1/144 "Art of Tactics" Gaming Pieces - Zevezda

1/144 "Art of Tactics" Gaming Pieces - Zevezda

It looks like 2013 will see Zvezda expand its "Art of Tactics" gaming range in two ways: a) expanding the "Great Patriotic War" series, b) adding  "Modern Era" Series. The benefit of this is we get some more 'cheap and cheerful' 1/144 aviation kits!

Polikarpov Po-2/U-2 ( wiki )
Henschel Hs.126 ( wiki )
Fairey Battle ( wiki )

Boeing AH-64 Apache ( wiki )
Mil Mi-24 ( wiki )

Sources:
http://vk.com/wall-29859496_117542
http://vk.com/wall-29859496_117556
http://vk.com/wall-29859496_117548
http://vk.com/wall-29859496_117680

1/144 Mil Mi-26 'Halo' - Eastern Express

1/144 Mil Mi-26 'Halo' - Eastern Express 

Hot from the Hobby shops of Moscow direct to your screen, courtesy of Oleg from Novokits box and sprue shots of the Mi-26 from Eastern Express!

AHOHC is Russian for a form of "announcement / news" (in case your wondering)

The largest helicopter in production capable of carrying 90 Troops or 20,000KG of cargo, and has been used to recover 'downed' US special forces CH-47 Chinooks in the mountains of Afghanistan! Now that would be a diorama and a half!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26

1/144 Mil V-12 Homer - Anigrand

1/144 Mil V-12 Homer - Anigrand
Anigrand have announced an rather large and precarious kit! The Soviet 1/144 Mil V-12 Code Name 'Homer', the largest helicopter in the world! All those struts and rotor blades, this will be one for a display case if ever there was a need to keep prying fingers away from touching!
http://www.anigrand.com/future_releases.htm

Expected: April 2012
Price: $98 USD