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Vikingkelt03 Jan 2017 8:51 p.m. PST

"First to Fight" models from Poland has really done justice to the tanks and equipment of early WW2. Any wargamer in the 20-25mm/ 1/72nd scale range who have bought and built these premium kits will attest to their accuracy, crisp moulding and detail, and brevity of assembly; a long awaited characteristic received happily by the weary modeler/wargamer, who had been accustomed to long drawn out assemblies of kits with far too many parts!
That's why I am surprised that the new offering of the Pz35t from "First to Fight" is actually out of scale and way undersized for an accurate reproduction in the published scale on the box of 1/72nd scale. Anyone knowledgeable in the dimensions of these vehicles will know the Pz35t was a little longer, and a little wider than it's brother the Pz38t. The "f2f" (abbrev) kit looks to be more like the size of an FT17, or more like in 1/76th or even HO 1/87th train scale!
I was diappointed, and hope the "f2f" company will redress and correct this defect; I thought of using them as the earlier 3 man czech tank, but don't know if the Germans used them at all. They do look a little embarrassing next to my Pegasus Pz38t's and are hard to ignore.
Anyone else find the same conclusions?
Happy 2017! Vikingkelt.

Norman D Landings03 Jan 2017 11:21 p.m. PST

Ernest! Happy New Year, mi amigo!
Long time no hear – good to know you're still hale & hearty (and fighting the good fight for scale accuracy!)

Vikingkelt06 Jan 2017 2:10 p.m. PST

Hey Norman D Landings! Nice to hear from an old friend; I wish I could have been more active on line over the years, just not much time, and also my computer got full of viruses, and I can't pay for cable & computer svc & phone & dish tv; only 1 income family now; have to draw the line somewhere; can't pay for everything; I'm typing this on a tiny smartphone keyboard…anyway, did I meet you on the old british wargamers forum? Did we meet at Salute in London, or at Bovington tank museum? I have to apologise to everyone since I posted this thread by mistake 3x and made so many people upset; folks have no mercy, no sense of humor anymore like in the old days…must be the millenials, the blasted "PC" straight-jacket, and the times we're living in…great to hear from you Norman D Landings! God bless and Happy 2017 to you and yor family.

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