Revell Germany is far and
away the leader in small scale armour kits right now.
Beautifully moulded, excellent fit and accuracy, very
reasonable prices and no shortage of new releases. Many
people criticise the lack of figures with their kits,
but since I never use the little bastards anyway I don't
have a problem with their exclusion.
Revell's new 1/72 Cromwell
Mk lV is next on my workbench and I hope it is a taste
of more allied armour from them. It sold like hotcakes
here in England (which is odd because England isn't known
for its hotcake market) so perhaps the Revell accountants
will take notice.
The Tiger was built pretty
much out of the box with only the photo etched gunsight
added and the tow cables replaced with that c/l plane
lead-out wire I like so much. A late model Tiger really
should be covered in zimmerit, but I must admit I chickened
out when the time came. The thought of covering all that
lovely detail with a layer of goo and then carving several
trillion tiny grooves in it just didn't appeal to me.
Would look nice though if I could pull it off. Next time
for sure. No, really.
Note the realistic lint
scattered about the terrain. It's that kind of attention
to detail that separates me from the rest of the modelling
herd.
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