Friday, June 03, 2011 - 12:52 AM UTC
Cyber-Hobby do tend to produce a series of variants of existing (mainly) AFVs, Here's an announcement which is a little surprising.
At last month's Japan Hobby Show, Cyber Hobby unveiled plans to produce a model of:

6715 - MB Typ G4

This is the 6-wheeled Mercedes Staff car in 1/35th scale. Now, following on from the series of German saloons from other manufacturers such as ICM, MiniArt & MasterBox they do seem to be following a trend. It will be an unusual release but not a vehicle which had the mass-use of the smaller saloons. This one seems to have been reserved for high party officials...

Perhaps the next release will be a set of passengers for it? Hopefully, not..
Click Star to Rate
4 readers have rated this story.
Get a daily email with links to all our latest news, reviews, and features.

Comments

Well that's cool. Not much of a "car" guy, but I see some other possibilities there along the lines of a steampunk vehicle.. Nice. "Q"
JUN 03, 2011 - 01:01 AM
I've seen people building that Monogram "Rommel's Rod" in a variety of ways. Now they can make a realistic piece (or start at a more realistic point when they go off on their wild builds! ). Jim- thanks for posting this! Matthew- you're definitely right. I know there'll be a Steampunk 2 Campaign and we'll both be drawn in. -Sean.
JUN 03, 2011 - 01:23 AM
You'll note that despite it being a CAD generated image they have heavily airbrushed on the underside with a dense shadow which makes me think there is no detail there to show, so in my opinion its unlikely that this is a image of the actual model in progress/development as Dragon do on their release posters. Looks more like something "off the shelf" from one of the many pre-made CAD model sites to me. If people remember ICM back at the Nuremberg Show early this year announced they were doing this as a subject, with 3 figures included. Alan
JUN 03, 2011 - 01:25 AM
Completely agree - a touch of Kite-Flying methinks...
JUN 03, 2011 - 01:29 AM
This has a lot to do with my lack of interest in a lot of these advertisement features ... from any company. I mush preffered the news of a new model when it was almost available for release. Theres too much of this happening today.
JUN 03, 2011 - 01:50 AM
Exciting news! I remember building one from a Japanese company (Imai?) when I was a kid. It was rather chunky looking with an awful set of figures, but it was the only game in town. It's odd that CH is doing this, presumably as a limited edition? All that new tooling for a vehicle that, like the Neubaufahrzeug, doesn't have many options for reboxing?
JUN 03, 2011 - 04:03 AM
The picture here is not totally blacked out around the chassis... I wonder if it's a real release or not! https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/176277#1479689 Hisham
JUN 03, 2011 - 06:41 AM
THIS STORY HAS BEEN READ 7,599 TIMES.
ADVERTISEMENT

Photos
Click image to enlarge
  • move
Cyber-Hobby.com ReviewsMORE
Panzer VIII Maus In-Box Review
by Mark
Sd. Kfz. 250/1 Built Review
by Jake McKee
Tiger I Early Production In-Box Review
by Russ Amott
Jagdpanzer IV L/48 In-Box Review
by Jacob Hederstierna-Johnse | of 1 ratings, 100% found this helpful
Flakvierling 38 Pz.Kpfw.II In-Box Review
by Dave Oliver
Flammpanzer III In-Box Review
by Rick Cooper
Maultier with Flak 37 In-Box Review
by Rick Cooper | of 3 ratings, 100% found this helpful
Sd.Kfz.250 NEU mit. 5cm PaK 38 In-Box Review
by Kevin Brant | of 2 ratings, 100% found this helpful
V2 Missile + Communication Set In-Box Review Video Review included
by Frederick Boucher | of 4 ratings, 100% found this helpful
Cyber-Hobby Pz. III Ausf. G In-Box Review
by Bill Cross | of 3 ratings, 100% found this helpful
Otto Carius Tiger I E Mid-prod In-Box Review
by Rick Cooper | of 7 ratings, 86% found this helpful
Panzer IIC Mineroller DAK In-Box Review
by Robert Blokker | of 3 ratings, 100% found this helpful
Orange Box LVT-4 In-Box Review
by Sal | of 2 ratings, 100% found this helpful
Sturmgeschütz III (Fl) In-Box Review
by Bill Cross | of 2 ratings, 100% found this helpful
Pz.III Operation Seelöwe Built Review
by Bill Cross | of 5 ratings, 100% found this helpful

ADVERTISEMENT