Zvezda 1/35 Boomerang

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[Kingsman]

Yet another - probably very decent - alternative to expensive Far East products.  Zvezda have really raised their game in the past few years, since the T-90.  Hopefully no vinyl tyres ................

[Rob G]

1 minute ago, Das Abteilung said:

Hopefully no vinyl tyres ................

 

Send 'em an email expressing your desire. Zvezda are small enough to listen to their public.

[Kingsman]

I think it's a question of tooling cost, and if they've got as far as releasing info about the kit then the tooling is already done.

 

To represent the tread pattern in injection plastic would require a multi-slice approach and perhaps half a dozen parts per wheel, much as MiniArt do with the tyres on their WW2 Russian trucks, but could include sagging/bulging.  Vinyl can be done on a single tool but never shows sagging/bulging.  Someone like Panzer Art or Djiti's will do after-market resin, but at probably 50-80% of the cost of the kit itself.

 

We shall see what they come up with.

[Rob G]

Hmm, true dat. Still, making a note for next time might aid future releases. Or not. <shrug>

[sinistervampire319]

On 10/11/2019 at 2:44 PM, Das Abteilung said:

I think it's a question of tooling cost, and if they've got as far as releasing info about the kit then the tooling is already done.

 

To represent the tread pattern in injection plastic would require a multi-slice approach and perhaps half a dozen parts per wheel, much as MiniArt do with the tyres on their WW2 Russian trucks, but could include sagging/bulging.  Vinyl can be done on a single tool but never shows sagging/bulging.  Someone like Panzer Art or Djiti's will do after-market resin, but at probably 50-80% of the cost of the kit itself.

 

We shall see what they come up with.

Def models are really nice. They would definitely be the ones that would do this.

[Julien]

IBG seem to be able to manage injection tyres on the 1.35 Rossomak kits.