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What's the new 'Holy Grail' of AFV modelers?
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 02:06 AM UTC

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IDF Namer APC



Meng might tackle that in the near future...


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outside of that, I can honestly say the market hasnt really had me wanting for subjects Im interested in building



The same here.

TonyE78
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 02:21 AM UTC
A few:

FCM-36
Char D1
Char D2
Hotchkiss H35/38 series (current kits are either old or of poor/mixed quality)

M11/39
M13/40 series (current Tamiya kit is quite old)
M14/41 series (current Italeri kit is quite old)
M15/42

Stridsvagn M/38, M/39 and M/40
Stridsvagn M/41
Stridsvagn M/42
rodo
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 02:48 AM UTC
Right with You,Greenmachine. I've been waiting for a newly tooled styrene Weasel 4ever .
AmTrac1833
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 02:58 AM UTC
There are couple that need be moulded to complete the amphib line-up.

LVT3 and/or LVT3C - this LVT entered service in WWII, landing on the beaches of Okinawa and continued into Korea landing at Inchon.

LVT1 - the granddaddy of all amphibs and made amphibious assault a viable offensive capability during WWII.
rodo
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 03:06 AM UTC
And how about a "Warpig" .While You can buy Trumpeteer's M-1078 then about 200 $ in resin sets,But it get's pricey going that route.
bots1141
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 03:08 AM UTC
Turkey's Altay and M60T Sabra tanks! Ukraine's T-64BM Bulat and T-64B1M!!! Also a US T32!
kampfy
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 03:38 AM UTC
Some afv's that have never been made in styrene by any manufacturer. Can't guarantee they would all sell though

Duplex Drive M4 Sherman
Panzer II ausf. a,b,c (the versions with the six small road wheels)
Matilda I
Char D1/D2
Romanian R1 tankette
Carro Armato M10/39
M84 series


Ones that have previously made but are in need of an upgrade

M18
BT 5
T26 model 1940
Finnish Vickers 6ton
7-TP
Tk-3 tankette
T72m and m1


junglejim
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 04:56 AM UTC
Israeli Namer
Iltis
G-Wagen
And even if Panda tackles it, Buk-M1:



Jim
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 05:15 AM UTC
Also a German trailer for one of the cargo trucks would be nice, and a US Red Ball Express tractor/trailer
27-1025
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 05:18 AM UTC
M5 High Speed Tractor
Mack NO
New tool M110A2

trooper82
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 05:30 AM UTC
Before The Great War slips from our memories again I would really like to see a selection of softskins from the relevant nations. Resicast has taken up the challenge but sadly we can't all afford the price of resin kits. 1/35 plastic please and yes there are plans avilable
ALBOWIE
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 06:27 AM UTC
To me that would be a Sherman DD (m4a1)
a Churchill AVRE with SBG would be a close second followed by a Leo 1 ARVM

Al




Bravo1102
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 06:38 AM UTC
M3/M3A1 Stuart (done by Miniart?)
M551 Sheridan (AFV-club?)
M11/39, M13/40, M14/41 M15/42 and Sermovente. We got all the
Hungarian tanks please new Italian!
M55 self propelled guns to include the updated Turkish variant.
Takom has the suspension.
M48 slick with alternative markings for Afrika Korps tanks from
Patton Dragon snuck the hull into their Black Label
T54, backdate the turret and do the cupola?

And my real holy grail: a machine to stop the flow of time so I can build and build and build for hours in between the clicks of the second hand of a clock.
U-mark
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 06:42 AM UTC
STVR103C,M551 Sheridan, M88A2, M103, and one of those MAZ-543 based fire trucks from the "Tank (second) Life" thread.
daselim
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 06:46 AM UTC
I would like to see:
Mack NO
155 mm Gun M1
240 mm Howitzer M1 'Black Dragon'
M33 Prime Mover
M35 Prime Mover
M8 HMC - come on AFV Club, you promised
M5 HST

alchemymike
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 09:38 AM UTC
My wish list:
US-
M-551 Sheridan
M-53 and M-55 SPG
M-51 APC
M-44
M-56 Scorpion
M-107 + M-110
M-1 240 mm howitzer
US Rocket - Honest John, Corporal, LaCrosse, Mace,Matador,Pershing, Little John... ( old kits of the missiles I mentioned bring big bucks on Ebay... has to be some interest here? )
Finally please someone do a M-65 Atomic Cannon
amoz02t
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 09:58 AM UTC
M777 155mm

amoz02t
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 10:04 AM UTC
RPG-29


Sturmi
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 11:12 AM UTC

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Ones that have previously made but are in need of an upgrade

BT 5
T26 model 1940
Finnish Vickers 6ton
T72m and m1



I would ad to this list. "Some afv's that have never been made in styrene by any manufacturer."

Sisu XA-180
Sisu XA-185
Sisu XA-203
Wingtsun
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 12:53 PM UTC
Swedish Stormartillerivagn m/43 (Trumpeter, Hobby Boss and Tamiya only need to make new hulls. The tracks and wheels are done already).
Ukrainian T-64BM Bulat (Trumpeter can easily do this one since they have several T-64 kits in their menu)
Italian M13/40, M14/41 new mold kit please with link & length or individual track links.
Russian AZM engineering vehicle (Trumpeter already has the MTLB chassis).

I really like the special forces 4x4 kits but what puts me off on buying them is you need to spend more money buying resin passengers and stowage, which cost more than the plastic kits.
Mrclark7
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 02:21 PM UTC
wouldnt holy grail be clasiffied as the tank with the mast manufactures building copies of it? The most versions. The holy grail,the desire for the most desired item? And type with most sales from all sizes?
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 02:35 PM UTC
I’ll try to summarize it so far.

According to the wish-lists, most of our members would like to see more Cold War/Modern era vehicles, mostly other than tanks (ARVs, ACs, artillery pieces, softskins, etc.). Swedish and Swiss vehicles of all sorts seem
to be neglected by the major manufacturers. Based on the requests, a new 1/35 M551 Sheridan appears to be most wanted kit of this period.

Generally, WW2 subjects seem to be covered quiet well, especially German and Russian equipment. The most wanted kits of this period are the M13/40, the Sherman DD and the M3/M3A1 range.

Only one member mentioned WW1 subjects.

IDF subjects seem to be covered very well: although accuracy varies, plenty of newly tooled Magach and Merkava kits emerged lately. Even once esoteric subjects such as the Nagmachon, Nagmashot and Puma are now available in forms of affordable styrene kits. The most wanted IDF kit is the Namer. Me myself find the Namer a bit dull from the modeling point of view, I would rather like to see a Pereh or a Nakpadon.

Oh, yes...it doesn’t seem to be an ultimate, Bergepanther-like ‘Holy Grail’ status holding successor (yet).





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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 02:48 PM UTC

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Oh, yes...it doesn’t seem to be an ultimate, Bergepanther-like ‘Holy Grail’ status holding successor (yet).



That's what I think... all above, while respectable, are personal wishlist but I do not see any iconic vehicle missing in plastic nowadays, one with general consensus.
Bricksy1969
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 03:12 PM UTC
A fully fitted out and slat armored British Warrior!!
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 03:32 PM UTC

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I do not see any iconic vehicle missing in plastic nowadays, one with general consensus.



Agreed. Generally speaking, as has been mentioned by a number of our members in different threads, these are excellent times for (armor) modelers as a huge variety of quality kits are readily available for affordable prices.