26 September 2014 : Today I am proud to present Model Maniac Page 77 - Part D. In this Part "Art Instructor" presents 6 new armors. Starting from Sherman M4A4 75mm
from Dragon and Soviet Super Heavy Tank KV-5 from Takom. Followed by Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.C from Dragon and Sd.Kfz.139 Marder III SP Gun from Maquette. Then topping
it off with bigger guns - Sd.Kfz.165 "Hummel" (Initial Version) from Dragon and German Rheinmetall 12.8cm K44 L/55 High Velocity Anti-Tank Gun from GreatWall.
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 77 - 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
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601 - 618 : Dragon's Sherman M4A4 75mm
619 - 640 : Takom's Soviet Super Heavy Tank KV-5
641 - 655 : Dragon's Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.C
656 - 670 : Maquette's Sd.Kfz.139 Marder III Self-Propelled Gun
671 - 686 : Dragon's Sd.Kfz.165 "Hummel" (Initial Version)
687 - 700 : GreatWall's German Rheinmetall 12.8cm K44 L/55 High Velocity Anti-Tank Gun
and in my Facebook Group named Model Maniac
- Tamiya's Russian Field Car GAZ-67
- Vignette "1st Infantry Division, Vietnam '68" (2 resin figures w/ base)
- Orange Hobby's Swedish Navy Visby Class Corvette "Harnosand" 1:350
- Amodel's Mil Mi-10K 1:72
- Academy's Admiral Graf Spee (Premium Edition) 1:350 - by "Jack Sniper"
Some kits in stock that I just can't wait for them to be built!:
- Trumpeter's A-10A/N 1:32
- TriStar's German Panzer Grenadiers Vol.2 (finished)
- Tamiya's British Tank Crew (4) (finished)
- Italeri's Gladiators 1:32 (finished)
- Tamiya's Schwimwagen Type 166 + Voyager's Upgrade set (finished)
- Dragon's Jager, Fallschirmjager Battalion 500 1:16
- Dragon's 6th Army Oberfeldwebel, Stalingrad 1942 1:16 (finished)
- Diorama "Middle Easterners" using Meng's figure set
- Diorama "Afghanistan 1988" using ICM's figure set
- Soviet Tank Crew 1939-1942 (3) (ICM's) (finished)
- Diorama "US Marines" using Finemolds's figure set (finished)
- Diorama "Soviet Soldiers At Rest" using MiniArt's figure set and Eastern Express's Soviet Field Kitchen
- Diorama "German Infantry In Action" using MasterBox's figure set having the same name
All by "Pinut Jareanwanit" or "PJ"
- Vignette "US Airborne - War of Position" (2 resin figures w/ base)
- Vignette "Navy SEAL & LDNN (2 resin figures)
- Vignette "US Ranger Sniper Team" (2 resin figures w/ base)
- Vignette "US Marine Digital Uniform" (2 resin figures w/ base)
All by "Joh"
- 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)
- Italeri's F-86F 1:32
- Trumpeter's F-100D 1:32
All by "Nipon"
- Tamiya's IJN I-400 1:350 w/ Rainbow's Upgrade Set - by "Pramuk Kiatjarungphan"
- KP's L-39 Thunderbirds 1:72 - by "Lynx"
- KP's MiG-17PF Fresco D 1:72 - by "Lynx"
- Hasegawa's MiG-21 & MiG-17 Combo 1:72 - by "Lynx"
- Tamiya's F2A2 Buffalo 1:48 (motorized) - by "Artama" (finished)
- Berkut's Su-30MK 1:72 - by "Artama"
- Master's Su-17M3 Afghanistan War 1:72 - by "Artama" (finished)
- Academy's F-15D Eagle 1:72 - by "Artama"
- Monochrome's IJN Destroyer AKIZUKI 1:350 + various upgrade sets - by "Artama" (finished)
- Tamiya's IJN Mogami - Japanese Aircraft Carrying Cruiser 1:350 + various upgrade sets - by "Artama"
- Trumpeter's PLAN DDG-138 Taizhou 1:350 (Sovremenny Class) - by "Artama"
- 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
- Tamiya's Mikuma - Japanese Light Cruiser 1:350
- Trumpeter's Moskva and Admiral Panteleyev 1:350
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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...