MIRAGE

Review of 1/72 Mirage Hobby from Poland

PPHU Mirage Hobby, Adam Zielinski , 02-621 Warszawa, ul, Tyniecka 36, tel.+48 (22) 646-84-14 or 856-86-55, mobile 48 602 30 50 70.

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Who can help me with pictures from other catalogue's??

All kits are inter-related, sharing a number of common parts...each has about 150 finely moulded parts (some extremely small) along with vinyl tracks, very compehensive instructions (but no parts layout) and sometimes a small decal sheet. All road wheels are separate mouldings, gun(s) and turret(s) are moveable and upper hull detail is very good with accessories....including a shovel and an axe.

Kit 72601 - 7TP Polish light tank (single turret)

Model built by Brett Mahoney

Pictures original vehicle

For an "On The Way" review about kit 72601 and 72602- TTP Polish Light Tank visit:

"On the Way" Website

Model built by Brett Mahoney

Model built by Brett Mahoney

For an "On The Way" review about kit 72603 and 72604 - Vickers E MK.A Light Tank visit:

"On the Way" Website

Model built by Brett Mahoney

Kit 72605 - AT-1 Assult Gun - (no decal sheet)

AT-1 assult gun
Sort of an SPG version of the T-26...the turret has been removed and a 76mm PS-3 has been fitted (along with two 7.62mm machine guns). The kit has the same lower hull and running gear as the 7TP/Vickers kits but there's a new upper hull with fully detailed PS-3 gun (with ammunition), optional position hatched and detailed interior. There are no decals.

T-26TN armoured observation post
Again, this kit has the 7TP/Vickers lower hull with an upper hull similar to the AT-1 (instead of the PS-3 gun there's just a single 7.62mm machine gun). There are optional position hatched and a detailed interior...no decals.

T-26TB transporter
A brief description would be 'a storage box and small machine gun, mounted on a T-26 chassis'. The kit is as per the rest of the Mirage 7TP/T-26/Vickers kits...crisp and cleanly moulded with vinyl tracks, separate road wheels and good detail. The T-26TB has 200 injection moulded parts (some very, very small!), plus the vinyl tracks, large, well laid out, easy to follow instructions, but no decals (the vehicle does not have any markings).

Kit 72609 - T-26 Model 1933 Light Tank

For an "On The Way" review about kit 72612 - T-26C M1939 Light Tank visit:

"On the Way" Website

Kit 72613 - T-26C Applique Armour

For an "On The Way" review about kit 72615 - "Chemical Tank" OT-130/2 visit:

"On the Way" Website

Kit 72617 - T-26LH/45 Light Tank

For an "On The Way" review about kit 72620 - T-26 Light Tank "Finland-45" visit:

"On the Way" Website

Kit 72621 - Chinese Vickers E Mk.B - Model built by Brett Mahoney

Chinese Vickers E Mk.B
This is virtually the same kit at the 'standard' Mirage Vickers E Mk.B kit but it comes without the built up area at the back of the turret (3 parts have been removed from the sprue) and it has markings for 2 Chinese and one Finish tank. There are well over 100 nicely detailed, injection moulded parts plus two 'vinyl' tracks.

76.2mm 'Leningrad' SPG
Once again a T-26 chassis but this time with a platform and a 76.2mm gun mounted on it. There are 196 parts and the vinyl tracks. The gun is well detailed, as is the mounting platform, which has a realistic diamond pattern moulded onto the metal base....on to which 12 rounds of ammunition are fitted. As with the T-26TB, no decals are provided because the vehicle didn't carry markings.

Kit 72636 - RUSSIAN TANK FT-17 model 1930 - 37mm / DT 7,62mm
Kit 72637 - GERMAN TANK FT-17 "PRINZ EUGEN SS Division"
Kit 72639 - FT-17 model 1917 Tank MG 8mm Hotchkiss low turret
Kit 72640 - FT-17 TSF - radio tank

Mirage has showed on Nuremberg Toyfair 2007 the next US M3 Light Tanks

The new kits are:
872123 M3A1 Light Tank, 1st American Armoured Division Old Ironsides Tunisia 1942
872153 Australian Light tank M3 New Guinea 1943
872163 M3 Stuart Mark I (Honey) Light Tank Operation Crusader, 8th KRIH A Squadron
872173 M3 Stuart Mark I (Honey) Light Tank Operation Crusader, 8th KRIH B Squadron
872183 M3 Stuart Mark I (Honey) Light tank, Operation Crusader 8th KRIH C Squadron

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For an "On The Way" review about kit 72801 - M3 General Lee visit:

"On the Way" Website

For an "On The Way" review about kit 72804 - GRANT Mk.I , El Alamein visit:

"On the Way" Website

Kit 72650 - Panzer III Ausf. E
Kit 72651 - Panzer III Ausf.F Beobachtung

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German Panzer IV variants - announced but not all were released

Kit 72852 - PzKpfw IV B, 21 Panzer Division 1943

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Kit 72853 - Panzer IV Ausf. C

For a review of the Mirage Panzer IV Ausf. C visit this link

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Kit 72856 - Panzer IV Ausf. D

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C7P variants

Kit 72891 - C7P Heavy Artillery Tractor

For an "On The Way" review about kit 72891 - C7P Heavy Artillery Tractor visit:

"On the Way" Website

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Kit 72892 - C7P(p) Recovery Vehicle 'Klara' (German Version)
Kit 72893 - C7P Universal Transport Tractor (Russian Version)

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White Metal 1/72 Figures

Kit 701 -Tank crew Poland
Kit 702 - M3 Lee crew

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Asking for Help: If you have or found the original Box-tops, please be so kind to send me a copy in a bigger size as on this page. Thanks !!!

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Mirage Hobby Website

Mirage Hobby - Wholesale Store

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E-mail to Henk Timmerman / HenkofHolland

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