MNGSS-005
£56.00 GBP
Meng Model 1:35 - US Cougar 6 x 6 MRAP Vehicle - Plastic model kit #SS-005
The Cougar is a wheeled armoured personnel carrier able to withstand land mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). It also protects both the crew and engine compartment against various attacks (including small arms fire) and overheating in desert environments.
The Cougar was developed in 2004 due to the urgent demand of the US Marine Corps. Based on South African design of the 1970's, the new vehicle featured the latest advancements of the US military including breakthrough technology in mine-protection.
About four thousand of Cougars were issued under the US MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) programme. The carrier is remarkable for its high reliability and safety level resulting in low mortality rate among crew members after IED attacks. The Cougar was widely deployed during the Iraq War and still serves with the armies of the United States, Canada, Poland, Italy and other countries.
Length: 226mm Width: 79mm
Kit details:
- Perfectly reproduced interiors of the cab and troop compartment
- All doors can be built open or closed
- Roof gun mount is rotatable
- Precise Photo Etched parts and two details of paint schemes included
£45.00 GBP
In this book Joaquín García Gázquez, a renowned Spanish modeller, gives detailed instructions for painting figures of the Second World War. The guide includes information on the necessary tools, brushes, paints, and more. Each step is illustrated with photos. Suitable for everyone - from beginners to expert modellers.
£23.00 GBP
The Panzer II tanks were produced from 1935 till 1943 and played an important role in the early years of WWII. By 1940-41 they were supplanted by the Panzer III's and Panzer IV's. The Pz.Kpfw.II was used during the Polish and French campaigns, in North Africa against the British, and on the Eastern Front against the Red Army.
The Panzer II Ausf. D, Ausf. E, Ausf. F and Ausf. L were designed as reconnaissance tanks. Continued development of the reconnaissance tank concept led to the much up-armored Ausf. J, which used the same concept as the Pz. Kpfw.I Ausf. F of the same period and had an experimental designation VK1601. This version had heavier armour, with protection brought up to 80mm on the front and 50mm on the sides and rear. With 25mm roof and floor plates, the Pz. Kpfw. II Ausf. J had a total weight of 18 tons. It was equipped with the same Maybach HL45P as the Pz. Kpfw.I Ausf. F, and its top speed was reduced to 31 km/h. Primary armament was the 2cm KwK38 L/55 gun.
22 of these tanks were produced between April and December 1942, and seven were issued to the 12th Panzer Division on the Eastern Front.
Item No: 83803
Item Name: German Pz. Kpfw. II Ausf. J (VK16.01)
Scale: 1:35
Item Type: Static kit
Model Dimensions: Length 124.6mm, Width 82.5mm
Total parts: 300+
Total Sprues: 10 sprues, upper hull and lower hull
Photo Etched Parts: 1 piece
Release Date: 2013-05
Additional:
- The kit consists of over 300 parts
- Multi-directional slide molded lower hull w/fine detail
- Photo-etched parts included
£45.00 GBP
1:35 - Major Herbert George "Blondie" Hasler - Resin kit
Herbert George "Blondie" Hasler was a Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Marines. In 1942, a 28-year-old Hasler planned and led Operation Frankton. The operation was a commando raid on Axis shipping in the French port of Bordeaux occupied by the Germans. The mission was to attach mines to the hulls of German cargo ships. Three of the five canoes were lost on the way to the port. The surviving crewmen including Hasler reached the port successfully, placed the mines and managed to drown four cargo ships. They then walked 100 miles to a French village where they met with members of the Resistance and started their journey back to England through Spain and Gibraltar. For this operation Hasler was awarded the Distinguished Service Order by King George VI.
One kayak was damaged while being deployed from the submarine, and it and its crew therefore could not take part in the mission. Only two of the 10 men who launched from the submarine survived the raid: Hasler, and his number two in the kayak, Bill Sparks. Of the other eight, six were executed by the Germans and two died from hypothermia.
This product is available in two scales, 1:35 and 1:24 and was painstakingly designed from scratch as a digital model.
The kit includes: 2 x miniatures (Blondie Hasler and Bill Sparks) in their folding Cockle Canoe named 'Catfish' made by Campaign Models (UK).
Now available, while stocks last.
£22.50 GBP
New product offer! For a limited time only any purchases of this item will receive a free AK Interactive brush.
An oak veneered wooden desktop accessory for holding your paint brushes. This product can be used to hold brushes upright to keep bristles safe or facing down to soak into trays of water for proper cleaning. This kit includes closed cell foam and 7 wooden components, easily assembled with a click together design.
Fits most common sizes and has 12 slots (brushes can be doubled up in each slot if required), however for especially large handle brushes please contact us.
Note: requires some assembly