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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Heisler on 25 July 2017, 02:43:34 PM
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I purchased three of the new Rubicon Jeep kit, one American and two British. I built the American version first as I needed a generic recon jeep. The same jeep sprues are found in both kits, the only difference is the crews. Four GIs in the American kit, and 2 LRDG and 2 SAS/Airborne crews in the British kit. I found these to be quick and straight forward builds and probably didn't take any more time to build these than a resin kit. Well worth the money I really recommend these.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cG9eAjvJO9B2RcTBUAA7u22jdBcumjQGbhODaxUNFH2StH4OjuOXE3zb07Ftag9MvZYMvLgENQL7IHTvZBbV5tuoxdSYsaDSOyAj3G645A5TMjbuQZHAf1TYld456HD79rvCkThJChtaCnSuDg_pA095gfxbQevDI6l--EEnyRx7UpNX3hv0-fsQis0RkZbuyrk8JvKIFVd45-vyV2yETwgjCJS8BdVnU5PxdXJSi_ye8HQeN8bBo5qi11sbzFlc-SKGX53NkenpiWfOK0TKyOupzjgVpq2juKDkTZPP0TyiwWmm41wBuPve9ebmVr5PYfl7oZPvDl6JlDsAJIMNNlXvWwIveFBrQn6rtscj92OfTbTg94OASownPN5HloiHPuqyNZ6rdegVkxvJYo3UBOGweVQrfcrhU0oOs0O398ocVsgN56selNHKb9itvTLK7_A6JYRzsUjJEAmSfIDBo656y4M71GGfaSmac1VP5s8iFlpApBCA5BjW7QD65s_ql7UaHFqV0xc5jR1SyEcdd2PMx-Ffs39sSG-mmNaBxqkSP4cbpZmicqmhff7PLxjr5SBCmCmdsqfb39-HOppaNbWvL-vcItYIjCBcM5s1aPzmfTCNcMCLuE5GGg=w1049-h780-no)
There are more pictures and some ramblings about the kits in these two postings on my blog:
http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2017/07/world-war-ii-project-more-jeeps-rubicon.html (http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2017/07/world-war-ii-project-more-jeeps-rubicon.html)
http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2017/07/world-war-ii-project-more-jeeps-rubicon_25.html (http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2017/07/world-war-ii-project-more-jeeps-rubicon_25.html)
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Very nice. I was eyeing off the boxes in a local store yesterday. I like Rubicon's stuff but $34 for a single jeep and $27 for a motorcycle and sidecar is a bit fucking steep.
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Well it does have 871 parts Carlos lol
(I am sticking to my Dixons metal jeeps $18 inc one driver and 30 cal post free!)
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Very nice. I was eyeing off the boxes in a local store yesterday. I like Rubicon's stuff but $34 for a single jeep and $27 for a motorcycle and sidecar is a bit fucking steep.
I know exchange rates are odd, but PSC advertises them for £15 and £12 respectively (no idea what shipping is like).
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Thanks, Heisler.
No transparent parts for the windscreen, then?
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I know exchange rates are odd, but PSC advertises them for £15 and £12 respectively (no idea what shipping is like).
That still works out at the better part of $25 AUD without the postage for the jeep and about $20 for the bike. Definitely cheaper but.....
By comparison, I can get the Tamiya 1/48 bike and sidecar for around $17.
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Ive just made the new BMW R75 M/C and sidecar for the DAK. Lovely little kit. Fiddly, but extremely well designed and with some nice options...
The jeep looks good too.
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Very nice. I was eyeing off the boxes in a local store yesterday. I like Rubicon's stuff but $34 for a single jeep and $27 for a motorcycle and sidecar is a bit fucking steep.
Pricing is hard. The jeeps are $24 in the US and most of the resin/metal jeeps available are at least $20 so its a good price from my standpoint.
Thanks, Heisler.
No transparent parts for the windscreen, then?
Afraid not. :(
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I just bought two from Caliver books for £13.50 each. They're lovely little models and I'm a big fan of Rubicon in general. Tho gotta say those crewmen look really small compared to my 28mm US Army troops
EC
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Yes, like the Perry N Africa range, the Rubicon figures are true 1/56 scale, so they will look very slight alongside chunky 28mm metals. Very good match for the Perry range though. I'm hybridising the Rubicon DAK m/c and sidecar riders with some Perry DAK components. Works a treat :)
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I'm hybridising the Rubicon DAK m/c and sidecar riders with some Perry DAK components. Works a treat :)
This I would love to see - I got a couple of the Rubicon bikes last week, very nice they are too. I believe a Kettenkrad is in the works also.
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I believe a Kettenkrad is in the works also.
Yup, development thread here: http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=478.0 (http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=478.0)
(http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/SdKfz%202/SdKfz%202%20TS1%20Plastic%20161021-01_zpscwcetmqz.jpg)
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That still works out at the better part of $25 AUD without the postage for the jeep and about $20 for the bike. Definitely cheaper but.....
Assumptions make an ...
Sorry, wrong Thaler.
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They look nice, but now I have seen the price for the jeep/sidecar etc, they do seem way too expensive. Maybe they could have done boxes with 2 or 3 in to reduce cost per vehicle?
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They look nice, but now I have seen the price for the jeep/sidecar etc, they do seem way too expensive. Maybe they could have done boxes with 2 or 3 in to reduce cost per vehicle?
The prices depends on where you are.
PSC do multi-box deals, reducing the the price to £13.33 each for the jeeps and £10.66 each for the bikes.
Other deals are available.
Admittedly exchange rates are an issue elsewhere (and are based on the golden - or at least not toilet paper - days of Sterling).