"28mm DIECASTS FOR £10 - UK ONLY" Topic

Seen at Weymouth branch of The Works for £10.00 GBP each: Hanomag with rockets fitted to sides, M3 half track with quad AA mount; Crusader tank. Some of the boxes had 1/43 printed on them so I am guessing that is the scale. I am no WW2 buff but the models looked fine for wargaming in 28mm. Already painted – Hanomag was grey and the M3 and Crusader were dark green. I think the Crusader was one of the later versions, say 1943, but wargamers could use it for earlier. Found on the top floor of the shop.

I have seen the Puma and it is a nice model, with a nice came paint job.

They are big for 28mm. You want 1/56 or at best 1/48. I have 3 of these models and they are noticeably bigger than the warlord equivalents. I will probably be taking my models back to the works. On the positive side they are nice looking models. This is really an item for the 40k folks

These are 1/43 Eaglemoss vehicles. As gbowen said, they are way too large for 28mm -32mm gaming, even if you use heroic scaled figures from Victory Force or Renegade and mount them on GW slottabases.

I can vouch for this because I had quite a few of them, including the Puma, before I ended up reselling them on eBay due to incompatibility in size.

I'm sticking with 1/48 for 28mm gaming. To me 1/56 is a bit on the small side.

40/42mm gaming however – they would be fine for… Will go take a look ! Thanks for the tip !

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I believe the series will include 50 models when it's completed but unlikely to contain any separate towed artillery pieces.

In comparison with 1/56 gaming any money saved going up to 1/43 scale on these models would be lost on larger scale metal figures. unless you can lay your hands on some cheap plastic (toy) soldiers of a similar scale. Shame no one makes crew members for these models.