An announcement from Italeri has a Jeep ready for some air field service.

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Looks like the repacked a 'veteran' to attract young modelers.
Smart idea. Hopefully, the price is for that market as well.
I'll go for it since it forms a nice colorful point in my collection.
Hopefully, someone comes wiyh the right radioset for this vehicle.
Maybe, they should repack the blue version from the LCM set as well.
The Italeri jeeps are fun to build if one wants to start and finish in only a few days!

I think they are still the only manufacturer to do the Jeep with a tilt cover. I picked up several at various sales for around £5.00 ea, they build to a nice kit with some TLC.

Still no sign of their 1/35 RN crew for the Vosper nor the promised X Craft, both of which I hope are still in the pipeline.

This one will make for a colourful model.

Cheers

Al

Nice idea adding some decals with some bright color to catch the eye, throw in some glue and paint, a good simple first time kit. When I read Italeri doing a follow me Jeep I was hoping it was their 1/24 scale Jeep.
Bronco makes a couple Jeep kit with tilts other wise Italeri 1/35 and their 1/24 scale kits are the only ones with tilts in.
It may be a rebox but the decals make a difference.

My question is who make the 1/35 scale plane that will follow the jeep

This is just ITALERI's latest attempt to breathe new life into their 1970s US 1/4-ton 4x4 Truck, otherwise known as the Jeep. I guess we're supposed to make believe that 1/32 US and/or British aircraft are the same scale as this 1/35 ITALERI Jeep. I don't think that many "purists" will go for that idea- I certainly won't...

It's kind of like the question of what came first the chicken or the egg. what came first 1/35 scale vehicle's or 1/32 aircraft and like the Dr Seuss story about the North bound and South bound Zax neither scale going to change.
I do recall one company making a 1/35 scale Piper L-4 aircraft.

Does the Italeri Jeep have correct proportions and dimensions?? I've heard otherwise; could also just be bad info.

Yes Bronco does make a 1/35 scale Piper.

I have a bunch of The Italeri Jeeps, with & w/o trailers & hoods, & several of the Ambulance & Commando Versions, STILL very nice kits, & the Commando one has a nice bunch of Vickers guns as well.

At between £5.00 (flea-b@y) to £9.00 (retail) they still look good against the £15.00 Tamiya 4x4, the Dragon SAS at £24.00.

Haven't compared them dimensionally to the Tamiya or Bronco's but someone on PMMS has.

The Bronco 'ahem' GPW 1/4 ton 4x4 airborne, with superb crew & a Airborne 6pdr, was just too good to turn down at £25.00 though...

In wingy-thing scale, the Hasegawa 1/48th 'Follow Me' is £20.00, eh?
The Tamiya US figures at rest (?) set is only £17.00, with a 4x4 thrown in!.

I got a no-box ex-frog Jeep, Kuebel & Schwim-wagen in 1/48th for £2.00 each still to build...

And Airfix have JUST released a NEW Jeep & AIRBORNE Jeep sets in 1/72nd.

plenty of choice there!

the base frame/body of the italeri jeep is fine. It does need some updated details though, such as the reflectors, bumpers, gas/clutch/break pedals, and some other bits. The wheels are the other large detractor, but those are easily swapped out for resin (or leftovers from Tamiya). The tilt texture is a bit odd, as it just looks like random scribed scratches. I use teabag and it looks like canvas.

would have been great if they had included some additional parts for a air-ground radio, signal flags, etc. And some unit markings!!

Can you use the Eduard etch set 35347, normally intended for the Tamiya version, to add some extra detail?

After the added expense of PE resin AM, etc., it would be cheaper to just buy a Bronco jeep, although about twice as many parts. Checker-board decals in various colors are available from Micro Scale Decals.

Thanks Biggles!

But I got the Italeri jeep as a gift.

Dear all,
Three questions:

1. Did these jeeps also operate in UK service? If so, how were they identified? Did they carry a registration number and unit signs?
2. Was a radioset in all jeeps or only in a part of these vehicles?
3. Does anybody know about the red and green flags you see on some pictures?

Thanks for helping me out!

P.