Soldati 35019

Soldati: 1/35 Wehrmacht officer 1943-44

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Nuremberg Toy Fair 2010

Nuremberg Toy Fair 2010 more photos at Dragon’s Site.

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Nuremberg Toy Fair 2010

Nuremberg Toy Fair 2010 photo report available on PRIME PORTAL at the following LINK:

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AFV NEWS – Moved to a new Server!

From today AFV-NEWS is hosted on a new server. You should be able to experience a better speed connection.
Also the Video Section is back on line.

Mean while we are working to syncronize again the forum section.

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Endkampf um das Reichsgebiet 1944-1945

Endkampf: um das Reichsgebiet 1944/45

This large-format illustrated volume is the first hardbound book to be published by Luftverlag-Start. Comprising about 130 pages, with unique and previously unpublished photographs, it portrays the battles fought by army units to defend the frontiers of the Reich. The approximately 120 black-and-white illustrations are all operational photos from the German side and not Allied postwar photos.

Most were taken by German soldiers during the final battles and thus represent unique photographic documents, for by then film was difficult to obtain and photography rare.

The black-and-white photos are supplemented by three rare color photos, also taken during the fighting. The photographs, accompanied by extensive and detailed text and maps, are reproduced to the highest possible standard on good quality glossy paper.

Among the book’s main themes are:

* Nemmersdorf and Goldap, the Russian drive across the East Prussian border
* From Königsberg to Pillau – Fighting Withdrawal in Samland, East Prussia April 1945 (Panther photos)
* The 1st Marine-Schützen-Division actions at the Oder in the Zehden Bridgehead in February 1945
* The fighting in Silesia in spring 1945 (Panther photos)
* The battle for Fortress Breslau
* Actions by the “Hermann Göring” Fallschirmpanzerkorps at Bautzen and Görlitz in April 1945 (Panther photos)
* The Führer-Begleit-Division in the fighting in Lauban (Panther photos)
* The SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade “Wallonien” and the 4th SS-Polizei-Division in the Battle for Pomerania
* SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 560 z.b.V. in action at the Oder (Hetzer photos)
* The action against the Russian Bridgehead over the Oder at Küstrin and “Fortress Küstrin” (Panther- and Hetzerphotos)
* Heiligenbeil and Oxhöfter Kämpe – the fight about the pockets at the Haff and the Danziger-Bucht

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Joe Bakanovic words  from TMD web site:

I hope Santa was good to you this Christmas, and that you had a safe New Year’s celebration. With luck, you got most of the things you wanted, but more than this, I hope you were able to make some cherished memories with your family and friends. After all, those are the little treasures that really stay with us. Without the ones we love, what good is all that “stuff,” anyway? And, if you happen to be serving abroad, thank you for your service and Semper Fi!

Now, since the New Year is here and our celebrations are behind us, I have something I’ve been waiting to share with you. For many of you, this may come as a surprise, but my closest friends and advisers have known it was coming for a couple years. I consider myself a blessed man. For some 8 years now, I have actually made my living running a model company when most of my peers have had to settle for running their companies as a sideline to their “real” job. I’ve had some good times, and some bad ones. I’ve had some pretty sweet successes, and I’ve made some colossal blunders. I’ve made new friends along the way, and I’ve left some hard feelings behind me. I’ve learned a lot about myself: about what I can do when I really try, and – more importantly – what I can’t do. But there’s been a price I’ve had to pay for all of this, and it’s a price I’m no longer willing to keep paying. So, it is with a heavy heart and more than a bit of trepidation that I am announcing:

TMD IS CLOSING – FOREVER!

I know TMD has been through something like this before, so I wouldn’t blame you if the first thing you ask is what makes this time different. Well, this time it is for good. When I see our accountant this January, I will direct him to dissolve the corporation. TMD will ship its last order no later than March 31. After that date, I will no longer work under the TMD label. You should also know that, unlike last time, this change is not driven by business pressures. TMD is actually pretty healthy right now. 2009 was good to us. I am closing TMD for strictly personal reasons.

I also want you to know this is not a ploy to generate sales. I’m not going to pretend I am leaving the industry. Making kits for you guys is in my blood now and I love it. I just need to do things differently, to make a new start, and shutting down TMD is the best way for me to do this. I honestly don’t know what I will do next, but I’m thinking hard about starting a new, direct market company under a very familiar but very different label. I want to start a company offering a wider variety of VERY high-end products: the kind of products I’ve always wanted to make but couldn’t because they simply don’t lend themselves to mass production (if you think you’ve seen nice casting from us up until now, trust me, you haven’t seen anything yet – we just couldn’t mass produce our best work, so we never released it). If I go in the direction I am currently considering, it will mean a total re-work of the entire TMD line – and additions you’d never have dreamt of seeing TMD produce. So, if you want to wait, you should still be able to find your favorite TMD products when I get things going again. I just want to make it clear: the current product line will not be exactly the same as it is now. It could also take a while to get it all back on the market.

And there’s one more piece of business: Mike Sills’ Matilda conversions. Mike has already told me he will be staying on for whatever I do next (as will Karl). But I made a promise to Mike, and I intend to honor it. We will complete his series of Matilda conversions and updates THIS MONTH! These will be the last new products TMD will ever make. They will not be in production very long. You can decide for yourself whether or not you want to order them under the TMD label, or wait until they come out under whatever label I start next.

Finally, I want to stress that this is being driven by changes in my personal life. Honestly, it’s a little more than just being burned out, but I’d rather not go into it. All I’ll say is this has nothing to do with my health or finances. I just hope you’ll understand. If not, then I pray you’ll at least accept this as the truth and stick with me in the years to come.

And so, that’s it: the end of a road that started with of a challenge from Craig Petermann almost 9 years ago. Craig, I don’t know if you ever listen to Toby Keith, but I suddenly find myself wondering: “How do you like me now?”

– Joe Bakanovic

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Das Reich & Wiking Panzer III Ausf J/L/Ms

Spearhead Frontiers: Das Reich & Wiking Panzer III Ausf J/L/Ms

The set covers two prime users of Panzer III tanks during their ost front campaign: Das Reich and Wiking. The markings for the Das Reich portion covers a wider range of models ranging from PzBwg Ausf. H, L and Ms. Of the L models, one guntank “233″ features a personal name, “Ernst Stammler” (in Gothic font) above the turret number . Among the DR tanks, several were of the Kursk period, featuring the yellow Kursk-period marking as well as aerial recognition markings on top of the rear bin, instead of the commonly used flags. Also included are the strictly-DR generic alphanumerics allowing the markings of regimental and company level command tanks (“R”s and “C”s).

The Wiking tanks featured in this set covers specifically 4 Ausf. J vehicles. However, the Wiking-styled generics (also provided) would allow other variants to be covered as well. These included digits from “1″ to “5″. One interesting observation is that the numbers on the rear bin is narrower as compared to those on the turret sides.

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ZTZ99A1 MBT tracks

Bronco Model: Steel type track links for ZTZ 99 with realistic movable effect.

ZTZ99A1 MBT tracks

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