Our Veteran's Day picks are dedicated to all those who have served or who are serving in U.S. military and those of our friends and allies.
It is appropriate to start with our Jimmy Doolittle raid B-25 in 1:72 scale from Corgi and offered by Perry's for just $49.95.
See Tim's great site for more pictures of this beautiful bird:
http://www.tricatus.co.uk/AA35302.htm
Link to check or buy it from Perry's about 3/4ths of the way down this page:
http://www.perryaircraft.com/cgi-bin...sb=3&so=ascend#
Our second selection is found at Go Hobby for $55.99. It's a Carousel 1
Carousel Indy Legends
Fokker Triplane
Ernst Udet, Somme 1918
1/48
Item Number CRO-7123
Link to this fantastic World War I fighting machine here:
http://www.gohobbies.com/itemCRO-7123.html
Turning now to our AFV picks, we begin with a little something from the Toy Headquarters for $29.99. From late in World War II, by Forces of Valor it is a 1:32 German Jagdpanther - Belgium.
[FOV80212_310]$41.99 $29.99
Click to enlarge German Jagdpanther - Belgium
SKN: 80212 | SCALE: 1:32
The German JagdPanther was arguably the best tank destroyer design of WWII. The Panther chassis was chosen and it was armed with a powerful 88mm Pak 43 L/71 gun. Although conceptualized and designed in 1942, by the time the tanks were manufactured and shipped to the troops in 1944, Germany was in full retreat across multiple fronts.
MODEL FEATURES:
- Enthusiast Series
- 1/32 Scale
- Die Cast
- Tank Tracks roll along the working suspension
- Main Gun elevates to engage!
- Includes Commander to direct the Battle!
- Real World Accessories in realistic detail!
- Length 11 inches
- Width 4 1/4 inches
- Height 4 inches
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 13 September, 2005.
The link is:
http://www.jjshobby.com/Shoppingcart...2871ade03f5ead
Our final pick for Veteran's Day is from the same time frame and side in the war, but from a different company--Dragon-- and in a 1:72 smaller scale. Offered by Burbank's House of Hobbies for $14.95, we have:
Features:
- Open window display packaging - Highly popular and collectible item - True to 1/72 scale - Fully accurate mold - Fully assembled - Historically accurate markings and insignia - Includes protective display case
At 70 tons, Germany’s Jagdtiger was certainly no lightweight! In fact it was the heaviest armored vehicle to go into production in WWII. A design to mount a 12.8cm antitank gun on the Tiger II chassis was ordered as far back as early 1943, and by April 1944 the first prototype was ready. The first pair of vehicles was fitted with a Porsche-designed suspension system, a system that proved unsatisfactory. Production was delayed until Henschel redesigned the suspension with a torsion bar system.
Dragon Armor has launched a 1/72 scale model of this Henschel Production Jagdtiger. The fully built-up replica represents tank destroyer “X8” of sPzJgAbt 512 fighting in Germany in 1945. Of special note is the realistically textured coating of zimmerit on the hull and superstructure of this Jagdtiger. This collector’s item has been face-lifted and a brand new crane added to the roof. This type of crane was used to lift up the superstructure roof in order to gain access to the fighting compartment for maintenance. The crane is beautifully reproduced to scale, as is the vehicle itself resplendent in its late-war ambush camouflage scheme.
Dragon 1/72 Jagdtiger Henschel Version w/Crane, s.Pz.Jg.Abt.512, Germany 1945 DML60266Regular price: $24.95Our price: $14.95
You can get it here:
http://www.houseofhobbies.com/dr1jahevewsg.html