Need a Sherman or Panzer for your 28mm WW2?

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**privateer4hire**

Revell Models sells 1/48 snap-tite kits for $13 that work very well for PzIV and Sherman tanks.
Yes, they have to be primed and seriously repainted unless you want them to look like something from a monster truck rally.

But...a typical tank model or miniature tank around this scale is running btw $30-$40.
For $28, I bought a Panzer IV AND a Sherman for my two Bolt Action armies.

They are slightly larger than the 1/56 scale but that actually make them look more reasonable.

http://www.revell.com/model-kits/snaptite/85-1754.html
http://www.revell.com/model-kits/snaptite/85-1759.html

**TheCustomLime**

What's with those weird paint jobs? Are they selling models for some sort of WW2 AFV demolition derby wargame?

**privateer4hire**

They're snap-tite and they've made up some little sci-fi blerb to match. Presumption is they're targeting the kiddies who might be turned off by OD green or middlestone yellow base paint jobs.

Agreed they're garish-looking but they prime and paint over without any problem. At the scale I prefer for my 28mm WW2 AND at 1/3 the price, it was not difficult for me to make the plunge.

**MrMoustaffa**

I'm kind of tempted to field those as is just to see my opponent's head explode in disbelief

**BrookM**

The Sherman is passable, the Panzer however, horrible proportions!

**MrMoustaffa**

BrookM wrote:
The Sherman is passable, the Panzer however, horrible proportions!

Sherman has the suspension of an Easy 8 but everything else looks like a regular M4A3. I'd be tempted to try and find an Easy 8 turret to put on it but by that point I would think you'd be better off just buying a correct model

**BrookM**

Personally I'd pay a bit more for a HobbyBoss kit then, they're in the proper scale, have the proper proportions and while not as cheap, will most certainly not induce rage in les grognards.