What happened to North Star's 1:48 range?

[Tim Haslam]

Just a quick question?
Did they get bought by another company?
Scarab Miniatures perhaps?

thanks

[Schogun]

Yes, the 1/48 WWII range as well as Projekt X is with Scarab now.

[Harry Faversham]

Have been for some time, I got a Platoon of Paras and one of Waffen SS, when they were still North Star. I think they are really nice, though I've only painted half a dozen of the British Paras!

[Orctrader]

As others say, Scarab has them now.

Good figures to paint.  LINK

[Atheling]

Having seen the mini's "in the flesh"; a couple of guys are playing a Chain of Command campaign at the club, I can confidently say that they are excellent.

The only foible I have is that the ranges are not very complete and it would be nice to see more additions to all of the ranges.

Darrell.

[Schogun]

The only foible I have is that the ranges are not very complete and it would be nice to see more additions to all of the ranges.

Agreed. I'm still waiting for a Russian Command pack. Been years.

[Atheling]

Agreed. I'm still waiting for a Russian Command pack. Been years.

It might be years still! worth contacting Rob and asking him if/when he plans to add to the range- hopefully with the same sculptor!

Lack of completion is the only reason why I haven't made an order- I know from the guys at our club that I'm not alone in that.

Darrell.

[Arthur]

I think Richard Ansell sculpted these. Dunno if he'd be amenable to a return to 1/48 WW2.

[westwaller]

But wasn't he recently persuaded to return to WW2 for Tag? If so there might be some hope...

[FramFramson]

Huh! Didn't even know these existed!

About how tall are they... anyone know? I now they're listed as 1:48, so I'm expecting (hoping?) they're a bit bigger, but labelling is one thing, reality another.

[Schogun]

Most are 36-37mm to top of helmet. Very nice figs overall.

[FramFramson]

Damn that sounds perfect! Might order a pack or two of these! I've been holding off on an order From North Star for a while because there was was only one pack of figures I needed (from another line entirely), so maybe now's the time...  

EDIT: Oh wait, the point is that I *can't* get these from North Star. Haha, derp. Well, I might get 'em anyway.

[rumacara]

You also have another 1/48 scale metal manufacturer here in LAF.
Gothicline has some figures compatible with those from Northstar.

[Schogun]

FYI -- Tamiya 1/48 is smaller and much skinnier in comparison. Tumbling Dice 1/48 also.

[FramFramson]

I discovered something hilarious yesterday: You can still order them from North Star after all. You just have to go down the to the "Scarab Miniatures" section.