[csiemers]

Originally Posted by smartd

What is Easy Model armour like?

They are all plastic but I find them rather nice. Here's the pics of the ones I have:
World War II Tanks - MRC Easy Models Diecast 1/72 Armor - World War 2 Tanks

For me it's a toss up between Admiral and Hobby Master as my favs. Dragon Armors are nice too, but they are becoming nearly all plastic (except for a metal weight) and having less appeal for me.

[91ken]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

And with tanks you don"t have to worry about missing swazis!!

I'm not so sure about that. I seem to vaguely recall that the Afrika Korps had that symbol somewhere on their tanks. I could be mistaken. It was definitely on many of the AK's wheeled vehicles.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by 91ken

I'm not so sure about that. I seem to vaguely recall that the Afrika Korps had that symbol somewhere on their tanks. I could be mistaken. It was definitely on many of the AK's wheeled vehicles.

I do believe you are correct. Kind of something like this.

[smartd]

Originally Posted by csiemers

They are all plastic but I find them rather nice. Here's the pics of the ones I have:
World War II Tanks - MRC Easy Models Diecast 1/72 Armor - World War 2 Tanks

For me it's a toss up between Admiral and Hobby Master as my favs. Dragon Armors are nice too, but they are becoming nearly all plastic (except for a metal weight) and having less appeal for me.

Thanks, I think I will get a couple to check out.

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by Cruver Collecter

I do believe you are correct. Kind of something like this.

Another 15 cents and 10 minutes. Though not all vehicles were so marked in the Afrika Korps.

[Murr44]

Although I'm probably beating a dead horse here, HM's decision to reduce the amount of metal in their 1/72 scale AFV's is disappointing. I was so impressed with their KV 1E "Crush The Fascist Vipers" that I went ahead and bought the 1/56 Das Reich Kursk Tiger which was also extremely well done. I hope that, in light of this decsion, HM is able to retain the level of detail that I've come to expect in their future releases.

Just my 2 cents...

P.S. For anyone wondering about the DAK Palm Symbol check AFRIKA FILES & scroll down a bit. You'll find an informative little blurb on the variations of this well known insignia.

[hawkonevoodoo]

Originally Posted by lanslide

Hawk - Will HM put "plastic display model" on the box rather than "die-cast display model" to warn us of the lack of metal content? I certainly hope so (If the chassis is the only thing that is metal it shouldn't be considered a die-cast model).

They might, right after all the other companies do it.