Hobbyboss continue
down and expected path with this month’s releases – from a modern Swedish tank,
to a Renault from France and an obscure tank from the soviets in WWII there is
also an “E” model intruder in this month’s preview…
Hobbyboss' February 2014 New Items
The Stridsfordon 90 is a family of Swedish tracked combat
vehicles designed by FMV, Hägglunds and Bofors in mid-1980s to early 1990s.
Export version with a 30 mm Bushmaster II autocannon. The CV90-30 was adopted
by Norway, Switzerland and Finland. The Norwegian CV9030N are generally known
as the CV90 Mk I while the more advanced Finnish CV9030FIN and Swiss CV9030CH
vehicles are known as the CV90 MK II. The CV90 MK II is also available as
CV9030 COM - Command & Control Vehicle.
Model Details
Item No
83822
Item Name
CV90-30 MK I IFV
Scale 1:35
Model Dimension
Length: 190mm Width: 93mm
Total Plastic Parts
710+
Total Sprues 17 sprues,
upper hull, lower hull and turret
Photo Etched Sheet: 1
The kit consists of
over 710 parts
- Multi-directional slide moulded turret, upper
hull & lower hull
- 180 individual
tracks links
The Renault R35, was a French light infantry tank of the
Second World War. Designed from 1933 and produced from 1936, the type was
intended as a light infantry support tank, equipping autonomous tank battalions
that would be allocated to individual infantry divisions to assist them in
executing offensive operations. To this end it was relatively well-armoured but
slow and lacking a good antitank-capacity because of it’s small calibre short
37 mm gun.
At the outbreak of the war, the antitank-role was more emphasized
leading to the development and eventual production from April 1940 of a subtype
with a more powerful longer gun, the Renault R40. It was planned to shift new
production capacity to the manufacture of other, faster, types, but due to the
defeat of France the R35/40 remained the most numerous French tank of the war,
about 1685 vehicles having been produced in June 1940. At that moment it had
also been exported to Poland, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia. For the remainder
of the war Germany and its allies would use captured vehicles, some of them
rebuilt into tank destroyers.
Model Features:
Item No
83806
Item Name
French R35 Light Infantry Tank
Scale 1:35
Model Dimensions: Length: 120mm Width: 55.3 mm
Total Plastic Parts
420+
Total Sprues 8
sprues and hull
Photo Etched Sheet: 1
The kit consists of
over 420 parts
- Multi-directional slide moulded lower hull w/fine
detail
- Photo-etched parts
included
The Grumman A-6 Intruder was designed as the replacement of
the A-1 Skyraider. It’s the first all-weather attack aircraft of the US Navy.
The aircraft were called as the A2F before 1962 and got the new name, the A-6 Intruder,
in service. The outstanding all-weather capability soon made the A-6 the main
strike force of the Navy and Marines, and devoted into the Vietnam War.
The A-6E is the last production type of the Intruder family.
They were developed for the strike missions. New AN/APQ-148 radar replaced the
old version and the DIANE system was replaced by the latest computer system
then available. In the late 1970s the new navigation system called CAINS were fitted
to the A-6E. The CAINS A-6E can be distinguished by the extra air scoop on top
of the fuselage near the vertical stabilizer.
Model Features:
Item No
81709
Item Name
A-6E Intruder
Scale 1:48
Model Dimension
Length: 348mm Wingspan:336.5 mm
Total Plastic Parts
510+
Total Sprues 16
sprues
Metal undercarriage Parts
Photo Etched Sheet: 1
The kit consists of
over 510 parts
-Detailed
fuselage&wing w/accurate design
-Detailed cockpit
-metal undercarriage
-photo etched parts
included
From July 1941, the soviet factories began producing the
Soviet T-40S. The rear of the vehicle body by a flat piece of armour plates (no
sag to install propeller propulsion for wading), front and side body armour
enhancements to 15mm, turret front and side reinforced to 20mm. This design is
informally known as "030" or T-30.
From September 1941, a number of T-30 tanks equipped with
ShVAK 20mm automatic cannon (containing 750 rounds), this was the last kind of development
of this model.
Model Features:
Item No
83824
Item Name
Soviet T-30S Light Tank
Scale 1:35
Model Dimensions: Length: 110mm Width: 65.5mm
Total Plastic Parts
300+
Total Sprues 14
sprues and lower hull
Photo Etched Sheet: 1
The kit consists of
over 300 parts
- Multi-directional slide moulded turret &
lower hull
- Photo-etched parts included
- 182 individual
tracks links
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