Short-lived Scout

Soviet Light Tank T-70B Zvezda, Ref. 3631 Amongst the recent Zvezda releases is this 1/35 T-70B light tank, a vehicle that reminds me, with its rather less ‘typically soviet brutish’ look, a certain ‘Pz III’. The kit consists of 206 parts spread out on four large green plastic and one much smaller transparent plastic runners.

Building Blocks

Tetrapod, 25t OKB Grigorov 1/350, Ref. A35001 An interesting release from the prolific bulgarian artisan, this kit contains concrete tetrapods used  in coastal engineering to prevent erosion and strengthen coastal structures such as seawalls and breakwaters. Their shape dissipate the force of incoming waves by allowing water to flow around rather than against them.  There are 20 of them in this set, cast in

Persian Midget

Iranian Ghadir class submarine OKB Grigorov 1/350, Ref. 350012 The twelfth release from OKB Grigorov in their rather successful 1/350 naval range is the minute Ghadir-class sub, a class of midget submarines built by Iran specifically for cruising within the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf.  ‘Minute’ or ‘midget’ is relative of course, the real sub is still 29m long, and can

Shining Light

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse OKB Grigorov 1/350, Ref. 350002 OKB Grigorov has introduced a new range to its already bursting catalogue, ‘Port, Architecture & Fortification’, with a 1/350 rendition of Cape Hatteras’ lighthouse, off the North Carolina coastline.  It’s the tallest such structure in the USA.    This kit includes 18 resin and 31 photo-etched parts,