Unboxing: Bolt Action Hanomag Plastic Box Set
October 20, 2015 by dignity
The guys get stuck in with another Bolt Action unboxing, this time featuring the Hanomag Half Track Plastic Box Set for the German Army.
This vehicle appeared in large numbers and 10,000 were produced during the War.
The Hanomag is great for giving your Grenadiers some mobility. This little tank is perfect for your army ensemble.
The kit also comes with a Flammpanzerwagen variant if you care for your enemies to be flame grilled rather than minced.
How would you utilise this vehicle into your games?
The scale difference between 1/56th and warlord’s version of “28mm” isn’t too bad, but if you use these with the Perry Miniatures DAK minis- which are slightly smaller- they look pretty much spot on.
Actually when John says ‘Rottenführer’ with the english accent it actually sounds more german 😉
Kind of wanted to see if the transfer sheet was the standard German one or if it was a little different.
You get a specific transfer sheet which has vehicle registration plates and smaller tactical numbers on it.
…your not allowed to buy this!
Thats what I thought to. Mix from the english “Rotten” a the german “…führer” and it would sound nearly perfect.
@ BOW Justin I kinda agree with you on the German Puma plastic kit. The suspension of that kit was a little detail overkill. Personally, I didn’t mind it so much (I glue individual pineapple grenades to my troops), but I didn’t like all that detail if the kit isn’t going to cover the backside of the tires as well or worse make me fill it in. @ John I wouldn’t say that the Bolt Action infantry are 1:48 scale as the bodies are a little small for that scale. However, the heads are a little on the big side… Read more »
The earlier Warlord plastic kit is the 251/1C. The A and B were more or less the same shape as it. The D was an attempt at simplifying the production process by reducing the number of separate plates required to create the superstructure.
Looking at the sprue and especially the figures I am 99.9% sure that Italeri have had this designed by the plastic soldier company.
Exactly my thoughts. I built a lot of these from PSC in 15mm for Flames of War. And almost every part looked exactly the same here up to the posture of the guys in the back. Just with a little more detail on it.
But by all me means, thats not a bad thing in my mind. The PSC kit is very good just a bit fragile on the MGs. If this is good hard plastic – which we come to expect from italeri – it should be a great kit.
nice, is it just me or is the stowage boxes in the troop area wrong? or an optical elusion with the camera angle.
watched the vid again & it was just me missing the seat part of the benches.
10:30 – Thanks once again for the shout-out and the nice words! 😀 Definitely try not to be an “armchair general” . . . more of a “dining table colonel” or a “coffee table captain.” 🙂 Set up smaller-formation games at your house with friends and have at it! Armchairs are awfully uncomfortable, after all. And who ever wants to be “that” guy?
Another great unboxing episode, guys.
Arn’t I glad Jamie has seen this just before xmas! Knackers. Stunning model though.
another great unboxing! keep up the good work!
only 10% of the german army had half tracks , most used trucks to travel . the mass amount of half tracks the german army had was a myth .
That’s certainly true, but I think what @johnlyons and @dignity are mentioned are panzergrenadier formations. Early war, even PG regiments were largely mounted in trucks (SS Leibstabdarte, Das Reich, Grossdeutschland). But this D variant came out a little later and so I think they’re talking about mid- and late-war PG platoons / companies. By then, a lot more halftracks had been issued.
But the line infantry divisions (the vast majority) . . . Yeah. Trucks . . . If they were lucky. 🙂