Hobby Fan
Modeling the U.S. Army in WWII

Hobby Fan is a Taiwan company that produced a batch of WWII figures following an interesting run of Vietnam GIs. They seem now to have cycled back to Vietnam. They also have some accessory sets for U.S. vehicles of both wars. Full resin kits are hard to come by, and often range $150-200 on Ebay. The company also distributes AFV Club kits.

Quality is very good, with crisp sculpting and clean molding. Prices tilt a bit higher than comparable figure sets, with a pair going for around $25 and the four-figure sets pushing $45.

Figures

521 U.S. M10 Tank Crew
522 U.S. M10/M18 Tank Crew, Supplies, Ammo
524 Long Tom Gun Crew and Gun Hoist
525 Long Tom Gun Crew and Propelling Charges
526 WWII U.S. Infantry #1 (2 figures with base)
527 WWII U.S. Infantry #2 (2 figures with base)
528 M18 Machine Gunner & Accessories (1 figure)
529 U.S. M10 Tank Infantry "Pick Up"
554 WWII U.S. Truck Driver Gunner Crew (2 figures and accessories)
565 U.S. Airborne in D-Day
572 M36 Tank Crew and Accessories
582 U.S. M5A1 Tank Crew and Sandbags (2 figures)

AFVs

004Tractor, High Speed, 13-Ton, M5
061M55 Cal. 50 Machine Gun Trailer

Accessories

014M10 Accessories and Sandbags
 

Modeling the U.S. Army in WWII © 2002—2007 Timothy S. Streeter