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on a similar note (sorry to steal the spotlight, David) which company makes the best models? For my money, it's a toss-up between Tamiya and Dragon. Some of the older Tamiya kits don't have fantastic detail (their 4-figure German infantry kit comes to mind), but for the most part they're pretty dam...

If 1/72 is your preferred scale, then you can also get a lot of Dragon's AFVs ready bult, painted and weathered, in a display box, for not much more than the price of the kit it was made from!

I remember a review of Airfix's 00/HO British Infantry in a publication called "Tankette" that criticised the fact that a) they seem undersized in comparision to the Germans, b) rather than the shapeless battledress, they all seem to be clad in shrink to fit jeans and c) some of the poses ...

Sid, theres actually a HUGE market for armour, and its just not available. There's a LOT of Allied stuff restored, and more coming back to life each year, and you can trip over T34s basically anywhere in the marketplace, but there are many types particularly German and other Axis that just aren't t...

Wherever possible, I try & buy my books and kits second hand. Downside is, you can wait ages before something turns up at the right price. Though recently I bought a couple of old Tamiya kits for £10 each. It's just a matter of playing the waiting game.

Probably your best bet would be to get involved with a restoration project (there's a lot of stuff being exported from the CIS) if 100% authentic is your aim. Tooling up to produce components for one tank would cost a fortune, unless you could locate the original jigs etc. As has been pointed out, i...

A couple of bits that stick out that I can think of (and were most likely down to what budget the props dept. had to play with)... "The Blue Max" - all the German soldiers are carrying Lee-Enfield No4 rifles with the Mk 9 bayonet fitted. (The latter was predominantly issued to the Navy). A...

TPMM wrote:I've heard that German pilots called Il-2 and Il-10 "Concrete planes" according to their great durability. Calling them a "Flying tank" is also quite a good idea.

"Zementer", I heard quoted somewhere.

I would assume so, though in all likelihood, in conjunction with their yellow collar tabs. Unless there was a trim around the tab in relevant Waffenfarbe (as with the Div. "HG").

I'll bet those final words had something to do with Vegemite!!! ark ark! The Fokker Triplane was one of the most aerodynamically-sound designs of the First World War, small and very light weight with much less wing-loading because of the shared load on the three wings, but very much more of a box-k...

I heard on the TV the other night that the Germans are making a new film about Baron von Richtofen. Check IMDB (Internet Movie Database) for more info. Aside, anyone who has seen Cross of Iron of recent, is it me or does the same Russian soldier get killed on three seperate occasions near the end of...

Re the famous last words; there's the (probably apocryphal) account of the ACW General John Sedgewick, at the battle of Fredericksburg (or Spotsylvania, depending on the account) stood in view of the enemy, addressing his men.

"They couldn't hit a bull at this dis"...

Another possible use for the attachment was on the proving ranges, to deflect the rounds into a sandpit. I don't know if this is accurate, as the source book was quite old.

Ah, a couple of pictures of the 234/1: This first vehicle is from 4th Panzer in 1945: http://www.2iemeguerre.com/blindes/images/sdkfz234.jpg I don't know who owned this one: http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/fotky/obrnenavozidla/234/019.jpg Best, David Interesting to see that these don't have the ...

Presumably this is because a member of the Nachrichen Abteilung would be using communications on a regular basis (telephone switchboards, radio stations) whereas a radio operator (Funker) in the infantry or other section would be the only man trained to use the portable radio in the field? Hence the...