Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 01:06 AM UTC
The other day, I ran the story on DML's latest Sd.Kfz 7 variant and significantly, the inclusion of six crew figures. Now, the company have announced the release of the set seperately - with an VERY interesting 'twist'.
6671 - German Half-Track Riders

As I mentioned in the intro, this a six-figure set consisting of driver and five passengers.

However, Dragon have made a couple of little additions to the design allowing many more possibilities. Firstly, 12 upper torsos are included, 6 with belts, helmeted heads and Y-Straps, the other 6, with soft caps and NO equipment belts. This seems to imply that the heads will NOT be seperate parts. As there are no images of the sprues yet, this can't be confirmed.

It's NOT a huge leap (at least technically) but should give a huge number of variations within the same set. Good news to see Dragon taking the Multipose 'path' and hopefully a sign of things to come!
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It's not as simple as changing the colour, collar tabs and insignia. There are a few more differences between the Heer field tunic and the Luftwaffe's Fliegerbluse. If you have a read of this review I mention of few of the unique features of the Fliegerbluse. Be that as it may, it should be within the skill set of most modellers to make these relatively minor changes.
AUG 22, 2010 - 11:50 AM
Thanks, Rudi, for the mini-tutorial. Can you recommend a 1/35th set that has accurate Fliegerblusen? And thanks, Matthew, I was not aware Hornet made rifles. I need to find a dealer in the States who has them in-stock and at decent prices now that I don't buy from Tankrat anymore.
AUG 23, 2010 - 05:37 AM
Hi With the obvious permutations Dragon have offered within the set these should make up into excellent crew/passengers for any number of vehicles. It would be an added bonus and nice if they scaled and worked well with the existing set from Miniart, which to my findings can be on the larger side of 1/35th scale. Although some of the more recent have been a touch smaller. Alan
AUG 23, 2010 - 08:09 AM
Seems my photo in the above post doesn't want to appear, or appears sometimes not others. It's direct from Miniart site, so I've copied it to Kitmaker network and should now work. This is the Miniart set I'm referring to Alan
AUG 24, 2010 - 05:39 AM
Bill, I hope the link I sent you helps
AUG 24, 2010 - 05:52 AM
Bill, No dramas. Hey, you asked for the uniform nerds to shout out I take it you specifically refer to plastic? Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other than the set I linked to above, and the Tristar 2cm crew which IIRC contains 4 Luftwaffe men and a Heer officer. Given the poses of these 2 sets though, I reckon you'd be better off converting the above Heer vehicle passengers. The more I look at this crew, the more me wants! Rudi
AUG 24, 2010 - 11:34 AM
It's great to see figure sets like this
SEP 09, 2010 - 06:06 PM
Hi all!!!! Has anybody seen/heard anything further about this set? I already have the Miniart set which is pretty good ie Torsos the heads are not so good though! I wonder if you guys that were at the toy fair in Germany got any info. Regards Horst
FEB 04, 2011 - 06:35 AM
Bill, The Luftwaffe were issued with a service dress jacket which was very similar to the Heer one, but was worn with an open neck and collar and tie. The main difference would be the collar patches, which rather than being "litzen" were the Luftwaffe square pattern in Waffenfarbe with different numbers of eagle according to rank. However it is true that wear of the Fliegerbluse was far more widespread in action (the SD seems to have been relegated to parades). I can't see how the Miniart set helps, as the figures shown in the picture are wearing normal Heer SD. The original Tamiya Sdkfz 7 crew were wearing the Fliegerbluse. While I wouldn't recommend them as figures nowadays, they did have seperate torsos, although the positions were all the same to sit in the seats (except for the driver and commander). However they would give you the Fliegerbluse you need, you could use different heads, arms etc. Just a thought.
FEB 06, 2011 - 05:36 AM
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