"New 28mm Pre-painted Vehicles" Topic

Just received an email from Flying Mule that they will be offering a new line of pre-painted 1/43 WWII vehicles from "Eaglemoss Collections." They're reasonably priced at $25 USD and the fact that they're 1/43 as opposed to 1/48 or 1/56 leads me to think they're from the same people who made those vehicles under the name 'Schuco' some years ago.

The good thing is there are some early war stuff heretofore unseen, like the Italian M13/40, a Panzer III L, an SdKfz 3 Maultier halftrack and even a French Somua. Who knows, maybe they'll do a Char B1 next. Fingers crossed.

Hope this new line keeps growing.

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Those look nice (esp. the Puma) but we've found that 1/43 is just too big to fit with 28mm figures.

Personally I think 1/50 is about perfect and 1/48 is the limit.

YMMV of course!

Cheers

w.

My current vehicle collection are by and large 1/48 with a few 1/50 Corgi vehicles thrown in, but I started with Solido/Verem diecasts with chain-linked tracks long ago and many of those were 1/43.

I think they're definitely too big for certain figures (BTD, BH, Offensive Miniatures) but should be okay with the more 'heroic scale 28mm' lines from Crusader, Artizan, Warlord and Victory Force. I mount all my figures on GW slotta-bases to make them taller anyway. It should work.