6 November 2010 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 56 - Part D. In this Part "Art Instructor" presents 5 new armors and a new machine gun. Starting from a vintage Monty's Humber 1:32 from Airfix and Valentine Mk.II British Infantry Tank with tankmen newly-released by Mini Art, followed by German MG-42 w/ tripod 1:6 from Dragon and Tamiya's German Panther type G + GreatWall Hobby's German Infrared Night vision Devices, then topping it off with German E-50 Flakpanzer from Trumpeter and Panzerfahre Fahrendeck mit Gepanzerter Landwasserschlepper Prototype Nr.2 newly-released by Dragon, shown with Prototype Nr.1. As always, I hope you'll enjoy viewing.
I'd like to thank for all kind feedbacks, compliments and suggestions that we received concerning Page 56 - Part C. They are very encouraging, and they inspire us to keep on producing quality models and dioramas and showing finest quality pictures. Comments and suggestions are welcome in my Model Maniac Forum
401 - 409 : Airfix's Monty's Humber 1:32
410 - 428 : Mini Art's Valentine Mk.II British Infantry Tank with tankmen
429 - 439 : Dragon's German MG-42 w/ tripod 1:6
440 - 454 : Tamiya's German Panther type G + GreatWall Hobby's German Infrared Night vision Devices
455 - 471 : Trumpeter's German E-50 Flakpanzer
472 - 491 : Dragon's Panzerfahre Fahrendeck mit Gepanzerter Landwasserschlepper Prototype Nr.2 w/ Prototype Nr.1
Because of close-range and wide-angle picture taking, the MG looks drooped because of lenses effect. These two pictures were taken at longer range and show that the MG is straight. There is no lenses effect here:
- Academy's German WWII Battleship Admiral Graf Spee 1:350 Premium Edition
- Tamiya's Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero 1:32
- Diorama "German Cossack Cavalry" using Dragon's German Cossack Cavalry figure set (finished)
- Zvezda's Shogun (Japanese Warriors) 1:72 (finished)
- Roden's Fairchild AU-23A 1:48 RTAF
Some kits in stock that I just can't wait for them to be built!:
- Linberg's IJN I-53 & Kaitens 1:72, a 1.50m long submarine model kit
- AFV Club's German U-Boat type VII B 1:350 w/ Upgrade Set from Voyager
- Revell's German U-Boat type VII C 1:350
All by "Toom" (Art Instructor's big brother)
- Revell's P-47D Thunderbolt 1:32
- Revell's Supermarine Spifire Mk.I/II 1:32
All by "Niphon"
- Diorama "Russian Snipers" using Dragon's Red Army Scouts & Snipers figure set (finished)
- Diorama "British 8th Army" using Airfix's multi-pose figure set 1:32 (finished)
- Diorama "U.S. Marines WWII" using Airfix's multi-pose figure set 1:32 (finished)
- Diorama "Dien Bien Phu" using Esci's NVA 1:72
- Diorama "Iraqi Insurgency" using Master Box's Iraq kit 1 and Iraq kit 2
- Diorama "German Offensive" using Zvezda's German Anti-Tank Gun Pak36 with crew
- Diorama "Battle of Hedgegrows" using Dragon's German Infantry "Battle of Hedgegrows, 1944"
All by "Joh"
- Mini Art's German Knights XV Century 1:72 (finished)
- Mini Art's Roman Infantry IV-V Century 1:72
- Esci's WWII Japanese Infantry 1:72
- Diorama "Soviet Spetnaz" using ICM's Soviet Spetnaz
- Diorama "Afganistan 1988" using Zvezda's Russian Spetnaz set 1
All by "pjareanwanit"
- Trumpeter's Tu-160 1:72
- Esci's T-54 Serian Army (finished)
- Esci's Ti-67 (finished)
- Tamiya's T-34/76 + Aires' VT-34 Recovery Vehicle Conversion Set 1:35
- Academy's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35
- Trumpeter's Me-262 A-1a Heavy Armament 1:32
- Tamiya's Japanese WWII Battleship "Musashi" 1:350 w/ local made PE parts (3 sheets)
- Revell's SMS Emden 1:350
- ICM's Markgraft Battleship 1:350
- Trumpeter's Russian Cruiser Admiral Lazarev (Ex Frunze) 1:350 w/ PE upgrade sets from Lion Roar
All by "Tazmanian"
- Hasegawa's IJN Akagi Aircraft Carrier 1:350 w/ PE Upgrade Sets A,B,C and Superdetail Set
- Academy's German WWII Battleship Admiral Graf Spee 1:350 Premium Edition (got 2 boxes)
- Trumpeter's Russian Cruiser Pyotr Velikiy 1:350 w/ PE Guardrails & Radar from LionRoar
- AFV Club's German type VIIB 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Voyager
- Trumpeter's Cv-14 Ticonderoga 1:350 w/ PE BigEdition from Eduard
- Tamiya's Mogami - Japanese Aircraft Carrying Cruiser 1:350 w/ Detail Up Parts
- Tamiya's Mikuma - Japanese Light Cruiser 1:350
- Trumpeter's HMS Repulse 1941 1:350
- Trumpeter's HMS Hood 1:350
- Trumpeter's Moskva, Varyag and Admiral Panteleyev 1:350
- Tamiya's Musashi 1:350 (another one)
- Tamiya's Bismarck 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Eduard
- Hasegawa's IJN Yahaki 1:350
- Trumpeter's USS Massachusetts BB-59 1:350
- Dragon's German Battleship Scharnhorst 1:350 Premium Edition
- Trumpeter's USS Independence LCS-2 1:35
The list goes on...