Hi All
Just in case people aren't aware of this blog:-
http://kampfgruppe144.blogspot.com.au/ (http://kampfgruppe144.blogspot.com.au/)
News in that Zvezda will be doing the I-16 and La-5 in 1/144 (good news for those horrified by the prices that F-toys are fetching for I-16s)
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/news/img_8359_1419617108_zvezda_catalog_2015_000057.jpg.html (http://scalemodels.ru/modules/news/img_8359_1419617108_zvezda_catalog_2015_000057.jpg.html)
Now just have to see if I can get the Foxone Gaz98 Aerosled into some scenarios....... :D
(http://foxonemodel.fc2web.com/tank_gallery/rf8/rf8_00.jpg)
Cheers
GrumpyOldMan
Thanks for the link Vic. I purchased a brace of the Zvezda P-16s and am amazed at the detail, especially the brass etching for the cockpit - a lot more than 1/72 scale kits by Airfix . I added the Peter Pig pilot in 1/144.
I fitted two thin 10mm lengths of wire (paper clips) into where the wheels should be. Painted them matt grey. It means my aircraft can be displayed in the air - on a stand - or parked on the ramp. Its a technique I pioneered with 1/300 aircraft, and it transfers well to 1/144.
I'm not (currently) interested in Zvezda's Eastern Front stuff but was fascinated by the scalemodels.ru listings of their Ancients/ Rennaissance/ Napoleonic ships which I've never seen before. To be fair, I've never gone looking for them - unknown unknowns! Several are in scales that would fit in with 10mm figures.
That reminds me of all the others i still have to buy :-[
the fairey, henschel and the po 2.