M4A3 (76)W VVSS Concrete Armor

Check out our second armor release - The Sherman's M4A3(76)W VVSS Concrete armor. Order now!!!

New Aircraft Release!

1/48 Mig-21 Update for Academy Kit

Resin engine exhausts

 

SU-76i (Resin conversion kit) - Coming Soon!!!

The SU-76i (Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 76) was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II based on the German Pz Kpfw III and StuG III chassis, armed with a ZiS-5 76.2 mm gun. About 1,200 of these captured vehicles, many from Stalingrad, were converted at Factory No. 38 by adding a new enclosed superstructure. They were issued to tank and self-propelled gun units starting in autumn 1943.

Sherman M4A3E8's Concrete Armor

The M4A3E8's Concrete Armor was issue by the 12th Armored Division in February-January 1945. In order to strenght late Sherman's anti-tank features the 12th's ordnance officers decided to develop a local expedient using concrete applied over the glacis plate and the hull sides with steel rebar for internal reinforcement.

* The picture was taken from Concord's 7046 Armor at War Series - US Tank Battles in Germany 1944-45, page 19.

Russian's NKL-26 Aerosan (Full resin kit)

The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the WW2, based on the earlier NKL-6 (OSGA-6). It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour palte on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M11-G aircraft engine. Each NKL-26 was operated by two crewmen. NKL-26s were organized into battalions of 30 NKL-16s with a transport company of NKL-16s - each with three companies of 10. Each company was organized as three platoons of three vehicles, and a commanders vehicle. Combat Aerosans often worked with ski infantry battalions, and could carry four ski troops riding outside the vehicle on its skis or towed behind.

New releases!

Aircraft releases:

1/48 X-15 Update for Special Hobby Kit
Resin aircraft nose cone correction and tailplane correction

  









1/48 Su-15 Update for Trumpeter Kit
Resin engine exhausts

1/32 Mig-21 Update for Trumpeter Kit
Resin engine exhausts

1/35 Mi-24 Update for Trumpeter Kit
Resin helicopter wheels and flare dispensers