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Wow!! The match up of Figarti and Aeroart is stunning!

For Ancient Rome two superb looking Roman temple facades and for the ACW a set of four Each Union and Rebel Generals and a Union artillery set , really nice sets, wait until UK Reb sees these!!

And for Ww2 a new Nashorn German afv, just great stuff from Figarti today, more later

Rob
 
Rob,

Don't know if you had a chance to look but do you know what the price was on those Aeroart-Figarti ACW figures?

We eagerly await your photos :)
 
jazzeum said:
Rob,

Don't know if you had a chance to look but do you know what the price was on those Aeroart-Figarti ACW figures?

We eagerly await your photos :)
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Brad,
if Clive has done his maths right, it works out at £160 for the 4 figure sets and £175 for the cannon with 3 figures and accessories. Photos up later.
Simon
 
The Nashorn looked superb. It comes with one crew member, so I expect an "add-on" set will follow in due course. What I really liked was that the model can be displayed either in travel configuration with the barrel-locked, or "in action" where the barrel lock folds down onto the hull. Figarti have doen a great job on the vehicle's interior. My only slight problem was that the vehicle is evidently part of the Italian campaign range. Certainly no Nashorn units fought in Normandy but some appeared later in the year in fighting in Alsace. A "winter" version would be most useful.
 
jazzeum said:
Rob,

Don't know if you had a chance to look but do you know what the price was on those Aeroart-Figarti ACW figures?

We eagerly await your photos :)
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Brad , I believe it was £170 for a set of four, I think I may fold and get a set in the very near future, this could be a very exciting range for the ACW.The Chamberlain figure is just terrific isn't it. I took some pics but Simon's were better!

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Rob
 
For what it's worth, the Aeroart Civil War figures shown were released several years ago. I gather they are just being re-released - maybe at lower prices. Although I recall the Civil War figures went for about $50 each when first released. Bottom line is that these are not new.
 
They really are first class figures, the painting and life like realism are spot on, I thought the Britains Chamberlain figure was good, this is in another league. There is a new kid on the ACW block and I think he's a bruiser!

Rob
 
jazzeum said:
When I go to www.marcopolocollection.com, it takes me to the Aeroart site and none of these sets are shown so I'm bit in a quandry there ^&confuse

Does anyone have any better information?
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Brad, nothing concrete, but I was under the impression that these sets had been fired across to Clive via jet powered carrier pidgeon to get there in time for the show. Could be that the website and other details are still playing catch up.

Simon
 
graycap said:
The Nashorn looked superb. It comes with one crew member, so I expect an "add-on" set will follow in due course. What I really liked was that the model can be displayed either in travel configuration with the barrel-locked, or "in action" where the barrel lock folds down onto the hull. Figarti have doen a great job on the vehicle's interior. My only slight problem was that the vehicle is evidently part of the Italian campaign range. Certainly no Nashorn units fought in Normandy but some appeared later in the year in fighting in Alsace. A "winter" version would be most useful.
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The Nashorn began production in February 1943. Of the 475 produced, 75% were made by December of 1943 and most of the rest by November 1944 although a small number were produced in 1945. Six schwere Panzerjager Abteilungens (560, 655, 525, 93, 519 and 88), were equipped with 30 Nashorns each. Almost all of the Nashorns were originally with units on the Eastern Front. Their first use was with sPzJagAbt 560 and sPzJagAbt 655 at Kursk and with sPzJagAbt 525 in Italy. I think sPzJagAbt 525 was the only Nashorn unit in Italy.

The camo on the model appears more like what was used in Russia than in Italy. And sPzJagAbt 560 and 655 were at the Ardennes for the Battle of the Bulge but I don't know how many Narshorns they may have still had, if any. sPzJagAbt 93 and 519 also fought originally on the Eastern Front but were on the western Front in late 1944 but I don't know if they still had Narshorns. But since production ran into 1945, it is likely there were some Nashorns on the Western Front in late 1944.

Terry
 
Phantom Warrior said:
The Nashorn began production in February 1943. Of the 475 produced, 75% were made by December of 1943 and most of the rest by November 1944 although a small number were produced in 1945. Six schwere Panzerjager Abteilungens (560, 655, 525, 93, 519 and 88), were equipped with 30 Nashorns each. Almost all of the Nashorns were originally with units on the Eastern Front. Their first use was with sPzJagAbt 560 and sPzJagAbt 655 at Kursk and with sPzJagAbt 525 in Italy. I think sPzJagAbt 525 was the only Nashorn unit in Italy.

The camo on the model appears more like what was used in Russia than in Italy. And sPzJagAbt 560 and 655 were at the Ardennes for the Battle of the Bulge but I don't know how many Narshorns they may have still had, if any. sPzJagAbt 93 and 519 also fought originally on the Eastern Front but were on the western Front in late 1944 but I don't know if they still had Narshorns. But since production ran into 1945, it is likely there were some Nashorns on the Western Front in late 1944.

Terry
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Terry,
Thanks for the info. Looks like a great piece and hope they make a winterized version.
 
Combat said:
Your best bet is to contact Thor Johnson or his wife Nikki. They are great at responding to email questions. http://www.aeroartinc.com/contacts/
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Wraith said:
Brad, nothing concrete, but I was under the impression that these sets had been fired across to Clive via jet powered carrier pidgeon to get there in time for the show. Could be that the website and other details are still playing catch up.

Simon
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Thank you both. I will contact Thor and Rick to see what they may be able to say.
 
Hi Chaps
Firstly great to see everyone yesterday and apologies if I couldn't speak to everyone as much as I'd like as we were pretty busy.
Brad, Simon is right, I had the Marco Polo pieces flown in as a preview of what's to come.
None of the photos so far do the ACW sets justice, I'll see if I can rustle some up, they're really impressive and even received approval from our good friend UKReb, who knows a thing or two about this conflict.
I'm sure Thor will elucidate but he has a whole host of items on the cards with even more ideas for additional sets and even eras.
(The Roman figures on display were Aeroart figures to show off the buildings as the Roman sets weren't quite ready.)
The Nashorn is a real beauty, much better in the flesh and comes with a fixed figure in the firing seat, yes there will be an add on crew idc.
And finally seeing the "Owl" in the flesh was great for me also.
So, now back to the day job.
Regards
Clive
By the way someone on the Show thread asked about the Grant in the pictures.
Simon (Wraith) kindly repainted 6 of these for me, absolutely marvelous.
 
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