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I would very much welcome an all new
M108
M109 early

Then some M113's based on AFV Club's ACAV kit;
M132 Zippo
M113 with M74C turret
Aussie M113 with T50 turret
M163 Vulcan
ARVN M113 with large mg shield
M557

All with decent interior, please

Actually, I do not really mind if these come from aftermarket firms, but I see a good job for AFV Club

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Hello Theo, you already got the M108 3d printed available

My wish list is 1/35 brown water navy ships in styrene!

New tool M107 & M110 kits
M76 Otter
new, better M50A1 Ontos
1/32 or 1/35 UH-1D and AH-1G helos
More grunt figures, early war Army and Marine, with the correct differences between each like the stateside sateens and black combat boots, early USMC flak vests and M14s....
Affordable base camp accessories....and diorama scenery....and someone PLEASE tell Trumpeter to start making their M16/M16A1 rifle set in 1/35 again!!! PLEASE?!?

G’day, although it may be very “niche” as a subject, I’ve always been hopeful of an Australian Army International Harvester Acco 4x4 truck becoming available in styrene (1/35 scale). Quite a few variants (both in 4x4 and 6x6) saw service with the Australian Army in Vietnam.

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Here-here, John!!!! I couldn't agree with you more, brother!!! Decades later, I still love that Tamiya released a styrene PBR Mk II.

For me, the Navy PACV or Army ACV is a styrene Holy Grail!! Seeing Monitors, an ASPB, Tango Boats, a PBR Mk I, any of the smaller SEAL boats such as the STAB, French Riverine boats, or even stryene sampans would all be fantastic!

Even an LCM-6 --- the landing craft that many of the larger River boats are based on --- from Italeri would be a good start.

Fingers crossed one day... Until then, Masterpiece Models is the resin answer to many of the Riverine boats on the 1/35 Wish List...

Recently started reading Sgt. Ed Eaton's "Mekong Mud Dogs" about his experiences with the 9th Infantry Divisions operations in the Delta, many of which were in conjunction with the Brownwater Navy... So far so good!

With Regards and Aloha,

Johnny B.

Heya, Folks!

Looks like we are back into a real groove for Vietnam War-related kits... We've got imminent release of multiple Sheridan kits from Tamiya and RFM as well as an LVTE-1 (YESSSSS!) and LVTH-6 from Amusing Hobby and AFV Club, as well as an M132 Zippo track due from Dragon...

We've also seen the release of the AFV Club M113 and M54 (hang in there, Jim!), the Roden M37 light truck, Dragon M67A2 flame tank and M48 AVLB, and I think, a Dragon M728 (is that out yet?), and probably others I am forgetting.

Great times for the Vietnam War Modeler!!

So what new AFVs or soft skins would you like to see next in 1/35th scale?

There are still lots of subjects to cover in plastic, some realistic, others more wishful thinking (PACV/ACV, Riverine craft), but for the moment, I am sticking to more "realistic" i.e. more likely to be kitted subjects.

Here is my 1/35 scaled short list.

1. Rome Plow
2. Centurion RAAC tank retriever/ARV
3. USMC M51 tank retriever
4. M53 / M55 SPGs
5. USMC grunt figures!!!!
6. M578 Recovery tank
7. NVA Type 63 amphibious tank
8. AH-1G Cobra attack help

Almost forgot:
9. Brown Water Navy crew (no web gear).
10. Army and USMC Artillery crew.
11. M548 Flamethrower Fuel/service vehicle.

Okay, maybe that list wasn't so short...

Of course, there are other kits I'd like to see reissued or new tooling (M109, M110 SPGs, M88 (with interior), LVTP5 (with interior), Aussie M113.

What are yuse guys looking for in this realm?

Looking forward to the new year, getting some kits built, and seeing what new subjects are going ta be released.

With Regards and Aloha,

Johnny B.

M-50 Ontos .... AFV Club
M-52
M-53
M-55
M-56 Scorpion

hi all

when we are talking about M52
what's about the trailers?
like
M127 flatbed
M131 fuel

cheers
Tom

As an aside, I was disappointed to see that the Seaforth Publishing's book 'ShipCraft 26: Riverine Craft of the Vietnam Wars' seemed to be cancelled, or at least postponed. I had mine on order with Amazon, but they cancelled the order after many months of waiting.

by mid to early 1967, virtually all ammo was shipped by Chinook. That is unless you were within eyesight of the division ammo dumps. There were not many good roads ten miles west of Highway One, and most of Highway One was gravel anyway (or dirt). I never saw fuel delivered by land except once. Then it was a fifteen minute drive to an open field to fuel up a CAV unit. Most of the time it was rubber blivits. Water tankers were delivered daily by air to the fire bases, unless once again you were close to a big base with a water purification plant. By close, I mean five miles.
gary

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by mid to early 1967, virtually all ammo was shipped by Chinook. That is unless you were within eyesight of the division ammo dumps. There were not many good roads ten miles west of Highway One, and most of Highway One was gravel anyway (or dirt). I never saw fuel delivered by land except once. Then it was a fifteen minute drive to an open field to fuel up a CAV unit. Most of the time it was rubber blivits. Water tankers were delivered daily by air to the fire bases, unless once again you were close to a big base with a water purification plant. By close, I mean five miles.
gary

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hi gary
i was thinking about transportation units.
If you like to build Gun Trucks, some day you like to build tractors and semitrailers.
Tom