Alan Hobbies of Russia - Opinions anyone?

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Me again, still reviewing WWII kit manufacturers I am unfamiliar with for the “Father-Son” projects.

Alan Hobbies of Russia. Anyone build any of these? Anyone have any finished model pics? Anyone have any feedback on these?

http://www.hometown-hobbies.com/alan_hobbies

The price is very low. Is the detail good, low, etc? I want to keep low on price, but I don’t want to get too junky on quality.

Thanks for your input!

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Alan makes some interesting subjects: Marder IID, Bison II, Bison I, sIG 33, Sdkfz 140/1, Flakpanzer 38 (t), Pz II ausf C, Wespe.

Their draw is that often, they are the only game in town (at least in 1/35 injection plastic). However, the detail is soft. Generally accurate (except for some huge slams on the Marder IID) and the kits, once built, resemble the real things.

You aren’t going to get DML/Tamiya/AFV Club like quality in any sense of the word, however.

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Yeah, the fit is ,for the most part, awful

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Some build up nicely, but they do not fall together.

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the only kit ive done of theres so far is the sIG33 and i was happy with the result as said above they do require a tad more work but i would definatly get another.these are the only pics i have and they are a bit dark but you get a general idea.


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I like their Panzer II and the Bison I/II. They need some extra attention but nothing too major.

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I building the Pz I ausf F right now. All the alan tank kits have indy links. The “notches” in the Pz I ausf F links all have to be filed out or they don’t fit on the front sprocket correctly. However Fruil makes a set if you want to buy that instead and eduard makes PE. That goes for all the alan kits I’m pretty sure. Personally I like the alan kits. The plastic is slightly soft and sands/glues well.

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Thanks much for the products review. Nice Howie, biffa… That is a Howie, right?

And the I-beam, that is a good representation of what to expect for the kit. Good basic form, but yah, them tracks can be a bit funky, eh?

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i like them as well
say I-BEAM is that the lynx

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Alan doesn’t make a Lynx (Techmod, Tasca and ICM do). That’s Alan’s fairly nice Pz I Ausf. F.

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I have a number of Alan kits in my collection and I find them to be quite good overall. Like other members have stated, do not expect Tamiya or Dragon quality. I approach these kits more or less the same way I would a short run kit. If you give them a lot of TLC and extra detail you can produce a showstopper!
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