Thats a great idea, I would like to see the Sturmpanzer A7V would make a great kit, some artillery, and lots of figure kits.
I’ll wade in with my two cents. I would like to thank Academy for their new sheridan. And I would like to see some more or at least less pricey Vietnam tracks. It was not a very popular was but I am drawn to the individuality and art work on different vehicles. And really who wants to pay $120 for an ontos are try to get a 25 year old kit of one for $80-$90.
Grizz
I did find some modern tank crewmen for the russian armor , kind of pricey , but TANK stuff is a thing of beauty believe me .
http://www.modelpoint.us/s.nl/sc.12/category.266/.f
About half way down the page .
But there definately need to be more diversity with the figures , russian is very limited as of now .
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Oh yeah…The TANK stuff is awesome. I like the DSHK’s…can’t wait to get a few of those. Still hoping that they might do some Cold War era Warsaw Pact tankers.
WWI Tanks? c’mon they were used in 1918, which as I recall was the END of the war years… I think the Germans only had one or two, and the Brits, well they made them but they were sceptical of their usefulness in battle… WWII was the decisive conflict that made the TANK necessary!
I have to disagree with you there. The stalemate at the western front in WW-I prompted the use of tanks as a desperate effort to get the front moving again. After a few failures (all beginnings are difficult), the Mk.Is were used in shock tactics to good effect. Granted, the Germans were not on the ball yet, but they did use captured Mk.Is too (and the A-7V in small numbers). I think the inter-war years are very interesting, not unlike the 1940s and -50s were for jet fighter development. Lots of new ideas were being tested in tank design and tactics. This produced some really interesting designs in the 1920s and 1930s with the British mostly hanging on to their slow, heavy infantry tank doctrine. Really, a very interesting era if you look at it more closely. And don’t forget the influence on tank tactics of the Spanish Civil War just before WW-II (granted, design-wise not as interesting). WWII saw the lessons learned between 1918 and 1939 put into practice, which does make it the first real tank (and multi-service) war. I’ll grant you that.
Btw, was that Leopard I-A5 (??) there your mount? Coolish picture[8D].
You mean like the one revell realesed this year at an reasonable price? U-Boot Type VIIC, kit no.05015.
Then why bother with king-tiger and maus tanks kits?