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1/35 m4 carbine variants?
calvin_ng
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 09:19 AM UTC
hi guys, are there any 1/35 scale m4 carbines and their variants that are availible?i know theres 2 included in the AFV club strykers and one in the academy m998 IED gun truck, but other than that im clueless. does any manufacturer make m4 carbines like dragon did with their quartermaster series?
thanks calvin ng
Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 09:37 AM UTC
2 M4s are included in Trumpeter's 101 Airborne figure set (#410)



And Blast Models has released a resin M4 set :


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calvin_ng
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 09:40 AM UTC
thanks frenchy, you never fail to impress .
Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 09:44 AM UTC
You're welcome
There's a review of Blast Models set here :
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/2352

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russamotto
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 11:34 AM UTC
Dragon used to make a set. I don't think they are in production any more but you may find them kicking around on the web.
sopmod6
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 11:56 AM UTC
Dragon never made a set. They did an M16 Weapons set, but no true M4 was made by them. Their Modern Green Beret set included a carbine with a step down barrel that was a precursor to the Flat top M4 carbine. The modern Navy SEAL set may have had 1 or 2 also, but memory escapes.
The BLAST rifles are great, as well as the AFV ones. The Trump ones have some flaws, but are easy to correct. I believe TANK also makes some variants too.
18Bravo
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 12:08 PM UTC
AFV Club inludes them in their M151 RWS as well.
calvin_ng
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 03:42 PM UTC
thanks guys, im leaning toward the resin m4s as those have sharp detail
grimmo
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Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 01:39 AM UTC
The Blast Models M4's are pretty good but look a bit chunky. There is an M4 in a few of the Hobby Fan kits. I have been trying to cast things like scopes and NAD's to update a few of the M4's i hqave. Wish someone like Dragon would do a set of modernised weaposn including M4's and F88's.
sopmod6
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Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 04:54 AM UTC
The M4s in the HF kits are recasts of the ones in the AFV Stryker kits. Those are probably the most accurate ones regarding scale, but all the other brands give you choices in regards to the "bling,bling factor".
Stefan1580
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Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 12:29 AM UTC
Hi Calvin,

the russian Company Tank Model have a very nice U.S. Modern M-4 set.
Here is the link http://tank-model.ru/catalogA3.htm
A-51 U.S modern carbine M4 family. Also they have many other weapon sets from WW2 to today. All in resin and very good quality. I have their Israely weapons set and the UZI is great.

Greetings

Stefan
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