Beyond The Sprues
General Category => Market Place => New Model Kit News/Reviews => Topic started by: Jeffry Fontaine on June 23, 2012, 11:53:19 PM
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Gran Models (http://www.granmodels.ru/index.htm) located in Moscow, Russia offers a number of injection molded plastic model kits in 1/72nd scale. The one that caught my eye was the SA-2 Guideline (S-75 "Wolchow") SAM which was the subject of a kit review by Manual Leyva at Modellversium.de (http://www.modellversium.de/). I found the link for the Gran Models (http://www.granmodels.ru/index.htm) web page and discovered that they produce much more than just the S-75/SA-2 SAM.
Link to products page at Gran Models (http://www.granmodels.ru/product.htm)
Link to future releases page at Gran Models (http://www.granmodels.ru/release.htm)
There are two very interesting subjects scheduled for future release that some of you folks will appreciate very much. A shame that they are in 1/72nd scale.
Here is a kit review from Modellversium.de for the S-75 "Wolchow" (SA-2 Guideline) SAM (http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=8937)
(http://www.modellversium.de/kit/bilder/9/3/7/8937-deckel.jpg) (http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=8937)
(Image source: Modellversium.de/Manuel Leyva (http://www.modellversium.de/))
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There are two very interesting subjects scheduled for future release that some of you folks will appreciate very much. A shame that they are in 1/72nd scale.
Rapier and GAZ-69! Love their general selection of SAMs, too. And in the Ideal Scale, too... brilliant. Thanks for this info!
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Bah!!! Wrong scales... ;)
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Certainly would be nice if one of these companies would try to produce the various radars for each of these missile systems. That would give someone the resources to build a complete air defense battery including the fire control and electronics vans to go with the radars. This is definitely something that would not be affordable if built in a larger scale but attractive enough in something smaller like 1/144th or 1/72nd scale would create a reasonably sized diorama project.
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Don't quote me but I *think* some of the radars and such are available in railway scales like 1:87 and 1:120, but I agree, it would be nifty to have the "secondary vehicles" available in larger scales.
Though, for an SA-2 or SA-3 site, for example, I'm not sure I'd want to do it much bigger than 1:120...........
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Nice stuff! I hope they get around to an SA-4 Ganef one of these days, but the HAWK offers a
number of possibilities as well...
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In-box review courtesy of Manuel Leyva has been uploaded to Modellversium.de showing all of the sprues for the Gran Ltd. 1:72nd scale S-125M Newa (NATO Code Name SA-3 GOA) kit number 7209 (http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=9116) Nice model of the SA-3 quadruple missile launcher.
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(http://a.modellversium.de/kit/bilder/1/1/6/9116-tumb.jpg) (http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=9116)
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In-box review courtesy of Manuel Leyva has been uploaded to Modellversium.de showing all of the sprues for the Gran Ltd. 1:72nd scale S-125M Newa (NATO Code Name SA-3 GOA) kit number 7209 ([url]http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=9116[/url]) Nice model of the SA-3 quadruple missile launcher.
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([url]http://a.modellversium.de/kit/bilder/1/1/6/9116-tumb.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=9116[/url])
I built one of these a few years ago, along with the Gaz APC's they do. The missile system went together easy enough but the vehicles were a bit on the awkward side especially the suspension and wheel fitment. They are however a nice addition to the limited Russian armour we get in 1/72nd scale. I have not seen any of these for sale for a while though, have they been re-released do you know Jeff?.
chris
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In-box review courtesy of Manuel Leyva has been uploaded to Modellversium.de showing all of the sprues for the Gran Ltd. 1:72nd scale S-125M Newa (NATO Code Name SA-3 GOA) kit number 7209 ([url]http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=9116[/url]) Nice model of the SA-3 quadruple missile launcher.
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([url]http://a.modellversium.de/kit/bilder/1/1/6/9116-tumb.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=9116[/url])
I built one of these a few years ago, along with the Gaz APC's they do. The missile system went together easy enough but the vehicles were a bit on the awkward side especially the suspension and wheel fitment. They are however a nice addition to the limited Russian armour we get in 1/72nd scale. I have not seen any of these for sale for a while though, have they been re-released do you know Jeff?.
chris
Not sure about availability. Not really in my scope of interest except maybe using the SA-3 SAM shapes as some kind of air-launched missile on a larger scale aircraft subject. I take it that Hannant's is not listing this kit on their web page?
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I don't know about Hannants stocking them Jeffery as I don't do business with them. I could ask Ivan at modelsua.com, he would be a good person to ask if these are still available, or the guys at Hobbyterra.The Gaz Vodniks are quite a small vehicle for what they are I meant to add.
Chris.