It's almost Christmas, man!
You will be pressing things at best, if you expect to receive or have a delivery made before Christmas for any of our featured items this week. With that out of the way, let's start with our armored selections this week. All are 1:35 Tiger tanks.
The first and most expensive Tiger is just in at Hobby Link Japan. This item is available for international shipment. For 9,800 yen (or about $83 US) you can get:
Tamiya expands its excellent Masterwork Collection of completed models with this fine rendition of an initial production Tiger I heavy tank, turret number 122, from s.Pz.Abt. 502. As with all Masterwork Collection entries, this model is completely assembled and masterfully painted, marked, and weathered. Features a die-cast chassis with plastic parts, and comes mounted on a display base.
Here's the link all the way to Japan:
http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM21802
Our next two Tigers are from a couple of our favorite vendors back here in the US. They are the increasingly hard to get first two editions of Dragon's 1:35 scale Tigers that have each been featured on this web site.
The first and earlier release is of a Tunisian Tiger. It is an early version of this big cat. Diecast Direct, which will not allow me to copy their pictures or product descriptions, still has it for $69.96. Here's the link:
http://www.diecastdirect.com/asp_mod...ctCode=DW61001
The other 1:35 scale Dragon Tiger is an initial production version. Pete's has it for $65.00.
DRR61003Dragon$69.99 $65.00 1/35 Tiger I ""#122"" (Initial Production), s.Pz.Abt.502, Fully pre-assembled and ready for display! Includes a barrel that can recoil! This new 1/35 scale fully built-up model features an initial Tiger I with vehicle number “122”. It is skillfully hand pai Special Price: $65.00 Scale: 1/35 LIMITED STOCKShipping: $9.00
The link is:
http://www.petescollectibles.com/dis...=DRR61003#item
It's time to go airborne for our two in flight picks. The first is from Bad Cat, which won't give me access to their pictures or descriptions either. So you'll have to click the link below to see the Corgi 1:72 scale Me_262A flown by Nowotny that can be flown home for $19.00.
http://www.badcataviation.com/mewanonov191.html
Our last pick before Christmas Eve is an IXO YAK 3 in 1:72 scale for $22.95. Both Pete's and Diecast direct have it for the same price, but only Pete will let me show you the plane, so we will feature it from him:
IXJ-2006-11IXO-Models$22.95 YAK, 1:72nd. SCALE, Planes Are Mostly Die-Cast Metal, But Have Plastic Parts Like Guns & Landing Gear. Planes Come With 2 Sets Of Landing Gear (Up & Down Positions) And A Stand. Scale: 1/72 LIMITED STOCKShipping: $8.00
The link is here:
http://www.petescollectibles.com/dis...J-2006-11#item