Athearn Mack R Tow Truck - Mountain Towing
Athearn Mack R Tow Truck - Acme Towing
We've gotten our hands on these samples of Athearn's upcoming Mack R tow truck and B concrete mixer models for some additional photos to those that appeared in the November New Products section.
Busch announced the following for delivery in November:
41820 Ford E-350 ambulance "LifeNet" (Texas) 41821 Ford E-350 ambulance "CareFlite" 41854 Ford E-350 Van "Greyhound Courier Express" 47830 MB Sprinter "WMF Werksfeuerwehr" (Geislingen) 48492 Smart City-Coupé "Spedition Gaiser" 48943 Smart Fortwo "New York City Marathon" 48944 Smart Fortwo with 'Clevertrailer' 49085 Ford Crown Victoria "West Virginia State Police" 49155 MB C-Klasse T "Designo-Line" CMD-Collection 49252 Audi A4 Avant "Polizei Baden-Württemberg" 49258 Uadi A4 Avant "Audi Service Mobil" 49350 Smart Roadster Coupé 49451 MB E-Klasse T "Notarzt" 49605 Audi A6 2004 Limousine CMD-Collection 49934 Set "Design-Evolution": Auto-Union racer and Audi A6
The models of the Toyota Landcruiser J40 and the "Fishbowl" are postponed till the spring of 2005.
Classic Mint Collectibles' brass Komatsu D575A-3 Super Dozer model has been shipped. This is an all-brass model of the world's largest production bulldozer. Contact Classic Mint Collectibles or check their web site for more details.
Herpa has announced their new releases for January/February 2005:
023306 - Audi A3 Sportback, standard. Suggested Retail Price $10.25 033305 - Audi A3 Sportback, metallic. Suggested Retail Price $10.95 046435 - Mercedes Axor TLF 24/50 Pumper, “generic” German fire brigade. Suggested Retail Price $24.25 046442 - Mercedes Sprinter passenger van, Brandenburg Police. Suggested Retail Price $15.75 046459 - Mercedes Sprinter passenger van, “generic” German fire brigade. Suggested Retail Price $15.75 046466 - Mercedes Atego LF 20/16 Pumper, “generic” German fire brigade. Suggested Retail Price $24.25 046473 - Mercedes Vito passenger van, Bremen Fire Dept. Paramedic. Suggested Retail Price $17.95 046480 - BMW 3-Series Wagon, Bavarian Police. Suggested Retail Price $14.75 075961 - Three Trailer Set “PEMA.” Suggested Retail Price $39.95 101691 - BMW AC Schnitzer ACS5. Suggested Retail Price $19.95
120654 - Volvo FH GL w/refrigerated trailer, Chevalier. Private Collection. Suggested Retail Price $77.00 120678 - Steyr XXL w/silo trailer, Melmer/Graffiti. Private Collection. Suggested Retail Price $77.00 150392 - Scania R TL COE w/curtain-side trailer, Transmet. Suggested Retail Price $34.50. 150712 - Mercedes Actros LH w/container chassis & Hoyer tank container. Suggested Retail Price $34.50. 150774 - Mercedes Actros 3-axle tractor w/4-axle stake trailer. Suggested Retail Price $34.50. 150781 - Mercedes Actros Bulk Tank, Edgar Grass. Suggested Retail Price $34.50 150798 - Volvo FH Gl Truck/Trailer, DHL. Suggested Retail Price $34.50 150804 - Mercedes Atego 3-Way Dump Truck. Suggested Retail Price $16.50. 150811 - MAN TGA XXL w/container chassis, EKB & Hamburg Süd refrigerated container. Suggested Retail Price $34.50. 150828 - MAN TGA XL truck w/crane and trailer, Westfracht. Suggested Retail Price $34.50. 150835 - Scania conventional w/jumbo chrome tank trailer, Talke. Suggested Retail Price $37.25. 150859 - Mercedes Titan 4-Axle heavy tractor w/lowboy trailer, Riwatrans. Suggested Retail Price $38.95. 150866 - Scania conventional w/30' Liquid Container, Nordic Bulkers. Suggested Retail Price $34.50. 150880 - Volvo FH w/curtain-side trailer, Riwatrans. Suggested Retail Price $34.50.
Reported by Marc Schmidt. Pricing supplied by Promotex.
Minitanks by Roco - November is a bit quiet for Minitanks, but there are some more eagerly awaited releases in the pipeline, some of which will hopefully available in time for Christmas:
752 - MAN 454 5 ton truck of the Federal German Army (aka Bundeswehr) with add-on armor kit, as seen in the Balkans 753 - The predecorated version of the above in the NATO three-colour camouflage and with KFOR markings (shown above, top) 47506 - This is a flatcar loaded with a predecorated Opel Maultier (mule) in distinctive three-colour camouflage, look for this in the railroad section of your hobby store. (shown above, bottom)
Pictures courtesy Minitanks by Roco.
Oddballs Decals announces a new decal set for Rock Island 40' piggyback trailers; each set will letter two trailers.
Preiser has been busy again and the following new releases are now on the shelves:
10507 - Bicycle riders with bicycle trailer- Preiser’s bicycles now come with spoked wheels
10510 - Firemen in full environmental protected suits, available in lime green or bright red- these might also be of interest to military modellers wanting to do a diorama along the lines of “Outbreak”
13001 - Super-Set “On the farm”, featuring 60 painted figures from the “Exklusiv”-series, as well as some animals and accessories
16353 - Bavarian brass band- 18 unpainted figures with lots of possibilities, why not add an Oompah pah-band to your Oktoberfest?
16526 - Russian infantry taking a break, 1942- 10 unpainted figures, including a wounded soldier getting his dressing changed by a nurse 16549 - 3,7cm PAK L/45- this kit is intended to give your Wehrmacht soldiers an added punch, and builds two guns 16559 - Mannschaftswagen Kfz 70 “Krupp Protze”- another kit, this time of one of the most ubiquitous trucks of the early war years 16553 - Protzkraftwagen Kfz 69 with 3,7cm PAK L/45- this kit combines the Kfz 70 truck, the PAK and some new sprues, and can be built as an artillery tractor or self-propelled gun mount.
Look for an in-depth review of the trucks on this website in the near future. Many sincere thanks to Volker Preiser for providing the review samples.
Trident - Mr Villi has been busy again and the following excellent military vehicles are new for November:
81004 - IDF M113, this includes an M113 APC from Minitanks by Roco and all the necessary parts to build the latest version of the “bucket” in use with the Israel Defense Forces, cast in resin and white metal 90246 - SdKfz 250/1 light half-tracked APC of the German Wehrmacht, moulded in dark yellow, also available in dark grey as #90246G 90247 - SdKfz 250/7, mortar carrier variant, the dark grey version is #90247G 90249 - SdKfz 250/3, the command version, most famous through its use by Rommel in North Africa, for the dark grey version add a “G” to the item number 90267 - SdKfz 250/5, this carries the forward observer for artillery units, and you know the number of the dark grey version by now
87059 -15 CWT truck, one of the most ubiquitous light trucks of the Commonwealth forces in WWII, comes as an excellent resin kit 87060 - Infantry tank MkII Matilda, one of the best known British tanks of WWII, and equally at home in France, North Africa and the Pacific theater, also an extremely well-cast resin kit
All of these will be featured in an in-depth review soon, so keep a close eye on the review section. My sincere thanks to Mr Friedrich Villi for providing the review samples. - Jens O. Mehner
Schuco's latest is die-cast Volkwagen New Beetle Cabrio shown above.
