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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Turning Beat T-72s ...

« Last post by apophenia on Yesterday at 04:29:27 AM »

Revell Germany had some 1/32nd-1/35th scale construction equipment that was a snap-kit.  I had a similar idea to add an excavator to the back of an MLRS to create a tracked excavator vehicle. 

Link: ScaleMates > Revell > Liebherr R-900C Litronic Excavator" Easy Kit" Snap Together Kit

Jeff: I like the look of that kit ... although the Liebherr brand name puts me off (Liebherr being one of those business-as-usual-in-Russia hold-outs). Maybe Revell is aware of this negative association? I've noticed this same kit advertised as a generic "Raupenbagger R 900 C".

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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Turning Beat T-72s ...

« Last post by apophenia on Yesterday at 04:28:26 AM »

Hasegawa has a great line of 1/35 Japanese industrial vehicles

Excellent stuff, Frank! That Hitachi track excavator looks perfect. And, as you say, works just by switching countries. In many ways, the basic concept of swords-to-ploughshare suits Japanese policy even better than it does the ROK.

And I love that Yanmar combine harvester. Maybe for scooping up surface mines? Just build out of the box except for replacing the cab with a blast-proof housing for the remote-control sensors?

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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Turning Beat T-72s ...

« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Yesterday at 03:54:18 AM »

Revell Germany had some 1/32nd-1/35th scale construction equipment that was a snap-kit.  I had a similar idea to add an excavator to the back of an MLRS to create a tracked excavator vehicle. 

Link: ScaleMates > Revell > Liebherr R-900C Litronic Excavator" Easy Kit" Snap Together Kit

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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Turning Beat T-72s ...

« Last post by Frank3k on Yesterday at 03:23:53 AM »

Hasegawa has a great line of 1/35 Japanese industrial vehicles

Like this one:



Which would work well with apophenia's original design, by changing the country of origin.

This might work as well:

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Other / Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...

« Last post by GTX_Admin on Yesterday at 02:09:20 AM »

CFBV

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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: ICM

« Last post by GTX_Admin on Yesterday at 01:36:07 AM »

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Profiles and Pixels / Re: GLanini Profiles

« Last post by GTX_Admin on Yesterday at 01:32:54 AM »

 

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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: Atelier Model

« Last post by GTX_Admin on Yesterday at 01:29:58 AM »

All of a Singaporean flavour:

1/35 Belrex PSCV:



1/35 Leopard 2SG MBT:



1/35 Primus SSPH:



1/35 Hunter IFV:



1/35 Terrex IFV:

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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: Tiger Models

« Last post by GTX_Admin on Yesterday at 01:21:09 AM »

By all reports it is quite a good design...probably comparable to a T-90...though it still has that type's main flaw in terms of ammunition layout.

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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Turning Beat T-72s ...

« Last post by Story on Yesterday at 12:11:07 AM »

Pursuant to your crane notion, I went a-lookin' and while there's plenty of (die-cast) models in 1:43rd and 1;50th (1/48th?), fewer still in 1:72nd.

Maybe the answer is a 3D print in 1:35th? I'll be damned if I can find any such files in the usual places, tho.