Thursday, February 3

Preview: Three new kits on the way from Gecko Models

Gecko models have three cool kits coming out in a month or so. A captured Bedford in German clothes, an unshielded Scimitar and some SEALS from the '90s (NOT the Charlie Sheen type). See what we are talking about in our preview...
Preview: Three new kits on the way from Gecko Models

German Bedford MW 4x2 Beutewagen vehicle
From Gecko Models
1/35th scale
Kit No #35GM0032
The kit consists of plastic injection parts & Photo-etch metal.
The Subject: Bedford MW 4x2 Beutewagen vehicle in German service: 
The Bedford MW 4x2 had a payload of about 0.8 tons and a 72 Horsepower engine. The vehicle had a 4x2 drive, and several of the captured vehicles were used by the Germans due to their rugged build quality and reliability in the field.
This Bedford MWD was extensively equipped with German weapons and tool mounts and it was used as a towing vehicle for a German 3,7cm Pak.
This new kit from Gecko Models:
This new kit of the  Gecko 1/35th scale German Bedford MW 4x2 Beutewagen vehicle has the details of the interior exposed with the top down at the rear.
The vehicle only needs the German troops to fill it with, everything else is depicted in plastic and photo-etched metal.
The front windshield has three options, either up, with photo-etched windshield wipers, down, with an uncovered version, or down, with a covered version over the windshield.
Another view of the collapsed canvas cover for the truck, the shelving for the "Jerry" can and the number plate, amongst other parts on the vehicle that used thin metal to replicate the thinner parts of the truck.


Modern US Navy Seals team in action '90s (with combat rubber raiding craft)
From Gecko Models
1/35th scale 
Kit No #35GM0080
The kit consists of plastic injection parts & Photo-etch metal.
The Subject: US Navy Seals in the 1990s
US Navy seals participated in many operations in the 1990s, Operation Earnest Will (Persian Gulf 1987–1990); Just Cause (Panama 1989–1990) and Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Additionally, SEALs conducted operations in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and Liberia. Several of these operations meant being inserted in floating rubber boats. 
This new kit from Gecko Models:
This new kit of the Gecko Models 1/35 scale Modern US Navy Seals team in action '90s (with combat rubber raiding craft) contains not only the six figures of US Navy SEALs but also the Rubberized boat that one of them is seen tilling, the others inside or jumping out of at the shoreline. The kit also includes a small base, the decals for the insignias and photo-etched parts to recreate smaller details of the kit.


British Army Scimitar MK2 CVR (T) armoured reconnaissance vehicle
From Gecko Models
1/35th scale 
Kit No #35GM0053
The kit consists of plastic injection parts & Photo-etch metal.
The Subject: 
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army, manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion but mounts a high velocity 30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon instead of a 76 mm gun. It was issued to Royal Armoured Corps, Armoured Regiments in the Reconnaissance role. Each Regiment had a Close Reconnaissance Squadron of 5 Troops of 8 FV107 Scimitar.
The chassis and suspension of the Scimitar are shared with all other members of the CVRT family. Initially, the engine was the Jaguar J60 4.2-litre 6-cylinder petrol engine, the same as used by several Jaguar cars. This has now been replaced by a Cummins BTA 5.9 diesel engine in British Army Scimitars, under the CVR(T) Life Extension Program (LEP). The Scimitar lifespan has once again (as of middle 2009) been extended to accommodate the shift in timeframe with the FRES (Future Rapid Effect System) program which would have seen new armoured vehicles introduced which would have replaced the CVR(T) range of vehicles. With new modifications, air filtration units and gearbox upgrades (late 2009) as well as hull alterations (late 2009)

This new kit from Gecko Models:
This new kit of the Gecko Models 1/35th scale British Army Scimitar MK2 CVR (T) armoured reconnaissance vehicle features the type without the shielded armour that was presented on the earlier kit from Gecko. This one features the mesh spent shell containers and mudflaps, brackets, ventilation grilles and other photo-etched parts to recreate smaller details of the kit. The kit also includes decals for British Army vehicles.
You can find out more about Gecko Models kits on their Website