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What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Thursday, December 5, 2024

SF3D/Maschinen Krieger: Sdh.232 Sandstalker

Maschinen Krieger or what was before and also known as SF3D is a science fiction genre model kits that have finally become available in 15mm pewter from Slave2Game (click the link and scroll to bottom and select different armies to see the models available). 

I've been a long time fan of the scratch built kits made by Kow Yokoyama (click here to get background story) back in the 1980's. They even came out with a couple of boardgames that where Panzer Blitz/Panzer Leader style games, both of which I own. 

I always wanted to game with these but the scale in 1/20 and much later 1/35 kits was way to big for what I wanted to do on the gaming board. So I was really happy when Slave2game came along a few years back and has been adding more models since.

Below you will see one of the earlier war grav vehicles called a Sdh.232M Sandstalker. You will notice the WWII'esk style of how the kits where designed way back when they were offered as plastic or resin model kits. 

Here are three Sandstalker vehicles I've painted up. 








As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin










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4 comments:

  1. AntonDecember 6, 2024 at 1:21 PM

    Nice looking model, it looks like a blower-lifted version of an 8-rad. As is always the case your paintwork improves the model!

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    1. KevinDecember 8, 2024 at 5:27 PM

      Thanks Anton, and you would be exactly right. Back in the 80's, when Kow scratch built these models before putting them in production, he used WWII parts from tanks and airplanes, and early stuff from NASA. It's pretty fascinating how he came up with these ideas and then helped write the story for Hobby Japan magazine back in the day.

      Cheers
      Kevin

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  2. DeanMDecember 9, 2024 at 6:05 PM

    Great looking vehicles, Kevin! Love the Panzer look.

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