IBG Models has just announced two new kits in 1/35 styrene, the C15 and the C15A light reconnaissance vehicles. Both of these are highly detailed injection mold kits with interior and undercarriage (transmission) included! Check out the pictures and the rest of the story here!

IBG Models of Poland has just announced the pending release of their two new kits the C15 "Otter" Light Reconnaissance Vehicle and the C15A Light Armored Vehicle. Both of these kits are 1/35 injection molded plastic and come with detailed interiors and undercarriage.

Here is what IBG Models has to say about these two new kits:

"Our newest releases: Otter and C15TA model kits in 1/35 will both include a photo etched fret, below you can see computer renderings of the Otter with PE parts highlighted in gold (most, but not all of the parts are showcased).


Second of our newest releases, the C15TA model in 1/35 will also include a photo etched fret, below you can see computer renderings of the kit with PE parts highlighted in gold (most, but not all of the parts are showcased)."


Many of you may remember IBG Modelspre Christmas announcement of their Polish APC "Rosomak (the green devil)". Well they seem to be positioning themselves with obscure but really cool vehicles that others seem to be shying away from. We have yet to see the test shots of the "Rosomak" but the initial shots of the C15 and C15A look really nice. Check out the pictures at the right for yourself, but these look to be very nicely detailed and very clean.

Here is some info on the C15 & C15A from the all knowing wikipedia:

"The Otter Light Reconnaissance Car (LRC) was developed by General Motors Canada to meet the demand for this type of armoured car. The design followed the layout of the British Humber Mark III LRC. The Otter was based on the Chevrolet C15 Canadian Military Pattern truck chassis and used many standard GM components. The armament consisted of a hull-mounted Boys anti-tank rifle and a Bren light machine gun in a small open-topped turret. Although it used a more powerful engine than the Humber, it was larger and heavier (by a ton); overall performance was less than the Humber but still acceptable.
Between 1942 and 1945, 1761 units were produced in Oshawa, Ontario, though fewer than 1,000 were delivered overseas.[1] The Otter served with Canadian units in the Italian Campaign and Northwest European operations. It was also employed by the South African Army[2]and the British RAF Regiment. Some RAF regiment vehicles used aircraft armament such as 20mm cannon and 0.303 Browning machine guns. After the war the Otter was used by the Jordanian Army and Dutch Army during the Indonesian Revolution."

"The C15TA Armoured Truck was developed by General Motors Canada along a concept lines of the American M3 Scout Car. The vehicle used the chassis of the Chevrolet C15 Canadian Military Pattern truck design. Between 1943 and 1945 a total of 3,961 units were built inOshawa, Ontario. Armoured hulls were supplied by the Hamilton Bridge Company.
The C15TA was used by the British and Canadian units in the Northwest Europe campaign as armoured personnel carrier and ambulance(CT15AA). After the end of the hostilities, many vehicles were left in Europe and were subsequently employed by armies of the liberated European countries, including Belgium, Denmark (as M6 Mosegris), the Netherlands (which received at least 396 units), Norway. In addition about 150 were sold by Canada to Spain. Trucks left by the British forces in Vietnam were taken over by the French, which used them in Indochina and later transferred to South Vietnam. A command variant was also exported to the Union of South Africa.
Many C15TAs were employed by the police forces of the Federation of Malaya. In 1955 Portugal received a number of vehicles, known as "Granadeiros", that were later used in the African wars. Some vehicles remained in service until the 1960s."

Details on the IBG Models website are short but the pictures are plentiful. As more information becomes available on this and other new IBG Models releases we will post them here. Both the C15 & C15A kits are due out in April.

IBG Model has also just released pictures of the PE additions to these kits!

As always big thanks to our friends at IBG Models for the heads up on this and all of their new releases. Please be sure to check out the IBG website here:

http://ibgmodels.com/index.htm

and their Facebook page here:

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for the latest on this and other new releases.