Luke Pitt hosts MMI’s examination of the growing world of 1:48 scale military models, figures and accessories.
1:48 SCALE GERMAN TANKER IN WINTER DRESS ITEM NO. 831
They tell me that modelling skills don’t come in handy the real world. I could have renamed the title of this column to “Knucklehead Builds a Bench” but still, let’s begin.
This new figure from Royal Model is exceptional in its casting, sculpting and presentation. What we have here is a single figure that depicts a German officer pointing, complete with some coloured maps printed on very thin paper.
I moved into a new house that I live in over a year ago now. About three weeks ago, I thought to myself, I need to get a bench to put all my stuff on. As luck would have it, work was throwing out a huge bench and I thought to myself, I’ll just bring the trailer and pick that up and put it in my shed. Cool. The problem was it was too big and it must have weighted about 600kg. Okay, I thought, I’ll go to the local hardware store and buy one.
Detail on the reversible uniform is simply stunning with creases and fabric folds on the uniform itself done to and exceptionally high standard. The hands are again masterfully done with even small creases in evidence on the gloves themselves. This is a terrific figure, make no mistake about it. Our thanks go out to Royal Model for the sample www.royalmodel.com Highly Recommended.