WG new plastic Pz38t

[Ballardian]

 WG have released some pics of the about-to-be-released plastic Pz38t. It looks pretty good & certainly tempts me to do an early war force.

 

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Plenty of rivets.

Any idea which version?

[Hammers]

That is great! I could do with one for my ww2 Swedish army

[Stu]

Me! Me! Me!

[LordSpode1879]

I don't need one (I do 1944 Normandy/Ostfront) ......and yet it's such a nice model?

[carlos marighela]

Handy! My 1938 Czechs can double as 1941 Slovaks. Might buy two and convert one as a Peruvian example.

[Ballardian]

 UVS - I'm assuming that its the TNHPS version which was about to go into service at the time of the German occupation - which I suppose would make it an Ausf A - but I struggle to spot visible differences between the Ausf A-G & S versions, with only the Panzer 38(t) neuer Art looking any different. I suppose the rivets are a bit over-size, but it doesn't really bother me much (they could always be filed down a bit).
 
 LordSpode1879 - well there's always the Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) (in both 20mm & support L24 75mm versions) which would be pretty staightforward conversions - & are rather cool looking vehicles (the Rubicon 250/9 & 251/23 add-on box providing the Hängelafette turret, 20mm & mg mount - a useful set which has allowed me to turn a WG 234/2 into a 234/1) which would cover late war & the eastern front.

[delbruck]

Nice.
WG = warlord games?

[carlos marighela]

Nice.
WG = warlord games?

WG = Warlord Games, AKA Voldemort Games.

Some, indeed most, of their plastic releases are co-productions with Italeri. Check when it comes out as the Italeri version is usually 1/2 to 2/3 the Warlord price in model shops.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice.
WG = warlord games?

Yup!

The Panzer 38t is the other half of the Marder III project (and why the Marder is that version).

[Ultravanillasmurf]

WG = Warlord Games, AKA Voldemort Games.

Some, indeed most, of their plastic releases are co-productions with Italeri. Check when it comes out as the Italeri version is usually 1/2 to 2/3 the Warlord price in model shops.

Except this has all the signs of being a upscaled PSC kit.

[LordSpode1879]

 
 LordSpode1879 - well there's always the Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) (in both 20mm & support L24 75mm versions) which would be pretty staightforward conversions - & are rather cool looking vehicles (the Rubicon 250/9 & 251/23 add-on box providing the Hängelafette turret, 20mm & mg mount - a useful set which has allowed me to turn a WG 234/2 into a 234/1) which would cover late war & the eastern front.
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.....oh go on then, I'm sold 

[carlos marighela]

Except this has all the signs of being a upscaled PSC kit.

Has anyone any actual evidence of this oft stated rumour? It may well be true, I simply don't know. I think all of the plastic WG kits I have bought have been Italeri. Having built a couple of PSC's kits which are simple and intuitive, I would have thought them an unlikely source.

[Tim]

Has anyone any actual evidence of this oft stated rumour? It may well be true, I simply don't know. I think all of the plastic WG kits I have bought have been Italeri. Having built a couple of PSC's kits which are simple and intuitive, I would have thought them an unlikely source.

The spiky rivets made me think of PSC, but I don't know enough about the PSC model to compare to the above.

[Tim]

which I suppose would make it an Ausf A - but I struggle to spot visible differences between the Ausf A-G & S versions

Hi Ballardian, my understanding is the thicker armoured D, E, F, and G had a straight driver plate versus the stepped one of the more thinly armoured versions.  Maybe only the G had it, not sure.    But as for the individual versions, no idea.



From http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/stranky/tanky/pz38t.php (I had to use Google translate)