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1:35 scale M2A
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Tank Workshop’s 1:48 resin Ferdinand backdate on Tamiya’s new Elefant
1:35 Patriot
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1:48 Sikorski H-34
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1:35 Panther
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US Halftrack SPGs
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and more...
April 2017 / £4.50 / Issue 132
Contents
- Issue 132 April 2017
REGULARS
p 4
NEWS
What’s new in the world of military
modelling
Luke Pitt takes a look at the latest
in 1:48
Dragon’s latest small-scale Panther
p 60
1:48 SCALE
p 66
LAST POST
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FEATURES
p 6
THINK TANK
US Halftrack SPGs by Bruce Culver
Dragon 1:35 scale M2A1 by Lukasz
Kapelski
Full-sized reference by Zack Sex
Tank Workshop 1:48 scale
Ferdinand conversion by Brett
Green
Dragon 1:35 Patriot
Italeri 1:48 Sikorski H-34 Helicopter
Thunder Models’ 1:35 Case Vai
Tractor by Kamil Feliks Sztarbala
p 16
AMIS IM WUNDERLAND
p 26
FERDINAND WALKAROUND
p 32
FERDI’S FOLLY
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p 44
PREVIEW
p 45
PREVIEW
p 46
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Dragon 1:35 Type 4 Ke-Nu Light Tank
he Type 4 Ke-Nu was a light tank used by the Imperial
Japanese Army (IJA) in WWII. It was essentially a
hybrid combining the hull of a Type 95 Ha-Go light
tank with a turret from the Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank.
When the Type 97 was up-gunned with a higher-velocity
47mm gun, turrets with the original low-velocity 57mm tank
gun became surplus and were installed onto the obsolete
Type 95.
The IJA received approximately 100 examples of the Type
4 Ke-Nu from 1944. While the type’s firepower improved,
the heavier weight of the turret added a ton of weight and thus reduced its maximum speed to
40km/h. The 8.4-ton tank’s thin armour could be easily penetrated by Allied anti-tank weapons
too. It was operated by a crew of three. Most tanks were retained on the Japanese mainland in
anticipation of an Allied invasion, but some saw combat against the Soviets in Korea and Manchuria.
Dragon has now produced a 1:35 scale plastic kit of the Type 4 Ke-Nu. There are numerous new
kit parts such as the turret with the characteristic ring antenna. Although the Type 4’s hull may look
similar to that of Dragon’s Type 95 Ha-Go kit, the glacis plate has been completely redone. This will
be an eye-catching 1:35 release from Dragon, and it just proves the adage that good things do indeed
come in small packages!
Thanks to The Hobby Company Limited for the information and images
www.hobbyco.net
EGYPTIAN SHERMANS:
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF
THE M4 TANK AND VARIANTS
IN EGYPT, 1949-1973
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Bronco 1:35 Sd.Kfz.247Ausf.A German Armoured Command Car
n 1936 the German army issued a
requirement for a command and personnel
car. As a result Krupp manufactured the
Sd.Kfz 247 Ausf A using their 6x4 Protze
truck chassis in 1937. It used a 65bhp Krupp
4-cylinder air cooled petrol engine which
gave a top speed of 70 km/h. Armour was
from 6-8mm, enough to protect against small
arms fire and shell splinters. Combat loaded it
weighed 5.1 tons and had a road range of 350
kilometres.
The Sd.Kfz 247 Ausf A was designed as a
command car for use by the Commanders of
motor cycle reconnaissance battalions. It was
not issued with a radio as standard equipment
and carried no fixed armament. Only 10 of the
Ausf A model were built and these served in
the early years of WWII, a few surviving until
1945. A smaller Sd.Kfz 247 Ausf B was built by
Daimler-Benz using a 4x4 heavy car chassis,
58 were built 1941-42.
Bronco has now released an injection
moulded 1:35 scale kit of this pioneering
command car. The model features full interior
detail including engine and chassis, poseable
visors and vinyl tyres.
We’ll have more information about this
interesting new release in a future issue of
Model Military International magazine.
Thanks to Bronco for the information and
images
www.cn-bronco.com/en/products.php
ust published by Blurb.com:
EGYPTIAN SHERMANS: A
PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE
M4 TANK AND VARIANTS IN EGYPT,
1949-1973, by Christopher Weeks
The M4 Sherman tank is one of the
world’s most famous tanks, with a long
and storied career lasting through World
War II into the post-war era, in foreign
armies across the world. One of the
least-well known users of the Sherman
was Egypt, which used the Sherman in
combat during its 1956 and 1967 wars
with Israel. Egypt also developed its own
unique variation mounting the French
75mm gun turret from the AMX-13 light
tank, and used a number of specialized
vehicles based on the Sherman chassis,
ranging from self-propelled artillery to
recovery vehicles.
Egyptian Shermans is the most
comprehensive work in the English
language covering the M4 in Egyptian
Army use. Over 45 photographs are
featured, the vast majority of which
have never before appeared in print in
the English language, including details of
vehicle insignia, and rare photographs of
Sexton self-propelled guns and a bridging
tank used in the 1973 war.
Egyptian Shermans is available now
from Blurb.com in hardback, paperback,
and PDF formats. 38 pages. Illustrated.
To purchase the book or view sample
pages, visit
http://www.blurb.com/
b/7446053-egyptian-shermans
For more information, please contact
egyptianshermans@gmail.com
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