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M56 Scorpion
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Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016 - 01:00 AM UTC
Andras Donaszi takes a look a braille scale offering of the M56 Scorpion from OKB Gregorov in resin.

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Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016 - 02:08 AM UTC
this another russian cottage industry.
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Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016 - 03:49 AM UTC
Except for the old 1/43 Revell one, I'd like to see a new one in plastic and 1/35. A pretty impractical weapon (at least in Vietnam) but I liked it.
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Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016 - 04:21 AM UTC
There is the HF35078 M56 SCORPION(VIETNAM WAR) which is 1/35 - resin not plastic though, and expensive

example http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/hfn078.htm
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Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016 - 07:13 AM UTC
Definitly time for someone to make a 1/35 scale version of this in plastic again!
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Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 07:18 PM UTC

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this another russian cottage industry.


OKB is not Russian; a simple look at the box would convince you of this.

By the way, why are you commenting on almost every reviews on armorama with one sentence comments that usually are not exactly right? Apologies, don't mean to be confrontational, I just do not understand.
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Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 07:19 PM UTC

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There is the HF35078 M56 SCORPION(VIETNAM WAR) which is 1/35 - resin not plastic though, and expensive

example http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/hfn078.htm


Yes, this one was mentioned in the review... 180 dollars ain't exactly cheap.
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Posted: Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 01:10 AM UTC
Why not just have the M54 gun towed behind a tractor instead of fixing it on a light chassis with a terribly high centre of gravity?


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this another russian cottage industry.


If Russia's in the EU then your island is an Anerican state
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Posted: Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 04:00 AM UTC
It was supposed to be air-portable. And who uses towed anti-tank artillery anymore? Don't think the center of gravity was that high. The whole vehicle was 4 - 5 ft high; much wider than it was tall.
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Posted: Sunday, August 21, 2016 - 01:15 PM UTC
Yeah, it is about the size of my Micra, actually. (Well, minus the gun. I really feel the need of having one driving in London, though.)
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 05:20 PM UTC

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Except for the old 1/43 Revell one, I'd like to see a new one in plastic and 1/35. A pretty impractical weapon (at least in Vietnam) but I liked it.


DITTO! Would be nice to see a PLASTIC M56 in 1/35. Just PLEASE, not from BLACK PLAGUE!

DRAGON, BRONCO, AFV CLUB, (AFV CLUB is a subsidiary of HOBBY FAN, so they could use the HF kit as a basis), or any one of the other major manufacturers would be just fine...
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 09:19 PM UTC
Panda/KittyHawk showed off a photo of a Scorpion back at IPMS Nationals a few years ago that was supposed to be a future release



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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 10:28 PM UTC
https://youtu.be/lbfuJvZHPmw

When the M56 fires at the end of this video, it looks like my 11 year old daughter when she shoots my 12 guage shotgun!
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 11:19 PM UTC
"Terrain not meant for Sunday drivers"
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Posted: Friday, August 26, 2016 - 12:53 AM UTC

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"Terrain not meant for Sunday drivers"




Off Topic- How did you make out with obtaining The New TMD parts that you were wondering about?
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