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Not really a 'kit' but a toy.

http://www.amazon.com/1947-Ford-Fire-Department-Truck/dp/B004NPEGOO/ref=sr_1_4?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1454393784&sr=1-4&keywords=jada+1947

A 1947 Ford flat bed by a company called Jada. 1:27 scale.

Check out that overbite!





There's a couple of versions on Amazon for anywhere from $15-$60 plus shipping. The scale is completely wrong of course, but it's so, so pretty.

I can see it as an Ork battlewagon, an IG tank carrier, a wastelands truck etc. The main thing would be to cover or obscure the doors since nothing else really give it a sense of scale.

 
   
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Makes a good genestealer cult cruiser

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 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Makes a good genestealer cult cruiser


Or tank transporter, or build a little house on it for a mobile command center, or add a gun for mobile artillery, or sides for a troop truck/gun truck, yeah I see a lot of uses.

And apparently that's what they really looked like. Things just had style back then.

 
   
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Um no. Thats a 60s hot rod conversion the cab has been chopped and lowered and its got a body kit on . Cool model tho
   
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Everyone who thinks 40s trucks are awesome should google "Ford COE flatbed" and see the variety of "cab over engine" trucks they made in the 40s and early 50s.

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There's quite the variety. Though the last one is my favorite. Love the round grill.

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I actually did, that's why I thought this was a real truck design. Love me some 40s cars.

 
   
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 Kilkrazy wrote:
Bit of an odd one this...

https://www.hlj.com/product/pitpd47



Pit Road make specialist WW2 naval models, at least that's how I am familiar with them.

The Girls Und Panzer series features Japanese schoolgirls fighting a kind of simulation battles with replica historical tanks.

This kit is one is a new series from Pit Road depicting a tank from the anime. You will see it is somewhat Super Deformed, therefore resembling a 40K vehicle more than a genuine scale historical kit would.

The scale isn't given but there are various 1/35th scale Girls Und Panzer girl figures available, so maybe it will be compatible?

One to keep an eye on, anyway!



I bought this one and got it last week. I built it last Friday but was a bit disappointed with it. It isn't tall enough to replace a Leman Russ as I bought it as.
Kit itself is pretty basic, it's pretty much push fit though I did glue it and glue is recommended for some of the detailing parts like the cupola and escape hatches.
Interesting thing is you're not suppose to glue the track engine wheel or back wheel, what this means is the track actually rotates but as the rubber track is such a tight fit regardless you will break the plastic pin between the wheel and the chassi if you'd try to roll it on a table or something.

I also bought and got PLAMAX MF-01: minimum factory Nene



I've been gathering some different kits for possible 40K replacements but nothing has quite fit perfectly except for the 1/35 Japanese LAV from Tamiya which is pretty much identical to a Rhino in hight, length and width. Thinking of using the ones I got as replacement Immolators for my Sisters of Battle.



I'm going to start a replacement vehicle/model list where I show comparison pictures of kits vs GW kits as I've been unable to find a comprehensive list.
Not sure how I will finance it yet though as it could get very expensive fast, demo products, free models, donations of models or money for kits. Send me a kit, I'll build it, take all the pics I need and send it back to you. Whatever it takes to get it done, this is my next project unless I get hired by GW as a rules writer which I'm applying for this week (writing my resume right now). I doubt I'll get hired though as this seems like another fake advertisement like the CEO one was (under law they have to advertise the position even if they are giving it to someone internally. The only requirement to apply is a letter, just like the CEO job advertisement.

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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I actually did, that's why I thought this was a real truck design. Love me some 40s cars.


It's really close. I know people have put in customer small front windows on some of their COE trucks to make them look like that.

Also, sorry about the "you should" wording. I meant more like "Cab over Engine trucks are awesome and every should google it"
   
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Anyone read Trumpeter and Hobbyboss's new catalogues for the 2016-2017 period yet?

http://www.themodellingnews.com/2015/12/trumpeter-catalogue-2016-2017-lets-see.html

http://www.themodellingnews.com/2015/12/now-its-turn-of-hobbyboss-new-item.html

There's some very nice stuff upcoming in them. In particular lot of the inter-war tanks the latter are doing would fit in well with the imperial aesthetic.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Not really a 'kit' but a toy.

http://www.amazon.com/1947-Ford-Fire-Department-Truck/dp/B004NPEGOO/ref=sr_1_4?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1454393784&sr=1-4&keywords=jada+1947

A 1947 Ford flat bed by a company called Jada. 1:27 scale.

Check out that overbite!





That is one happy Kawaii looking truck

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Did someone say firepower?

http://www.squadron.com/Takom-1-35-Krupp-420mm-Big-Bertha-German-Empire-p/tak2035.htm?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Map4&utm_content=Exciting+New+Products+from+KittyHawk,+Meng+and+Takom&utm_campaign=New+Products+February+2016



At last! A Sisters of Battle Land Raider!

http://www.squadron.com/Takom-1-35-Mk-I-Female-WWI-Heavy-Battle-Tank-TAK-p/tak2033.htm?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Map4&utm_content=Exciting+New+Products+from+KittyHawk,+Meng+and+Takom&utm_campaign=New+Products+February+2016



Did someone say MOAR BOXY?

http://www.squadron.com/Takom-1-35-U-S-Armored-Combat-Earthmover-M9-ACE-p/tak2020.htm?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Map4&utm_content=Exciting+New+Products+from+KittyHawk,+Meng+and+Takom&utm_campaign=New+Products+February+2016



It's a box! With a gun!

http://www.squadron.com/Meng-1-35-French-AUF1-TA-155MM-Self-Propelled-Howi-p/mmts024.htm?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Map3&utm_content=Exciting+New+Products+from+KittyHawk,+Meng+and+Takom&utm_campaign=New+Products+February+2016


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Mirror Models has a line of 1/35 trucks, tractors and other support vehicles, mostly WWII.



2016 catalog here

http://www.mirror-models.com/mirror_models_catalog_2016.pdf

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Forgive me for not reading every page, but just in case it hasn't been mentioned, the 1/48 KV1 Kits that are made by Hobbyboss and Kitech (probably the same kit) are great Leman Russ proxies with almost the exact same footprint and a nice place in the front to put a hull mounted weapon. Even better they can usually be found from ebay sellers for about $15-20 shipped.

Not the most detailed scale model, but you don't want alot of breakable detail on a game model and it's at least as detailed as a GW model.

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 Eilif wrote:
Forgive me for not reading every page, but just in case it hasn't been mentioned, the 1/48 KV1 Kits that are made by Hobbyboss and Kitech


I think you mean "Hobbyboss and Tamiya". Don't know of Ki-tech ever doing a kit of the tank in that scale.

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Academy makes some really cheap 1/48 kits. Here are some a Dakka Poster converted up:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/485333.page#6261584
   
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 MattofWar wrote:
Academy makes some really cheap 1/48 kits. Here are some a Dakka Poster converted up:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/485333.page#6261584


Those are not Academy 1/48. The KV-2 and T34 are 1/48 but are by either Tamiya or HB, whilst the tank in the bottom picture is a 1/35 model.

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I wasn't the guy who built and painted them. He seems to think he bought himself some Academy kits. maybe he was mistaken. Given that he mentions the tracks being a pain, you're probably right. The Academy kits I've seen have very simple tracks.

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Except you clearly agreed with him, as you also said they were Academy 1/48 kits, so I kindly pointed out to you they were were not.

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 sing your life wrote:
Except you clearly agreed with him, as you also said they were Academy 1/48 kits, so I kindly pointed out to you they were were not.


I thought it was reasonable to take the word of the guy who built and painted the kit to correctly identify the maker. He was wrong and I passed along his account because hey, pretty pictures. I've already said that you're probably right given what he said about the tracks. If that's not good enough for you, I think you might be overly attached to being correct on the internet.
   
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How about this. LOL I have always wanted to build one. Just nowhere to put it.



This is it's scale



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This isn't exactly a model kit (or particularly new) but I was eyeballing this thing.


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0090TPNFY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3SX7KW4MV5K0G&coliid=I1FM8T8FEWIQS5

Yes.. those are ladders on it.

   
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I love those giant mining vehicles.

Here is a new kit with possibilities:

Japanese GSDF Type 60 self-propelled anti-tank gun, in 1/35th scale.



http://hlj.com/product/fnmfm-45
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_60_Self-propelled_106_mm_Recoilless_Gun

As you can see, it's a very small vehicle, somewhat similar to the US Ontos. The interesting things are the assymetrical layout, the elevating gun assembly with elevating commander cupola, and twin guns.



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Here's another oddity, an interwar amphibious tank with Chinese Republican markings.





http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=RCHCV35002

Some background.

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/cam/kit_cam_35001.shtml

I like the off-center round turret and of course the tons of rivets.

 
   
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Some more retro-future tech if interested. 1:25 but easy to fudge the scale.

http://www.amazon.com/Mpc-MPC787-Daytona-Transport-Truck/dp/B0090TO2W4





It would be about 12" long. I can see covered with bags and barrels with a turret or two for security. Or leave the top off and have a troop truck for a full platoon.






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Similar kit, 1:24 but I can see a nice Ork battlewagon in there.



7" long.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083VE12Q/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687582&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00BXP3RAG&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=034AT64P61QVWQAR1ZPZ

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I'm torn between these two for a GSC limo:





http://www.minairons.eu/en/

But I think the curved, segmented look of the Hispano Suiza edges ahead.

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 Vermis wrote:
I'm torn between these two for a GSC limo:


But I think the curved, segmented look of the Hispano Suiza edges ahead.

That Suiza is beautiful. Looks like something from a Miyazaki anime (would look good along the Akuyaku Go 1 tank). I like it better than the uber-filigreed resin 40k limos we've been seeing produced recently. At $25 bucks it seems like a bargain also.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Some more retro-future tech if interested. 1:25 but easy to fudge the scale.


It would be about 12" long. I can see covered with bags and barrels with a turret or two for security. Or leave the top off and have a troop truck for a full platoon.

Seems pretty darn huge to me, but I could definitely use it. Painting the canopies as solid, adding some hatches and sci-fi bits on there, and possibly modding the wheels and it could be a possible affordable ($25 vs 80+) replacement for the Votoms AT transporter.

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That would be a great centerpiece for a high tech world...


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Hispano souza all the way.


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ARmored cars look odd because the engines are so large compared to the interior volume they don't look like transports as much. The HS is not huge, but I'm not a fan of gigantic vehicles on the tabletop anyway.

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Oh my land, I think I found a perfect IG troop truck.



S'cool bus, a 70s kit recently released.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BXP3RAG?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_1&smid=A1NC2PUIMBHRWX

Again 1:24 scale but easy to fudge and only $22.

It's nice and blocky but with some charm, tiny slit windows for that military look, superfulous pipes just because one and...



It's a funny car too!


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Not to quote myself but I had a thought, paint the clear parts, add soem Valk engines and stubby wings, put thrusters in the wheel wells and you would have a nice upscaled Arvis lighter. Could probably hold 2 Rhinos or Chimeras.

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A slight detour into fantasy historical stuff: anyone have these castles? They seem potentially useful for Frostgrave / Mordheim style games.

http://www.amazon.com/Miniart-72004-72-Medieval-Fortress/dp/B0057XELIW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1457713581&sr=8-2&keywords=miniart+medieval

http://www.amazon.com/MiniArt-Medieval-Castle-Scale-Military/dp/B001IYHKNM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457713581&sr=8-1&keywords=miniart+medieval
   
 
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