Actually, I was wondering if we could make this a sticky.
My thought was this:
Lots of kit makers re-box other makers models, or have sub-companies (Dragon, for instance is also DML) that may be foreign to us. So, could we make a sticky where we list kit makers and their known clones, and perhaps when a kit is a re-box of someone else’s mould.
For example:
Zvedya StuG III Ausf F is the old Dragon one.
Ditto with the BTR-70 (Zvedya/Dragon)
This way we could have a continually updated list new folks could refer to to find out who really makes the kit their about to dump hard earned $$$ into.
The old Ampersand “Modeler’s Guide to the 1/35 Universe” tried to list everything 1/35th and covered many of the re-boxes. You might try to get one of those as a first source of info. Frankly, it’s easier to ask a question about: “Hey, is the Revell 1/35 Stug III F a rebox?”
However, if you want to assemble that kinda info, it’d be welcome.
BTW, the Zvesda StuG IIIF is a BAD rebox of the Dragon one. It isn’t the exact kit…
Here are some freebies:
all 1/35 scale:
Opel Blitz truck: Italeri, Testors & Tamiya (for Japanese home market)
SdKfz 234/2 Puma: Italeri, Testors & Tamiya (for Japanese home market)
Jadgpanzer 38(t) Hetzer: Italeri, Testors & Tamiya (for Japanese home market)
RSO tractor: Peerless Max, Italeri, Testors & Tamiya (for Japanese home market)
White M3A1 Scout car: Peerless Max, Italeri, Testors, Zvesda
M101 Howitzer: Peerless Max, Italeri, Testors
Pz II ausf C: Alan, DML
Su-76: Alan, Maquette, DML