niall_scarbro Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I know Airfix made the Chieftain , but no Abbot 105, Stalwart, M109A3, M107 or any vehicle that was in service when I was in the forces in Germany from the 70's through to 90's in 1/76 scale to match OO/HO model trains . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braille Dave Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Bedford RL, Antar, AEC Militant...etc, even Ferret, Humber Pig... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airdrone94 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I always wanted to do a Falklands diorama. You can get Landrovers,Bedford 4-tonners and CRVT but no figures of that period except RAF ground crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_fleming Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Matchbox did Falklands era figures in 1/76th, currently available from Revell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broomers49 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Great to see other requests for Cold War vehicles. Both armour and softskin would be most welcome. Centurion and Chieftains, various marks, Conqueror, FV432 variants, Fox, Ferret, recovery vehicles both armoured and wheeled. These will do for starters! Just hoping that more braille scalers make their comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Paul B Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Let's not forget all the classic Soviet kit (T-55, 62, 64 and 72 and the original MICV, the BMP-1) and the American M-48, 60 and Sheridan and don't forget the Centurion and Scorpion/Scimitar (I built one of these in the 70s and it was a great little kit and ripe for reissue). The Cold War is neglected in the Planes range as well apart from a few standout examples and almost nothing on the ships - Type 45 is Post Cold War.I think WW2 is an easier sell as it is a conflict the majority can get behind wheras the Cold War carries a lot of baggage and differences of opinion which narrows its appeal. However there are plenty of great subjects with, hopefully, tooling waiting for reissue.Once the Battle of Britain Anniversary is out of the way how about looking at gear from the 50s to the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Norton1707820138 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 It is only recently that anyone has started producing a decent range of 'modern' AFVs.I began concentrating on contemporary AFVs in the late 1980s when I started as a recognition instructor in the TA. Airfix and Esci were pretty much the only mainstream manufacturers who had anything in their range in 1:72 or 1:76 scale. Airfix did the Scorpion/Scimitar, SAM-2 Missile, Leopard 1, Centurion and Chieftain. Esci did various Leopard, M48, M60 and M113 variants and an inaccurate T-62. Apart from that Hasegawa did an Abrams and Leopard 2, Heller the AMX-13 and AMX-30 with DCA variants and Matchbox released a T-80 and Challenger. Most of these had been out of production for a few years and in the pre-internet days took a bit of tracking down. JB Models desrves an honourable mention, for the Land rover M113, Saladin and Saracen .Most of my collection at the time were resin or white metal.After the first Gulf War, Ace and Model Wheels starting producing ex-soviet kit and Revell started producing some superb kits of Bundeswehr vehicles and much later Dragon started their range of modern AFVs. But there are still notable examples of kits which haven't been produced: a decent Centurion, FV432, Abbot and Stalwart for starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Paul B Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Ah yes, the Stalwart - an amphibious medium truck. A brlliant concept and attractive vehicle with the three axles and equal wheel size. I had a (I think) Corgi one and several in 1/300 for my modern BAOR army for gaming (early to mid 80s). I would be tempted by this as I was always fond of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 About half the range are suitable for little other than the Cold-War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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