ACE models (Ukraine).

[Diavel]

I couldn't find a thread for these guys so here is one for something new I have just found. Fort anyone who has built any of their 1/72nd scale tracked vehicles, and like me been on the verge of a coronary putting the tracks on. Here is a rubbery light at the end of that tunnel of badly fitting plastic.http://modelsua.com/NONA-BTR-D-type-rubber-tracks-1-72-ACE-ACEr005.html  There are a couple of different versions available, and at that price, worth having a few different sets of in the spares box for future kit bashes etc
Chris.

[raafif]

that's half the solution .... wish someone would do that for 1/35th stuff.

The real solution is -- now that slide-moulding has made it possible -- is to mould two runs of injected plastic - upper & lower with all the proper sag on the top runs.

[Diavel]

I think you can get tracks for their 1/35 stuff Raafif, I am sure I have seen it somewhere, I will have a rummage and see what I can find.
Chris 

[Rickshaw]

I remember many years ago when ESCI introduced the first serious hard plastic tracks on their 1/72 AFV kits after years of everybody moaning about soft plastic rubbery tracks on first Airfix, the Matchbox and the various Japanese manufacturers.  I see the wheel has turned. 

[Diavel]

I remember many years ago when ESCI introduced the first serious hard plastic tracks on their 1/72 AFV kits after years of everybody moaning about soft plastic rubbery tracks on first Airfix, the Matchbox and the various Japanese manufacturers.  I see the wheel has turned. 

Wheels that turn? hmm not in my life time 
Chris.

[ChernayaAkula]

Yay for more aftermarket rubber band tracks!  More aftermarket rubber band tracks mean more individual link/link-and-length tracks made of proper plastic in the kits themselves.  :) Meaning I won't have to invest in aftermarket indy link tracks and therefore save a few bob.   

[GTX_Admin]

Whilst not my scale, I do love the look of this 1/72 BTR-ZD Airborne AD Vehicle ‘Skrezhet:

[Old Wombat]

Gotta love Russki ingenuity - tying the gun on with cables is just so "backyard mechanic"!

Now we just need one in 1/35th.

[elmayerle]

Gotta love Russki ingenuity - tying the gun on with cables is just so "backyard mechanic"!

Now we just need one in 1/35th.

To quote from "Murphy's Laws of Combat", "If it's stupid and works, it's not stupid!"  It's simple, straight-forward, and cost effective; sounds like a good move to me.

[GTX_Admin]

If you go to the ACE Models website you can see photos of the real thing such as this:

[GTX_Admin]

Wish this was in 1/35:

[The Big Gimper]

Coming soon. 1/72 Centauro B1T station wagon.



Perfect for taking the kids to soccer.

[Old Wombat]

Or clearing the idiots off the road on the way to work or (more importantly) on the way home from work!

[LemonJello]

Looking for a 1/35 Iltis? Well, ACE models may have you covered. Announced over on Armorama:

https://armorama.com/news/ace-0-5t-light-truck-iltis

[Gingie]

It's now available:
http://acemodel.com.ua/en/model/812/index.htm?fbclid=IwAR2X5RTGIkmal1eJ4GEFddPxZOlI0UaOwSo_xWlzf-glFf2DsDQkWetQH94

Eagle eyed viewers will note on the PE sheet there appears to be a Bombardier logo for Canadian-built trucks. A few more mods would be required to make a Canadian spec, but nothing too involved.

[Gingie]

Side box art indicates an Ambulance version and chatting with ICM, they have asked for TOW equipped.

I still cannot believe the Canadian Army deployed to Afghanistan in these (although we left driving Leopard 2A6)

[GTX_Admin]

1/35 VW Type 183 Iltis