Figure reviews
TRAINING AVIATORI
Intended to supplement parent firm Special Hobby’s recent SF.260 kits, CMK’s pair of resin figures provides pilots in Italian Air Force garb – the country operates EA and AM variants of the type.
BUSY MECHANICS
Just when it was thought there was nothing else that could be added to MiniArt’s stunning Panzer III and IV kits, the firm itself steps forward with an exquisite accessory and figure set that provides a complete Maybach HL 120 engine along with a repair team.
BOBBY ON THE BEAT
ICM’s second 1/16 depiction of a British police officer differs from the first in that the individual is male and wears the traditional No.1 dress –a belted tunic, shirt, tie and custodian helmet.
SLAVIC DEFENDER
When Axis forces invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941, initial attacks were focused on the country’s air force –a serviceman of which is the subject of ToRo Model’s 1/48 resin figure.
IN THE HOT SEAT
A common feature lacking in large-scale kits is that of a pilot, so this set from ICM (intended to complement the firm’s recent 1/32 Bücker Bü 131 (Germany, Japan) and CR.42 Falco (Germany, Italy) releases.
STÜG LOADERS
Newly tooled from MiniArt is this set of four 1/35 Wehrmacht soldiers and accessories, including shells and ammunition cases to populate a scene with a self-propelled gun.
SOUTHEAST ASIA SCENE
Newly tooled from ICM is this set of five USAF personnel deployed to Vietnam, including a pair of pilots, two technicians and another individual appearing to brief the airmen.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY...
Designed for Tamiya’s 1/48 German Motorcycle and Sidecar (32578), ToRo Model’s figures provide an unusual load for the BMW R75, in the form of an armed rider and bound pig.
BOMBS AND FLAMETHROWER
Here’s another great modelling/wargaming cross-over from Zvezda in the form of a four-man, body armour-clad Soviet sapper team, comprising one soldier armed with a flamethrower, two wielding PPS-43 sub-machine guns (including one about to throw a grenade), while the final trooper carries a Degtyaryov machine gun.