Zvezda - New WW2 line.

[Peter]

I hope you don 't mind this intrusion but i think it isn't a gun but smoke gun and that's a good idea !!
a good support for a staff and common for this area (and the first time in plastic soldier i think)
friendly

a ghost

and sorry for my english, i'm french

Your English is good enough

And your remark on that gun, that it's a smokegun, is a good one. Makes me look at it in an other way A smokegun is suiteble in this set up

[ModernKiwi]

A flaregun is I think the English word for it. And a very good point too. Because who would fire a pistol into the air? Or maybe this is Zvedza's revenge for every other set of Russian infantry having the officer firing his gun into the air?

[Peter]

A flaregun is I think the English word for it. And a very good point too. Because who would fire a pistol into the air? Or maybe this is Zvedza's revenge for every other set of Russian infantry having the officer firing his gun into the air?

Thanks for clearing this out Chris (a flaregun) I keep it in mind

Now, who will shoot first a duck out of the air? The Russians or the Germans?

[marc zijp]

These are very nice staff sets!
Finally a Russian radio team too. (Better than the old Esci woman)
Good for artillery battery or mortar group imo.

[-=panzer=-]

Soviets scouts are coming!

[Alois Nebel]

WOW
Great news for me, I´m waiting for years for such figures.
How did they call the camo scheme? Amebe???

V.

[ModernKiwi]

Now these I like a lot. And yes, "amoeba" is the name of the cammo pattern.

[ww2only]

I hope you don 't mind this intrusion but i think it isn't a gun but smoke gun and that's a good idea !!
a good support for a staff and common for this area (and the first time in plastic soldier i think)
friendly

a ghost

and sorry for my english, i'm french

It's a Leuchtpistole (Pistolet Lance-Fusées; Flare Gun). This is its first appearance in 1/72 german plastic soldiers. You will see it again in the new Wat1815 issue: "ww2 German cavalry set #1".

these are action photo of the real one; site is GB/FR language:

http://leuchtpistole.free.fr/Sommaire/Photos.html

[Dad's Army]

WOW great figs..

[Shaun]

Awesome stuff -=panzer=- , do we know a release date for this. Also does anyone know what is to be released by Zvezda this month in terms of a 8000 box, i know psr has 8077 slated for summer but official confirmation would nice. Would also be very interested where people get Zvezda CAD renders for the 8000 series, Yarik has one of the german box set but havent seen any for the Soviets.

[garpant]

The figures I've seen have been awesome.I hope Zevzda releases all those 1/100 vehicles in 1/72 also.

[-=panzer=-]

First photo of the soviet recon group.

[-=panzer=-]

Hot news: 3d image of "big" kit set of Zvezda's WW2 german army.

..and german R-12 bike...

... and german recon group.

[-=panzer=-]

Comparison between Italeri's and Zvezda's german bikes.

[Alois Nebel]

It seems, that Zvezda´s sidecar is better.

V.

[Dad's Army]

WOW, suberb figs

[David O'Brien]

Please note the Russian motorcycle is 1/35th scale not 1/72nd scale.

The Zvezda R12 looks like a BMW R12 whereas the Italeri one looks like a BMW R75. To be fair they are two different BMW types so a direct comparison is not possible. BTW -The Russian M72 is like the BMW R75 but actually based on the BMW R71.

For a R12 it looks very good but the spokes look better on the Italeri model. The forks, engine etc are far superior on the Zvezda model. The rider on the Zvezda m/c should have had rolled up sleeves (like the box art) or the standard motorcycle coat- this uniform is a bit amorphous as if for a parade. The machine gunner/sidecar passenger looks OK but the motor cyclist looks awkward - he looks as if he is getting ready to do a handstand on the handlebars. Plenty of videos on Youtube to show riding positions on combos. I think this is one instance where computer generated images need a bit of help.

David

[Duron QelDroma]

Hopefully these are the masters für the big box of German infantry. The marching figure looks really nice, like the ones from Preiser. I esspecially like non-combat poses, as these are most useful for dioramas.

[-=panzer=-]

Please note the Russian motorcycle is 1/35th scale not 1/72nd scale.

Yes, it is my mistake. Images are removed.

Hopefully these are the masters für the big box of German infantry.

I am not a expert in german, but ,imho, it is not a 1943 infantry, it is early war infantry.

[-=panzer=-]

Good news from Zvezda every day: soviet marins and german AA 88mm gun.