M

AFV Club and Hobby Fan

Started by Maverick, January 15, 2009, 04:30:54 PM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages1 2 3
User actions

Maverick

January 15, 2009, 04:30:54 PM
G'day Gang,

IPMS Deutschland have a review of the Stryker M1128 MGS variant kitted by AFV Club.  It doesn't seem that the kit has the stabilizing arms that are necessary for the vehicle to fire its main weapon off the centreline.

http://ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook/AFV_Club/AFV_35128_M1128_MGS_Stryker/AFV_35128_M1128_MGS_Stryker.html

Regards,

Mav

nev

#1
January 17, 2009, 09:11:20 AM
As expected, AFV Club have announced the first of what will no doubt be a long line of variants of their recent Churchill kit - the Mk.III AVRE

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4775
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

ChernayaAkula

#2
January 18, 2009, 06:29:03 AM
Churchill AVRE!  :o Cool!  :thumbsup:

Now hoping for a Centurion AVRE!  :wacko:
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

nev

#3
February 05, 2009, 04:52:39 AM
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

nev

#4
March 06, 2009, 08:47:22 AM
Very interesting interview with the owner of AFV club on Armorama

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=2498
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

ChernayaAkula

#5
March 07, 2009, 12:03:37 PM
Thanks for linking that interview, Nev!  :thumbsup: That was really interesting. Especially regarding the competition and a parent company financing the model business.
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

Jeffry Fontaine

#6
March 02, 2010, 06:45:06 PM
According to Terry Ashley@PMMS AFV Club will soon be releasing an EOD Tactical Robot  in 1/35th scale (listed as kit #AC35010)

A quick check of the Hobby Fan web page shows similar information for this model at this link: AFV Club 1/35th scale kit #AC35010 EOD Tactical Robot. 



***I was hoping to link an image from the Hobby Fan page but I can not get anything to show up on the screen except the formatted spot on the page.  If anyone else wants to give it a try please do so.***
Unaffiliated Independent Subversive
----------------------------------
"Every day we hear about new studies 'revealing' what should have been obvious to sentient beings for generations; 'Research shows wolverines don't like to be teased" -- Jonah Goldberg

jcf

#7
March 02, 2010, 11:11:30 PM
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on March 02, 2010, 06:45:06 PM
According to Terry Ashley@PMMS AFV Club will soon be releasing an EOD Tactical Robot  in 1/35th scale (listed as kit #AC35010)

A quick check of the Hobby Fan web page shows similar information for this model at this link: AFV Club 1/35th scale kit #AC35010 EOD Tactical Robot. 


***I was hoping to link an image from the Hobby Fan page but I can not get anything to show up on the screen except the formatted spot on the page.  If anyone else wants to give it a try please do so.***

Meh, wake me if they do a state-of-the-art ED-209 in 1/35th.  ;D

Jeffry Fontaine

#8
March 02, 2010, 11:16:08 PM Last Edit: March 02, 2010, 11:20:13 PM by Jeffry Fontaine
Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on March 02, 2010, 11:11:30 PM
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on March 02, 2010, 06:45:06 PM
According to Terry Ashley@PMMS AFV Club will soon be releasing an EOD Tactical Robot  in 1/35th scale (listed as kit #AC35010)

A quick check of the Hobby Fan web page shows similar information for this model at this link: AFV Club 1/35th scale kit #AC35010 EOD Tactical Robot. 

***I was hoping to link an image from the Hobby Fan page but I can not get anything to show up on the screen except the formatted spot on the page.  If anyone else wants to give it a try please do so.***

Meh, wake me if they do a state-of-the-art ED-209 in 1/35th.  ;D
It is a sad looking little thing in that image on PMMS. 

I thought the ED-209 was already offered in 1/35th scale as a vinyl model.
Unaffiliated Independent Subversive
----------------------------------
"Every day we hear about new studies 'revealing' what should have been obvious to sentient beings for generations; 'Research shows wolverines don't like to be teased" -- Jonah Goldberg

Mossie

#9
March 03, 2010, 05:00:42 AM Last Edit: March 03, 2010, 07:48:48 AM by Mossie
I think it's kind of cool, although I remember seeing a lot of footage of Wheelbarrows going in when the pIRA were at their height in the eighties.  Now I'd like a kit of a wheelbarrow, along with a 1/35 clapped out Ford Escourt to give it something to play with!

Horizon did a vinyl ED-209 some years ago but it wasn't particularly great, basic & poor fitting.  It's been long oob from when Horizon went down the pan & they go for a pretty penny now.  Possibly the kind of thing Moebius might pick up, hopefully?
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Weaver

#10
March 03, 2010, 07:27:55 AM
Quote from: Mossie on March 03, 2010, 05:00:42 AM
I think it's kind of cool, although I remember seeing a lot of footage of Wheelbarrows going in when the pIRA were at their height in the eighties.  Now I'd like a kit of a wheelbarrow, along with a 1/35 clapped out Ford Escourt to give it something to play with!

Horizon did a vinyl ED-209 some years ago but it wasn't particularly great, basic & poor fitting.  It's been long oob from when Horizon went down the pan & they go for a pretty penny now.  Possibly the kind of thing Moebius pick up, hopefully?

Logically, Airfix should do one in 1/32nd (?) to go with their re-released Escort. Might be a bit close to home though....
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

ChernayaAkula

#11
March 03, 2010, 07:58:30 AM
Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on March 02, 2010, 06:45:06 PM
According to Terry Ashley@PMMS AFV Club will soon be releasing an EOD Tactical Robot  in 1/35th scale (listed as kit #AC35010)
<...>

And a Stryker Engineer Squad Vehicle with mine plow and lane marker!  :o Cool!
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

nev

#12
May 23, 2010, 05:49:50 AM
Who woulda thunked it - we now have TWO new-tool 1/35 Valentines on the way thanks to AFV Club who have just announced one

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6723
Between almost-true and completely-crazy, there is a rainbow of nice shades - Tophe


Sales of Airfix kits plummeted in the 1980s, and GCSEs had to be made easier as a result - James May

Green Dragon

#13
June 06, 2010, 06:19:11 AM
"Well, it's rather brutal here. Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns."-Gremlins 2

On the bench.
1/72 Space 1999 Eagle, Comet Miniatures Martian War Machine
1/72nd Quad Tilt Rotor, 1/144th V/STOL E2 Hawkeye (stalled)

Green Dragon

#14
June 20, 2010, 06:39:15 PM
Second boxing of the 1/48th F-5 is for the Sundowners Aggressor F-5E/N, now available at Lucky Model. http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=AF%20R48101

Saw this news at Cybermodeler. http://www.cybermodeler.com/index.shtml

Paul Harrison
"Well, it's rather brutal here. Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns."-Gremlins 2

On the bench.
1/72 Space 1999 Eagle, Comet Miniatures Martian War Machine
1/72nd Quad Tilt Rotor, 1/144th V/STOL E2 Hawkeye (stalled)
Print
Go Up Pages1 2 3
User actions