Border Model 1/35!!! New Bf-109G-6 and Ju-87G

[LSP_Ray]

21 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said:

A wonderful recollection of mine, is the Tamiya Walker Bulldog, the very first armor kit from Tamiya that I ever encountered. I remember being absolutely stunned by the incredible detail of the time, especially compared to the Aurora armor kits I had done previously, back in the days of my youth, when I referred to every Panzer as a Tiger.

I built the same kit! Motorization didn't work too great though...

[LSP_K2]

28 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said:

I built the same kit! Motorization didn't work too great though...

 

I re-acquired the same kit a few years back. Not sure if I'll build it or just display it in-box.

[Darren Howie]

Given the booming diorama industry in 35th and quality of Borders armour kits stuff like the Ju87G is an interesting move.

What a great irony it would be  to get the best Stuka in a large scale suited for armour modellers.

Given its role quite appropriate really..

[thierry laurent]

7 hours ago, Darren Howie said:

Given the booming diorama industry in 35th and quality of Borders armour kits stuff like the Ju87G is an interesting move.

What a great irony it would be  to get the best Stuka in a large scale suited for armour modellers.

Given its role quite appropriate really..

I'm not that sure if the kits are re-sized Trumpeter releases as their Me109 and Ju87 are far from accurate.

[phasephantomphixer]

On 1/3/2021 at 4:25 PM, LSP_Ray said:

Must admit: I have a 1/35th Soviet fuel truck just itching for a 1/35th Yak...of course, I already had the 1/35th Pend d'Orielle Bf109 G-6 that I was going to use in a crash dio. Would have preferred a 1/35th 109 F so I can park Marseille's "Otto" next to it.

Same here on same scale subject cross-building. Prefer 1/32 scale aircraft since there are a few modern US truck kits out there to have a museum bird such as Fw-190 disassembled - palletized to be delivered. Have a few pics of the Fw-190D-13 yellow 10 on a lowboy trailer...

[nmayhew]

fwiw Border are one of the more responsive manufacturers if you contact them via Facebook

 

i did message them and said that as their armour models are generally pretty good, i hoped they would also make 1/32 and that they would also sell much more in that scale than 1/35

 

they replied next day and said that they want to try 1/35, but not much more than that

 

 

[LSP_Mike]

Well, a market venture. Good. Add a Spitty, Thunderbolt and Zero.

[wunwinglow]

On 1/1/2021 at 2:11 PM, cbk57 said:

 But I would not boycott the kit just because it is in the "wrong scale"

I would.....

[Radub]

I don't understand the "upset" about the scale. These kits are made by a division of Trumpeter. Trumpeter already makes these kits in scale 1/32. If one wants to build a 1/32 model, one can get the Trumpeter kit. If one wants to build a 1/35 model, one can get the Border Model kit. They are the same kits, just in slightly different scales. 

Radu

[fastterry]

In all this discussion everyone has overlooked Pit Roads 1/35 F-15J (available at Plaza Japan) for all those modern dioramas. Not interested to find out if they make any other 1/35 stuff as I found it by accident looking for other things.

TRF

[thierry laurent]

3 hours ago, fastterry said:

In all this discussion everyone has overlooked Pit Roads 1/35 F-15J (available at Plaza Japan) for all those modern dioramas. Not interested to find out if they make any other 1/35 stuff as I found it by accident looking for other things.

TRF

Because this is a typo! It is actually a 1/48th kit. Just compare the size (400mm) and price with the 1/48th kit.

[ringleheim]

On 1/1/2021 at 6:06 AM, Artful69 said:

Now that IS a weird choice ...

 

Is the this the start of the "Great scale Reset"??? 

 

Rog

If it means new kits actually being produced and sold, why wouldn't every modeler here hope so?

 

I think a lot of guys here just like to *****! 

 

 

[Panzerwomble]

On 2/2/2021 at 8:33 AM, Radub said:

I don't understand the "upset" about the scale. These kits are made by a division of Trumpeter. Trumpeter already makes these kits in scale 1/32. If one wants to build a 1/32 model, one can get the Trumpeter kit. If one wants to build a 1/35 model, one can get the Border Model kit. They are the same kits, just in slightly different scales. 

Radu

Hey Radu

Do you know this for sure, I was led to believe they were a possbile spin off from Takom looking at the way they do the gate mouldings ? Either owned by or ex Takom staff . 

[Radub]

2 hours ago, Panzerwomble said:

Hey Radu

Do you know this for sure, I was led to believe they were a possbile spin off from Takom looking at the way they do the gate mouldings ? Either owned by or ex Takom staff . 

 

Maybe Takom has some involvement, I don't know. The fact is that these kits in scale 1/35 share the same issues/errors as their 1/32 Trumpeter counterparts. 

Radu 

[Panzerwomble]

47 minutes ago, Radub said:

 

Maybe Takom has some involvement, I don't know. The fact is that these kits in scale 1/35 share the same issues/errors as their 1/32 Trumpeter counterparts. 

Radu 

As far as I know they haven't been released for sale yet, where is this info coming from please ? Can you link to a source perhaps  ?

 

Border have only put out half a dozen armour kits or so ( excluding variations) 

 

Their 1/35 armour has generally been well recieved , I can confrim , I have a Mk IV J in the stash , which looks very similar to the way Takom do their sprues, and is a well moulded kit.