Plastic Soldier Company Previews Artwork For New Release
March 3, 2017 by stvitusdancern
PSC (Plastic Soldier Company) showed off some artwork on Facebook for a newly released box of interesting vehicles for the German Army in the North Africa campaign. I thought this was appropriate seeing that this weekend is going to be about the EL Alamein battles.
What you are looking at is a collection of heavy armoured reconnaissance cars, the German SdKfz 231 8 rad Armoured Car for the Afrika Korps around 1943 Tunisia with the 15th Panzer Division.
By the looks of them, one can not help to wonder how fast these vehicles really were. Remember an important trait of a good reconnaissance vehicle is the ability to get somewhere quietly and get out of trouble quickly.
I can also only imagine how hot it got inside of those machines baking in the Egyptian desert sun. For any of you, DAK fans out there you might want to keep your eyes out for this one. No word on a release date as of yet.
What do you think?
"Remember an important trait of a good reconnaissance vehicle is the ability to get somewhere quietly and get out of trouble quickly..."
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15mm version might be out next week… 1/72 version sue April.
One could think that they are trying to piggy back on to Battlefront new edition starting in the Desert.
why wouldn’t they ? they are a bit cheapper so some people will buy there 🙂
are you aware that PSC working with @piers/ IRON FIST for man years and their system so so superior to battle front? give it a go its great fun and less to remember/count.
PSC/Iron Fist have been working on their desert kits and rules as advertised on the website and Facebook for several years now. Both companies have large historical gaming interests centred around WW2 so of course both will cover the same theatres at some point in time. Just throw your mind back to the time when Battlefront ridiculed plastic kit tanks claiming that the FOW fans preferred the weight of metal and resin. Hmm – that attitude seems to have changed in the last 3-4 years. I like Battlefront’s newer stuff though I find PSC more affordable and of at least… Read more »
To be fair, I think that most gamers do prefer the more substantial weight and heft of a resin miniature (lord knows I put some lead shot inside the hull of my plastic kits for just that reason). It’s just that plastic injection moulding got significantly cheaper and easier to spool up,and it turns out that most gamers might like the heft of a resin model, but they much prefer getting four times as many units for the same price.
Very few of the gamers I know prefer resin over plastic. But I can’t really generalise over a whole hobby from my personal perspective. Plastic generally carries more detail, is easier to work with, easy to prepare and often more resilient. I try to avoid resin kits if I can, and metal too, unless there is no plastic option. But as I game in 1/72, the huge volume and variety of thousands of plastic kits make that easier than other scales. But also in 1/72 I’m lucky to be able to choose from high end resin kits too. But I’d… Read more »
I prefer plastic then metal and really dont like resin.
may be a interesting game of evading other players as you complete the mission in games.
Personally I like PSC plastics over the FoW ones, when you factor in everything.
One thing Battlefront do is beef up mg’s and other breakable whereas PSC tend to make them closer to scale. PSC have a price advantage and the vast bulk of my gear comes from them. The Zvezda gear is improving and is very good value for money. I think of WW2 being an open season really – so many sources of minis, in a variety of scales and lots of rule sets so if you have the armies you can try out any rules to see whether you like them. From what Phil said i his interview, it sounds like… Read more »
Looks good.
May have to get a set or two.
Does it come with the camel ??
Don’t take the hump if it doesn’t… 🙂