WINGS OF THE GREAT WAR ARMOR COLLECTION
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:37 am
just received this info Wings of the great war to start an armor collection. The first plane releases were ok they got much better with 2nd batch of planes. I hope these come in looking as good as the second batch of planes.
World War I, a time when battle tank manufacturing was in its absolute infancy, offers us but a glimpse of the powerful, versatile, and lethal armored vehicle technology that would rapidly progress before the outbreak of World War II. These early-era tanks, to our modern sensibility, are fascinating in their simplicity though they offered soldiers of the time an opportunity to travel at higher speeds, traverse difficult landscape, and be equipped with dynamic and mobile weaponry.
The Mark IV tank – first seeing combat duty in 1917 – was the most popular British tank of World War I with more than 1,200 units being produced. It benefited greatly from its Mark variant predecessors (some of the first tanks ever manufactured), and was a clear improvement in armor, fuel-tank placement, and overall ease of transport.
The stocky, German-built A7V tank was manufactured in response to the British tanks first appearing on the Western Front in 1916. Designs for the A7V began that year though it did not see combat until March of 1918. It was the only German tank to see operational service during the Great War and only twenty units were produced.
Each exciting 1/72 scale, molded-resin replica features accurate weaponry, realistic tracking, authentic World War I markings, and a removable presentation stand.
World War I, a time when battle tank manufacturing was in its absolute infancy, offers us but a glimpse of the powerful, versatile, and lethal armored vehicle technology that would rapidly progress before the outbreak of World War II. These early-era tanks, to our modern sensibility, are fascinating in their simplicity though they offered soldiers of the time an opportunity to travel at higher speeds, traverse difficult landscape, and be equipped with dynamic and mobile weaponry.
The Mark IV tank – first seeing combat duty in 1917 – was the most popular British tank of World War I with more than 1,200 units being produced. It benefited greatly from its Mark variant predecessors (some of the first tanks ever manufactured), and was a clear improvement in armor, fuel-tank placement, and overall ease of transport.
The stocky, German-built A7V tank was manufactured in response to the British tanks first appearing on the Western Front in 1916. Designs for the A7V began that year though it did not see combat until March of 1918. It was the only German tank to see operational service during the Great War and only twenty units were produced.
Each exciting 1/72 scale, molded-resin replica features accurate weaponry, realistic tracking, authentic World War I markings, and a removable presentation stand.