Any 1/48 T-54/55?

[rickshaw]

Does anybody know of any 1/48 T-54/55 models?  Preferably injected, rather than resin or metal.

[rickshaw]

The closest I have found are some 1/50 diecast T-55s on Evilbay.  If anybody is interested, they apparently work very well with 28mm figures (which is how I found them).

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/110842666462?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[ChernayaAkula]

I really wish Tamiya would continue their 1/48 line with something post-1945. 

[coolpop6307]

I really wish Tamiya would continue their 1/48 line with something post-1945. 

I second this because there are some  whiffs I would like to build with one. 

[Jacques Deguerre]

I really wish Tamiya would continue their 1/48 line with something post-1945. 

I've got to agree with you. I like 1/48 scale and I'm happy to see it return to mainstream armor kits but my focus has been more on post WW2 in recent years while just about every new 1/48 scale release has been WW2.

[Steel Penguin]

tamiya do have 2 Hummers in 1:48 kit, and in the advancing minitank line the m60, m60 starship and type 74, so it looks like there bringing them out slowly.
though i will echo the sentiment of the above gentlemen.  more needed, faster.

[philp]

Gaso.line make several post war kits in 48th (in resin).  Don't see a T-54/55 but they do have a T-62 and BTR-70.
http://www.gaso-line.eu/news/gas-complet.htm
http://www.phpshopxml.com/quakit.shop/CID/43aed85dac7287514b33b23e4f24c39d/function/itemSearchResultPageDisplay/shopSearchType/familySubFamilyCode/shopSearchData/GASOLINE|1/shopItemSearchLimit/24

The also do some paper panzers in this scale.
http://www.gaso-line.eu/news/gas-paper.htm

[Army of One]

Hello.....just seen this post.....I got two slightly different Russian tanks in 1/48 up in the back of the loft. Dunno if they are T55 or T62......don't think they any more modern than that....I remember that they can be motorised n I think they of Chinese manufacture......I doubt I'll do anything with them...PM me if you are interested in a trade....you in Australia....?? Willing to post so no worries there....

[rickshaw]

PM inbound.

And to the other's, yes, I to would like someone to expand the range of 1/48 armour kits.   There are some significant missing links there, such as the M3 Grant/Lee and the JS series for the Soviets.   Some post-war ones would be nice as well.

IIRC Bandai did a very nice series of 1/48 armoured kits yonks ago, back in the mid-1970s.  I wonder what ever happened to the moulds?  This was before Bandai started pandering to the adolescent Japanese schoolboy fascination with giant robots - which marks my age!   

[Steel Penguin]

if you want Brit stuff, ( and russian apcs etc) have a look here
http://www.hlbs.co.uk/range.php?id=14
theyve just put the CVR(T)S range back up and the BV is the rather cack handed paint job from the cossie thread.

[Jacques Deguerre]

IIRC Bandai did a very nice series of 1/48 armoured kits yonks ago, back in the mid-1970s.  I wonder what ever happened to the moulds?  This was before Bandai started pandering to the adolescent Japanese schoolboy fascination with giant robots - which marks my age!   

The story goes that Bandai leased the molds to a company that did a run of some of those kits under the Fuman label. Supposedly, the molds were somehow lost, damaged or otherwise not left in ideal condition after this run and Bandai decided not to repair or replace them.

[rickshaw]

IIRC Bandai did a very nice series of 1/48 armoured kits yonks ago, back in the mid-1970s.  I wonder what ever happened to the moulds?  This was before Bandai started pandering to the adolescent Japanese schoolboy fascination with giant robots - which marks my age!   

The story goes that Bandai leased the molds to a company that did a run of some of those kits under the Fuman label. Supposedly, the molds were somehow lost, damaged or otherwise not left in ideal condition after this run and Bandai decided not to repair or replace them.

Shame.  IIRC they were very advanced for their day with full interior details.  It would have been a good basis for the resurgence of interest in 1/48 armour.

[aerofan]

Does anybody know of any 1/48 T-54/55 models?  Preferably injected, rather than resin or metal.

If motorized kits is not an issue, I do recall Bluetank of Taiwan made one in 1/48 scale (maybe more 1/50). The only thing is the rubber treads would have to go.

[NARSES2]

Shame.  IIRC they were very advanced for their day with full interior details.  It would have been a good basis for the resurgence of interest in 1/48 armour.

Was it also Bandai (or possibly Nitto) who did 1/76 armour with interior detail ? Turret baskets, ammo bins etc

[rickshaw]

Shame.  IIRC they were very advanced for their day with full interior details.  It would have been a good basis for the resurgence of interest in 1/48 armour.

Was it also Bandai (or possibly Nitto) who did 1/76 armour with interior detail ? Turret baskets, ammo bins etc

Nitto did them in 1/72.  They were lovely models as well.  I used to leave a lot of the interior detail when I used them wargaming.  They were much better looking than the comparable Airfix or other companies' products.  Their Panzer IV was a work of art.