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The release you wish would happen
Reforger-Victim
Joined: March 26, 2017
KitMaker: 95 posts
Armorama: 79 posts
Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 06:45 PM UTC
CUCV M1008, M1009 ist out from Minimanfactory, but they are very incorrect...There s also a 100% correct M1008 from another manufacturer in 1/35, but it s very expensive.M1010 is out as a conversion kit (bodyshell) for the Minimanfactory CUCVs, don t know the manufacturer though, I think it s a 3d print out with full interior..
mudcake
Joined: July 06, 2016
KitMaker: 50 posts
Armorama: 47 posts
Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 08:07 PM UTC
I'd like to see more 1/25 scale.
It's just the right size (IMHO) without taking up a lot of room like 1/16 does.
It's just the right size (IMHO) without taking up a lot of room like 1/16 does.
RECON22
Joined: February 10, 2012
KitMaker: 665 posts
Armorama: 652 posts
Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 10:19 PM UTC
Dragons 1/35 AT AT Walker and Snowspeeder.....finally 3D printed Hoth Rebels and Imperials on Shapeways, just no vehicles to go with them in a dio! 
landshark4
Joined: June 04, 2012
KitMaker: 103 posts
Armorama: 88 posts
Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 11:43 PM UTC
More cold war figure sets. We've finally got the M60 series,so let's get That 70s Army complete with longer hair and mustaches and the old OD fatigues with the baseball field hats.
ninjrk
Joined: January 26, 2006
KitMaker: 1,381 posts
Armorama: 1,347 posts
Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 11:47 PM UTC
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Dragons 1/35 AT AT Walker and Snowspeeder.....finally 3D printed Hoth Rebels and Imperials on Shapeways, just no vehicles to go with them in a dio!
Yeah, that was a big bummer when those dropped off the face of the earth. A 1/35 walker would have been great.
americanpanzer
Joined: May 12, 2014
KitMaker: 542 posts
Armorama: 539 posts
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 03:01 AM UTC
New-tool 1/35 Nebelwerfer; maybe from Tamiya?
milvehfan
Joined: June 26, 2007
KitMaker: 2,116 posts
Armorama: 1,080 posts
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 03:07 AM UTC
I would like to see a 1/35th Trumpeter or Dragon German WWII BOXCAR Railcar to go along with the Flatcars and Gondola Railcars.
milvehfan
milvehfan
Kevlar06
Joined: March 15, 2009
KitMaker: 3,670 posts
Armorama: 2,052 posts
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 04:21 AM UTC
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More cold war figure sets. We've finally got the M60 series,so let's get That 70s Army complete with longer hair and mustaches and the old OD fatigues with the baseball field hats.
Well...I'd probabably buy some and paint them, but I have to say that uniform was the worst-- the starching of the trousers and blouse I didn't miss when we went to the BDU, and that stupid domed baseball cap was just awful. I loved it when summer came around and we could "unblouse" the blouse, and worked my cap into a "flat" version by breaking a crease into it just above the crown. Probably the worst uniform the US Army ever came up with.
VR, Russ
rfbaer
Joined: June 12, 2007
KitMaker: 1,866 posts
Armorama: 1,696 posts
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 05:41 AM UTC
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More cold war figure sets. We've finally got the M60 series,so let's get That 70s Army complete with longer hair and mustaches and the old OD fatigues with the baseball field hats.
And a Tamiya M60 slick, current technology and standards, just cuz Tamiya makes a lot of kits I can actually build.
2505-Steven
Joined: December 06, 2009
KitMaker: 57 posts
Armorama: 56 posts
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 07:55 AM UTC
And when we are dreaming: Tamiya should do a Leopard 2A4, decent detail and easy to build. Trust there is room for it 😃
steviecee
Joined: September 01, 2011
KitMaker: 123 posts
Armorama: 31 posts
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 01:05 PM UTC
brail scale 20's/30's armored cars from France or England
trickymissfit
Joined: October 03, 2007
KitMaker: 1,388 posts
Armorama: 1,357 posts
KitMaker: 1,388 posts
Armorama: 1,357 posts
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 02:44 PM UTC
Well I think each and everyone of us should send a warm hearted thanks to the new guys for waking up all the other folks out there!
I see we are getting at least two new M551 Sheridan's, and I expect to see a third player before it's said and done! Yet I've also seen some failed promises in the past (new M43 SPG).
How about the long ignored M56? So we now finally get a new M37 and M54 trucks. How about some dump trucks and ten ton wreckers? One would also be overjoyed with a plain Jane m107,and M110 with short Barrell. Then maybe we would have the slightest chance to finally get a new M578!! I'd love a new tool M12 and M18.
Gary
I see we are getting at least two new M551 Sheridan's, and I expect to see a third player before it's said and done! Yet I've also seen some failed promises in the past (new M43 SPG).
How about the long ignored M56? So we now finally get a new M37 and M54 trucks. How about some dump trucks and ten ton wreckers? One would also be overjoyed with a plain Jane m107,and M110 with short Barrell. Then maybe we would have the slightest chance to finally get a new M578!! I'd love a new tool M12 and M18.
Gary
2505-Steven
Joined: December 06, 2009
KitMaker: 57 posts
Armorama: 56 posts
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 - 08:36 PM UTC
I remember times when all said that plastic modelling is dead. Now we are in an environment where a lot of new manufacturers pop up on the market and bring out decent kits of things we were waiting for long. It is sometimes funny that such obvious wishes like the M-54 take so long until release - and same time the Sheridan now got two different manufacturers. I am more in modern stuff, but I can understand that manufacturers also go for WW2 stuff and release Tigers and Panthers, but I still hope that they dare more cold war stuff. There is still demand in 1:35 for soft-skins (really would like to see Antar and Commander, the British tank transporters in plastic), but as said before, I would also like if someone makes a decent and correct early Leopard 1 in plastic. The situation for us modellers today is like a paradise. When Italeri released the Leopard 2, it was a bit disappointing. Today we have HobbyBoss, Revell's new kit plus MENG's 2A4, only to mention the ones with the bulky old turret. Beside these all kind of variants are on the market (even prototypes like the Tiger Model "Revolution 1 and Revolution 2", but still there is space for ARV's on that chassis and some of the available models are not up to today's standard. I learned that you only have to wait until the gaps are closed by modelling companies, but some will remain forever. But that's also the fun with our hobby.
GulfWarrior
Campaigns AdministratorJoined: January 05, 2010
KitMaker: 1,051 posts
Armorama: 1,029 posts
Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 01:31 PM UTC
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I would like to see a 1/35th Trumpeter or Dragon German WWII BOXCAR Railcar to go along with the Flatcars and Gondola Railcars.
milvehfan
Does anyone make any currently used flatcars? I can do a tank platoon at a railhead.
gcdavidson
Joined: August 05, 2003
KitMaker: 1,698 posts
Armorama: 1,563 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 02:30 PM UTC
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Panda already announced kits for the HMEE and the M8 AGS in 1/35
Hobby Boss already has the CV90 family of vehicles in 1/35
Revell already has 1/35 kit of the schutzenpanzer Puma in 1/35 (Trumpeter I think had the Puma listed as a future release).
I've been out of the loop for a while. Going on 5 years now since sitting at the workbench.
Takom do a VW Van and Hobbyboss does a Fennek too.
alchemymike
Joined: December 14, 2011
KitMaker: 208 posts
Armorama: 192 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 02:46 PM UTC
I agree Steven... we have tons of Russian Cold War stuff but it would be great to see some US Cold War stuff..... Maybe be Hobby Boss would consider these:
US Honest John, LaCrosse, Little John, Nike Ajax ( we now have a US Nike Hercules coming from Freedom Models ) Mace, Pershing, Corporal, and Sergeant missiles.
US M-56 Scorpion, M-53, M-55 spg, Ontos,
M-65 Atomic Cannon
US Honest John, LaCrosse, Little John, Nike Ajax ( we now have a US Nike Hercules coming from Freedom Models ) Mace, Pershing, Corporal, and Sergeant missiles.
US M-56 Scorpion, M-53, M-55 spg, Ontos,
M-65 Atomic Cannon
GeraldOwens
Joined: March 30, 2006
KitMaker: 3,736 posts
Armorama: 3,697 posts
Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 06:02 PM UTC
WW2: New 1/35th scale Cromwell IV, VI and VII, new Comet and Challenger. New M18 Tank Destroyer, Shermans with at least some interior detail, M29 and M29C Weasel, figure sets for US antitank guns, US 57mm Gun, M13, M15 halftracks, prewar US M2, M2A1 medium tanks, M1/M2 series light tanks/Combat cars, particularly the M2A4, which saw service during the war.
Postwar: M53 M55 Self Propelled Guns, M56, M37, decent base-model M60, British Challenger 1 Mk1 and Mk3 (Tamiya's aging kits are based on a prototype), base model T-72, T-72A, T-72M1 and M2.
Postwar: M53 M55 Self Propelled Guns, M56, M37, decent base-model M60, British Challenger 1 Mk1 and Mk3 (Tamiya's aging kits are based on a prototype), base model T-72, T-72A, T-72M1 and M2.
nsjohn
Joined: July 26, 2018
KitMaker: 279 posts
Armorama: 265 posts
Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2018 - 12:10 AM UTC
Agree with Challenger. What about a Covenanter? I know they were only used for training but they did make over a thousand of the things
Trisaw
Joined: December 24, 2002
KitMaker: 4,105 posts
Armorama: 2,492 posts
Posted: Monday, October 22, 2018 - 03:13 AM UTC
I kind of wish that there would be more online reputable and honest hobby shops that are willing to buy back used and open complete and incomplete kits. I know that there are the forums and eBay to sell kits, but having an online store or reputable club to just bulk-sell kits to that one no longer wants or needs would be very helpful if they pay well and are willing to take practically anything. Even art universities doing this would be helpful to get "Out with the older kits and buy the newer kits."
I want my sold kits to go to experienced builders and painters who know what they're doing, not a 13-year old holding an XACTO knife and trying superglue for the first time without wearing gloves.
Such online stores existed years ago and they faded away as more and more hobby stores closed. I doubt thrift stores would do this...they rather take your kits for free.
I want my sold kits to go to experienced builders and painters who know what they're doing, not a 13-year old holding an XACTO knife and trying superglue for the first time without wearing gloves.
Such online stores existed years ago and they faded away as more and more hobby stores closed. I doubt thrift stores would do this...they rather take your kits for free.
Kevlar06
Joined: March 15, 2009
KitMaker: 3,670 posts
Armorama: 2,052 posts
Posted: Monday, October 22, 2018 - 04:17 AM UTC
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WW2: New 1/35th scale Cromwell IV, VI and VII, new Comet and Challenger. New M18 Tank Destroyer, Shermans with at least some interior detail, M29 and M29C Weasel, figure sets for US antitank guns, US 57mm Gun...
Just to let you know, Riich Models makes a very nice US 57mm gun with or without crew.
VR, Russ
ALBOWIE
Joined: February 28, 2006
KitMaker: 1,605 posts
Armorama: 1,565 posts
Posted: Monday, October 22, 2018 - 10:40 AM UTC
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Quoted TextWW2: New 1/35th scale Cromwell IV, VI and VII, new Comet and Challenger. New M18 Tank Destroyer, Shermans with at least some interior detail, M29 and M29C Weasel, figure sets for US antitank guns, US 57mm Gun...
Just to let you know, Riich Models makes a very nice US 57mm gun with or without crew.
VR, Russ
They make two US M1 57mm with Crews
Al
vettejack
Joined: November 23, 2012
KitMaker: 1,277 posts
Armorama: 1,254 posts
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 12:01 AM UTC
As for the 1/35 AML 60/90 (Takom), there is plenty of room for Takom, and other manufacturers, to further produce the variants listed below, or, aftermarket resin conversion kits to rise to the top, for the same. Such as:
AML 60 HE60-7 60mm mortar and 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns .
AML 60 HE60-12 - 60mm mortar and 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun.
AML 60 HE60-20 - 60mm mortar and 1 x 20mm cannon.
AML 60-20 "Serval" - Serval turret by Hispano-Suiza.
AML 60 S530 - anti-aircraft version with 2 x 20mm cannons (Venezuela).
AML 90 "Lynx" - Hispano-Suiza turret with 1 x 90mm GIAT F1 main gun, nightvision and laser.
Eland 60 - South African production of AML 60 HE60-7.
Eland 90 - South African version of the AML 90 Lynx.
AML 60 HE60-7 60mm mortar and 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns .
AML 60 HE60-12 - 60mm mortar and 1 x 12.7 mm machine gun.
AML 60 HE60-20 - 60mm mortar and 1 x 20mm cannon.
AML 60-20 "Serval" - Serval turret by Hispano-Suiza.
AML 60 S530 - anti-aircraft version with 2 x 20mm cannons (Venezuela).
AML 90 "Lynx" - Hispano-Suiza turret with 1 x 90mm GIAT F1 main gun, nightvision and laser.
Eland 60 - South African production of AML 60 HE60-7.
Eland 90 - South African version of the AML 90 Lynx.
ryally
Joined: July 29, 2005
KitMaker: 879 posts
Armorama: 330 posts
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 04:48 PM UTC
Russian hut or house WWII 1/35 Kharkov in plastic or resin with good detail and not a nightmare to build
Delta12
Joined: July 11, 2018
KitMaker: 5 posts
Armorama: 1 posts
Posted: Tuesday, November 06, 2018 - 01:43 PM UTC
Swedish Sisu XA-185
French AMX-10P
French AMX-10P
leopard122
Joined: August 26, 2016
KitMaker: 417 posts
Armorama: 411 posts
Posted: Tuesday, November 06, 2018 - 11:24 PM UTC
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Swedish Sisu XA-185
French AMX-10P
Sweden did use Sisu xa180, so yes that would be very nice to have.. And Leopard ARV versions.. Yes i know they are already avalible from PSM but plastic is little cheaper..
New version of Strv 122, and Danish leopard 2a5 version
Rg-32 Galten ...
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