Masterbox have some very nice detail added to thier fine scale new WWI Tanks

More details on the finer details of Masterbox's new WWI tanks.

 

MasterBox’s November 2013 new releases

We thought we would show you the new pictures of this striking small scale kit with fine photo etch. Seems like WWI is the flavour of the month...

  MB 72001 "MK I "Male" British Tank, Somme Battle period, 1916"

This kit is of  the of MK I "Male" British Tank (Artillery Version) in Somme Battle period, 1916 in 1/72 scale. It includes 5 sprues. The kit is notable for high grade of working out in detail (with account taken of 1/72 scale), careful elaboration of small parts and high grade of the accuracy compared to the original.

We pay your special attention that there will be inscription “Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of World War One (1914-1918)" on the box.

MB 72002 "MK I "Female" British Tank, Somme Battle period, 1916"

This kit of MK I "Female" British Tank (Machine gun Version) in Somme Battle period, 1916 in 1/72 scale. It includes 5 sprues. The kit is notable for high grade of working out in detail (with account taken of 1/72 scale), careful elaboration of small parts and high grade of the correspondence to the original.

 

We pay your special attention that there will be inscription “Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of World War One (1914-1918)" on the box.

 MB 72001 "MK I "Male" British Tank, Somme Battle period, 1916" and MB 72002 "MK I "Female" British Tank, Somme Battle period, 1916" kits are the beginning of the big series of the kits devoted to the WW I.

35152 “Soviet Marines and German Infantry, Hand-to-hand Combat, 1941-1942. Eastern Front Battle Series, Kit No. 2”

This kit consists of 5 figures. The story of the kit is hand-to-hand combat between Soviet Marines and German Infantry and the kit makes it possible to assemble 3 figures of Soviet Marines and 2 figures of German Infantrymen. The poses of the figures are very naturalistic and dynamic. The scale is 1/35th.

 

We would like to remind that 35152 “Soviet Marines and German Infantry, Hand-to-hand Combat, 1941-1942. Eastern Front Battle Series, Kit No. 2” makes up a story whole with 35153 “Soviet Marines, Attack, 1941-1942. Eastern Front Battle Series, Kit No. 3” and 35102 "German Infantry Defence, Eastern Front Battle Series, Kit No. 1" kits that makes it possible to make both a single big diorama and separate vignettes.

35165 "The German military bicycle, WW II era" 

This kit will be released in March-April 2014.

 Bicycles were a decidedly useful tool in WWII – the British, Japanese, US, Canadians –everyone used them at some time. The Germans used them extensively – cheap, easy to make – SS Kampfgruppe Peiper’s soldiers – known for their massive tanks like Tigers and Panthers used their silent bikes very effectively during the Ardennes campaign. What a good subject to make in injection moulded plastic!?

Obviously people liked to keep in shape during the war as well?? :-)

Here is a picture of a Spanish bicycle soldier from the Blue Division serving with the German Army outside of Stalingrad during WW2 (1942).

Masterbox plan to release these to the market early next year. It is the German Army’s bicycle. Kits have such arrangement that the kit could be released in the most different configuration. In autumn this year only the model of the German military bicycle (MB 35165 “The German military bicycle, WW II era”) and one more model that is the model of the German woman’s bicycle of the same period (MB 35166 “The German woman’s bicycle, WW II era”) will be released.

More CAD's

Both models will be equipped generously by the photoetched parts. In future both models are planned to be used together with the figures in the most various and interesting stories and dioramas.

These kits should be available thru MasterBox’s distributors towards the end of next month…The pushbikes next year March some time...