Hobbyboss have five new releases for January 2016 (already) –
some nice looking kits but I am sure one box art will catch many people’s eyes.
Also the corsair is nice to see actually in combat – who says box art’s been
watered down? Let’s see the kits and sprues in the Hobbyboss preview…
Hobbyboss’ new items
for January 2016
Model no: 83852
1:35th scale
The Soviet T-28 was among the world's first
medium tanks. The prototype was completed in 1931 and production began in late
1932. It was an infantry-support tank intended to break through fortified
defences. The T-28 was designed to complement the heavier T-35, with which it
shared many components.
The type would not have that much success in combat,
but it played an important role as a development project for the Soviet
designers. A series of new ideas and solutions were tried out on the T-28 and
were later incorporated in future models.
Model Specifics
Model Dimensions
Length: 214mm Width: 82mm
Total Sprues 21 sprues,
lower hull, upper hull and turrets
Metal Parts
copper cable
The kit consists of
over 800 parts
multi-slide moulded
turret, upper hull and lower hull
photo etched parts
included
individual tracks
Model no:81715
1:48th
scale
The Su-27 Flanker is the fighter aircraft designed by the
Sukhoi Design Bureau and manufactured by Irkut Corporation. The export version
is the Su-27SK.
Su-27 entered production in 1982 and is in service with
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, and is built
under license in China as the F-11. A variant, the Su-30MKK, has been sold to
China.
Model Specifics
Model Dimension
Length: 470mm Wingspan: 308mm
Total Sprues 19
sprues, upper fuselage, lower fuselage and tires
Photo Etched Parts
1piece
the kit consists of
over 220 parts
Detailed fuselage
wing w/accurate design
Detailed cockpit
& gear cabin
photo etched parts
included
1:35th
scale
Model no:83876
The Panhard VBL is a wheeled 4x4 all-terrain vehicle that
has been created AND offered to the military in various Configurations. It was
designed to combine the agility of the Peugeot VLTT liaison vehicle with
adequate protection against small arms fire, artillery fragments, mines and NBC
weapons. The VBL is fully amphibious and can swim/ wade at 5.4 km/h; it is also
air transportable by C-130, C-160 and A400M.
The VBL was developed during the 1980s and entered
operational service in France in 1990. It has a fuel consumption of 16 litres
per 100 km. It uses the VBL MILAN Anti-tank medium range (up to 2000 metres) missile
system in combat. One MILAN missile fire unit and six missiles, with a MIRA
Thermal camera.
Model Specifics
Model Dimensions
Length:125 mm Width: 70mm
Total Sprues 8 sprues,
upper hull, lower hull and tires
Photo Etched Parts 1 sheet
The kit consists of
over 270 parts
multi-slide moulded
lower hull and upper hull
photo etched parts
included
rubber tires 
Model no: 80382
1:48th
scale
The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was an American fighter
aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Demand
for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought's manufacturing capability, resulting
in production by Goodyear: Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG.
From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940,
to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured
by Vought, in 16 separate models, in the longest production run of any
piston-engined fighter in U.S. history
Model Specifics
Model Dimensions
Length: 213.5mm Wingspan:260 mm
Total Sprues 10
sprues
the kit consists of
over 190 parts + clear parts
for canopy.
Detailed fuselage &
wing w/accurate design
Engine with fine
detail
Detailed gear cabin 
Model:83814
1:35th
scale
The Leichter Panzerspähwagen were a series of light
four-wheel drive armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944. It
used the standard sPkw I Horch 801 chassis with an angled armoured body and
turret. The rear mounted engine was a 67 kW (90 hp) Horch 3.5 petrol engine,
giving it a road speed of 80 km/h and a cross-country speed of 40 km/h. It had
a maximum range of 300 km.
Used by the
reconnaissance battalions (Aufklärungs-Abteilung) of the Panzer divisions, the
type performed well enough in countries with good road networks, like those in
Western Europe. However, on the Eastern Front and North Africa, this class of
vehicle was hampered by its relatively poor off-road performance. In those theatres,
it gradually found itself replaced in the reconnaissance role by the Sd.Kfz 250
half-track.
Model specifics
Model Dimensions
Length: 134mm Width: 57.2mm
Total Sprues 14 sprues,
upper hull, lower hull and tires
Photo Etched Parts 2 sheets
Fully detailed
Interior
Multi-directional
slide moulded Upper hull
Two-directional slide
moulded Lower hull
Four rubber tires
w/fine detail
photo-etched parts
included
These kits will all
be available from Hobbyboss’ distributors in January
2016.
