Welcome to Krueger's Krieger
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.
The main focus of this site is the Ma.K. 3000 model. This site will include tips, reviews and a gallery of my builds.
SAFS Split Suit
The SAFS – Super Armored Fighting Mk1 suit first appeared in the December 1982 issue of Hobby Japan. The SAFS has been an icon of the SF3D/MaK genre ever since. The basic SAFS became the basis for numerous variations such as the Fireball, a space version, the Achillies , a combat engineer armor, and the more advanced SAFS MKIII Raptor. I’ve always had a fondness for the basic SAFS and it was time to give this classic another build. I also decided to test myself by building this as a split suit version with a pilot suiting up.
AFS Polar Bear
The AFS Polar Bear is a cold climate or winterized version of the standard AFS Mk2. It also mounts an improved laser and larger external fuel tanks. The Polar Bear first appeared in the Play Online gaming magazine stories which were later complied into the MaK B.D. Manual.
SAFSR Rapoon
The SAFSR MkIII Rapoon is an unarmed Reconnaissance variant of the more familiar Raptor.
