TMN: Preview: An oversized monitor & another what-if in May from HobbyBoss.

Old Lord Clive the monitor & another prototype of the Flakpanzer V Ausf.A are Hobbyboss' new items of May. We look at the colours, decals, CADs & built-up kit in our preview...

Preview: An oversized monitor & another what-if in May from HobbyBoss.

HMS Lord Clive

by Hobbyboss

Model: 86518

1/350th scale

The British HMS Lord Clive-class series of monitors was led by the Lord Clive in 1915. She was named after the first Baron Robert Clive, the Seven Years' War British general who won the Battle of Plassey, becoming the British Viceroy of India. Her main gun was taken from a 12-inch front dreadnought MKVIII-type gun.

The colour schemes presented in this kit

The decals in the box

During World War I in the English Channel, she bombarded German fortifications along the Belgian coast. In 1918, she was equipped with a single 18-inch (460 mm) cannon, although she only used it to fire four rounds in combat before the war ended. After the war, she was considered unnecessary, and in 1927, she was sold for scrap.

Model Length: 292.3 mm / Beam: 76 mm

Seven sprues and deck included

- Hull split into two parts

- Contains display stand and engraved nameplate

- Photo-Etched parts included

The kit made up by hobbyboss modellers

German Flakpanzer V Ausf.A

by Hobbyboss

Model: 84832

1/35th scale

The 3.7 cm Flakzwilling auf Panther Fahrgestell, or Flakpanzer 341, was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun designed by Rheinmetall during World War II. It was intended to be armed with two 3.7 cm Flak 341 guns in a fully enclosed, rotating turret on the hull of a Panther medium tank.

The colour scheme presented in this kit

The decals in the box

Due to a number of factors, including the Allies' landing in Normandy, the Allied strategic bombing offensive, and a lack of raw materials, it quickly became apparent that there would be no chassis available for Flakpanzers. Throughout 1944, production on the Flakpanzer 341 proceeded, but in January 1945, all 3.7 cm armed Flakpanzer construction on the Panther chassis was halted because the 3.7 cm guns were deemed insufficient. In the end, only a wooden mock-up of the turret on a Panther chassis was built.

Model Length: 125mm/Width: 45mm

The kit consists of over 230 parts

Total of 5 sprues , upper hull and lower hull

- Newly tooled parts in accurate detail

- Photo-etched parts included

The CADs of the kit showing some of the features.