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New crews coming (from Coolbank?)

Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 11:28 am
by Rob1970
Hey folks,

I got into a bit of a chat with a rep from the Coolbank store on AliExpress about ordering a Stuart, asking if they could match the price on Banggood (a good €23 difference) and the shipping time.
When they couldn't I told them I would stick with Banggood and wait longer as I am in no hurry to get the Stuart.

Then they started to offer me "small gifts" to get me to order from them. When I stuck to my decision they offered me this;
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Now, they told me it was a secret, but there's no such thing as secrets on the internet...

Re: New crews coming (from Coolbank?)

Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 5:17 pm
by tomhugill
It's just the tamiya/HL with a new hat.Image

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Re: New crews coming (from Coolbank?)

Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 5:18 pm
by Model Builder 4
That figure is the same as the heng long ones that came with their Sherman's albeit with a tanker helmet Image

Cheers,Lee.

Tom just beat me to it, but I did add a picture as proof :haha:
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Re: New crews coming (from Coolbank?)

Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 6:16 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
Yep, another Coolbank knock off.

I can't in all honesty give that company a single penny of my money.

Re: New crews coming (from Coolbank?)

Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 7:12 pm
by Herr Dr. Professor
I do find the Tamiya/HengLong/Taigen/CoolBank-TongDe U.S. "General Issue" tanker to be good for practice at painting figures. However, this guy's tanker helmet fits "like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine" (Does anyone recognize that line?)

Re: New crews coming (from Coolbank?)

Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 8:46 pm
by Rob1970
Herr Dr. Professor wrote: Sat May 18, 2024 7:12 pm I do find the Tamiya/HengLong/Taigen/CoolBank-TongDe U.S. "General Issue" tanker to be good for practice at painting figures. However, this guy's tanker helmet fits "like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine" (Does anyone recognize that line?)
Yeah, that guy is fugly... for the money I save by buying from Banggood I can buy a nice set of 1/16 resin crew from AliExpress...

Re: New crews coming (from Coolbank?)

Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 1:06 am
by Exhibitedbrute
I will stick with no crews, because for those of us that battle or run a tank under battle conditions the crew would be closed up not so safely inside. I would be more interested in some good infantry and gun crew figures. Only need I would have for a tank crew in all honesty are either parked up and brewing up or a dead commander shot while escaping a hit tank. But that’s just my preference