Armorama''s Ted Hayward visits AFV Club Headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Interview with AFV Club/ Hobby Fan
Henk
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Posted: Monday, March 02, 2009 - 06:02 PM UTC
GregCloseCombat
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Posted: Monday, March 02, 2009 - 06:29 PM UTC
What a great guy and true hobbyist!
I can't wait to get my hands on the 1/48 scale 251 C & D half-tracks coming out!
I bet you had a blast there Ted
on,
Greg
I can't wait to get my hands on the 1/48 scale 251 C & D half-tracks coming out!
I bet you had a blast there Ted
on,Greg
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Monday, March 02, 2009 - 06:52 PM UTC
Great interview and idea Ted. Very very interesting. I knew very little about this company, but thanks to you, I have a little more knowledge on them today. 
sgtreef
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Monday, March 02, 2009 - 11:12 PM UTC
Dang Ted you should of asked them secret of cause when that Duster is coming out.
Joking good read.
Joking good read.
ted_hayward
Joined: October 04, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 01:14 AM UTC
Thanks for reading and for your comments (Any critical comments will of course be deleted at once 
). These guys really are just plastic junkies like us. They were very interested in knowing what I thought they should produce next -when I mentioned my ideas, they immediately got out their reference material and went to work! I can't spill the beans on the Duster release, but I will say that I was shown something that will warm the cockles of your M42 heart...
We talked about modeling well into the evening, and then Mr. Tseung showed me to his favorite hobby shop in Taipei -these are our kind of people, believe me
Stay tuned on constant updates from this emerging giant.
). These guys really are just plastic junkies like us. They were very interested in knowing what I thought they should produce next -when I mentioned my ideas, they immediately got out their reference material and went to work! I can't spill the beans on the Duster release, but I will say that I was shown something that will warm the cockles of your M42 heart...We talked about modeling well into the evening, and then Mr. Tseung showed me to his favorite hobby shop in Taipei -these are our kind of people, believe me
Stay tuned on constant updates from this emerging giant.
koenele
Joined: January 17, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 01:34 AM UTC
pretty short but very interesting interview!!
i read it with a lot of interest!!
thanks
i read it with a lot of interest!!
thanks
keroopie67
Joined: February 22, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 03:27 AM UTC
Hi Ted,
Thanks for the cool interview. I would love to visit with a kit manufacturer! It have always been a mystery to me how they do things, and I can only imagine their passion and thinking when they are developing a kit, researching it out and deciding how to bring it to market. My friend from Taiwan also remembers saving his lunch money to buy a Tamiya 1/35 kit way back as a school kid. Never did he think that a company could make so many new and exciting kits from his home country.
I live in B.C., how did you end up there in Taiwan?
Thanks for sharing a rare insight into the world of scale model manufacturing!
Thanks to AFV for producing interesting and desirable kits!
Eric
Thanks for the cool interview. I would love to visit with a kit manufacturer! It have always been a mystery to me how they do things, and I can only imagine their passion and thinking when they are developing a kit, researching it out and deciding how to bring it to market. My friend from Taiwan also remembers saving his lunch money to buy a Tamiya 1/35 kit way back as a school kid. Never did he think that a company could make so many new and exciting kits from his home country.
I live in B.C., how did you end up there in Taiwan?
Thanks for sharing a rare insight into the world of scale model manufacturing!
Thanks to AFV for producing interesting and desirable kits!
Eric
bill_c
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 04:10 AM UTC
Nice to see guys who are nuts about their hobby and making a difference.
And some good kits coming in the new year. Wonder when someone is going to do the Sd.Kfz. 8?
And some good kits coming in the new year. Wonder when someone is going to do the Sd.Kfz. 8?
ericadeane
Joined: October 28, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 07:14 AM UTC
Very nice write up. Good to see the "faces" behind one of the standards in the industry. My hats off to them -- I hope they continue to grow for years and years ahead.
pouikpouik
Joined: March 03, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 10:42 AM UTC
I remember that AFV club anounce the M42 Duster along while ago, im still waiting
Hope that they will release M551, M107 and other stuffs from Vietnam era. I had their Centurion, quiet extra detailed. Keep going on
Hope that they will release M551, M107 and other stuffs from Vietnam era. I had their Centurion, quiet extra detailed. Keep going on
Murdo
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 11:42 AM UTC
I'll certainly agree with them on their 1/35 Scimitar (and Scorpion) Absolutely superb kits that go together well, have nice detail and leave lots of scope for adding stuff.
I had the Scimitar blue tacked to the dashboard of several cars for about five years and it is showing its age now.
It is about eight years old now and the left (rubber) track is disintegrating a bit but considering it sat right under a car windscreen and withstood extremes of temperature from -15c to 45c it has really done incredibly well!
The paint and cam has genuine weathering, not painted on stuff!
I had the Scimitar blue tacked to the dashboard of several cars for about five years and it is showing its age now.
It is about eight years old now and the left (rubber) track is disintegrating a bit but considering it sat right under a car windscreen and withstood extremes of temperature from -15c to 45c it has really done incredibly well!
The paint and cam has genuine weathering, not painted on stuff!
gunjeep
Joined: August 28, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 05:15 PM UTC
Interesting interview, thanks. Wish you had asked about any Vietnam era vehicles, like the M37 that Skybow was bringing out, then they were taken over by AFV Club, but the M37 has never appeared and NO ONE makes a model of it-seems a good fit for their philosophy. Hard for me to understand how ALL companies make the same WWII things but no one seems to want to do something different.
ted_hayward
Joined: October 04, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 06:19 PM UTC
Maybe we could start a poll here on Armorama: Which kits (not just AFV kits) would you, as hobbyists, like to see produced next? This company is one of the few who would actually listen and release the kits that WE want to build! Ideas...? 
Henk
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 06:35 PM UTC
There are a number of threads about this subject, and whilst a singular thread about 'what we want' does not seem to get the various companies going (to be fair, every single possible subject does get mentioned), post by a company indicating what they are realisticaly planning to release, tend to get lots of useful comments. For example, the MasterBox Maquis set, which initialy featured a Maquis medic tending to a wounded German soldier. It was pointed out that that would be rather unlikely, and MB took that on board for their development.
C_JACQUEMONT
Joined: October 09, 2004
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 08:29 PM UTC
Any news on the release date of the announced LVTH-6?
ted_hayward
Joined: October 04, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 09:46 PM UTC
I'll keep you posted as I become aware of new releases. Stay tuned!
sgtreef
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - 11:09 PM UTC
Quoted Text
I remember that AFV club anounce the M42 Duster along while ago, im still waiting
Hope that they will release M551, M107 and other stuffs from Vietnam era. I had their Centurion, quiet extra detailed. Keep going on
Now you have some good stuff on this list here.
A new M551 and a M107 and 110 would be a delight indeed.
If Dragon gets hold of this maybe we will see
some from two different companies.Not as Dragon does not do to much modern stuff
pigsty
Joined: January 16, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 01:00 AM UTC
Quoted Text
They were very interested in knowing what I thought they should produce next -when I mentioned my ideas, they immediately got out their reference material and went to work!
You mean ... all I have to do is ...?
Mr Tseung, we need a 1/35 Pz.68, a 1/35 TAM, and a 1/35 Vickers MBT, and we need 'em yesterday! Will pay up to £30 a pop like your lovely Churchills, pls inquire about part-exchange, easy terms, etc etc etc.
pouikpouik
Joined: March 03, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 10:53 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextI remember that AFV club anounce the M42 Duster along while ago, im still waiting
Hope that they will release M551, M107 and other stuffs from Vietnam era. I had their Centurion, quiet extra detailed. Keep going on
Now you have some good stuff on this list here.
A new M551 and a M107 and 110 would be a delight indeed.
If Dragon gets hold of this maybe we will see
Not as Dragon does not do to much modern stuff
Dear Mr. Tseung,
I have some sweet dreams about: M50, M52/53/55 SPG, M107, M109, M110, M551, M42, LVTH6 and all of her family (LVTE, LVTR...) and as you released your wondeful Centurion, what do you think about the Centurion ARV MK2 ? Do you hear me, Mr. Tseung ???
Please get me out of my dreams with your big things..
gcdavidson
Joined: August 05, 2003
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Posted: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 02:19 PM UTC
Glad to read that his favourite tank is the Centurion..perhaps the ARV and AVRE are not long off?
dispatcher
Joined: November 04, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 04:39 PM UTC
It's nice to see that they care about what they do. I have completed one build and two reviews of AFV club kits and I haven't been let down as yet. I will do another build soon with an added review of another of their products. I hope in the future to build one of their 251 D variants, just to see how they compare with Tamiya and Dragon. I was fortunate enough to get a Dragon 251 D at a very reasonable price, but I'll have to wait awhile on a AFV one.
My only let down is I am not the greatest builder in this community, nor anywhere near the top. I just try and have fun trying.
Joe
My only let down is I am not the greatest builder in this community, nor anywhere near the top. I just try and have fun trying.
Joe
Violetrock
Joined: March 09, 2003
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Posted: Thursday, March 05, 2009 - 11:28 PM UTC
Continuing their Stryker family- so many still missing.
But start including the signal horn!
Also as a separate set, to update the older releases.
And include in this set the sprue N of their 1128 kit, that has the perforated plates and the tiny parts for replacing the step rings on it.
Thomas
But start including the signal horn!
Also as a separate set, to update the older releases.
And include in this set the sprue N of their 1128 kit, that has the perforated plates and the tiny parts for replacing the step rings on it.
Thomas
desertfox42
Joined: September 05, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 08:32 AM UTC
Thank you for the interview. Nice to hear from an 'insider' now and again. RL
pigsty
Joined: January 16, 2007
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Posted: Monday, March 09, 2009 - 01:04 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Please get me out of my dreams with your big things..
!
Poldark
Joined: October 06, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 01:34 AM UTC
Great interview Ted! I enjoy reading/listening to what Model Co. heads have to say. I do hope AFV Club plans to do some British softskins in 1/35th from WWII North Africa! Not really exited about 1/48th armor though.
Good job!
Frank Blanton
Virginia, U.S.A.
Good job!
Frank Blanton
Virginia, U.S.A.
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