For all the italian WWII fans here is a quite comprehensive list of resin manufactures of italian AFV in 1/72nd along with some my personal opinion about the kits I owe:


• MR. PANZER: (http://henk.fox3000.com/ricardi.htm) very good casting and interesitng items; I owe: Lancia Aprila Coloniale a very nice tiny kit and Fiat Ansaldo 90/53 SP another very good kit but not so easy to build

• MARS: (http://www.mars.strefa.pl/ang/1-72/ita.htm) top notch, high quality, many parts, not for beginners; I owe: Lancia 3RO with 90/53, Lancia3RO with 100/17 and CL39 Coloniale, all very vell detailed (may be too many small parts), see also http://www.smallscaleafv.com/ section Reviews&Previews or http://www.onthewayuk.com/kitlists/marskit.htm for a 3RO’s analysis and http://italie1935-45.aceboard.fr/97185-1703-7005-0-Autocannone-Lancia-Mars.htm for a 3Ro with 90/53’s wip

• ITALIAN KITS ARMOR: (http://www.italiankits.com/italiankitsarmor.html or http://henk.fox3000.com/italkit.htm) very good casting and interesting items; I owe: ALFA ROMEO 2500 same quality of MR.PANZER’s Lancia Aprilia

• DOC MODELS: (http://www.docmodels.com/start_frame.asp?Flag=ENG) poor/very poor quality, few parts, some unique models (i.e. TL37, Dovunque 35,) also a CV33 and CV35 in injected plastic; I owe: Dovunque 35 a very rough kits that need many detailing work see http://www.onthewayuk.com/reviews/DocModels/Dovunque35review.htm, the CV33 nedd a huge internal detailing work since the hatchs are very big

• MODELLTRANS: (http://henk.fox3000.com/Mt.htm from kit #72300 to 72310) interesting items, quality unknown to me
• BRACH MODEL: (http://henk.fox3000.com/brach.htm) high quality casting, PE parts; I owe M42 75/18 and M43 105/25, the latter has all the internal details see http://www.modellismopiu.it/modules/news/article.php?storyid=740

• AP MODELS: (http://www.apmodels-centro1-72.com/) very interesting intems, some in 1/76th , I owe Autocarretta OM36, a nice kit of a not so well known AFV see http://www.onthewayuk.com/reviews/APModels/OM32prev.htm, http://www.onthewayuk.com/reviews/APModels/OM36PType1prev.htm and http://www.smallscaleafv.com/ section Reviews&Previews

• M.G.M.: (http://www.7thkompany.com/7thk1/default1.htm or http://henk.fox3000.com/mgm2.htm) quality unknown to me