First--thanks to Pat, our Minn. ANG ace, for an excellent side bar concerning one of last week aircraft selections.
Like the NCAA, this week we feature out final four--for this month anyway. The first of these is a Corgi 1:50 scale Sherman brought to you by 3000Toys for $23.50.
M4A4 Sherman V Observation Post Tank -Discontinued - Get them before they're gone.
147th Field Regiment, AGRA 2nd Army, Germany, February 1945
LIMITED EDITION The Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) was a late war innovation intended to group artillery regiments under the overall control of army commanders. Typically an AGRA would comprise one field artillery regiment, four medium regiments and one heavy regiment. The Observation Post Sherman was provided for the Troop Commander, probably in a self-propelled field artillery regiment. Outwardly conventional, it was fitted with a wooden gun barrel leaving the turret clear for map boards and other fixtures. The Essex Yeomanry was attached to the 8th Armoured Brigade and carried the Fox’s Head formation sign on the front of the tank.
With only two left, you better get here fast:
http://www.3000toys.com/catalog/item...d=CORGICC51015
Our second selection is from the Soviet side of the Eastern Front. Offered by DiecastAirplane for just $9.55, it is a Dragon 1:72 scale -34/76 Mod. 1942 "Red 37", 26th Armored Brigade, Ukraine, Dec 1943.
T-34/76 Mod. 1942 "Red 37", 26th Armored Brigade, Ukraine, Dec 1943 (1:72) by Dragon Diecast Armor
Item Number: DRR60224
This model is one of our first titles of the Mod. 1942 version of the T-34 with Red 37 markings.
Main Features:
- Includes display case
- True to 1/72 scale
- Fully accurate T-34
- Detailed markings
About the T-34:
The ancestry of the T-34 derives from the BT series of fast tanks developed in the USSR in the 1930s. These were discovered to be too lightly armoured and armed for the sort of combat that would be expected. The T-34 took the BT's Christie-type suspension and incorporated it into a much more robust tank (The BTs were derived from prototype fast tanks built by American tank designer J. Walter Christie, which were sold to the Soviet Union after the American military declined to buy them. The T-34 incorporates elements of the Christie suspension, in particular the large road wheels).
Development proper commenced in 1936, and a prototype was completed in 1939. Full scale production started in 1940. The T-34 was produced in two major variants, the basic T-34/76 with a 76-mm gun (simply called T-34, in Soviet service), and the T-34/85 with an 85-mm gun.
Between 1940 and 1944 nearly 40,000 T-34/76 tanks were produced.
Report for winter combat here:
http://www.diecastairplane.com/store...943-1-72-.html
It's very tough to top a Carousel 1 Dora and that is the plane we feature next. In 1:48 scale from Crossroads for $59.99, we turn the spotlight on the
Fw190D-9 Gerhard Barkhorn, JG 6 1945.
Here's the vector:
http://www.crossroadsdiecast.com/ca17.html
Our final selection is a very limited and unique livery of maybe the most famous fighter of World War II. From Gemini Aces by way of the Racer's Den for $29.95, it is the 1:72 scale P-51B Mustang Luftwaffe Rosarius Circus, Wunstorf Airfield, Germany, 1944, Captured Aircraft.
Capture yours here:
http://www.racersdeninc.com/GeminiAc...-galft2007.htm