_GOTOBOTTOM
Armor/AFV: Softskins
Softskins group discussions.
Hosted by Darren Baker
M2B Amphibious Vehicle
jazza
Visit this Community
Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: August 03, 2005
KitMaker: 2,709 posts
Armorama: 1,818 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 05:50 AM UTC
Hi guys,

I was wondering if any of you know if any of the modelling brands produce this model....the M2B



This was the vehicle i commandeered while i was in the combat engineers and it would really be a nice memoir of those days if i could build a scaled model of it.
Sticky
Visit this Community
Vermont, United States
Joined: September 14, 2004
KitMaker: 2,220 posts
Armorama: 1,707 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 05:57 AM UTC
Not so sure, but it looks like a Rocco Kit.
jazza
Visit this Community
Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: August 03, 2005
KitMaker: 2,709 posts
Armorama: 1,818 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 06:16 AM UTC
Finding this model is proving elusive....its managed to escape ebay and google (cant find it on either one).

If any of you know of an online store that sells it, please do place the link as well. Would be eternally grateful for it.
Frenchy
Visit this Community
Rhone, France
Joined: December 02, 2002
KitMaker: 12,719 posts
Armorama: 12,507 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 06:33 AM UTC
Have a look here Jeremy :
http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/Roco-Military-Vehicle-USNATO-M2-Amph-Bridge-Carrier/item625-222.html
All hope was not lost !
HTH
Frenchy
Slug
Visit this Community
Alberta, Canada
Joined: September 02, 2004
KitMaker: 705 posts
Armorama: 505 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 06:34 AM UTC
These guys have it for $9.00, Roco #625-222 HO scale
Roco

Edit: Frenchy beat me to it .
Frenchy
Visit this Community
Rhone, France
Joined: December 02, 2002
KitMaker: 12,719 posts
Armorama: 12,507 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 06:47 AM UTC
If money's not a problem, Accurate Armour has released a 1/35 resin kit of this beast (£165.96, postage not included....)
http://www.accurate-armour.com/ShowProduct.cfm?CFID=3475949&CFTOKEN=37497442&manufacturer=0&category=14&subcategory=25&product=568

So it's up to you !

Frenchy
barv
Visit this Community
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined: December 24, 2004
KitMaker: 1,594 posts
Armorama: 973 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 08:11 AM UTC

Hi Jeremy..............I am soon to do the the AA model ......also got one(partly scratch built )to finish... ........? do you wish to scratch build one .......I have drawings which are reasonable and a few (30 I think )pics,,,,,,,,taken when they were about to go out of service.........you know where to call
aye
BARV
(GOSMG)
jazza
Visit this Community
Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: August 03, 2005
KitMaker: 2,709 posts
Armorama: 1,818 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 07:05 PM UTC
Thanks very much for that guys. I cant for the life of me figure out what HO stands for when they say HO scale.


Quoted Text

If money's not a problem, Accurate Armour has released a 1/35 resin kit of this beast (£165.96, postage not included....)



Unfortunately money is a problem especially since i would have to multiply by 3 to find out how much it would be in kiwi dollars. Thanks for finding it though.

So im guessing none of the big modelling brands make this for self assembly?
umustb
Visit this Community
Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: April 27, 2005
KitMaker: 1,396 posts
Armorama: 0 posts
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005 - 07:36 PM UTC

Quoted Text

I cant for the life of me figure out what HO stands for when they say HO scale.



http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=47210&messageid=1094064722

There, a link on a discussion of what HO means... :-)

HTH..
jazza
Visit this Community
Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: August 03, 2005
KitMaker: 2,709 posts
Armorama: 1,818 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 02:25 AM UTC
Ah gotcha...cheers for that. HO = 1/76


Quoted Text

do you wish to scratch build one .......I have drawings which are reasonable and a few (30 I think )pics,,,,,,,,taken when they were about to go out of service.........you know where to call



Mate i would love to if i knew how. Im not much of a scratch builder and more of a OOTB kinda guy. What kinda drawings you got?
liberator
Visit this Community
Luzon, Philippines
Joined: May 15, 2004
KitMaker: 1,086 posts
Armorama: 783 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 03:29 AM UTC
i saw the accurate armour kit..reminds me of a transformer robot. nice kit..happy modelling.
barv
Visit this Community
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined: December 24, 2004
KitMaker: 1,594 posts
Armorama: 973 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 07:19 AM UTC

1/35 Scale...good enough for me to build with -----should be easy for a "non-scratchy" :-) :-) to follow....plain outline and 4 views....on A3 size so would have to break them down to-em---

aye
BARV
(GOSMG)
 _GOTOTOP