varanusk
Managing EditorSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Spain / Espaņa
Joined: July 04, 2013
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 10:58 AM UTC

Alpine Miniatures presents their March 2019 news.
Read the Full News StoryIf you have comments or questions please post them here.
Thanks!
New York, United States
Joined: May 02, 2013
KitMaker: 4,403 posts
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 08:42 PM UTC
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Alpine Miniatures presents their March 2019 news.
Read the Full News Story
If you have comments or questions please post them here.
Thanks!
VERY NICE SET!!!
Guess what I'm NOT gonna say..?
Bangkok, Thailand / ไทย
Joined: September 17, 2013
KitMaker: 1,617 posts
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 11:18 PM UTC
What is the blue/grey shirt guy wearing around his neck?
Never seen that before.
Kind regards,
Robert Jan
England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: December 13, 2004
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 - 12:00 AM UTC
Robert,
It's the throat mike for the intercom set, standard German equipment. In fact both figures are wearing it. The fact you haven't seen it before speaks volumes about Alpines attention to detail and the lack of same in other manufacturers. It should appear on all figures depicting German tank crew who are wearing a head set. It was much easier to just unplug the various parts of the kit and wear them for short excursions outside the tank than go to all the faff of taking it all off.
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: December 08, 2003
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 - 12:13 AM UTC
Rolled sleeves and shirt sleeves! I won't have to convert Africa figures for the Russian summer or Italy anymore!
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Steve Willoughby
Bangkok, Thailand / ไทย
Joined: September 17, 2013
KitMaker: 1,617 posts
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 - 02:38 AM UTC
bill_c
Campaigns AdministratorNew Jersey, United States
Joined: January 09, 2008
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 - 03:09 AM UTC
These look wonderful and are a nice departure from Alpine's usual "Heroes of Soviet Realism" statues. These will be very useful in the open hatches of tank kits I have in my stash.
New Jersey, United States
Joined: February 14, 2004
KitMaker: 493 posts
Armorama: 340 posts
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 - 07:28 AM UTC
Thanks for the kind words, guys!
These figures have been test-fitted on the following kits:
Tamiya
Pz IV H, Tiger I, Tiger II, Panther G
DML
Panther G
Manitoba, Canada
Joined: January 03, 2016
KitMaker: 3,791 posts
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 - 01:09 PM UTC
As always Alpine figures ROCK! I love the detail & poses and look forward to getting a couple of these for upcoming projects. I think that I currently have something like a half-dozen Tigers on the work bench that need figures like these.
Australia
Joined: August 12, 2009
KitMaker: 93 posts
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 - 10:30 PM UTC
great looking figures!!
When are we going to see a new set for all us Modern armour builders>>>