does anyone know if there are any companies out there that make a Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV) model kit, preferably in 1/35?

Nope, Academy has teased us for a few years now saying they are coming out with one, but have not produced. The closest is the Academy M-60 w/dozer blade. You can convert one pretty easy. There was an article inFineScale Modeler Magazine a while back.
It was in the March of '95 issue. It gave scale drawings and a full build article of the vehicle. That is what I used for mine below.

It wasn't too difficult and comes out pretty good.

AEF of Colorado makes a turret conversion for the CEV. The donor kit is the Academy M60 with the M-9 Dozer Blade. The conversion provides the upper portion of the turret, demolition gun, A-frame boom. You need good references to fill in the really vague AEF instructions.

I completed mine last year, and really feel that for the amount of work, it made a fine model. It certainly was NOT a "walk in the park"!

Jim Peterson

Hi,


In my webshots page (see link below) there is a copy from the Fine Scale modelers article.

I put also some pics from my model.

Cheers
pascal

Hobby Fan makes an M9 ACE if thas what you are looking for.

M728 CEV is not the same as an M9 ACE.

Here is an M728 CEV:


This is an M9 ACE:


M9 is still in the inventory, unfortunately, M728 was phased out in the early 1990s. They are now mostly range targets and museum pieces. Too bad it was a good vehicle.

Yeah, they are scattered all over here at Fort Leonard Wood, and every time I drive past one I think "I wish I had a model of one of those"