A Pz. III From First Legion

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Another of the high priced niche players in the 1:30th scale polystone armor model field is First Legion, which, so far, has specialized in German WW2 stuff. Just out of curiosity, I forked over $300 to find out what this line is all about. In this case, I bought a Pz. III which operated at Stalingrad in 1942. The models is surprisingly light compared to King & Country polystone products, but is very nicely detailed and is a welcome addition to my "biggie" armor collection. Here are a few pictures ( I added some light chipping ):

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Another angle:

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And a side view:

[grockwood]

Very nice looking model. However it is Pz III possibly an J or L model. I remember Nichimo released a series of three plastic PZ III models that were very well made in 1/30 scale. Forgot to add they were released in the mid 70's.

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Very nice looking model. However it is Pz III possibly an J or L model. I remember a model compamy , Bandai maybe, released a series of three plastic PZ III models that were very well made.

Quite right about it being a Pz III. I made that correction in my opening post. It's a late version of the Pz.III---an Ausf J.

[snake]

Never heard of First Legion, but I am not an armour guy.

Does look very impressive, Ed, though pricey.

I have heard from another esteemed member here that the polystone models have been under going some quite significant price increases as of late.

[DomiUK]

If it was not for the price First Legion would be what I collect.

£50 a figure : ( but in all honesty they are the best.

[Rowsdower]

Does anything move on the model like the turret, gun barrel, etc. or is it all fixed? Not that I could afford one anyway.

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Does anything move on the model like the turret, gun barrel, etc. or is it all fixed? Not that I could afford one anyway.

The turret can be turned and the canon is flexible, but that's about it.

[graycap]

First Legion have two Ostfront versions of their PzKw III and two for their Afrika Korps range (one 15 Pz Div, the other 21 Pz Div). They also have produced a StuG III and an SdKfz 222 armoured car. They also do two T-34s.