As WaW hits the stores, peoples thoughts will be turning to what models to use in constructing their invincible German panzer armies of death. !/72 scale is an excellent scale for this, as you can get over 2000 points for less than £25.
Italeri produce two german sets worth looking into for 1944 European theatre, and buying both gives you a full platoon plus support choices. I would recommend buying the standard Italeri German Soldiers box and the German Elite troops box. This gives you a good range of models, as the Elite troops has a captain figure with MP40, a much nicer panzershrek and a panzerfaust model, as well as a sniper, 3 chaps with MP40s to use as NCOs and three StG44 assault rifles. You get three frames of this, so combining the two sets gives you enough NCOs with SMGs for four full squads plus a command squad. Plus all the rifle armed infantry you need, plus a couple of anti-tank teams and a sniper team. The mortar chaps are a disappointment, but the excellent Pegasus mortar set is available.
That gives you your platoon, for about 9 quid.
For tanks you are spoilt for choice. Italeri do quick assembly tigers and panthers for £6 for 2, and Armourfast do Stug IIIs at 2 for £5.50.
That gives you a platoon as 4 armour choices for a little over £20. If you wish to stick absolutely to a £25 budget, you've got enough to get either the Italeri Pak 40 set, giving you two field guns, the Italeri German guns set, giving you two field guns and an AA battery, or you can get the pegasus mortar set.
I've gone with the above, though I'm nicking a Stug and some of the elite infantry to go with my Finns.
Italeri produce two german sets worth looking into for 1944 European theatre, and buying both gives you a full platoon plus support choices. I would recommend buying the standard Italeri German Soldiers box and the German Elite troops box. This gives you a good range of models, as the Elite troops has a captain figure with MP40, a much nicer panzershrek and a panzerfaust model, as well as a sniper, 3 chaps with MP40s to use as NCOs and three StG44 assault rifles. You get three frames of this, so combining the two sets gives you enough NCOs with SMGs for four full squads plus a command squad. Plus all the rifle armed infantry you need, plus a couple of anti-tank teams and a sniper team. The mortar chaps are a disappointment, but the excellent Pegasus mortar set is available.
That gives you your platoon, for about 9 quid.
For tanks you are spoilt for choice. Italeri do quick assembly tigers and panthers for £6 for 2, and Armourfast do Stug IIIs at 2 for £5.50.
That gives you a platoon as 4 armour choices for a little over £20. If you wish to stick absolutely to a £25 budget, you've got enough to get either the Italeri Pak 40 set, giving you two field guns, the Italeri German guns set, giving you two field guns and an AA battery, or you can get the pegasus mortar set.
I've gone with the above, though I'm nicking a Stug and some of the elite infantry to go with my Finns.
