Classy Hobby has announced their latest kit getting ready to ship, a 1/16th scale M5A1(Late Production).

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Nice to see some more larger scale armor. I hope they will release some soft skins in this scale to . A well done Jeep or 3/4 ton would be nice.
I do hope Classy Hobby can continue to release more 1/16 scale kits be they armor or soft skins. A few other company's started out releasing larger scale kits and then stopped. Tasca with their 1/24 scale Panzer II, Zundapp KS750 with sidecar and Bantam Recon car. Hasegawa 1/24 scale Jeep and Kubelwagen. I also hope the after market people climb on board with decals,resin sets for storage, wheels and PE sets.
I would just like to add a thank you to Classy Hobby for thinking outside the 1/35 scale box.
Dave M

Hi, Darren!

Thanks Much for the "Heads-Up" on the release of this large scale kit! I'm not really a "large 1/16 scale builder/collector", but I AM TEMPTED with this one! You know me and my penchant for all things WWII US/Allied!!!

I would have loved to see an M5A1 in 1/24th scale, as I already have so many 1/24 scale subjects in my display cases...

It would be interesting to see this 1/16 scale Stuart parked next to say, a 1/16 Abrams or a Tiger II, if only for a "size comparison" or, for that matter, in the case of a Stuart parked next to an Abrams, an "Evolution of US Armor" display... As I say, it's tempting...

Good news, for sure. I wonder whether there will be other Stuarts in the pipeline. and US tank crews, too; Classy did that with their Luchs kits. Maybe not an M8, which would be welcomed I’m sure, but another M5.

I don't build in large scale (larger than 1/24), but I do paint 1/16 scale miniatures. Anyone know the price of this beast? I might make an exception to my normal routine if the price is right since the M3/M5 is my favorite series of light tanks. How about an interior--do we know anything about that?
VR, Russ

The good news on this is that it probably won't have that big of a footprint on your self space. Not much different then a 1/35 heavy.

How about a series of US and Allied SHERMANS in 1/16 scale..? Who's for that..?

When they say "getting ready to ship" what did they mean by that

I was expecting to have seen it by now, but no luck yet.