Trumpeter is fast fulfilling the wishes for modellers who prefer modern subjects. There has been a lot of treads recently dealing with kits they are releasing or developing.... I think that manufacturers are reading and responding to threads like this..

Trumpeter is fast fulfilling the wishes for modellers who prefer modern subjects. There has been a lot of treads recently dealing with kits they are releasing or developing. I recently purchased my first Trumpeter kit the M1127 Stryker. On the bases of that kit and the anticipated releases I will certainly be buying more. I had in the past asked the question as to why manufacturers didn’t release that many modern subjects. The answer given was that the manufacturers didn’t believe that there was a market for these kits. Trumpeter obviously doesn’t agree with that analysis. I have also notice that manufacturers like Dragon, Academy, AVF and to a lesser extent Tamiya have also released modern subjects recently. I note that newer manufacturers like Hobbyboss are planning quite a few new modern subjects.
I think that manufacturers are reading and responding to treads like this. Could I ask any of the designers working for the above companies to please advise their company to develop a kit, the British Army Land rover as used in Afghanistan? I know that you will get a load of people asking for every other modern vehicle from all over the world but I think this one would be a winner.

Now my hope is this message gets read by the right people.

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This is a question that I have for a long time but I did not know if it is appropriate to ask openly in a forum like this.

Henk or other forum moderators, please remove this thread if you find that it is not appropriate.

There has been a lot of request not only in the forum but in others as well for Model kit manufacturer to develop model kit of modern or the latest tank, AFV or vehicle and some are currently in used in actual operation.

In my simplistic thinking, if these East Asia kit manufacturer is able to create a somewhat accurate model of the latest vehicle used in the field, e.g stryker variant, LAV variant, Ariete variant etc, does it means that these military technology is easily accessible?

I just wondering out loud here if these information is indeed easily assessable, what will happen if some of the "rouge" nation get hold of these model, analyze them, determine where the weak spot of the vehicle are, wouldn’t this put the boys operating these vehicle in the field in grave danger….

Just a thought....

I like VAB, VBCI, VCI ,VCC-80 PUMA, AMV TURAN, BMR-600,and so on. BUT I need line drawing and time.

Well if you want drawings and if my scanner is still working i could help with 1/72 drawings of the VAB (nearly all versions).
The Heller kit has right size and shapes (it's a copy of an old but good resin kit) but the fit and the detailling are so poor that i will be happy to put mine in the bins.
Hundreds of pics are available on internet and the new uparmoured (with new tyres) versions is very attractive.
I could help too with VBL drawings (in 1/48 if i remember).

And any Land Rovers, (again) this cannot be over stated.