SF3D Krote-Gina

By Francis Lee



Model:
Nitto 1/20 SF3D Krote

I built up this kit in around 1990 summer, it is a great kit that the details and metal parts are very well made. I was sad while I was making it because there was no sign of the company Nitto reform so all SF3D fans were upset that time, not until 5 or 6 years ago, Hasagawa relaunched few of them and recently the company Wave brought all the moulds. Wave is remarket the series with new name "Ma.K."now. One thing remain unchange is the prices. They are very expensive!

I repaint this model 3 years ago, after all these years I lost the original machine gun so I remake another one (maxim machine gun cross over with a robot).

Video of this model:

The Hand That Betrayed Her - Diorama of the Day

by Paul Keefe

Brave young Czeslawa, the star of this diorama. She is wearing the uniform of today's Polish Army. Her gloved left hand holds a magnetic anti-tank mine, based on the design of those used be Germany during the Second World War.

This perspective illustrates the triangle made up of the Uberkrote's belly mounted camera, Czeslawa's (ungloved) right hand (the hand that betrayed her), and the expression on her face. 

In 1958 the driverless scout vehicle Uberkrote by the Kaiser's Wanderung Panzer Werke, Spandau pl, was recognized as a standard weapon of the Imperial German Forces. Assigned primarily to the reconnaissance squadrons of panzer formations it's most noteable deployment was with the 22 Luftlande Brigade during the boarder clashes with the Polish Republic in the early 1960s. Many were lost on the Oder R. front, falling victim to the elite hunter/killer infantry teams of the Polish Defense Force. 

It has since been withdrawn from front line service.

SF3D in Space

By Francis Lee

Model:

Wave Coop. 1/20 Ma.K. Fliege

Background:

I know a lot of facts because I have always been a big fan of Ma.K. or SF3D as the series used to be called. The story and all robots were designed by a modeller Mr. Kow Yokoyama from Japan. He was born in 1956 and studied painting and illustration at the university. Kow was very inspired by the Stars War movies and started to create his own models. His "SF3D" works was first published(1983), in a magazine call "Hobby Japan". I was a reader of this magazines and I love his designs a lot.

Video of this model:

Hardboiled AFS - Diorama of the Day

by Kasper Fischer

I'm really liking the whole concept of Ma.K. and I have been looking around to see what paople are doing with the kits. One of my favourite blogs is fichtenfoo.net by Michael Fichtenmayer. Michael really has made some amazing models. He likes Sci-Fi and have done a few Ma.K. builds. 

I think this one is one of his best but he has a lot more posted and some really inspiring pictures.

Ma.K. Melusine - Diorama of the Day

by Kasper Fischer

SF3D was a Sci Fi plastic model series which ran during the mid 1980s. The series was created by artist Kow Yokoyama with Kunitaka Imai and Hiroshi Ichimura. SF3D was introduced in the Hobby Japan Magazine as a special monthly installment of scratch built models. Nitto, a small Japanese company picked up the rights to make plastic kits of Kow's designs. The models produced were very high quality with crisp molding, fine details and they included copper rod, brass tube, spring coils, and photo-etched parts. They were one of the first multimedia kits produced. The series ended after a few years. In 1998, the series was reintroduced by Nitto and Kow under the new name Maschinen Krieger Zbv 3000. Or simply MaK.

This diorama was created by Jan(MrMax) from Denmark and posted on armorama.com.

Machine Krieger gustav down HD

SF3D was a Sci Fi plastic model series which ran during the mid 1980s. The series was created by artist Kow Yokoyama with Kunitaka Imai and Hiroshi Ichimura. SF3D was introduced in the Hobby Japan Magazine as a special monthly installment of scratch built models. Nitto, a small Japanese company picked up the rights to make plastic kits of Kow's designs. The models produced were very high quality with crisp molding, fine details and they included copper rod, brass tube, spring coils, and photo-etched parts. They were one of the first multimedia kits produced. The series ended after a few years. In 1998, the series was reintroduced by Nitto and Kow under the new name Maschinen Krieger Zbv 3000. Or simply MaK.