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1/32 Grey Matter's new Rutman HS129
Mecenas
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 06:41 AM UTC
Bill Cross and AndersN have provided us an information about latest release of Grey Matter Figures which is Henschel HS 129 in 1:32 scale.



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Thanks!
bill_c
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 09:55 AM UTC
Thanks, Michal! This looks like a super casting from a very interesting kit. And thanks to AndersN, a member of the Large Scale Planes community, for the photos.

The 129 suffered from slow speed and a lack of protection, so less than a 1,000 were built, but that's all the more reason to have a top resin kit, as styrene companies aren't likely to go down this route.

And with plans already announced for the B-3, the airframe gets VERY interesting: it initially started out with the 2cm FlaK 18 cannon (ala the Stuka), but was later adapted for use with an aircraft-adapted PAK 40 75mm! Talk about cool stuff.
MrMtnMauler
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 01:12 PM UTC
This is very exciting indeed! It will be nice to get a larger scale rendition of this unique and very cool airplane. It will definately shore up my Eastern Front theme collection of kits. Thank you very much for the info!

Jim
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