Landships II

Date: Jul 13, 2005

H�T annouces more WW1 Sets!

Date: Jul 14, 2005

man I wish they made 1/35 figures, all the diffrent kits they have on WWI, make me so envious

Date: Jul 14, 2005

Well, you will have to cross over to "the other side", i.e. 1/72...

Date: Jul 14, 2005

ill never turn to the dark side

but i guess I have too, so ill make tanks and armored cars in 1/35 but artillary and figures, stuff that is scarce in 1/35 will just have to be made in 1/72

Date: Jul 15, 2005

There are new cool sets of WWI 1/35 figures from ICM (Russia or Ukraine).
G.
Search www.internetmodeler.com for reviews

Date: Jul 15, 2005

I heard about them

they are good and they are gaining steam

Date: Jul 15, 2005

Well, IMHO the Serbs look quite OK but the German Colonials rather useless. With H�t always providing only 8 poses in a box the mix between Germans and natives, officer and troopers is problematic. Why one trooper should shoot into the trees and one be kneeling as if receiving a cavalry charge, albeit without the benefit of a bayonet, is beyond me, as the Germans usually were in a defensive or ambush position. The main question of course is, where are the opponents, that is British colonials and the Indian division?

Date: Jul 19, 2005

I wish that they would make some Bulgarian troops!

Date: Jul 24, 2005

Werner, I think you are a little bit too harsh on H�T. TRue, their German Colonial set poses really looks like the standard Wargaming poses, with shooting and stabbing etc. But I think you have to remember that this is their main markets, not us WW1 Modellers who still are the monority users. Also, I think the fact that there is a German Colonial set in plastic, i.e. for a mass market, can only have a stimulating effect on the hobby. Not least because it - as you rightfully points out - cries out for opponents. That I am sure will come. And let's hope it will be Indian Troops!

A thing that all should know about H�T is that they really listen to people, they DO take good, friendly advice. I never came across anyone that has ever got a response from EMHAR - they seem to have their own agenda, and a good one at that! But H�T do.

So lobbying H�T WILL yield results, if the lobbying is supported by good and strong argument, that is!

/Peter K

Date: Jul 24, 2005

Hat does have a very friendly system, I emailed them about 1/35 scale plastic soldiers, mainly I was wondering if they would scale up those wonderful 1/72 kits they have, and they said that they would think about it, even though 1/35 soldiers there would be less of them, and they would convert only the most popular kits, so lobbying to them helps, they always answer your emails, as for Emhar, I mailed them about CA1 Schneider and they responded with a very descriptive sentence: "the Ca1 Schneider is under design", worse I think Emhar is moving away from the ww1 area to more figures and such.

Date: Jul 29, 2005

Peter is right, HaT is very "client-oriented" and what you should do is to go to their website and send them e-mail with your comments. They really listen. They really corrected some figures following mu advice (Austrian WWI heavy weapons, WWII Poles and WWII Romanians).
Yes, they care a bit less about quality of their WWI range (WWII range, especially these WWII Germans are almost perfect), but nobody's perfect. I belive they earn much less from WWI than from WWII, so they can't invest their best (and maybe most expensive) sculptors into that...
Cheers!
G.