SdKfz 251/1 Ausf C & Expansion Kits - 250/7 & 251/2 TS1 Painted 170110

[Pinky]

The detail looks very sharp.  And the figures look great too.

I see you're still including the hose on the back door of the Ausf D.  I thought we'd established that the separate flamethrower had been dropped by the time the Ausf D was in production.

Btw - it's "meticulously".

[Rubicon Models]

That's a nice looking set . Will you be including instructions on the placement of parts  to convert a vanilla  251 halftrack to a flame track ?

There will be an assembly instruction as usual, no worry!

As well it might be better to include enough arms for all the included figures , 4 figures needing a total of 6 arms  ( I only count 3 ) , not all buyers will have a parts box full of extra arms . Nothing worse than picking up a detail set and finding you have no idea how it goes together and you can't use all the parts supplied because stuffs missing . Happens a lot in resin detail sets , really puts you off buying them .  I have no trouble with this set as it stands , but I have books on the 251 and boxes of BA figure bits , others might not . 

We understand the issue.  We need 3 extra arms to have 4 full figures (total of 6 arms), tried
on the preliminary sprue layout and can only fit 4... might be able to squeeze the extra 2 arms
but might risk the quality of the mould injection.  Since this is our first time to do the new
plastic figures, studio staff decided not to risk.

[Rubicon Models]

I see you're still including the hose on the back door of the Ausf D.  I thought we'd established that the separate flamethrower had been dropped by the time the Ausf D was in production.

Seems like an overlook (??), the original 251D rear door can still be used, so this is not an issue.

[ultravanillasmurf]

Can you replace the 251D door with hose with the missing arms?

Just a thought.

[Rubicon Models]

Can you replace the 251D door with hose with the missing arms?

That's one proposal we are looking into.

[ripley]

Nice to see your rethinking the placement of parts on the sprue  and including  instructions . You guys are awesome !

[Rubicon Models]

Nice to see your rethinking the placement of parts on the sprue  and including  instructions . You guys are awesome !

Basically a very expensive mistake to correct the issue!   

[Rubicon Models]

You guys are not missing out anything while our team is away...
TS1 of our SdKfz 251/22 Ausf D... semi assembled for test fitting!
...love the pink plastic!


Enjoy!

[ripley]

That looks .... PINK !    Awesome

[ultravanillasmurf]

That looks .... PINK !    Awesome

I agree with both statements ^___^.

[Pinky]

Very impressive - especially the crew.

[Rubicon Models]

SdKfz 251/22 Ausf D Plastic TS1 Painted

Fitted with a 75mm PaK 40 anti-tank gun. Probably too big a gun for the carriage,
overloaded but effective! A single plastic sprue for our SdKfz 251/1 Ausf D (280018)
base kit.

Do you know we have already lowered the 251/1D recommended retail price from
£18 to £15 in preparation for the upcoming expansion kit releases?


























Enjoy!

[Pinky]

The gun looks great.  You've really captured its lines.

This variant only had a bench seat on the left side, not both sides.

[Rubicon Models]

This variant only had a bench seat on the left side, not both sides.

Probably an overlook by Kent.  Will make necessary correction with the final sample.

[ultravanillasmurf]

Very good.

Now when you do the M3A3 Stuart, you have an option to put one of these on them for a Yugoslav tank destroyer.