Page 73 - Part A

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23 February 2014 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 73 - Part A. In this Part "Art Instructor" presents 5 new armors, WWII and modern. Starting from 54cm Morser "Loki" Gerat 041 from Dragon and Meng Shi 1.5 ton Military Utility Vehicle from Hobby Boss, followed by IDF Merkava Mk.IIID (LIC) and ZTZ 99 MBT both from Hobby Boss, then topping it off with MAZ-537G Late Type with MAZ/ChMZAP-5247G Semitrailer from Trumpeter. As always, I hope you'll enjoy viewing!.

I'd like to thank for all kind feedbacks and compliments that we received concerning Page 72 - Part D. They are very encouraging and they inspire us to keep producing quality models & dioramas and showing finest quality pictures. Comments and suggestions are welcome in my Model Maniac Forum and in my Facebook Group named Model Maniac


001 - 022 : Dragon's 54cm Morser "Loki" Gerat 041

023 - 036 : Hobby Boss's Meng Shi 1.5 ton Military Utility Vehicle - Hardtop Version A

037 - 058 : Hobby Boss's IDF Merkava Mk.IIID (LIC)

059 - 080 : Hobby Boss's ZTZ 99 MBT + Voyager's Upgrade Sets

081 - 110 : Trumpeter's MAZ-537G Late Type with MAZ/ChMZAP-5247G Semitrailer


Counter : With the introduction of this Part, the total number of pictures of all Pages =16,004

Model Maniac - Page 73 Part B is coming in a few weeks. It will show some of the following items:

- Trumpeter's German PzKpfw. KV-2 754(r)
- Eastern Express's Russian 203mm Gun B-4
- Aim's Russian Motorcycle w/ Sidecar
- Italeri's Panzerwerfer auf Maultier
- Trumpeter's Sd.Kfz.8 DB10
- Dragon's German Panther D
- Dragon's German Jagdtiger Porsche Version
All by "Art Instructor"

- Armor : German Motorcycle WWII Zundapp KS-750 (2 kits) (Greatwall's) (finished)
- Diorama "Zundapp with Feldgendemarie" using Greatwall's motorcycle w/ figure set) (finished)
- Diorama "German Folkssturm, Berlin 1945" using Zvezda's figure set (finished)
- Artillery : US 3" Gun M5 on Carriage M6 (AFV Club's) (finished)
- Armor : US 4x4 Truck "Bantam" with crew (5) (MiniArt's) (finished)
- Armor : Tamiya's M42 Duster + Eduard's Upgrade Set
- Diorama "Urgent Dispatch" using Master Box's kit
- Figure : US Soldier WWII 1:16
- Figure : Wehremacht Unterofficer 1944 1:16
All by "Pinut Jareanwanit" or "PJ"

- Orange Hobby's Swedish Navy Visby Class Corvette "Harnosand" 1:350
- Hobby Boss's German Navy Submarine Type VII B 1:350
- Bronco's German Long-Range Submarine U-IX C 1:350
- Tamiya's Patrol Boat River "PBR" Pibber 1:35
- Revell's German Wiesel Ozelot 1:35
- Airfix's F-86F 1:72
- Zvezda's Su-33 1:72
- Hasegawa's U.S.S. Gambier Bay 1:350 + Upgrade Set Basic + Upgrade Set Super + Deck Set
All by "Toom" (Art Instructor's big brother)

- Amodel's Mil Mi-10K 1:72
- Italeri's F-86F 1:32
- Trumpeter's F-100D 1:32
All by "Nipon"

- Trumpeter's USS Massachusetts BB-59 1:350 (finished)
- Trumpeter's HMS Hood + Upgrade Set + Wooden Deck 1:350
All by "Artama"

- Warship : Aoshima's Roman Warship
- Warplane : Trumpeter's F-8II 1:144
- Armor : Academy M977 6x6 Truck 1:72
- Dragon's Panther G 1:72
- Diorama "US Army WWII" using Chinese made M3 Stuart 1:72
- Diorama "German Field Kitchen" using Tamiya's figure set
All by "Joh"

Some kits in stock that I just can't wait for them to be built!:
- Academy's German WWII Battleship Admiral Graf Spee 1:350 Premium Edition (another one)
- 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
- AFV Club's German type VIIC 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Voyager
- AFV Club's German type VIIC/41 1:350
- AFV Club's German type VIID 1:350
- AFV Club's Japanese Navy I-19 Submarine 1:350 w/ I-19 Detail Up from AFV Club
- AFV Club's Japanese Navy I-58 Submarine Early Version 1:350
- Trumpeter's CV-14 Ticonderoga 1:350 w/ PE Big Edition from Eduard
- Tamiya's Mogami - Japanese Aircraft Carrying Cruiser 1:350 w/ Detail Up, w/ MAM's brass barrels
- Tamiya's Mikuma - Japanese Light Cruiser 1:350
- Trumpeter's HMS Hood 1:350 w/ Trumpeter's Upgrade set, Eduard PE set and Wooden Deck from MK1
- Trumpeter's Moskva, Varyag and Admiral Panteleyev 1:350 w/ LionRoar's PE Guard Rails & Radars
- Tamiya's Musashi 1:350 w/ Wood Deck from MK1
- Trumpeter's USS Lassen DDG-82 1:350
- Hasegawa's IJN Yahaki 1:350 w/ MAM's brass barrels
- Monochrome's IJN Destroyer Akizuki 1:350
- Trumpeter's USS Massachusetts BB-59 1:350
- Tamiya's Bismarck 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Eduard and Wooden Deck DX from MK1
- Alanger's Typhoon Class Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (another one) 1:350
- Aoshima's Japanese Navy Battleship Kongo 1:350 + WoodHunter's Wooden Deck & PE
- Aoshima's Japanese Navy Heavy Cruiser Atago 1:350
- AFV Club's Gato Class Submarine 1941 1:350
- AFV Club's Gato Class Submarine 1942 1:350
- AFV Club's Gato Class Submarine 1943 1:350
- Tamiya'a Japanese Navy Submarine I-400 w/ Voyager's PE Upgrade Set 1:350
- Aoshima's Japanese Navy Submarine I-41 w/ Landing Crafts 1:350
- Pit Road's IJN Escort UKURU Type-A 1:350
- Pit Road's SSN-571 Nautilus 1:350
- Hobby Boss' Italian Heavy Cruiser Pola (1941)
- Hobby Boss' U.S.S. Virginia SSN-774 1:350
- Hobby Boss' German Navy Type VII-B U-Boat 1:350
- Monochrome's German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen 1:350 w/ Wooden Deck from MK1
- Airfix's Trafalgar Class Submarine 1:350
- Dragon's U.S.S. Yorktown (CG-48) + Soviet Alfa 1:350
- Dragon's German Z-39 Destroyer 1:350 Smart Kit with Basic Parts Upgrade Set from Orange Hobby
- Mirage's U-511 IXC (turn I + WGr42) German Submarine 1:350
- Mirage's U-176 IXC (turn II) German Submarine 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Type VII-A U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's German Navy Type VII-B U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Navy Type VII-C U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Navy Type IX-A U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Type IX-B U-Boat 1:350
- Hobby Boss's DKM Navy Type IX-C U-Boat 1:350
- Aoshima's Heavy Cruiser "Chokai 1942" Takao Class 1:350
- Zvezda's Russian Battleship "Borodino" 1:350
- Trumpeter's German Zerstorer Z-25, 1944 1:350
- Dragon's U.S.S. Gearing DD-710 (1945) 1:350
- Dragon's U.S.S. The Sullivans DDG-68 1:350
- Dragon's U.S.S. Laffey DD-459 1942 1:350
- Bronco's German Long Range Submarine U-IXC 1:350
- Trumpeter's PLA Navy 051C DDG-115 Shenyang 1:350
- Trumpeter's PLAN Type 033 Submarine & SH-5 Observation Seaplane 1:350
- Hobby Boss's PLAN Type 035 Ming Class Submarine 1:350
- Bronco's Chinese 039G "Sung" Class Attack Submarine 1:350
- Bronco's Kang Ding Class Frigate 1:350
- Bronco's Russian Akula II Class Submarine 1:350
- Academy's U.S.S. Reuben James FFG57 (Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate) 1:350
- AFV Club's USN Submarine Guppy IB Class (Italian Navy SS Leonardo Da Vinci) 1:350
- Hasegawa's IJN Destroyer Type Koh "Isokaze" Super Detail 1:350
- Trumpeter's USS England DE-635
- Micro-Mir's WWII Soviet Submarine K-21 1:350
- Italeri's U-Boot Biber 1:35 - FineMolds' IJN Midget Submarine A-Target Type A "Sydney Bay" 1:72
- Riich's USS Los Angeles Class Flight III (688 Improved) Attack Submarine 1:350
- ICM's "Kronprinz" WWI German Battleship 1:350
- Zvezda's K-3 November Class Nuclear Submarine 1:350
- Bronco's Russian Project 955 "Borei" Yuri SSBN Submarine 1:350
- Hobby Boss's USS Los Angeles Class SSN-688/VLS/688I 1:350
- Italeri's Vosper 72' 6" MTB 77 1:35
- Hobby Boss's French Surcouf Submarine Cruiser 1:350
- Hobby Boss's Soviet Victor III Class (Project671R) 1:350
- Orange Hobby's HswMS "Visby" Class Corvette 1:350
- Planet Model's U-Boot Typ II D 1:200
- Mirage's I-506 U-IX D1 Turn IV 1:400
- Hobby Boss's USS Greenville SSN-772 1:350 (2nd one)
- Flagman's German U-Boat Type IX A/B 1:350
- Trumpeter's HMS Battleship Warspite 1942 1:350
- Trumpeter's USSR Navy Sovremenny Class Project 956E Destroyer 1:350
- Trumpeter's JMSDF Murasame Destroyer 1:350 + LionRoar's JMSDF DD-101 Murasame Super Detail Set 1:350

- Trumpeter's A-10A/N 1:32
- Trumpeter's Grumman F4F-3 "Wildcat" 1:32
- Academy's MiG-29AS Slovak Air Force 1:48
- Hobby Boss' MiG-17 PFU Fresco E 1:48
- Zvezda's Sukhoi Su-30KN Russian Multirole Fighter 1:72
- Zvezda's Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D 1:72
- Italeri's Sukhoi Su-34 1:72
- Hasegawa's MiG-29 Fulcrum "Russian MiGs" 1:72
- Hasegawa's MiG-21 & MiG-17 Combo 1:72
- Italeri's F-104G Starfighter 1:72
- Italeris' B-25G 1:72
- KP Models' Lavochin LA-7 1:72
- Italeri's B-24D Liberator 1:72
- Hasegawa's Lightning F Mk.6 Combo (2 kits) 1:72
- Hobby Boss's F-14D Super Tomcat 1:72
The list goes on...


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