Condor Legion Panzer 1 Photos (1 Viewer)

[Andanna]

Yep me to Chicago is going to be great,hope he dosn't stop with just this Tank.

Or do they also come with a different tanker?

 

[Louis Badolato]

Here are some quick photos I snapped this evening of the tanks I received today. The detail is exquisite and speaks for itself. As the first photo shows, it has been weathered very well. I don't have any First Legion tanks but this is the best detailed tank that I've seen. If you purchase this tank be careful with the turret because it snaps into place on the main body and forcing may break it.

I opened mine after sitting in traffic last night for 4 hours because a tornado knocked down trees blocking all of the major highways connecting NYC and Nassau County, killing a motorist, closing the Grand Central Parkway and closing all but one lane on the Long Island Expressway.

I do own a First Legion vehicle and have seen all the others. I also own an entire room full of Figarti vehicles and all but one of the Honour Bound vehicles, including the Gold Vehicles. In my opinion John Jenkins has definitely stepped to the front of the line. This little tank is far and away the best sculpted, painted and weathered vehicle in my collection.

And he did it for $129, or less than half of the price of a FL vehicle and about 1/2 the price of the average Figarti vehicle. All I can say is "Thanks, John!"

 

[wayne556517]

I opened mine after sitting in traffic last night for 4 hours because a tornado knocked down trees blocking all of the major highways connecting NYC and Nassau County, killing a motorist, closing the Grand Central Parkway and closing all but one lane on the Long Island Expressway.

I do own a First Legion vehicle and have seen all the others. I also own an entire room full of Figarti vehicles and all but one of the Honour Bound vehicles, including the Gold Vehicles. In my opinion John Jenkins has definitely stepped to the front of the line. This little tank is far and away the best sculpted, painted and weathered vehicle in my collection.

And he did it for $129, or less than half of the price of a FL vehicle and about 1/2 the price of the average Figarti vehicle. All I can say is "Thanks, John!"

WOW that says it all for me cant wait to get mine now thanks Louis.

 

[daruss]

WOW that says it all for me cant wait to get mine now thanks Louis.

Got mine yesterday,, I love it,, Is it suppossed to come with a figure ?? I put it next to my K&C LAH68 Panzer I.. The K&C version is longer, but the width is the same.. Could someone please tell me the scale of JJ panzer ?
It looks to me to be 1/32..
Thanks

 

[blackbeard]

Hi guys,
just wanted to point something out. the turret doesn't snap into place... there is no snapping involved. If you notice the tank has a groove and the turret has a nocht. If you turn the turret sideways meaning that the machine guns are pointing to the side of the tank, then it fits in perfect. Once you turn the machine gun back to the front the notch goes into the groove keeping the piece safely attached!

I love this cause unlike other tanks made on the market, when you move it you don't need to fear of dropping the piece!

hope this helps guys. I posted pictures on another forum if ever you guys want to see how the pieces look like.

 

[Rob]

Superb pics Brad, congratulations on a fantastic purchase. This Tank does look like its upping the stakes in the armour race, really wonderful looking Tank. I now have to decide between this and the equally brilliant looking Sopwith Camel for the London show.

Rob

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Got mine yesterday,, I love it,, Is it suppossed to come with a figure ?? I put it next to my K&C LAH68 Panzer I.. The K&C version is longer, but the width is the same.. Could someone please tell me the scale of JJ panzer ?
It looks to me to be 1/32..
Thanks

Jenkins specifically told me it is 1:30 scale. The reason the K&C Panzer 1 is longer is because it is an Ausf B which was made longer to accommodate a larger, more powerful engine. To identify the Ausf, count the road wheels. The Ausf A (Jenkins) has 4 road wheels. The Ausf B (K&C) has 5 road wheels.

Terry

 

[tdubel]

I opened mine after sitting in traffic last night for 4 hours because a tornado knocked down trees blocking all of the major highways connecting NYC and Nassau County, killing a motorist, closing the Grand Central Parkway and closing all but one lane on the Long Island Expressway.

I do own a First Legion vehicle and have seen all the others. I also own an entire room full of Figarti vehicles and all but one of the Honour Bound vehicles, including the Gold Vehicles. In my opinion John Jenkins has definitely stepped to the front of the line. This little tank is far and away the best sculpted, painted and weathered vehicle in my collection.

And he did it for $129, or less than half of the price of a FL vehicle and about 1/2 the price of the average Figarti vehicle. All I can say is "Thanks, John!"

I have to agree with Louis here, the cost and detail is a big WOW. The guns on the turret even move up and down.

Of course, it is taking me quite a bit to get used to the weight. That is my take and feel on it.

I have the 423 and it is the same as the 424 other than number.

At the end of the day, I think it is a great release. Also at the end of the day, do I still like the metal/polystone vehicles, yes. That said, this one is still a keeper.

It will take some getting used to, but I do like this one and the price is worth the experiment for me.

Tom

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Got mine yesterday,, I love it,, Is it suppossed to come with a figure ?? I put it next to my K&C LAH68 Panzer I.. The K&C version is longer, but the width is the same.. Could someone please tell me the scale of JJ panzer ?
It looks to me to be 1/32..
Thanks

I don't think it comes with figures. I think there will be a few different figures that can be bought separately to go in the tanks.

Terry

 

[daruss]

Where can i get #423 ???

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Where can i get #423 ???

You will probably have to wait until the second batch is issued early next year. There were only 50 #423 in the first batch.

Terry

 

[jazzeum]

Regarding snapping into place what I meant is that even if you align the grooves and notches it doesn't go into place easily. You need to be careful.

Figures come later, perhaps when the 423 comes out.

Rob,

Thanks. I think it is phenomenol tank. The good thing it's not limited and knowing how you feel about WWI, I'm sure it will be around if you decide to pick up the Spad.

We now have two significant players making tanks with similar materials because the materials lend themselves to detail superior than what we've seen previously. Is this the wave of the future?

 

[uksubs]

Regarding snapping into place what I meant is that even if you align the grooves and notches it doesn't go into place easily. You need to be careful.

Figures come later, perhaps when the 423 comes out.

Rob,

Thanks. I think it is phenomenol tank. The good thing it's not limited and knowing how you feel about WWI, I'm sure it will be around if you decide to pick up the Spad.

We now have two significant players making tanks with similar materials because the materials lend themselves to detail superior than what we've seen previously. Is this the wave of the future?

I hope so jazzeum

 

[tdubel]

I have to agree with Louis here, the cost and detail is a big WOW. The guns on the turret even move up and down.

Of course, it is taking me quite a bit to get used to the weight. That is my take and feel on it.

I have the 423 and it is the same as the 424 other than number.

At the end of the day, I think it is a great release. Also at the end of the day, do I still like the metal/polystone vehicles, yes. That said, this one is still a keeper.

It will take some getting used to, but I do like this one and the price is worth the experiment for me.

Tom

I feel I need to revisit my comments so that I am not labeled hypocritical. Let me reiterate that in my opinion, JOhn has done a great job balancing price and detail with this release, that is for sure.

Now, is this the finest vehicle in my collection, No, b/c for me that is personal choice and I have to say the finest vehicle in my collection I can't pick, there are a lot of nice ones!

Also, again an opinion here - the modelers of the community will love this tank as it is a marriage of modeling and toy soldiers. I don't own any vehicles from FL who also has married modeling to toy soldiers, so I can't comment on who has more detail, although, FL's vehicles come with a figure and seemingly have more parts/details by pictures. I do own Figarti and they have done an outstanding job also. K&C is another choice and I still say for the money, hard to beat the combination of detail/style, etc. on most releases. Again, this is all subjective and our opinions will differ, just trying to point out the positives of all the companies.

For me, while I like it, I still am not used to it, I just don't prefer lighter type items regardless of detail. It is just my preference b/c I am a toy soldier guy at heart who loves the glorious glossies the best!

All in all, great release and I am keeping it b/c to me it is very cool and very unique and honestly, I am not picking it up everyday and worrying about the weight (I am slowly convincing myself here).

TD

 

[lenswerks]

Here are three photos of a pro-built 1/35 Dragon Panzer 1b that I have. John's 1a is IMO as good as or better than this pro-built Dragon.

What do you think?

Donnie

 

[jazzeum]

Definitely as good as.

 

[jazzeum]

When I first took these out of the box I thought there would be some debate. It was one thing when First Legion decided to make a tank in resin-like material as it seemed they might be the only company in the toy soldier category to do so but when John Jenkins decided to also do so, all of a sudden you had two manufacturers making modelers quality type of tanks. I asked previously whether this is a trend. I don't know.

I believe collectors want as much detail as can be achieved. Of course quality has a price but let's leave that to the other thread I also know some collectors have an issue with the weight.

We've (and that includes me) gotten used to the idea that a tank must be heavy because polystone or metal is heavier than resin and tanks in real life are, well, heavy. However, most of us (or at least some of us) put our tanks on a shelf or use it in a diorama and if you put it on a shelf, you're probably not going to move it too much. So what difference does it make if it's light or heavy. I know to some it is a big deal and please don't think I'm belittling that.

I believe it's only 15 years or so that we've gotten used to heavy tanks, which is not a very long time. Does it always have to be that way? Paradigms change and maybe this is the beginning of a paradigm shift.

Don't get me wrong. I still like the tanks I have but are the times-a-changing (to paraphrase Dylan)?

 

[uksubs]

When I first took these out of the box I thought there would be some debate. It was one thing when First Legion decided to make a tank in resin-like material as it seemed they might be the only company in the toy soldier category to do so but when John Jenkins decided to also do so, all of a sudden you had two manufacturers making modelers quality type of tanks. I asked previously whether this is a trend. I don't know.

I believe collectors want as much detail as can be achieved. Of course quality has a price but let's leave that to the other thread I also know some collectors have an issue with the weight.

We've (and that includes me) gotten used to the idea that a tank must be heavy because polystone or metal is heavier than resin and tanks in real life are, well, heavy. However, most of us (or at least some of us) put our tanks on a shelf or use it in a diorama and if you put it on a shelf, you're probably not going to move it too much. So what difference does it make if it's light or heavy. I know to some it is a big deal and please don't think I'm belittling that.

I believe it's only 15 years or so that we've gotten used to heavy tanks, which is not a very long time. Does it always have to be that way? Paradigms change and maybe this is the beginning of a paradigm shift.

Don't get me wrong. I still like the tanks I have but are the times-a-changing (to paraphrase Dylan)?

I think you make some good points Jazz
Weight not a issue for me as once my armour out of the box it go straight into my cabinet + most of my armour is diecast or plastic before I moved into the 1/30 market

 

[Mitch]

interesting thoughts but, I don't mind what its made from as long as it looks good. These are not toys so, its not an obvious flaw IMO. Is Resin cheaper than polystone? To add weight to the model you can attach metal or photo etched parts but, I think some manufacturers may bawk at the change as there would be an argument to return to 1/35th scale and, as model companies now look at 1/24th and other scales nearer to 1/30th the lines between the nobby may blur even further
Mitch

 

[Phantom Warrior]

When I first took these out of the box I thought there would be some debate. It was one thing when First Legion decided to make a tank in resin-like material as it seemed they might be the only company in the toy soldier category to do so but when John Jenkins decided to also do so, all of a sudden you had two manufacturers making modelers quality type of tanks. I asked previously whether this is a trend. I don't know.

I believe collectors want as much detail as can be achieved. Of course quality has a price but let's leave that to the other thread I also know some collectors have an issue with the weight.

We've (and that includes me) gotten used to the idea that a tank must be heavy because polystone or metal is heavier than resin and tanks in real life are, well, heavy. However, most of us (or at least some of us) put our tanks on a shelf or use it in a diorama and if you put it on a shelf, you're probably not going to move it too much. So what difference does it make if it's light or heavy. I know to some it is a big deal and please don't think I'm belittling that.

I believe it's only 15 years or so that we've gotten used to heavy tanks, which is not a very long time. Does it always have to be that way? Paradigms change and maybe this is the beginning of a paradigm shift.

Don't get me wrong. I still like the tanks I have but are the times-a-changing (to paraphrase Dylan)?

I don't have much of a problem with the weight. I find the resin models a bit too light, The K&C figures just the right weight, but some of the polystone AFVs too heavy.

You may be right about a trend to mixed media and more detail at competitive prices. There already is a wide selection of WW2 and NAP price ranges, and I have no problem picking the ones I like from any price range and mixing them.

I won't know the weight of the JJ Panzer I until it arrives tomorrow.

Terry