After using the last hour of daylight to take the dog for her last walk of the year, it's time to feature the AFV's. After posting all the planes, I realized that all were U.S. warbirds, so it's time to include something different in this mix.
The first is the heavy weight Minichamps entry of the
LEOPARD 2A4GR XXI(ARMOURED BRIGADE XX, ARMOURED DIVISION - THESSALONIKI, GREECE) from Diecast Direct for $79.95.
Direct your Spartans here:
https://www.diecastdirect.com/asp_mo...=MIN350-011004
Next up is one of Dragon's 1:35 scale takes on the legendary Henschel version of the King Tiger. It is a fully assembled and painted, a professionally finished, WWII German heavy tank plastic display model. Features Zimmerit texture, adjustable gun elevation, rotating turret, opening cupola hatch (revealing finished gun breech), sand with brown camouflage and markings for 3+13, 3./s.Pz.Abt.506, Western Front, 1945. Includes plastic display base. Squadron has it for you for just $39.99.
Hide the Shermans and click here:
http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=DR61011
Also featured in October was a Tamiya Masterwork T-55A Desert Version in 1/35 scale. Replicating a Polish-built T-55A employed by Iraqi forces in the First Gulf War, this professionally assembled and hand painted 1/35 scale plastic and metal model features textured surfaces, an aluminum gun barrel, an opening commander's hatch, a separately applied anti-aircraft heavy machine gun and a loader's hatch, rear-mounted fuel tanks, realistic metal tracks, a desert paint scheme, and more. 7¼" long; arrives ready to display. Military Issue has it for $69.95.
Find it in this sand pile:
http://www.militaryissue.com/product...category=Armor
During Thanksgiving week we featured a great buy from the the Corgi 1:50 skirmish line. It is a Panther Ausf.G Tank 1/50 Die Cast Model Ardennes offered by by Military Issue for just $19.95.
Recreating a scene from the Battle of the Bulge in December, 1944, this limited edition, 1/50 scale die cast Panther tank set by Corgi features a rotating turret and working tracks; add-on detail parts; a weathered, snow-covered appearance; and three figures of the German infantrymen that accompanied the armored units in the Ardennes. 5" long.
Put your head down and peer out of you snow dusted foxhole here:
http://www.militaryissue.com/product...y=Non-Aviation
The "biggest" deal of the 2008 is the 1:16 scale Unimax Forces of Valor 85007, M4 Sherman Tank Diecast Model--US Army, Normandy, France, D-Day June 6th 1944. The Flying Mule has it for $292.49, with the Flying Mule coupon that has just been extended through January 8, 2009, and with free shipping.
Length: 14.25" Width: 6.75"
The U.S. M4 Sherman was the most produced battle tank in WWII. Many variants were designed and manufactured to increase their effectiveness against German Panzer divisions. The M4A1 was quick, highly maneuverable, simple to maintain and was equipped with a 76 MM gun. This large-scale model of the Sherman is bristling with features that make it highly collectible. The model itself is a real heavy-weight and includes details impossible to achieve in a smaller scale. The model also includes detailed figures of crew members. Arrives in an large, attractive package complete with history book and limited edition certificate.
The Unimax "Forces of Valor" range presents affordable, ready-made diecast models of military vehicles.
Unimax "Forces of Valor" diecast vehicles feature:
- Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
- Rotating turret, elevating cannon and accurate hull.
- Painted, fitted, non-moving tracks on detailed non-rotating wheels.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
After you've found a place to hide it from the wife/girlfriend, click here:
http://www.flyingmule.com/products/UM-85007
Also on the large side is our final pick for 2008 and an item we featured in our last weekly picks for 2008. It is is a very good deal from Squadron on a large 1:24 scale Franklin Mint tank. It's a M4A3 Sherman 'Easy 8'. Korean War era US Army medium tank die cast model finished with fierce tiger paint scheme of the 3rd Infantry Division, 64th Tank Battalion, Korea, March 1951. The tab is $93.99.
Remove the turret and check out the engine, after ordering it here:
http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=FM11E406