Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Here's the new 1/72 Luchs from MaCo: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levin Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Looks good But tge gun seems to be molded to the upper part of the turret How are the details there? Greetings levin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Looks reasonable to me, but the gun itself will stand replacing.....MaCo will be releasing a version including a turned metal barrel (& possibly some other extras) in due course. A twin pack kit is also on the way and having seen the decal sheet it's a very worthwhile proposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levin Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Looks reasonable to me, but the gun itself will stand replacing.....MaCo will be releasing a version including a turned metal barrel (& possibly some other extras) in due course. A twin pack kit is also on the way and having seen the decal sheet it's a very worthwhile proposition. Thanks I am gonna look out for it ... though it possible land on my "intended to buy but never did list"(hopefully not ) still: the Luchs is one of my most favourite tanks of ww2 Greetings from Germany Levin EDIT: will you do a wip? Edited July 13, 2016 by Levin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Almost certainly.....At some point. You do have some other options these days, the Flyhawk kit is more detailed and might be a bit fiddly to assemble, Armory have also released one but it looks a bit 'short run'.....MaCo's certainly looks the most buildable, I've already bought three and may pick up another twin-pack. I've got two of the Flyhawk kits and will probably buy one from Armoury too. As you can probably guess the Luchs is my favourite German tank of WWII too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire man Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I have the Armoury one winging it's way from distant shores, will report when received. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 Please do.....A thread with some sprue shots would be very welcome. I'll get the Flyhawk kit out and take some pictures of that one too. PS - MaCo have another later Luchs variant coming out toward the end of this year: Flyhawk also have another Luchs kit coming IIRC.....Suddenly we're spoilt for choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levin Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Man the luchs always had something luft46 (or whatever it is for amored vehicles) IMHO and that second one has even more of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 It's all quite genuine WWII stuff.....Just some spaced armour plus track and idler-wheel sections for added protection and a couple of jerry cans on the turret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire man Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Hi , Sgt.Squarehead, if you want to see what the sprues etc look like go to this link http://henk.fox3000.com/armory2.htmand scroll to the bottom. I highly recommend this site if you are looking for instruction manuals etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 The detailing looks a bit softer than the MaCo kit and positively 'short-run' compared to the Flyhawk parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire man Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hello , having received the kit I would tend to agree with the above comments, similar to Ace kits a little flash to deal with but nothing to write home about. At least it can be built as early or late version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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