Burma - The Forgotten War

[dominic]

Hi all,
I have 2 Tamiya 1/48 Sherman kits - brand new, unbuilt - to sell.
EUR 15 each.  EUR 5 postage within Germany.

What I like about the Tamiya kits is that the front part of the hull is accurate for the M4A4 (Sherman V) giving it the perfect look for NW Europe 1944.

[Boggler]

US tank platoons consisted of five tanks on paper whilst British troops consisted of three and sometimes four. I've got four Shermans but will use one ot two per game as support for the infantry otherwise things might get a bit too armour heavy. I guess this is more realistic anyway given mechanical breakdown, losses in combat etc etc.

My Germans for instance have only got one Hetzer, another Tamiya kit, reflecting the lack of armour support available to them in '44 and '45. I have been reading the Osprey books on the Rhine and Siegfried Line battles in late 1944, and sometimes an entire panzer regiment was down to maybe half a dozen assorted barely operational tanks!

[Boggler]

That's a great deal dominic!

If you try ebay for kits then you can usually save quite a bit on the shop price of the kits. My Shermans were £7.50 + £2.50 postage which is half the price of the kit in my local model shop (£19.99). I think this compares well with the cost of the Corgi 1/50 scale ready made tanks which usually go for around £10 on ebay. The Hooby boss ones are a bit more expensive, but they're so cool!

[Boggler]

Just noticed that Company B have a Lee/Grant in the production queue for 2007. Perfect for Burma!

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Burma needs some trasport support! We present Diamond T 980 Tank Trasporter

but an expensive one, 51EUR  

[Boggler]

Nice (if a bit on the BIG side)

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[CompanyB]

Ok you Burma nuts...

I can sort of confirm that the CompanyB/JT Enterprises M3 Lee (with modified turret for Burma) and the Grant will debut at Historicon in July 2007.

In any case, I'll have samples in my hand by then.  For those who really want to pre-order this, you can send me an e-mail.

I can also say, that Burma is the next wave of miniatures we are producing (for those that didn't know...company B is also 50%  responsible for all the Japanese and Marine minis for Brigades PacWar line.  So we are in negotiations right now to get the Burma line going.  The probable sculptor for the Aussies will be known to most of you..as he's in Australia!  Matakishi and Helen, please keep mum! I've said enough already!


That said...

Would there be any interest in the specific M3 Stuarts that the Aussies converted for Asia?  We were assuming folks would be using the current line...but there were some significant changes to the turret.  Not sure if a new model is warranted though  (but perhaps I could just sculpt the turret would be good as an alternate part...)

Also, 1:56 versions of the Dodge Weapons carrier have been commissioned.  So you folks stuck with the massive 1:43 Corgi ones can sell them!

If there is any other gear that needs consideration, let me know!

Brent Dietrich
CompanyB

[xeoran]

Awesome sounding stuff! I think the alternate turret is best.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

I'm sure, you think Prof has forgotten his Burma project  :twisted:  Shame on you  :x He doesn't forget anything! Here some new WW2 cars to make his future Burma table looking great  :mrgreen:

Edit: they all are Solido 1:50 ones

[Westfalia Chris]

Truck-a-licious! Let´s get ready to roll for some convoy games! :love:

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Even more cars  

[xeoran]

Hell yes! This is getting fantastic.