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page contains news and additional information from our company as well
as from modelling in general. It will be updated from time to time and
is written in English and German. If you have interesting
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produce and other interesting types we will be happy to display them
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It may take some time to translate the news to one of the languages, so it may happen that it is published in one language first or only! Please regret this. We established an "Archive"-page to prevent the "NEWS"-page from growing too much and to keep it up to date. You may visite this archive only by using the link ARCHIVE here! From the "Archive"-page you may navigate by use of the regular buttons to any other content of this website. |
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Important Notice: Orders which are not payed four weeks after recieving the invoice, will be treated as "not wanted anymore" and be cancled without further notice!There is only a "guarantee of delivery" for orders after complete payment, within four weeks after recieving the invoice. Delivery occures immediatly on availability. And at last, please add an expressive reference line to the reference field of your e-mail. We will eliminate all e-mails without an expressive reference line in the reference field, due to the hugh amount of spam mails we get every day! Thank you. |
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| 08.04.2008 Dear Customers and Friends, here are the first pictures of the McFarlane's Military Series 6 Figures which are now available in our webshop!
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| 14.03.2008 Dear Customers and Friends, The V1 in 1/18 scale as a display model has arrived and it is a hit! Only attach the wings and its ready to go! From Monday on we also will have the new friend of R2 D2 from Star Wars R4P17 as a garbage can available!  R4P17 Garbage Can
approx. 60cm high! We will get only 3 of them so be qick! Also the Mc Farlane's Military Series 6 Figures will arrive. So we don't have any pictures jet, it will take a while until a detailed description will follow. In some weeks from now we will open up a new section for fantasy roleplayers in our webshop. Fitting to games like warhammer 40000 or other similar products from Games Workshop or other companies, we will offer our own series of resin made products on our website. Be advised that these products are own developments and will not necessarily fit to the rules of these or other games of the mentioned manufacturers. It is your own business to make them fit if you want to. At the begining a series of shelters, that are usefull for diorama making, will be released. Thes kits are flexible designes which can be varriated and put together in always new combinations. Firts pictures will follow soon! An additional not on the postages we ask for. Due to price changes at the begining of March 2008 by several parcel services we are forced to rise our postage fees for in country postages. Most foreign country postages are the same as before. |
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28.02.2008 Dear Customers and Friends, today the V1 1/18 scale model kit arrived!  Plastic Model Kit
This kit is not a completed display model, but a plastic kit with decals andassambly instruction! Ideal for all how miss accuracy on the ready done model or want a different paint sheme. The kit has 12 parts of good quality which are identical with the parts of the display model, except for the fact they are not painted and assembled. The kit ia ideal for beginers, because it's made in a kind of snap together technique, that not necessarily needs to be cemented too. It is recommended to clean the parts from grease or oil carefully to prevent problems when painting it. The correct paints can be found at our JPS-Color range! The almost same display model will arrive within the next month. It is made from the same parts as the kit and looks like on the picture below. The price will be a bit higher, because it is completely done and painted too. Also the package is a bit bigger.  Display Model
Modellsize: Wingspan: ca. 30cm Length: ca. 40cm Also arrived have the 1/48 scale V2 rocket model kits. These are snap kits that can be completed without glueing. In fact they are better as the most known snap kits and have a fine detailed and engraved surface. The kit contains 14 parts of good quality including the launch pad used in action. The price is unbeatable if you keep in mind the long time only kit in this scale was the Mauve kit, except for the fact the Mauve kit included a figure. The fitting figures you can get too right here. The new ICM Set of "German Luftwaffe Ground Personnel 1939-45" in 48scale is available now. It contains 7 figures that need to found on any Luftwaffe diorama. Without the "Black Men" a German airfield is unthinkable. Very special and a good idea too is the squad dog that wasn't forgotten too!  We introduce an new section to our webshop pages dealing with items for diorama design. So it seems to become more hard to get the stuff you need around the corner in the modelshop of your choice, we felt it would be a good idea to give you the chance to simply order the stuff with the other items you are looking for. The new section is called Dioramenbaumaterial and can be reached directly by the link under the name. It contains two sizes of coal pebbles and railroad gravel at the moment, but this will not be the only items. For the future we plan much more here. |
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| 09.02.2008 Dear Customers and Friends, sometimes there is some bad news to tell. At the moment it is the attempt of a competitor to spread untrue bad talk about the JPS-Color paints on his website. This is a German site and so it might not been known in the English speaking parts of the world. But somtimes roumors spread faster as assumed. We told the competitor in a friendly way to stop this publication on his website and told him we will not accept this behavior. So it will take a while until legal steps will take grip, we want to let you know that, if you have concerns about the JPS-Color paints, please let us know by e-mail. We will take the time to answer your questions to ensure you about the fine quality of JPS-Color paints if necessary. If you have problems with the paint or if they do not meet the quality you are used to know, we will replace then instantly. It is our policy to serve our customers most well in case of problems instead of spreading untrue roumors to the web about competitors or manufacturers! We can not understand this behavior of the competitor. All our customers give us only a positiv feedback on JPS-Color paints, but maybe we just don't get the negativ news on it. But this is hard to imagine. So the question is what does our competitor do wrong in comparison to us? I don't know, but we must do something more right than he does and that is important to us! If you have concerns on ordering JPS-Color paints let us know and see the many posts in known chat rooms. But now the good news. There are some novelties to look at and to by for certain. After long planing we decided to offer you the fantastic radio controlled tank models in 16th scale in our shop site. We didnT sell RC Models until now because we are in mayority a plastic modellers page, but these things are made from plastic too and they are good! Only problem we have is due to local regulations the frequencies used are not allowed in every country! So please make sure the frequency the model has is valid for your area! We offer items by manufactuers such as Heng Long, Torro, Matorro, Trumpeter,etc.. So they are made from plastic they are good in detail too and all ready done. This includes assembly and painting. Also the do have some features that no plasic kit ever had and that comes very close to the real thing. Some models do fire plastic bullets, have sound and smoke of the real thing too and come with radio control, batteries and charger (Only for 220-240V powersupllies). Some items do have a IR- battle function that is capeable to fight against your favorite enemy tank and do real battle with 2 or more tanks. We offer the Tiger I and the T-34/85 tank in two versions for this. Most important is they cost more or less the same or less than a model kit! Important: In Germany these models are allowed to be sold to people ages 14 and older only! Please make sure you are allowed to purchase this model in your own country before ordering! The bullet firing models are a thread to eyes and may occure injuries when missused!
The best al least! Attention Star Wars Fans here comes somthing new. The already sold R2 D2 trash can will return eventually in a small number of items. We will let you know as soon as possible. Gentle Giant already announce a new item and it will be available in a limited editon of 500 items worldwide only! Its a buddy of R2D2 called R4P17, which is only different in colors. We orderd three of them only! so be quick if you want one! The R4P17 Trash Can operates via a foot pedal that lifts the little droid's "head" to reveal a removable waste receptacle. Compatible with any bathroom-sized trash bags, this little guy will hold your trash (or dirty diapers) until ready for disposal. A must for any diehard Star Wars fan's household! Stands 23" tall. Available probably in Mai 2008! |
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| 03.02.2008 Dear Customers and Friends, the long waited for Me-262B1a/U1 Nightfighter of 10./NJG11 has arrived and due to high interest is almost gone again! Just a few items are left. So you better hurry. The Me 262 B1 is a nicely made model with a lot of detail and extras. It comes with 2 fuel tanks and 2 bombs (although the bombs weren't used with this type), Pilot and Radaroperator (the last with 2 pair of legs 1x standing and 1x sitting). Both have oxygen masks that can be removed and a pistol. The aircraft is of same making as the A2 version, except for the double cockpit. Very tricky is the surface decoration. The meandering is not spraypainted to the surface, but printed! This makes the surface look the same on any aircraft and very smooth too. The V1 Fi103 in 1 :18 will take a while longer until available, due to manufacturers problems, because of high request. As soon as available we will let you know here! Now in stock are the Hannomag Sd.Kfz.251 Half Tracks in the versionen with 2 MG (Sd.kfz251/1) and with Pak 40 (Sd.kfz251/22). The Sd.Kfz. 251/1 is now available in two color camo (sand/green)and the already known 13 marking on its sides. It has the same equipment as the alredy sold out three color camo version mith the same marking. |
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| 17.01.2008 Dear Customers and Friends, here the next model hit in 1/18 scale. The V1 /Fi 103 Flying Bomb as a 1/18 scale ready built display model from Pegasus Hobbies will be available in about two weeks probably. It can be alredy ordered from our shopsite. So what you are waiting for?
Also available from Pegasus Hobbies will be the plastic kit of the V2/ Agregat 4 Rakete in 1/48 scale. This is a so called "Snap Together" kit , which is designed for beginners in the first, but also a kit for fans of 48 scale. There is no other kit in 48 scale at the moment except for the more expensive Mauve kit. This kit will be also available within the next two weeks probably and can be ordered now in the shop! |
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| 09.01.2008 Dear Customers and Friends, Happy New Year 2008 to you all!
Off we go into the new year with some new items to come. Just arrived has the Pak 40 from 21st Century Toys in 1/18 scale and three color camouflage.  The model comes wit one soldier figure and three ammo boxes and is nicely painted. It can be ordered directly from our webshop by clicking the picture above. Next the new figures from McFarlane's Military Series will arrive. There are no pictures jet, but we will get them all und present them here soon! The Me 262B1 Nachtjäger are on the flight right now. Unfortunately we don't kow when the will land! As soon as we know we will publish it here. The MiG 21 and F4FPhantom 2 have no relase date right now too and we are waitin with anticipation as well as you do. |
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| 28.12.2007 Dear Customers and Friends, just before Silvester here are some hot firecrackers to finish the year! Arrived today and instantly available, the latest After-Christmas-Presents: |
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