New 1/16 scale kit

[CrankyCrafstman]

Hey all 

Andys Hobbys Headquarters has announced a new kit from Takom. A WW2 German 1/16 sdkfz 251/1 ausf d. He said it has full interior detail. And its on preorder right know for $109.99.

[ScottsGT]

Wow.  Seems that the 1/16 thing is taking over armor. 

[recon]

Just ordered mine!

[Bomber_County]

Very nice but I’ll stay with 35th. 16th probably needs a lot of real estate when complete. Also I’m still disappointed (albeit haven’t seen one in person) concerning the detail or lack of the amount of detail which I would thought would be synonymous with basically doubling the size.

Hubert please correct my maths to seven decimal places……….

[CrankyCrafstman]

28 minutes ago, Bomber_County said:

Very nice but I’ll stay with 35th. 16th probably needs a lot of real estate when complete. Also I’m still disappointed (albeit haven’t seen one in person) concerning the detail or lack of the amount of detail which I would thought would be synonymous with basically doubling the size.

Hubert please correct my maths to seven decimal places……….

Yeah I get it, 1/16th isn't for everyone. For me as I get older and my eyesight gets worse, I have been moving up in scale. 1/48 to 1/32 to 1/24 now to 1/16, boy if my eyes get any worse I'll be working on 1 to1, gheesh!

 As for detail, my Trumpeter Panzer IV Ausf H is very detailed, as far as I'm concerned. The 1/16 Tiger VI Ausf E is very detailed. Yeah the tool clamps don't open/close, but you can make them work, very difficult if not impossible in 1/35. They do take up alot of space in a cabinet or shelf, therefore why I said there not for everyone.

Ron G 

[HubertB]

4 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

Very nice but I’ll stay with 35th. 16th probably needs a lot of real estate when complete. Also I’m still disappointed (albeit haven’t seen one in person) concerning the detail or lack of the amount of detail which I would thought would be synonymous with basically doubling the size.

Hubert please correct my maths to seven decimal places……….

Your wish is my command, dear sir.

A 1/16 kit uses 10.4675293 times more volume (and 4.78515625 times more shelf area) than the 1/35 equivalent 😉

HTH

Hubert

[belugawhaleman]

Looks like a great subject. I like the big scale kits....I had a look at the big

Trumpy SU-100 in my stash...may build it soon.

[mark31]

yes i have seen it to over here on pre order for 100 euro

maybe going to get one.

 

Mark

[Bomber_County]

2 hours ago, HubertB said:

Your wish is my command, dear sir.

A 1/16 kit uses 10.4675293 times more volume (and 4.78515625 times more shelf area) than the 1/35 equivalent 😉

HTH

Hubert

You just couldn’t resist………..

[Artful69]

Noice!!!! … We could do with a whole lot more panzer crew members in various poses!!

Rog

[BlrwestSiR]

Having just picked up the recent Andy's Tiger, I'd love a Firefly in 1/16  but that's about it. Maybe the Das Werk Stug III but they're almost double in price now for some reason. 

[CrankyCrafstman]

Hey Carl 

 Heller makes a stug iii with shurzen in 1/16 scale. It's pretty close to the Das Werks in detail.

Ron G 

[recon]

Jeff shiu makes some pretty cool 1/16 figures!

Mike

[CrankyCrafstman]

1 hour ago, recon said:

Jeff shiu makes some pretty cool 1/16 figures!

Mike

I'm trying to get some from him. He doesn't like to sell to people he doesn't know, he's afraid of some one making nock offs of his work.

Ron G 

[CrankyCrafstman]

Hey all 

  Andy just released a video on this about 2 hours ago. This thing looks amazing from what you can see. It has a lot of details and working items.

Ron G 

[Clunkmeister]

Now we need a 1/16 Me.323 for that. 

[GusMac]

On 6/11/2023 at 3:54 AM, Clunkmeister said:

Now we need a 1/16 Me.323 for that. 

Reckon that would be about the same size as the cool little biplane TJ posted over in the 'My other hobby' thread!

[belugawhaleman]

I'm probably the only person to want this, but I'd like to see a large 1/16

Matilda or even cooler....a 1/16 Churchill tank. Or.....a 1/16 universal carrier!

British subjects in 1/16 are, I think, underrepresented.

[BlrwestSiR]

A 1/16 Universal carrier would still be small. A Churchill would be cool, especially an AVRE one. 

I would love a Firefly 1C with the hybrid hull myself in 1/16. 

[belugawhaleman]

1 minute ago, BlrwestSiR said:

A 1/16 Universal carrier would still be small. A Churchill would be cool, especially an AVRE one. 

Takom has a habit of producing small tanks and other vehicles in 1/16.

Such as the Type 94, ontos, jeep, west German wiesel etc....so, I think it's

a possibility.... Would be cool anyway. Riich Models has a nice Universal in

1/35 ....I've taken an interest in getting that one.....but in 1/16 much better!

[CrankyCrafstman]

On 6/12/2023 at 11:32 PM, belugawhaleman said:

Takom has a habit of producing small tanks and other vehicles in 1/16.

Such as the Type 94, ontos, jeep, west German wiesel etc....so, I think it's

a possibility.... Would be cool anyway. Riich Models has a nice Universal in

1/35 ....I've taken an interest in getting that one.....but in 1/16 much better!

Takom also does the Tiger 1 (AHHQ) and panzer iii in 1/16 scale