News and Status 2/4/12. Tasca has announced that they are now going to make a M32B1 Tank Recovery Vehicle (TA 35-026)! It is now up in our catalog for pre-orders. ETA to be announced. Tasca is re-issuing their Sherman M4A1 Direct Vision Type kit (TA 35-025) at a SPECIAL PRICE of $49.95. This had been available previously as a Limited Edition kit. New decals have been added to this kit which will be arriving in February. It also includes an ABER metal gun barrel at no extra charge! It is up in our catalog now for pre-orders. The new Panda Hobby M-ATV MRAP (PH 35001) is now BACK IN STOCK! Pre-orders are now being shipped. A New Company, Panda Hobby is now being exclusively distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Pacific Coast Models! Their first kit is a modern U.S. MRAP M-ATV (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle in 1:35 scale (PH 35001). The kit includes a nice set of photo-etch. More new and exciting kits will be released by Panda Hobby soon. Tasca new 1:24 Zundapp KS 750 motorcycle (TA 24-004) with detachable sidecar is now in stock! It is up in our catalog for orders now. There is a good in-box review on www.Armorama.com. We are are pleased to announce our next new PCM kit. It is the Spitfire MK.XIVc (PCM 32015) and is now in stock. It has provisions for both the regular wings and the clipped wings along with provisions for all cannon mounts. Tasca has announced a new kit of the Japanese Army's version of the M4A3E8 (TA 35-024). The main difference between this kit and the Korean War EZ 8 is the tracks. This kit has the T-84 tracks. Click on the box art in our catalog and you can see the new tracks. It is now in stock! ABER has announced three new 1:35 armor gun barrels specifically to fit Tasca kits. These are AB 35 L-135 75mm M3 barrel, AB 35 L-136 76mm M1A1 barrel without muzzle brake and AB 35 L-137 76mm M1A2 with muzzle brake. These are in stock now and are up in our catalog for orders. Our Friulmodel order has arrived. It includes the new sets ATL114-119. Our new 1:32 Focke-Wulf Ta-152C-1 (PCM 32014) is now in stock! We are current shipping orders. The kit looks great! A feature in our catalog which you may find interesting is that when you are looking at an item, you can click on the photo or description, it will take you to a second page. At the bottom of that page will be listed any items related to the main item. You can click on any of those to either look at it or add it to your order. We are offering a "Lay-away Plan" for all orders totalling $50 and up. You may reserve items and depending on the total order amount, pay in 2-4 installments with the last installment including freight and tax. Contact us for more details. Best Regards Ken & Mary Ellen Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.