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Just wanted to let everyone know... our website is now live!

Here is the link: http://www.rubiconmodels.com

And the prices are now also out there:

This is our official Recommended Retail Price (RRP) in British Pound (£). Because of flucations in exchange rates, we will not be listing other currencies. Please also note there are regional taxes (import/sales) that are not included.

280010 Panzer IV - Mid & Late War - £18

280011 Panzer III - Mid War - £18

280012 M4A3 Sherman - £20

280013 T-34/76 - Early & Mid War - £20

280014 Panther Ausf D & A - £20

280015 Panther Ausf G - £20

280016 Tiger I - Early, Mid & Late War - available soon!

More will be added to this list as new kits become available. Thank you!

Amazing models. I had some similar when I was a kid. But these are better!

All I want to do is exchange earth dollars for these models

The prices are competitive, the models look great

and the Sherman's extra turret can easily be magnetised to let you use your tank as either version, or used as a bit of scenery (lots of loose turrets around after a tank 'cooked off')

bargain

They're priced the same as Warlord's plastics, but look so much better and offer more options.

Initial releases of the firs six kits are now shipped! Expected to see them on store shelves over the next two weeks!

Plastic Soldier Company have some pretty good multi buy deals. £51 for 3 or £97 for 6

We have just uploaded the Tiger I instruction assembly to our forum (http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=53.msg299#msg299). To view, you MUST registered as member.

The Tiger I boxes had been shipped to our distributors and will be available shortly depending on region. German players, show your prowess!

For features on our new Tiger I, you can checkout the release notes on our website: http://www.rubiconmodels.com/news.php?i=21

With the Tanks out in the wild it looks like Rubicon are exploring hard plastic buildings

(they need to check interest as this will be expensive so let them know what you think at the link below)

http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=55.0



Rubicon say

All these are our initial prototype parts, still a lot of fine-tuning and touch-up work before they can be put into our final design.
We have not put in (or etch) texture on the walls yet. There is a lot of consideration on painting, seamless pattern matching between walls, and so on...
Other options will later be incorporated into the final design, such as balcony, back door, outhouse, and so on...

Very nice looking buildings - I'd be interested in buying quite a few!

Nothing wrong with modular, semi-modern houses that aren't made of wood and are hopefully affordable.

Here are some painted images of our Tiger I Early Production Model for the DAK, painted by our in-house painter Kent Lee!







Enjoy!

That is one nice looking tank!

These tanks look great, the track design you guys came up with in particular seems like a very clever and simple solution. A lot of tank kits in this scale that have overlapping road wheels can look a bit muddy as the tracks are usually cast as one piece, but this method makes your road wheels look very sharp and good looking. Might have to look into getting one of those T34s for my Soviets.

Yeah, I'm really liking that Tiger. I think I'll need several. (for different theatres, of course.)

Wait no more! We now have a US distributor to fill up your arsenal with our tanks!
For contact info, please read the news link on our website: http://www.rubiconmodels.com/news.php?i=22

After much discussions and feedback from various forum members (on our official forum), together with our test fitting on the 3D prototype parts, we have refined our technical drawing on the T-34/85 design. This is our final version of the T-34/85 tank!

This is the early version (1943) of the T-34/85 with D5T mantlet. Note the position of the ventilator at the rear had been moved closer to the copula; plus the front pear-shaped periscope cover had been move backward towards the copula as well. In addition, the top front armour plate had been extended to make the sloping angle of the turret looks more natural.


This is the late war version (1944) of the T-34/85 with S53 mantlet. We have added a flamethrower gun to turn this tank into an OT34/85. The flamethrower is backward compatible with our T-34/76 kit; hence all parts are interchangeable (except for the hull - turret ring is larger on the T-34/85)!


C&C are most welcome! We will send the design to factory for mould making early next week!

Hopefully we'll see some 'improved' with improvised armour from people

To coincide with our website official announcement on our Q1/2015 new releases, here are more basic info for each new item:

SdKfz 251/1 Ausf. D Standard Personnel Carrier (280018)
- Contains enough parts to build a D version (1943) of the famous personnel carrier
- Choices include standard open top or with closed or half-closed canvas top (tarp) options
- Number of Parts: 43 pieces
- Number of Sprue: 2

SdKfz 251D 3-in-1 Combo (280019)
- Contains enough parts to build one of the following variants:
- SdKfz 251/7D – Assault Engineering vehicle
- SdKfz 251/8D – Ambulance
- SdKfz 251/10D – with 37mm Pak 36 anti-tank gun
- Most options are detachable and can be reverted back into a standard carrier
- Number of Parts: 64 pieces
- Number of Sprue: 3

SdKfz 251/1 Ausf. D with “Stuka Zu Fuss” Rocket Launcher (280020)
- Contains enough parts to build a Rocket Launcher variant for the Personnel Carrier
- “Stuka Zu Fuss” is detachable and can be reverted back into a standard carrier
- Number of Parts: 70 pieces
- Number of Sprue: 3

Soviet T-34/85 Medium Tank (280021)
- Contains enough parts to build either a T-34/85 or an OT-34/85 medium tank
- Choices include two turret tops to represent either a D5T (1943) or S53 (1944) turret, with hull mounted machine gun or flame thrower option
- Number of Parts: 50 pieces
- Number of Sprue: 3

I like the look of all of those!

Sign me up for at least 1 Stuka Zu Fuss and 251/8!

If I didn't already have three Warlord 251/1 and a 251/10 then I'd be a bit more excited but I'm still happy with the variants being offered

absolutely loving what i see. can't wait to see what else you guys come up with.

Finally had the time to make some extra bits and pieces to paint up a prototype. Unfortunately, we have forgotten to make a single door piece, so the storefront piece is used for all buildings you see here!

NOTE: The prototype you seen here is NOT THE FINAL version. We have just painted up a sample using some old and new resin duplicate pieces we have around the studio.

This is a standalone house setup:










This is a Town House with a new rooftop.
With this rooftop, you can line up several town houses together provided you do not have windows on the side:



By adding various different components, you can customize each building with a different look.
Here is an example with using Rooftop Gables:




Other components would mean:
1) Different windows
2) Different chimneys
3) Different doors
4) Balconies
5) Basement

When we meant "Modular" you still need to glue them together on a PER FLOOR basis.
Each floor is detachable to reveal the floor below... for obvious reasons!

Welcome to give more feedback on features you want to see!
Here is the link to our forum post on the subject: http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=55.0

Yup, buying infinity of these.

Honest opinion, it looks like a dolls house. Whether the walls need some form of texture, or it is how flat and blocky everything is, my first thought was dolls house/child's toy.

 RobertsMinis wrote:
Honest opinion, it looks like a dolls house. Whether the walls need some form of texture, or it is how flat and blocky everything, my first thought was dolls house/child's toy.

This is just a prototype WITHOUT texture. Texture are added during the mould making process.

Here are some texture possibilities:


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i like these a lot! One suggestion if i may, would be to possibly make an alternate roof that's flat, for gameplay purposes. I love the fact you can go inside, but being able to hop onto roofs would turn this from a "i'll pick up one or 2" to " how much is my credit card going to hate me for buying all these buildings????" Lol

erratyk wrote:
i like these a lot! One suggestion if i may, would be to possibly make an alternate roof that's flat, for gameplay purposes. I love the fact you can go inside, but being able to hop onto roofs would turn this from a "i'll pick up one or 2" to " how much is my credit card going to hate me for buying all these buildings????" Lol

The initial design/release will not have flat rooftop. We are trying to use these as "generic" buildings in Europe before and during WW2.
Flat rooftop buildings are only seen after WW2 in limited quantities... We will eventually produce some American style buildings with flat rooftop based on the current design.

We have no pricing yet. It will all depend on the number of moulds need to be made, plus the number of sprues per building.
Our target price is to be competitive with current MDF buildings!

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will textured walls be optional so II can have flat walls like that?