NEW Panzer IV/70 (V) (Sd.Kfz.162/1)WW2 GERMAN TANK DESTROYER Over 930 produced from late July 1944-till April 1945(Battles of France 1944 Operation Market Garden, Hürtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, all eastern front and Italy.
All hard plastic with rotated cannon barrel and one open hatch commander/crew door. Dark forest green color. No figures included.
Release date (fall or early winter).Price to be announced!
From. New company SELLTOY co(USA)-Future web site store in construction.
The beginning of all new armor series in true 1.32 scales.
Figures/soldiers for show pic purpose. 21 century, Airfix and Forces of Valor tank are for size/scale compare, also as the same (PzKpfw IV Ausf F) bottom chassis/ track with some modification was used by the Germans to make this tank hunter.
With the hatch open you can put a figure in it.
A side by side comparison of the Sells Toy Tank with Forces of Valor Tank
This photo shows how the different companies such as TSSD etc. Compare to the new tank
NOW this is the size that CTS should have done on their AFV’s eh?!Hopefully if SELLTOYS makes a go of it there will me more to come and also WW1 and “Modern Day” items.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always said that there IS a market for well produces PLASTIC tanks!
In FOV and 21st CENT’s absence, they can be the sole dominate manufacturer doing all the important things that have never been released!
I will DEVIANTLY but 2!!
CTS was so stubborn in their approach to scale.
Ya, we all knew their reasoning, but I always thought it was a stupid one.
1:40th scale, being marketed as 1:32. What a joke!
They could have been the kings of playsets and the hero’s of the 1:32 Armor hobby!
Now, this new company is going to do the obvious and sell a lot of tanks as long as they do armor that has not already been done to death by FOV & 21st Cent Toys.
I wish they did not pick such an obscure vehicle to produce. Somebody really ought to make a Stug. III. Thousands of those were built as opposed to a few hundred of these. Having said that, I still like it! It’s ‘toy enough’, not an ‘adult collectible’ like 21C or FOV. They were too fragile for much messing with in my opinion. The fact that it’s hard plastic means it’s paintable, too. I DO like undersized armor, though. Leaves more space for everything else, especially if you’re ‘deploying’ them at company strength or more. ‘Perfect’ for me would have had them in scale with CTS and cast in a deep grey.
Doing some research on this vehicle. There is some dispute over what it is, many calling it a later version Jagdpanzer IV, where they switched out the 75mm gun to make it less nose heavy. Anyhow, whatever this thing is, only 300 were ever ordered and the highest estimate was 210 were built. There is ONE left in the world in Samaur, France. Having read the stats on it, it should only be 6’3” in height. That would make this model too large. It looks like it’s about 8′ tall compared to the figures. I got to wondering about it because it broke with German nomenclature conventions by calling a turretless armored vehicle a ‘Panzer’. That would generally be a Panzerjaeger or Jagdpanzer (tank hunter or hunting tank) or for some types: Sturmpanzer (assault gun in our parlance). All for reasons too complicated to get into here.
Anyhow, not complaining, just passing on the info.
I own the 1:32 MONOGRAM kit of this tank and now I do see what your talking about. They did screw up a little on the scale, stands a little high, but it’s still passable. They should try to be more careful about that in the future.
The main gun is way overstated, too. That’s an easy fix, though. I can shorten that easily.
I guess I’m alone in the idea of having the armor a bit under-scale. Seems everybody wants it ‘spot on’.
I’m also not very into the oddity tanks and SPGs being done when the common ones are left out. Sure, FOV did a lot of them, but I do not want the FOV versions. Anyhow, I will likely stick with what I have. That SPG is just too big.
More accurate data should be found as follow/link
According to historical data and by looking this model as it look similar to the following model of which following quantities were done.
Jagdpanzer IV
(Sd.Kfz.162) January – November 1944 769
Jagdpanzer IV/70(V)
(Sd.Kfz.162/1) August 1944 – March(April) 1945 930(940)
Total of 1699 vehicles were done as showed in picture of new release.
No counting the model Jagdpanzer IV/70(A) that was a slightly modified Jagdpanzer IV/70(V) superstructure (Ubergangsaufbau – transitional superstructure) mounted directly on unmodified PzKpfw IV Ausf H/J chassis/hull. The difference was that there was a vertical section in the lower part of the superstructure instead of being sloped. Alkett’s design was easier to manufacture but it also significantly increased the height by 50cm (1.85m of Vomag model vs. 2.35m of Alkett model). Just as in IV/70(V) main gun had that was 40-50 cm high .Additional 278 were done in this middle/late summer 1944 till 1945.
Please also refer in following link how it was also called as Panzer IV/70) Sd. Kfz. 162/1 – 75mm L/70
Link: http://www.achtungpanzer.com/jagdpanzer-iv-sd-kfz-162-75mm-l48-1944.htm
I think the sizing is fine.
GREG, if you want the STUG III, FOV made them.
If you want this new company to stay in business, you should hope they do all the important and popular vehicles that have not been all ready produced by other manufacturers.
USA = ROUND HULL SHERMAN * M-10 *
UK = CHURCHILL * CROMWELL *
FRANCE = CHAR-B
USSR = JS-II * T-34 (76)
GERMANY = STRUM TIGER * MAUS
JAPAN = CHE HA
ITALY = M-13/40 * SEMOEVENTE
$25 each, they will sell very well.
I don’t want any FOV vehicles for the reasons I stated. We can hope that they do some of these you list. German stuff has been done to death, but that’s where the money is. That and the US stuff. I’d talked to the guys at CTS (back when all 3 were there) about the M-13/40 when they did their Italians and they told me that German and US stuff was all that sells.
I just don’t get this.In all the Forums I look at people are always asking for an example a French Char bis,whenever a Tamiya built one or a K&C show up on Ebay they ALWAYS sell for big bucks,CTS never produced one yet they KNOW that they wouldn’t sell,hopefully if Selltoys makes a go of it and produces a Char they can drive by CTS and say Bonne Jour eh,LOL.
They won’t sell,
because they would make them in 1:40th scale!
Very excited about these. I bought up CTS tanks when they first came out (after all, it was all we had besides the old Marx stuff) I loved FOV tanks and have a bunch, but as another has said, they are pricey and delicate – who really wants to take a chance having real play with them. I’ve always been fond of BMC’s vehicles, close enough in scale, enough detail to get by (I could always add stuff if I wanted), durable, and inexpensive. As Bill said at the Texas show a couple years ago, who wants to put a hole in an FOV tank to create a destroyed tank? With his, no problem. If the new tank was a Panzer IV or even a Panther or a Stug, guys would be moaning we already have them made – can’t please everyone. I say, “Bravo!”
Will focus 100% on armor never done before. I won’t disappoint all you!!.Will need time and good move on first production. Counting on all enthusiasts for it.
Future release won’t be published till future in this forum. Thank you for your support and appreciation.
I feel that for consistancy they should have been done in CTS scale. I have been wanting this vehicle as well as the nashorn done in 1/32 scale by 21st or FOV. This is a “toy” tank as advertised, but in my opinion the only one in this scale available as a toy (yes I know airfix sherman and short barreled PKWIV and BMC sherman and tiger), CTS tanks are fantastic compromise for playsets and scaling. Allows your battlefied to have tank variability.
Eddie! You mean I’m NOT alone?! I agree totally. It’s just you and me on this one, though. It’s practical to have them somewhat downsized. The rest is covered by that magical thing we all used to have as kids; imagination! I can imagine faster than I can expand my gaming room and it’s big as it is.
Well buddy, it seems we’ll need to imagine this is in scale with the CTS stuff because I’m most definitely not getting rid of it OR my Marx stuff.
As long as they are ALL in true 1:32 0r 1:30 scale, The GODS of Plastic will bless you.