over this year and into next year. His plans for what he wants to cover in plastic are immense... and Its very exciting... Especailly them branching out into other periods.

Will is a great lad, if you see him at a show, make sure to have a chat... He's a diamond geezer. He is back over in August for another game.

Please convey to WIll how much his efforts are appreciated. PSC's kits seem to improve with each release, in terms of precision and detail - just compare the recent Panther with the T-34. Just as important is his obvious desire to provide a good spread of the important AFV's of WWII (and not just the glamourous ones).

I think the re-sizing between scales was a very clever idea (essentially covering two different markets with the same design), but it's leading to some aspects of the kits being the worst of both worlds - not durable enough for 15mm (which is almost exclusively a wargaming scale) but not detailed enough for 1:72. I'm not surprised he's re-thinking his approach.

I'm hoping that PSC branches out into some of the important supporting vehicles, like armoured cars and even soft-skins. A sprue with a couple of widely used vehicles (such as, say, a Horch and an Opel Blitz) would, I think, sell very well.

Well the resizing does work... He just needed to figure a few things out, but he has that sorted now.

Keep ya eyes peeled on PSC... I know whats coming.

And its gonna be cool.

Big P wrote: Keep ya eyes peeled on PSC... I know whats coming.
And its gonna be cool.

We, the undersigned People of this subforum demand to know more!!!

I'd love to say. but I cant... But I did do a photoshoot for one of the things a few weeks ago...

...and some of it is far too cool to mention and one doesnt like to steal Will's thunder after all. Having got to see their release schedule its goona be a big couple of years for WW2 gamers.

Exciting times ahead for 15mm & 20mm gamers. If I get anything ahead of release to paint, I will make sure to post pics.

On the PSC website Will already said something about artillery being the god of war - since it has been officially leaked... eh? At least - how long we have to wait?

These PSC kits look great -- I'll have to try some!