A Primer on
15mm WWII Miniatures

Battlefront

By Mark Serafin



MilMinUSA.com/ OR www.crusader.co.nz/

A nice line of vehicles cast of resin with metal bits. This line can be a bit inconsistent - very nicely cast models, but sometimes the design of the model is poor or inaccurate (e.g., their German 234 series armored cars have the wheels in the wrong place). Sometimes the resin-casting is very nice, but the lead bits are poor (although this problem has declined since they got professionals to cast the lead). A nice compromise between price, availability and quality. Some of the models are brilliant, others are lacking. They make an effort to improve models that are obviously wrong (for example, they re-did their KV-series to make them the correct size).

Their AT guns and the like (also lead) are excellent. Their infantry started pretty rough, but is definitely getting better all the time. The newest stuff (Italians, early war Brits, US paratroopers) are up to the standards set by Peter Pig or Old Glory. A bit cheaper than QC, and better casting quality than OG. They also have started doing esoteric stuff like aircraft and landing craft. The aircraft are nice, but cast in lead, making them hard to put on a flight stand. However, I understand they will be re-doing them in resin.

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