Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006

    I have not build one, as the contents were enough to
  put me off any purchasing plans.

    Bandai made some wonderful 1/48 scale armor way back when.
  Unfortuntely, their 1/15 scale kits don't approach the quality
  of the 1/48, in my opinion. The kits show their age, and bringing
  them up to the standard of today would be a major undertaking.

    On the other hand, if you want a 1/15 scale Hummel, your
  options are pretty limited...

                            Bruce

Pretty dismal kits. They were imported and reboxed by Entex in the 70's
and sold for around thirty dollars. The Hummel was the best of the
bunch, but there are numerous detail errors, and the wheels only
vaguely resemble Panzer IV wheels. Tracks are individually pinned, but
are very chunky. The Panzer IV kit was very poorly proportioned, and
the StuG IV had a completely imaginary machine gun ball mount right of
the mantlet (no one could have fired it--it was a position occupied by
an ammo rack on the real vehicle).
Gerald Owens