ARMAGEDDON / MACH2

Review of 1/72 Armageddon / Mach2 Models

Manufactured by France - Mach2 is originally a manufacturer from Airplanes

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WARNING !!!

I don't know how Armageddon kits are priced in other countries, but in Holland these kits priced very high. (around 17.50 Euro for the LCVP and LCA & 86.00 Euro for the BP44 Panzertrain). It seems to me that the kits are just too high priced for the quality of the injection moulding. The plastic used is from different (bad) qualities. The sprues are very thick and badly cast. The parts have a lot of flash, and are sometimes distorted, etc. The parts also need a lot of cleaning up. The passing are sometimes very poor. This manufacturer doesn't have the same quality as other manufacturers. The quality could be much better. It seems me that the casting has the same quality as the poor Studebaker from manufacturer "Cooperativa". I think a lot of modellers remember this bad kit. But, the kits are very rare and interesting for modellers. I will advise these kits for the more advanced modellers with a lot of patience and experience. With updating, reworking, and a lot of patience you can achieve a nice result.
Advice to Armageddon / Mach2, please rework the kits, use better plastic and better moulds, they can a lot better!!!!

Kit arm01 - L.C.V.P. Landings Craft

Kit arm02 - German Panzertrain BP-44

Sprue details - German Panzertrain BP-44

The ARMAGEDDON PANZERZUG BP 44 kit box contents :
one locomotive, on tender, one canon wagon (Geschutzwagen),one command wagon (Kommandowagen), one artillery wagon (Artilleriewagen), one tank carrier wagon (Panzertragerwagen) with a tank 38 T, one hunting wagon (Panzerjagerwagen), more than one meter railway and 15 figures.

Built model - German Panzertrain BP-44

For a nice review of the Panzertrain BP-44 visit the website from Tom Zuijdwegt:

Tom Zuijdwegt Website

Kit arm03 - L.C.A. Landings Craft

Built Model

Kit arm04 - V-1 Launch Unit with ramp

The kit contains:
Launch ramp
Protecting walls
2 flying bombs
Power unit
Command Bunker
Service cart
Note Webmaster: The sprue's are much better casted then the earlier kits. Proficiat!!!