Alan McNeilly presents an In-Depth review of 'Tankers in Denim', a 3 figure set in 1/35 by Ultracast.

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Thanks!

Alan,

Thanks for taking the time out to review items from your personal stash - this is what Kitmaker's all about

Great review, and I'll definitely be looking at a few Ultracast and Resicast figures in the new year.

Merry Christmas mate!

Rudi

Thanks for the review Alan, well written and informative as usual.

Ultracast figures look extremely detailed, as do their head-sets.

H Rudi and Chas,

Thanks guys. I like Kevin's figures, they always seem very natural and as well as scuplting himself he uses other sculpters I like.

He has a small but growing number of really useful figures and all the individuals and sets I've looked at and used have been first class. The extra heads are a nice touch.

Cheers and Merry Christmas guys.

Al

Hey Al,
Another great review !!!
Must have missed this one over the Christmas holidays.
My only "complaint" I have about some of Ultracast's figures is that I wish they would include forearms and hands for their driver and assistant driver half figures.
If they were just the shoulders and the head, I probably wouldn't care.
But when you get them with their hands lopped off, they just seem kinda incomplete.
Maybe something that they could address in any future releases.
Cheers

jjumbo

Morning John,

Yes, I'm not a big fan of 1/4 figures although I can see they have their uses, but full bodies just add more scope for usage.

Glad you found the review useful.

Cheers

Al

Evening Al !!!
Yeah, these 1/2 or 1/4 figures limit their usage !!!
The nice thing about having the arms included is you can pose them outside of hatches, leaning on their elbows.
A perfect example of this is Ultracast's Commonwealth Tank Crew, North Africa 1941-43:



If they had included the arms and hands, perhaps in different positions, the set would be a bit more versatile.
Not that I'm complaining, I have several of these sets in my stash that will eventually populate all the Stuarts, Lees, Grants, Matildas and Valentines in my stash !!!
Cheers

jjumbo

Hi John,

You really should do a review on these, you have the pics already


Al