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Greetings all, just to say hi to everyone on the forum. We are an old establishment with a new brand name, working on an official website now; but you can visit us at https://www.facebook.com/rubiconmodels for the moment.

We will be launching a series of 1/56 WW2 plastic vehicles for your wargaming and modeling needs, probably Q3 this year. We look forward to serving you all soon!
Here are some images of our soon-to-release Panzer III (pre-production test kit) for your review:


Panzer III with 50mm gun


Panzer III with detachable schürzen


Panzer III with 75mm howitzer

Enjoy!

They look very nice. I look forward to seeing them make it to market. What name were you formerly known under?

Azazelx, we are a digital design studio, working on numerous projects for several Tabletop Miniature Game manufacturers and Computer Games publishers (mostly limited edition stuff). Rubicon Models is a new setup for us to market our own brand.

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That Panzer III looks amazing! Been waiting for ages now for Warlord to do a proper plastic one, can't wait to see this one go on sale!

Liking it, nice any Russian tanks in the planning?

Our initial plan is to release at least 5 tanks on Official Launch Day (Q3 this year)!

A Russian T-34/76 (Mod 40/41/42) should be in that list!

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Nice looking tanks! You don't see much being made in that scale.

If only someone would do a sci-fi tank in hard plastic... none other than GW's currently exist.

Welcome to Dakka, and nice looking tanks!

What kind of pricing are you predicting for these when they hit retail?

Hopefully, retail price for these kits will be in the £20 (US$34) range.

Plan on making any Japanese Tanks? I would love to replace my Sci Fi Tanks (which I despise) with them.

Japanese tanks are towards the end on our current to-do list. We are still debating if we should ever do a complete resin kit for low-demand vehicles.

Fair enough. Ill keep an eye out then.

Cheers

 RubiconModels wrote:
Hopefully, retail price for these kits will be in the £20 (US$34) range.

Awesome, if they end up that price I can see some 40k conversions coming on!

£20 + P&P might price you out against Warlord Games (thiers are in the £20 price bracket too), which is a shame as they look very nice but I need cheaper.
If Plastic Soldier Company starts churning out 1:56 then the competition will be even tougher.
However, if could get another retailer based in the UK or Europe then I can see you becoming a great success.
Good luck!

For those who don't use Facebook, here is the Panzer IV...





Here is a side-by-side view of the Panzer IV with two different guns...


Enjoy!



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This looks awesome. Will the extra armour plating and track guards be included with the standard kit?

Any chance of making Soviet armor?

Moopy: Yes, will post some sneak preview on FB soon! Check us out regularly!

These waterslide decals are preliminary design for individual country (expect for the British). Each kit will come with one of these generic sheets, the size is 105mm x 74mm.

Please feel free to comment and make suggestions. The design is still not final, but we think we are getting there!





Enjoy!


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This is our 3rd creation - the M4A3. This Sherman comes with 3 guns (75mm/76mm/105mm) with 3 different mantlets and 2 turret choices... Even comes with a Culin hedgerow cutter!


M4A3 prototype with 75mm gun.


M4A3 prototype with 76mm gun.


M4A3 prototype with 105mm howitzer.


A side-by-side comparison of the final painted plastic with the prototype.


M4A3 painted plastic with 76mm gun.


M4A3 painted plastic with 105 howitzer and optional turret mount machine gun and Culin hedgerow cutter.

Enjoy!


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These all look great!

And with SoTR2 just around the corner, these tanks will come in handy when filling out my Weird War II lists with 'conventional' units!

These do look fantastic!

Here are some work-in-progress technical drawings of a T34/76:


This Soviet T34/76 is packed with different configurations that were used between 1940 and 1942.


Line drawing of the T34/76 with two turrets, two hulls, and two road-wheel sets combination. Not shown are the famous oil drums on the side...

Enjoy!


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Really nice, I do like T-34s

These are the T34/76 Model 40/41/42 prototypes with 2 hulls, 2 turrets, 2 guns, 2 rear oil drum sets, and 2 road wheel sets; plus optional features, such as headlights, antenna, and extra oil drums.


T34/76 Model 40/41 with welded turret and rubber road wheels.


T34/76 Model 41/42 with cast turret and steel road wheels.


T34/76 Model 41/42 with optional oil drums.


The two T34/76 side-by-side... note the difference with guns and crew hatch.


T34/76 rear view... note the difference in engine access hatch.


T34 Rubber Road Wheels... note the one piece track with front road wheels, and single linked back wheels. For gamers, this simplifies assembly. For modelers, can cut off the links to make them individual again!


T34 Steel Road Wheels... note the details on these wheels! For modelers, you can carefully cut one or two road wheels off and intermix with the rubber ones to create your own unique tank!


Enjoy!

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Very nice, the detail on these is very impressive and good idea on the tracks, I imagine that will simplify things a lot.

Oh wonderful!

We had spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to put all versions of the Panther into a single kit. The sheer size of the Panther had taken up a lot of valuable sprue space, forcing us to split this particular tank into two separate kits - the Panther Ausf D/A and the Panther Ausf G! More on this later…


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This is the close up view of the assembled tracks with wheels in place. A three piece smart design to ease assembly, yet highly detailed.


The three pieces disassembled for close up inspection. All the "connectors" are hidden away once assembled, so you won't see them at all!


Will show more of the completed Panther prototypes over the weekend!

Enjoy!

Here are some prototype images of the Panther D/A and the Panther G...

The Panther D/A - should come with two copula choices and specific D and A features.


The Panther G - should come with multiple exhaust choices.



Some side-by-side view of the two Panthers




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Enjoy!

There seems to be a minor issue with our Photobucket bandwidth usage. Things had now been resolved and you can see all our uploaded images as usual! Sorry for the hiccup!