Hobbyboss were present at Nuremberg again this year and I managed to speak with them and also to get hold of their 2008 catalogue which holds a few surprises

Curiously enough, after making a lot of the running with their 1/48th scale armor, this year, they apper to concentrating on two scales in AFVs - 1/35th and 1/72nd.

Of the two, providing the vehicles listed in the catalogue are actually produced, the Modern AFV enthusiast should be very well served indeed. Of the five 1/35th scale kits getting listed - all of them are modern and at least two have been high on 'wish-lists' for a while now:

HobbyBoss 1/35th Scale Releases

82406 - Delta Force Fav (carried on from last year's catalogue)

82411 - AAVR-7a1 (Assault Amphibian Armored Recovery)

82416 - AAVP-7a1 Ram/rs with eeak Armor

82419 - M706 APC Product Improved

82422 - V-150s Commando APC with 90mm Cockerill Gun

In 1/72nd scale, HobbyBoss have decided to follow a reasonably well-trodden path with a series of releases which are (broadly) railroad themed:

HobbyBoss 1/72nd Scale Releases

82901 - German Kriegslocomotive BR 52 (available now)

82902 - German Railway Track Set

82903 - German Railroad Gun 280mm K5 (E) Leopold

82904 - Mörser Karl Geraet 040/041 (initial version)

82905 - Mörser Karl Geraet 040/041 (LATE version)

82906 - German Railway Carrier Wagon

82907 - Munitionschlepper Pz IV (Ausf. D/E)

82908 - Munitionschlepper Pz IV (Ausf. F)

82909 - German Railway Turnout

82910 - German Railway Curved Track

More as it is announced or confirmed...