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« on: November 14, 2016, 02:11:20 pm »
This is the first of the our Q4/16 New Releases...



Enjoy!
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Re: Q4/16 New Releases - 161115
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2016, 01:30:41 pm »
New releases continue...


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« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2016, 02:06:44 pm »
Thanks for sharing these.

I really like 'Greif'.  However, the figure standing inside is too small - he makes the vehicle look quite spacious when it was actually very cramped.

The SdKfz 250 'Neu' is quite good apart from the camo, which looks rather odd.  I've never seen anything like that (hard-edged stripes yes, but not like this).
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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2016, 04:52:02 pm »
I agree with Pinky about the camo looking a bit odd, and also the tool chest. It was not until I referred back to your model that I realised why. It looks like the tool chest is blanked off, on your model there is a retaining strap at the top.

The side of the crew compartment looks like it has stand off (Schutzen) armour, again compared to your model

Looking forward to the kits.
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Re: Q4/16 New Releases - 161115
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2016, 05:12:16 pm »
We have decided to remove the figure on the cover art.  It actually looks better too!

As for the camo, it is basically not camo at all.  As you all might aware, most vehicles
shipped to North Africa originally is in Panzer Grey, and then overpainted with Desert
Yellow.  With the strong desert wind and sand-blasting on the vehicles, the original
gray was shown, thus the result you see on the artwork, which is also true for the
actual GREIF vehicle.

On a side note, we need to use 3D models that is currently on the market to do all
these renders, which might not be an exact representation of our models.  This is
due to the fact that our design model file is incompatible with 3D rendering software
we used for our cover art.
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2016, 05:14:07 pm »
I thought Pinky was referring to the 280038 artwork.

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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2016, 05:21:28 pm »
This camo scheme was used by both the Grossdeustchland and Hermann Goring divisions
around 44/45 time frame.

The one we shown on the cover art is based on the 5th Panzer division Wiking, Hungary, 1945.
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2016, 08:08:27 pm »
There's nothing wrong with the colour scheme on 'Greif'.  It looks great.

I'm not convinced on the SdKfz 250 'Neu' though - it looks weird.  There were hard-edged schemes, with angled stripes of colour, but I've never seen this pattern (which would have been quite difficult to apply, without any real camouflage advantage).  Are you sure your artist got it right? 

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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2016, 08:15:29 pm »
I'm not convinced on the SdKfz 250 'Neu' though - it looks weird.  There were hard-edged schemes, with angled stripes of colour, but I've never seen this pattern (which would have been quite difficult to apply, without any real camouflage advantage).  Are you sure your artist got it right?

Quite sure of it... as stated, it is based on the 5th Panzer division Wiking, Hungary, 1945.

Even Dragon is using it, but their color scheme is not correct.  Should be brown, and not green.


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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2016, 11:55:42 pm »
BTW, we have posted the Assembly Instruction for the upcoming 280038 SdKfz 250/1 Neu on the forum.
Here is the link:

http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=521.0

Enjoy!
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« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2016, 04:32:23 pm »
Great!

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« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2016, 04:54:13 pm »
BTW, we have posted the Assembly Instruction for the upcoming 280038 SdKfz 250/1 Neu on the forum.
Here is the link:

http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=521.0

Enjoy!
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This is one of the reasons I like Rubicon, it gives the purchaser knowledge of the kit that no photograph of the finished model is ever going to provide.

I do have to ask, is there any significance to the green colouring of part of the lower hull?

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« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2016, 08:54:05 pm »
I do have to ask, is there any significance to the green colouring of part of the lower hull?

We have customers who are basically wargamers and are novice in modeling.  Sometimes
we might use colour to highlight positioning of parts when we felt might be confusing to
assemble.

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Re: Q4/16 New Releases - 161116
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2016, 11:04:45 pm »
Third kit from our Q4/16 New Releases...




We have posted the Assembly Instruction for the Flammpanzerwagen on the forum.
Here is the link:

http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=524.0

Enjoy!
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« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2016, 12:31:02 pm »
Quite sure of it... as stated, it is based on the 5th Panzer division Wiking, Hungary, 1945.

Strange, because all the photos of Wiking's SdKfz 250s I've seen show a fairly scruffy sprayed pattern.  And Dragon are quite well known for being inventive with Panzer colour schemes.  Still not convinced...

The SdKfz 251/16 box art looks pretty good - especially the dramatic lighting.  I suspect the crew would be wearing headgear of some kind though.  And the guy in the middle looks awfully casual for someone operating a flamethrower!