New manufacturer "Bronco" - anyone heard anything about them?

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In the news/announcements section of my new copy of “Military in Scale” it mentions a new
Hong Kong-based kit manufacturer called “Bronco” who will be releasing a range of new 1/35
and 1/16 armour kits recently - including a 1/16 Panther G, Italian CV33 and 35 tankettes in both
1/16 and 1/35, and the French Hotchkiss 35/39 in 1/35 along with several German vehicles based on its chassis.

Anyone else heard about these? - approximate release dates, availability, and price? I’m particularly interested
in the Italian tankettes. These might be really interesting models in 1/16 scale. And being China-based they might
not be too expensive either.
I’m sure there are will be plenty of people interested in the 1/16 Panther too! (I’ve already got a 1/18 Panther awaiting
reconstruction + detailing, though)

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A brief look at their Hotchkiss H39 kit. I haven’t seen anything for them myself, but am very excited by their announced release of the SCUD-A missle on IS chasis.

EDIT:
D’OH!! I forgot to paste the link, but it’s the one below, in Larry’s post

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Exciting news – a new manufacturer. I posted a message here a week or so ago looking for info on them, especially because of the Panther announcement.

I hope they stay in business – looks like they have a great line-up planned.

In case you haven’y seen it, here’s PMMS’s review of their Hotchkiss:

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/bronco/cb35001.htm

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I put back the Trumpeter Hotchkiss based on the link Larry provided. Sounds very promising

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Too bad de Gaulle’s armored division didn’t use them! I may pick one up anyway and use it as a vehicle of the 3rd DCR.

The kit has Israeli decals too, but I think they were pretty heavily modified by the time they got to Palestine.

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Cool…something other than Tigers and Panthers!! Hope they do well.

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Well, of course there are German decals in the kit! [:p] The Germans used the tank straight-up, sometimes in static forces, other times in their second-line formations (which were generally sinister even by German standards). They also modified the hull and stuck a 7.5 or 10.5cm gun on it as an SPG, but you probably know that already.