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Dear all
Welcome to our edition of our 2013 April newsletter and its going to be a real corker of a release for sure!
GW016 Rolls Royce Armoured Car.
The Rolls Royce AC was borne from an Admiralty requirement in 1914 to provide armoured support for Naval ground troops being employed in France and Belgium at the time. Several squadrons were formed with one going to France, one going to Africa and two being sent to Gallipoli. In April 1915 all the RNAS AC were handed over to the Army Machine Gun Corps and the paint schemes changed over to 3 tone camouflage and a dull green pattern. The Rolls Royce AC is an iconic vehicle from WW1 and one we are very proud to have in our inventory.
GW016A comes in a grey early war finish with RNAS markings.
GW016B comes in a late war 3 tone British army camouflage scheme and is suitable for the Western Front.
Limited to 100 pieces each version, priced at $125 and will be available late April.
GW013 WW1 German Pilots
To balance out things for the German side we have introduced our first WW1 pilots, Karl Rommel and his rear gunner. Karl was the younger brother of Erwin Rommel and served with the Luftstreitkrafte (German airforce) on the Western and Middle Eastern fronts. Karl flew a Rumpler 2 seater reconnaissance aircraft during his service but was invalided out of the air force after contracting malaria, which left him permanently paralysed.
These two fantastically detailed pilots looking up at the heavens are limited to 100 sets and priced at $69. Available in late April along with all our other releases.
Wings of War 001 Rumpler Aircraft
Naturally we cannot have a couple of pilots released without an aircraft and so it’s with great pleasure I announce the return to full scale aircraft production at Thomas Gunn. Our first aircraft will be a Rumpler 2 seater made from wood and beautifully detailed whichever way you look at her. The Rumpler was an exceptional aircraft with an excellent service ceiling that allowed its crew to operate in comparative safety, knowing few Allied aircraft could reach them. It served on the Western, Italian and Middle Eastern Fronts and also saw service as a seaplane variant. With a real life wingspan of 41ft and nearly 28ft long this makes this an exceptionally big model in 1/30 scale. We have only made 10 in this version with another 10 coming later in the year in different livery and markings. Priced at $500 including the 2 figures from GW013 I personally think this is exceptionally good value for money for such a limited edition piece. Insofar as I know all 10 of the first version have already sold out but please feel free to register your interest by emailing us for the second version, I can assure you that you will not be disappointed. There will be 2 more aircraft from WW1 following later this year with WW2, Korean and Vietnam war aircraft also featuring in our catalogue over 2014/2015.
V Series 001 Fiesler Reichenberg
Moving on now to WW2 we have a stunning release in the form of a completely new series starting off with a piloted version of the V1 - The Fiesler Reichenberg! A late war development of the unmanned Doodlebug, the Reichenberg was intended to be a more accurate guided missile, with the pilot ejecting to safety just as he cut the engines and aimed the missile at its intended target! The chances of survival were deemed so slim that the project and unit was disbanded 1 year after its formation, before any operational sorties were carried out. However manned flights of the Reichenberg were made at the Peenemunde research institute, mainly by Hannah Reitsch. No V1 Reichenberg would be complete without Hannah and so as a matter of course we have included her with our V1 along with Erich Warsitz, Heinkels chief test pilot and one of the technical experts behind jet and rocket testing at Peenemunde.
Hannah attained fame prior to WW2 as a world record breaking glider pilot with some of her records till standing as of 2012! One of only 2 women to be awarded the Iron Cross first class she quickly became a favourite of Hitler and was a committed follower of National Socialism. Hannah was the first women in the world to fly a helicopter the FA 61, which she flew regularly at the 1938 Berlin Motor Show and also the first woman to fly a rocket propelled aircraft - The ME 163 Komet. Towards the very end of WW2 she made a daring flight into Berlin with Robert Ritter Von Greim in a Fieseler Storch to meet and some say rescue Hitler. Von Greim was badly injured during the inbound flight and the two barely made it out of Berlin before the Soviet army closed in on the bunker.
Figure two as mentioned before and holding an umbrella on a rainy day in Peenemunde is Erich Warsitz. Warsitz was an exceptional civilian pilot who was the first person to fly a Rocket propelled aircraft - the HE 176 and also the first to fly a turbojet propelled aircraft the HE 178 in 1939.
Warsitz was granted the rank of Luftwaffe Captain during WW2 and survived the war only to be kidnapped by the Soviets whilst he was living in the American sector in Berlin! Refusing to assist the Russians in their development of jet aircraft he was sentenced to 25 yrs in a Siberian Gulag!
Fortunately Warsitz was released after 5 yrs imprisonment, thanks mainly to the efforts of Germanys Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, he died in Switzerland aged 76.
The above first release is priced at just $159 with just 100 sets available in late April. The set comes with both personalities mentioned above and a prototype Reichenberg V1 on its trolley.
WHOO1 our SdKfz 252 tractor unit makes an ideal companion piece to this set, towing our Reichenberg across the airfield at Peenemunde in the closing months of WW2. We still have a few tractors left here so don't forget to
order one whilst they are still available!
Please note we plan to launch a whole range of personalities, vehicles and aircraft to go with this series and we fully expect this to be a flagship range for TGM. Some of the ideas that have been put forward are mind-blowing to say the least and I look forward very much to future developments as they happen.
The 100 Club Series – 002 Eduard Dietl
Our Club Figure this month is Generaloberst Eduard Dietl holder of the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Dietl was wounded 4 times during WW1 whilst serving with 5th Bavarian Infantry Regiment and went onto serve with the German 3rd mountain Division during the invasion of Norway in WW2.
Dietl was killed in an air crash whilst aboard a JU52 in 1944. The Club Figure is free to all Gunn Club members who spend $150 or more with us thru our website or who pick up the telephone and call us!
Goodness me I actually feel this is probably all you guys can handle this month, so once again thank you for all your support and I wish you all adieu until next month.
Kind regards Vicki Lucas
Marketing Manager TGM
Welcome to our edition of our 2013 April newsletter and its going to be a real corker of a release for sure!
GW016 Rolls Royce Armoured Car.
The Rolls Royce AC was borne from an Admiralty requirement in 1914 to provide armoured support for Naval ground troops being employed in France and Belgium at the time. Several squadrons were formed with one going to France, one going to Africa and two being sent to Gallipoli. In April 1915 all the RNAS AC were handed over to the Army Machine Gun Corps and the paint schemes changed over to 3 tone camouflage and a dull green pattern. The Rolls Royce AC is an iconic vehicle from WW1 and one we are very proud to have in our inventory.
GW016A comes in a grey early war finish with RNAS markings.
GW016B comes in a late war 3 tone British army camouflage scheme and is suitable for the Western Front.
Limited to 100 pieces each version, priced at $125 and will be available late April.
GW013 WW1 German Pilots
To balance out things for the German side we have introduced our first WW1 pilots, Karl Rommel and his rear gunner. Karl was the younger brother of Erwin Rommel and served with the Luftstreitkrafte (German airforce) on the Western and Middle Eastern fronts. Karl flew a Rumpler 2 seater reconnaissance aircraft during his service but was invalided out of the air force after contracting malaria, which left him permanently paralysed.
These two fantastically detailed pilots looking up at the heavens are limited to 100 sets and priced at $69. Available in late April along with all our other releases.
Wings of War 001 Rumpler Aircraft
Naturally we cannot have a couple of pilots released without an aircraft and so it’s with great pleasure I announce the return to full scale aircraft production at Thomas Gunn. Our first aircraft will be a Rumpler 2 seater made from wood and beautifully detailed whichever way you look at her. The Rumpler was an exceptional aircraft with an excellent service ceiling that allowed its crew to operate in comparative safety, knowing few Allied aircraft could reach them. It served on the Western, Italian and Middle Eastern Fronts and also saw service as a seaplane variant. With a real life wingspan of 41ft and nearly 28ft long this makes this an exceptionally big model in 1/30 scale. We have only made 10 in this version with another 10 coming later in the year in different livery and markings. Priced at $500 including the 2 figures from GW013 I personally think this is exceptionally good value for money for such a limited edition piece. Insofar as I know all 10 of the first version have already sold out but please feel free to register your interest by emailing us for the second version, I can assure you that you will not be disappointed. There will be 2 more aircraft from WW1 following later this year with WW2, Korean and Vietnam war aircraft also featuring in our catalogue over 2014/2015.
V Series 001 Fiesler Reichenberg
Moving on now to WW2 we have a stunning release in the form of a completely new series starting off with a piloted version of the V1 - The Fiesler Reichenberg! A late war development of the unmanned Doodlebug, the Reichenberg was intended to be a more accurate guided missile, with the pilot ejecting to safety just as he cut the engines and aimed the missile at its intended target! The chances of survival were deemed so slim that the project and unit was disbanded 1 year after its formation, before any operational sorties were carried out. However manned flights of the Reichenberg were made at the Peenemunde research institute, mainly by Hannah Reitsch. No V1 Reichenberg would be complete without Hannah and so as a matter of course we have included her with our V1 along with Erich Warsitz, Heinkels chief test pilot and one of the technical experts behind jet and rocket testing at Peenemunde.
Hannah attained fame prior to WW2 as a world record breaking glider pilot with some of her records till standing as of 2012! One of only 2 women to be awarded the Iron Cross first class she quickly became a favourite of Hitler and was a committed follower of National Socialism. Hannah was the first women in the world to fly a helicopter the FA 61, which she flew regularly at the 1938 Berlin Motor Show and also the first woman to fly a rocket propelled aircraft - The ME 163 Komet. Towards the very end of WW2 she made a daring flight into Berlin with Robert Ritter Von Greim in a Fieseler Storch to meet and some say rescue Hitler. Von Greim was badly injured during the inbound flight and the two barely made it out of Berlin before the Soviet army closed in on the bunker.
Figure two as mentioned before and holding an umbrella on a rainy day in Peenemunde is Erich Warsitz. Warsitz was an exceptional civilian pilot who was the first person to fly a Rocket propelled aircraft - the HE 176 and also the first to fly a turbojet propelled aircraft the HE 178 in 1939.
Warsitz was granted the rank of Luftwaffe Captain during WW2 and survived the war only to be kidnapped by the Soviets whilst he was living in the American sector in Berlin! Refusing to assist the Russians in their development of jet aircraft he was sentenced to 25 yrs in a Siberian Gulag!
Fortunately Warsitz was released after 5 yrs imprisonment, thanks mainly to the efforts of Germanys Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, he died in Switzerland aged 76.
The above first release is priced at just $159 with just 100 sets available in late April. The set comes with both personalities mentioned above and a prototype Reichenberg V1 on its trolley.
WHOO1 our SdKfz 252 tractor unit makes an ideal companion piece to this set, towing our Reichenberg across the airfield at Peenemunde in the closing months of WW2. We still have a few tractors left here so don't forget to
order one whilst they are still available!
Please note we plan to launch a whole range of personalities, vehicles and aircraft to go with this series and we fully expect this to be a flagship range for TGM. Some of the ideas that have been put forward are mind-blowing to say the least and I look forward very much to future developments as they happen.
The 100 Club Series – 002 Eduard Dietl
Our Club Figure this month is Generaloberst Eduard Dietl holder of the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Dietl was wounded 4 times during WW1 whilst serving with 5th Bavarian Infantry Regiment and went onto serve with the German 3rd mountain Division during the invasion of Norway in WW2.
Dietl was killed in an air crash whilst aboard a JU52 in 1944. The Club Figure is free to all Gunn Club members who spend $150 or more with us thru our website or who pick up the telephone and call us!
Goodness me I actually feel this is probably all you guys can handle this month, so once again thank you for all your support and I wish you all adieu until next month.
Kind regards Vicki Lucas
Marketing Manager TGM
wayne556517
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Yep...................{bravo}}
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Great news about the V1 range but wonder about the price ?
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The above first release is priced at just $159 with just 100 sets available in late April. The set comes with both personalities mentioned above and a prototype Reichenberg V1 on its trolley.
Whats to wonder mate................^&confuse^&confuse
uksubs
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Just how much it would cost in the UK that all mate , no big deal ^&grin already order mine:wink2:
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Mate i like your TRAIN of thought.......................^&grin
Yep its ordered great original idea can't wait.
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Very nice V1 release. Only a few days ago saw a documentary on Hanna.
The two Germans with the dog also look good.
The two Germans with the dog also look good.
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