ARMAGEDDON / MACH2

Review of 1/72 Armageddon / Mach2 Models.

Manufactured in France, Mach2 originally is a manufacturer of Airplanes.

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WARNING !!!

I don't know how Armageddon kits are priced in other countries, but in the Netherlands these kits are quite expensive, considering the poor quality of the injection moulding. They use plastic of different and inferior qualities. Sprues are very thick and badly casted. The parts have a lot of flash and are sometimes distorted, etc. Consequently, the parts need a lot of cleaning. The fitting is very poor, most of the time. The quality of the products is considerably less then similar products by other manufacturers and should be upgraded. However, the kits are very rare and interesting for modellers. I would advise these kits only for the more advanced modellers with a lot of patience and experience. With updating and reworking, you may yet achieve a nice result.
Advice to Armageddon / Mach2, please, rework the kits, use better plastic and better moulds.

Kit arm01 - L.C.V.P. landings craft.

Model built by Lo Baars.

Kit arm02 - German Panzertrain BP-44.

Sprue details - German Panzertrain BP-44.

For BrailleBuilder Neil Lyall's review of kit arm02 - German Panzertrain BP-44, visit:

"BrailleBuilder" Blogspot

For Mark Deliduka's review of kit arm02 - German Panzertrain BP-44, visit:

"AMPS-Armor" website

The ARMAGEDDON PANZERZUG BP 44 kit box contains:

one locomotive plus tender, one gun wagon (Geschuetzwagen), one command wagon (Kommandowagen), one artillery wagon (Artilleriewagen), one wagon with tank 38 T (Panzertraegerwagen), one tank killer wagon (Panzerjaegerwagen), more than one meter of railway track and 15 figures.

"Complimentary Pack"

They also released a "complimentary pack" that contains of all the railroad cars in the first model except for the engine plus tender. It came as a bagged kit with a white paper stapled across the top with the name "Panzerzug Bp-44 Complimentary Pack"

Finished model - German Panzertrain BP-44.

Kit arm03 - L.C.A. landings craft.

Finished model by Armageddon.

Model built by Lo Baars.

Kit arm04 - V-1 launch unit with ramp

The kit contains:
Launch ramp, protecting walls, 2 flying bombs, power unit, command bunker, service cart.

The sprues of this kit are much better casted thean the earlier kits. Congratulations!!!

Finished model.

For "Awesome ModelsComics&Toys / YouTube" preview of Kit arm04 - V-1 launch unit with ramp, visit:

"YouTube

For "Diorama Tabletop Modellbau / YouTube" "How to paint" of Kit arm04 - V-1 launch unit with ramp, visit:

"YouTube

For "Normandy Bunkers / YouTube", French basis of original V-1 launch unit with ramp, visit:

"YouTube

Kit arm05 - LCT6 WWII landing craft capable of carrying 5 light tanks or 7 trucks. Used in Italy, France, Pacific, Korea and Viet Nam.

Built Model

For Roger Gaucher's review of kit arm05 - LCT6 WWII landing craft, visit:

"Cybermodeler Online" Website

Kit arm06 - Vietnam patrol boat PBR 31 Mk. II "Pibber".

For Will Alcott's review of kit arm06 - Vietnam patrol boat PBR 31 Mk. II "Pibber", visit:

"On The Way" Website

Kit arm07 - Tirpitz 38cm gun turret - short-run plastic kit with figures.

Kit arm08 - Bismarck front 38cm gun turret "Anton" - short-run plastic kit with figures.

For more information visit:

Armageddon / Mach2 Website

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