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wedgetail53
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 04:34 AM UTC

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I'd like a new bergpanther. I had the old Italier kit before and wound up trashing it.



Troy

I could not agree more - after all, there were hundreds of them, and we have yet to see a decent kit, particularly of the Ausf A or G.

Regards

Rob
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 06:33 AM UTC
All in 1/35 scale...

Vehicles:

* M1161 USMC SOCOM "Growler" Light Strike Vehicle (in service)
* M1163 USMC "Growler" Prime Mover (in service)
* USMC Interim Fast Attack Vehicle Mercedes G-Wagen (replaced by M1161)
* US SOCOM DAGOR (getting into service)
* CRRC with crew
* Plastic French VBL, ERC-90, and AMX-10RC
* US SOCOM SOC-R with crew
* AH and MH-6M with crew
* Plasan Sasa SandCat
* Lenco Bearcat S.W.A.T.
* Polaris US SOCOM MRZR two and four-seater
* Germany Mungo SOF
* LMTV SOF "Warpig"
* M1141 Tactical Fire Fighting Truck
* Boeing's US SOCOM Phantom Badger LSV

Figures:

* Navy EOD
* Javelin ATGM gunner firing
* USAF Combat Controller
* USAF PJ
* M4 Recoilless Rifle and gunner
* Modern S.W.A.T. (not LAPD vest)
* Modern SOCOM helicopter crew (seated)
* Modern SOCOM helicopter crew gunners
* Arctic troops with snowshoes and skis and overwhite trenchcoats
* Modern civilian figures in proper attire and fashion (suits, skirts, sweats, polos, jeans)
* Figures of African, Asian, and Latin descent. I mean the figure market really lacks figures for pirates, militias, game wardens, safari, UN, Second and Third World armies, so forth and so on
* Soldiers firing rockets or SHORADs (Stinger, SA-16, SA-7, AT-4, LAW, M72A5, RPGs, etc)
* M32 Grenade Launcher
* XM25
* Modern females and kids of all nationalities and geographic regions
* Modern animals (lions, tigers, rhino, African elephant, hippo, hyena, alligator, crocodile, sheep, goat, camel, donkey, mule, giraffe, etc. Would be great for game warden, safari, or poacher vignettes).
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:15 AM UTC
How about some modern 1/35 US Arty figures maybe 80-present era
Becky
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:42 AM UTC
British army International MXT-MV "Husky" in 1/35.
British army Jackal, in 1/35.
US M1133 Stryker ambulance, with interior.
BAE Systems OMC RG32M (Swedish TGB16 "Galten)
Modern soldier figures from various nations, like Sweden, Australia and so on...
And of course, female soldiers, any nations.
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 08:05 AM UTC
An endless list, however we NEED the following (styrene, not resin) 1/35th:

UH-34 helicopter (Yes, in army or Marine markings it IS a military vehicle)
CH-21 helicopter (ditto)
AH-64 helicopter
Lacrosse
Honest John
Lance
Nike
HAWK
Weasel
M-56 SPAT gun

Lastly, some Cold War (1948-1980's) era soldiers (all nations) would be ever so great!

Those will do nicely for starters. If we absolutely must have another Sherman, how about a flail/crab or calliope variant. You know, something different.
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 09:23 AM UTC
sorry I meant that I saw the post in the forum on the Trumpeter Scud ...on the JS chassis


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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 09:37 AM UTC
I would like to see a K2 Black Panther in plastic (cough* Academy cough*) since Tamiya has released a kit of the Japanese Type 10 MBT, I don't think this is too unreasonable.

I second the modern animals suggestion made by Peter, especially the more exotic animals. They'd be fun to paint on their own too.
766sgtacc
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 10:24 AM UTC
How about the AF 432 series of vehicles and British figures from the late 70"s early 80's with 58 pattern webbing and SLR's
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 06:28 AM UTC
All 1/35:

FV-433 Abbot
T-122
T-155 Firtina
Bkan 1A
M-52 SPG
M-55 SPG
Merkava Sholef
OF-40 Palmaria
PLZ-05
PLZ-07
PLZ-07B
PLZ-45
PLZ-52
SP-70
SSPH-1 Primus
TAM VCA Palmaria
Type-74 SPG
Type-75 SPG
Type-89 SPG
Grizzly
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 06:43 AM UTC
With all the WW1 releases, I would love to see even more in plastic such as some of the armored cars, artillery with crews, more figures including cavalry and crew served hvy machine guns.
tybugg
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 07:39 AM UTC
I wouldn't mind seeing a new HEMETT M978, a new tooled M163 Vulcan. A new uh-1 Huey in either 1/48 or 1/35(as long as it doesn't rivits the size of golf balls). AND finally for WWII stuff could someone finally come out with a newly tooled Somua S35? We get kits of AFVs that either never saw action, or were just a prototype, why not an S35?
Bodeen
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 09:18 AM UTC
How about some 1/35 injection molded WWII French vehicles,i.e., motorcycles, halftracks, trucks (lorries for those of you on the other side of the pond(s), armored cars (a new Panhard perhaps?) The old Heller and Alby kits are really showing their age.

These vehicles were used by the French and Germans. The German 21st Panzer Division in Normandy was mostly made up of captured French vehicles and equipment.

I don't have the cash to purchase all of the Resin kits of these vehicles.

Jeff
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 09:17 PM UTC
In 1/35 plastic I would like to see:

Armoured vehicles
Chieftain
FV432 family
VBL, I know we are promised one from Hobbyboss, but I want it now
XISU XA-180 family
OT-M60
AMX-10 family
Saxon
Ferret
Fox
Bv206

Non-armoured vehicles
Sisu SA-240
MOWAG Eagle (any version, but prefer IV)
LVS or LVSR
Pinzgauer
Leyland or Foden DROPS
Bedford TM
Bedford MK

Others
M119/L118
M777
Towed or Tracked Rapier
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 12:15 AM UTC

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M-1IP
A better Hellcat



Hi! I STRONGLY AGREE with M-1IP!!! An all-new M18 "Hellcat" is quite in order!!! Neither the ACADEMY, nor the AFV CLUB M18s are "spot-on", and this important Tank Destroyer deserves to be at least up-graded to the state-of-the-art quality that we enjoy today. Forget about AFV CLUB doing that with their M18. I'm not going to hold my breath with ACADEMY, although to be fair, ACADEMY DID improve their "new" M10, but they could have done more, in that respect, i.e, better tracks, and they improved the shape of the turret and the angles to the rear of the top-hull...

My own wish-list, all in 1/35:

It SHOULD be a logical step for CYBERWALLET/DRAGON to come up with a Bergepanther, as they already do THE BEST PANTHERS THAT MONEY CAN BUY...

An all-new US M5-based M8 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage- The ancient TAMIYA M8 HMC is grossly inaccurate, and old, old, old...

An all-new WWII Dodge WC54 Ambulance

An all-new M6 37mm Gun Motor Carriage, based on the Dodge WC51-series trucks

A PLASTIC Mack NO 6x6 Prime Mover

Australian Cruiser Tank AC III and/or AC IV, which served as an invaluable training vehicle

German Pz.Kpf.III Ausf.A (The initial version with the 5 larger road wheel suspension)

Experimental German Pz.Kpfw.III w/FAMO Half-Track suspension)- weird, but eminently interesting

Another three logical steps for CYBERWALLET/DRAGON SHOULD be kits of a Bergepanzer III, Bergepanzer IV, and a Bergepanzer Tiger I. Who's with me on this?

An all-new US M1 Towed 240mm Howitzer, available with or without a prime mover- (This was the coastal howitzer adapted to US Army field-use; it was broken down for transport)

An all-new US LVT-1 Amphibious Tracked Landing Tractor- (This was our first amphibious tracked landing-vehicle, procured by the US Navy for use by the USMC during the earlier campaigns in the Pacific, notably at Guadalcanal, Betio, Tarawa and other wonderful Pacific vacation spots)

All-new US and British M3, M3A1 and M5, the early version of the M5A1, "Stuart"-series Light Tanks

All-new turret-less T8E1 Reconnaissance Tank, based on the M5A1 Light Tank

All-new US M7 Medium Tank- The M7 never made it into combat. The M7 was originally intended to be an all-new LIGHT tank, replacing the M3/M5-series tanks. Ordnance kept changing the specs for the M7: Heavier guns than the 37mm, thicker armor and heavier suspensions eventually led to the M7's re-classification as a "Light Tank" to a "Medium Tank". The Army's powers-that-be determined that we already had the M4-series Mediums in production and service, so why disrupt said production, training and service for a tank that wasn't any better than our M4 Mediums?

All-new US and British M3 Lee/Grant-series Medium tanks

General George S. Patton's 1939 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine

SHAEF Commander General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower's Packard Limousine

All-new US GIs and Officers, both in field service and in Class A Uniforms, US Medics, Sailors, both at work and on "Shore Leave" US Naval Beach Masters" Seabees, Marines and Corpsmen- (see above, GIs)

WE ARE IN DIRE NEED of WWII British Tommies, Commonwealth and ANZAC troops, British and French Colonials, Regular French, Belgians, Poles in National Defense as well as in British service, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish troops, all "At Rest" along with "On Patrol" and "battle" poses. A nice vignette of GIs standing in a "chow line" might also be nice. And PLEASE, we have enough German MG 42 teams and pointing SS Officers...

US WWI Doughboys and US Marines, in "at rest", and/or battle poses

Better 1/35 resin figures of "Ike" and George Patton. Lot's of great photos of Patton in his breeches and shirt-sleeves, with his "Sam Browne" belt carrying his IVORY, NOT "PEARL-HANDLED" REVOLVERS exist while he was serving in Northern Africa and Sicily...

DRAGON: A US-version of the MBT 70

DRAGON or ASUKA/TASCA: US Armored Recovery Vehicles M31, based on the M3 Medium Tank, and an M32B3, based on the initial M4A3 tank, with the 56-degree welded hull

US WWII 4x4 Chevrolet-version of the GMC CCKW-series cargo truck

"PROPER" plastic kits of the M60 and M60A2- These should be the logical next steps for AFV CLUB, which could be derived from their base-kit of the M60A1

All-new PLASTIC kits of the US M5 High-Speed Tractor. HOBBY FAN does one in resin, but A LOT of us would rather see it in plastic, I'm sure

Ditto for an all-new PLASTIC US M29 "Weasel", both in early and late versions.

An all-new US M8 Artillery Tractor

US M13 Half-Track, with Maxson Power-Turret, mounting twin .50 cal. AA MGs as opposed to the Quad-50 mount of the M16. Do you hear me, DRAGON?

US T14 Heavy Assault Tank- Never went into combat; neither did the M6A1, which DRAGON/BLACK PLAGUE chose to put into production.

T20 thru T23 Medium Tanks, which culminated in the T26/M26-series "Pershing" Tanks.

An all-new M46 "Patton"- Come on DRAGON, it's time to improve this one or do an entirely new kit altogether, and PLEASE, don't give it to the boys at BLACK PLAGUE, because they WILL screw it up somewhere-or-other

An all-new M47 "Patton"- ITALERI's M47 is OK, BUT!!! Need I repeat myself in asking for a "state-of-the-art" kit?

US T69, based on the M8 6x6 Armored Car, with a Quad .50 AA mount and a different turret- TAMIYA..?

Various US "inter-war" tanks and vehicles such as the Medium A Tank Model 1921, Mk.VIII "Liberty" Tank, the various T1 thru T3 Christie Tanks, the various T4 thru T4E1 Combat Cars and Light Tanks, and of course, the M2-series Medium Tanks, which evolved into the M3-series Medium Tanks (Lee/Grant)

HOBBY BOSS needs to improve the shape and dimensions of their US 6x6 CCKW 352 and CCKW 353 "Hard-Cab/Soft Cab" and the length of their respective frames.

ICM does a Lend-Lease Russian Studebaker US6 6x6, which is virtually identical US version, but we could also use International's version of the 2 1/2-ton 6x6. The designation escapes me at the moment. I suppose one could use the old ITALERI 6x6 "Katyusha" as a donor-kit to convert/kitbash the aforementioned International 6x6, but wouldn't it be far easier to deal with an entirely new model of it?

I'm sure that I can think of other subjects, but I'll move on instead...
vettejack
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 12:46 AM UTC
In addition to my AML 90 in 1/35th styrene...

more 1/35th train/locomotive/railroad related subjects...any country. Start slowly by coming out with WW2/Korean subjects...then other eras.
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 01:09 AM UTC
[quote]An endless list, however we NEED the following (styrene, not resin) 1/35th:

UH-34 helicopter (Yes, in army or Marine markings it IS a military vehicle)
CH-21 helicopter (ditto)
AH-64 helicopter
Lacrosse
Honest John
Lance
Nike
HAWK
Weasel
M-56 SPAT gun

Lastly, some Cold War (1948-1980's) era soldiers (all nations) would be ever so great!

Those will do nicely for starters. If we absolutely must have another Sherman, how about a flail/crab or calliope variant. You know, something different. [/quot

STRONGLY AGREE as to the UH-34- This puppy saw extensive service with the Army and Marines in Vietnam...
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 01:13 AM UTC

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In addition to my AML 90 in 1/35th styrene...

more 1/35th train/locomotive/railroad related subjects...any country. Start slowly by coming out with WW2/Korean subjects...then other eras.



As to more 1/35 train/locomotive/railroad-related subjects- Wasn't Jon at COMMANDER MODELS working on a 1/35 WWII US Army S-160 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive w/Tender..?
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 01:16 AM UTC

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yep,second that on the M113 (Meng preferably,WITH interior),in all its Vietnam incarnations especially ACAV,then Bravo 6 can come up with more excellent figures to crew 'em!




I'd put my name to those as well!!!
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 01:18 AM UTC
[quote]I wouldn't mind seeing a new HEMETT M978, a new tooled M163 Vulcan. A new uh-1 Huey in either 1/48 or 1/35(as long as it doesn't rivits the size of golf balls). AND finally for WWII stuff could someone finally come out with a newly tooled Somua S35? We get kits of AFVs that either never saw action, or were just a prototype, why not an S35? [/quote

AGREED, and HEARTILY SO!!!
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 01:22 AM UTC

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How about some 1/35 injection molded WWII French vehicles,i.e., motorcycles, halftracks, trucks (lorries for those of you on the other side of the pond(s), armored cars (a new Panhard perhaps?) The old Heller and Alby kits are really showing their age.

These vehicles were used by the French and Germans. The German 21st Panzer Division in Normandy was mostly made up of captured French vehicles and equipment.

I don't have the cash to purchase all of the Resin kits of these vehicles.

Jeff



A Somua S-35 is quite in order. Check out my comments in this thread, asking for PLASTIC kits, in lieu of resin kits and conversions. Not all of us are wealthy...
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 02:06 AM UTC
Hello,

for 2015:

USMC M1a1 Abrams OOB (Dragon???)
1980s M1 Abrmas
Centurion 7, 8, etc...
Chieftain MK 5
New tooled M-103

Cheers



wedgetail53
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 04:46 AM UTC
Dennis

Couldn't agree more about the Bergepanzers and Commonwealth troops.

Regards

Rob
tybugg
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 06:18 AM UTC
Thanks, Dennis. Glad to see someone else besides me wants an S35
The_musings_of_NBNoG
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 07:18 AM UTC
I would like additions I can add to my collections goal
My collection is shaping up to be:

A CENTER PIECE:
Major Country - Main Battle Tank W/INTERIOR
Its associated Transport/carrier
( ie, .. M1A2 Tusk on a M1070 HET
.........T-90A ....on a Maz537G
.........Leopard A2-6 on a Faun
.........PLA ZTZ 99A on 50T Transport
.........Merkava Mk.IV on a transport
.........JGSDF Type 10 on a transport
.........Challenger 2 on a transport
.........Leclerc 2 ,,,, on a transport

When I build these centerpieces... I want to feel as if I've gotten the chance to work on a 'State Of The Art' model.
Full engine ... full interior... full cool add-ons.



Next Each center piece will be filled out with its support pieces
( ie, .. M1A2 Tusk on a M1070 HET - M2A3 and M109A6 Paladin
.........T-90A ....on a Maz537G.. - BMPT and 2S19
.........Leopard A2-6 on a Faun.. - Spz Marder 1-A5 and Panzerhaubitze 2000
.........PLA ZTZ 99A on 50T Transport ...PLA Wz-701 and 89 and
.........Merkava Mk.IV on a transport ...Achzarit and
.........JGSDF Type 10 on a transport
.........Challenger 2 on a transport
.........Leclerc 2 ,,,, on a transport

I am also looking foward to adding Scud-B and Chinesse DF-21.... and hope for a U.S. equal


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