Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 06:58 AM UTC
AFV Club have sent us a stack of images of two of their future releases.
The images cover:

AF 35154 - Churchill Mk.4

and

AF35160 - 105mm howitzer

Release dates will be November and December respectively...

My thanks to Jeff for the updates!
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The M2 would be a good kit for Dragon to make from their M2A1 kit, after all the main differences are the Electric Brakes (with battery box on the RHS trail) and the larger twin disk wheels , but why AFV Club ? Ian
OCT 20, 2010 - 07:45 AM
I guess that they haven't done the decals for the churchill yet then, as those markings were an option in the mkIII kit Great to see more shots of it built up. I've never seen a mkIV with cast track used as add on armour, but I guess that is optional
OCT 20, 2010 - 08:06 AM
Well, if the sIG 33 is any indication, then artillery hounds should wait for the howitzer. I have the DML kit and look forward to comparing the two. There is NO comparison when it comes to the sIG 33.
OCT 20, 2010 - 08:26 AM
can't wait for the mark 4. I just love the churcill type tanks.
OCT 20, 2010 - 10:02 AM
Hi Michael, This thread might be of interest: http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208/thread/1287041375/AFV+Club+M2A1+105mm+howitzer+pics+at+PMMS Cheers, /E
OCT 20, 2010 - 11:47 AM
looks like another gun for the collecton
OCT 20, 2010 - 12:02 PM
I see that the Dragon sIG 33 is now in the cyberhobby range which suggests that this is an older kit, thus easily beaten by a state of the art AFV club kit, however the Dragon M2A1 kit is a state of the art kit. The only flaw with the Dragon kit being the undersized tires, otherwise it is an excellent kit that would be very difficult to beat. Now I do welcome the early pattern wheels and electric brakes that would be perfect for a Philippines / North Africa / Sicily / State Side Training example, however my money is still with the Dragon kit for the ETO.or PTO, although we still need someone to do some decent combat tires. There are two things that come to mind with the photos of the pilot model. The first being the odd shape of the trail spades, these look to extend too far down in the center and the lack of the brake lines on the bolster. OK, the spades would be easily fixed with a file and the brake lines can be added with wire, however both should be correctly done out of the box. Hopefully this release will kick Dragon into releasing that M2A2 / M101 that they have obviously engineered but not promised (take a look a the spare parts in the M2A1 kit) and then we can consign the old Italeri kit to history. Would I buy AFV Clubs version, you bet I would ! Ian
OCT 21, 2010 - 07:54 AM
Man, another gun I have to add to the stash....(although I've been kicking the artillery addiction for aircraft stuff lately ) Rob
OCT 21, 2010 - 10:43 AM
Perhaps someone might grace us with a 3 inch gun.
OCT 21, 2010 - 11:13 AM
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