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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: CompanyB on 15 July 2012, 03:48:20 PM
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As in the title. I'm working on a few reworkings of some models in our lineup, to include open turrets, interiors, engine compartments, etc.
But is there anything else desperately on people's want lists in 1:56?
WW2 only though. My moderns list is miles long. :D
-Brent
Company B
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anything Sled...
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/52401-1/rusian+atack)
(http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Beachhd_Btlefrnt/Photos/212.jpg)
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We already offer both versions of the Aerosan.
Standard:
(http://035f399.netsolhost.com/Aerosan_sm.jpg)
Armored:
(http://035f399.netsolhost.com/NKL26_display.jpg)
Thought about doing the Passenger "troop" version...Also thought about getting skiers made to hang onto the sides. Need to sell more Aerosans first though :?
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I would like to see a "Hummel Panzerhaubitze" and a "Jagdpanzer Marder III" for the Germans.
The US Army needs a "Pershing" to recreate the epic battle between a German Panther and a Pershing in front of the "Köllner Dom".
Best Regards
Moritz
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Hummel has my vote if enough folks want it! We do have a Panzer IV kit to base it on.
-Brent
Company B
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Not quite WWII, but a 1/56th Crossley Tender would have serious Great war and interwar potential.
I'll buy you a drink - no, wait TWO drinks - at Historicon if you'll make me one. ;)
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Drawing me back into WW1 eh? I will say this... I'm just about done with another master. A 1916 era total complete from scratch our Model T. It's a bit bigger in scale, about 1:52 to take on the larger figures. An it will blow our other offerings on the subject out of the water. I have the say the engine and drivetrain came out very well in the test casts, as did the lettering on the tires ;)
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If you would have a Kickstarter Account I would pay you money for a "Hummel" and if you make the "Hummel" you could make a "Naashorn" without much extra effort as well. :D
Best Regards
Moritz
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Drawing me back into WW1 eh? I will say this... I'm just about done with another master. A 1916 era total complete from scratch our Model T. It's a bit bigger in scale, about 1:52 to take on the larger figures. An it will blow our other offerings on the subject out of the water. I have the say the engine and drivetrain came out very well in the test casts, as did the lettering on the tires ;)
Sounds great. I have the Rolls Royce AC, and that's a lovely bit of kit.
I do need about six 1/56th Crossley tenders, though....
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French stuff:
Laffly trucks, all kinds.
Lorraine Carriers, all kinds.
Gnome Rhone cycles.
Polish stuff:
Vickers E Polish service
Fiat truck Polish service (all kinds of useful for all kinds of stuff)
Ever thought about Huey choppers for Vietnam? Something a little different.
That's all I can think of for now...
:D
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Bedford QL with 6lb portee.
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There seems to be some really obvious stuff missing:
Jagdpanzer IV (L/40 with zimmerit and L/70 without please)
Marder variants ( IIIM please)
Daimler Armoured Car
QLD and QLT trucks
sdkfz251/22
Stug 39H (and other 21st Panzer variants)
Steyr 1500
German horse drawn equipment
... to name a few :)
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British motorcycles; interwar and WWII,in particular a Brough (the motorcycle TE Lawrence rode).
And more British armoured cars.
Please
Guy
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I think WW2 is pretty well served already.
The only things I can think of, off the top of my head, that aren't covered in this scale.
Italian P-40 Medium tank. Limited utility but it seems to be a gamers fave, which is remarkable for an Italian tank.
Steyr ADGZ. Used in the early war period and saw quite a bit of service.
Most of the Czech tanks save the LT-38/Pz-38 The LT-35/ Pz-35 saw service up into 1942 with the Germans. Of course there are also the Czech tanks that saw service with the Slovaks, the Iranians and... Peru. I have some photos of the Peruvian TNH tanks that I took in Callao earlier this year if you were ever interested.
The Marmon-Herrington tankettes. Saw service in the Pacific and lets's face it who wouldn't want a dinky little tank that comes in two versions, a left handed turret and a right handed version. Sell 'em as two packs.
The Soviet Monsters, the SMK and the T-100. Eat yer heart out Maus fans and tremble ye Finns. The fact that a combined total of three examples of the two types were ever built shouldn't put you off, it's never stopped Panzer freaks and at least these saw actual service. Postage would be ugly.
I think the thing that's most missing in WW2 are guns not tanks but then very few ever get fielded.
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I think the thing that's most missing in WW2 are guns not tanks but then very few ever get fielded.
agreed, and on that note i'd like to see this one :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannone_da_47/32_M35
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Field guns are an idea. I did sculpt a 1 pounder pompom for a client in 28mm awhile back. Small and cheap to produce compared to tanks. Motorcycles....hmmmm. I could easily get the wire wheels in 3D, then sculpt the rest. Interesting idea.
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an M-26 Pershing ?
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Selfishly, I would like to see earlier variants of the Vickers tanks (Mk 3, IIRC) for my Union Defence Force in East Africa.
Not tanks (as per OP) but:
BA-10?
Steyr staff cars?
Kruppe Protze?
CMP trucks?
Ford civilian-pattern trucks (these or variations made under licence)?
Ford/GAZ-AA and AAA?
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Not a tank, but a Katyusha would be nice.
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British motorcycles; interwar and WWII,in particular a Brough (the motorcycle TE Lawrence rode).
Bikes, bikes bikes. Rudges, Triumphs, Early Beemers.
The Wolf is correct - except for the Morris Minor where he is wrong. Brake drums as small as a terrier's kneecap.
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"QLD and QLT trucks"
Shaun at S&S has a QLD he'll cast up if you ask nicely.
"German horse drawn equipment"
Redoubt Zulu general service wagons, ACW artillery horses, mounted Germans from Crusader. Some wire loops, bit of tinfoil moulded as a tarp. Resin sidkufizz riders as extra drivers. Problem solved.
But seriously, how many people are bonkers enough to be doing the integral transport? ;) I got enough flack for pitching the idea that the drivers have rifles and they should be included in the platoon sizings because.. well... when the shooting starts a man with a rifle is a man with a rifle...
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Because I want German carts and wagons as debris and cover all over my battlefields (as they were) and they look very specific!
Colonial wagons for this period give em the heebie-jeebies! It's like using FT17s as Panzer Is. :D
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Not quite WWII, but a 1/56th Crossley Tender would have serious Great war and interwar potential.
I'll buy you a drink - no, wait TWO drinks - at Historicon if you'll make me one. ;)
Have you looked at the RR tender?
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WW1 Lanchester Armored Car
WW1 trucks and support vehicles -- all nations
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Didn't Britannia or Scheltrum or somebody do a German GS wagon and/ or a field kitchen for 28mm figures? I'm damn sure someone did.
1/56 Crossley? When the world is flooded with cheap, beautifully cast LLedo Crossleys that scale well with 28mm figures?
Keith, if you are desperate for a Daimler, don't turn your nose up at the ancient Dinky diecast. It's pretty much spot on in terms of scale and accuracy of the casting and they are cheap and plentiful.
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Didn't Britannia or Scheltrum or somebody do a German GS wagon and/ or a field kitchen for 28mm figures? I'm damn sure someone did.
Keith, if you are desperate for a Daimler, don't turn your nose up at the ancient Dinky diecast. It's pretty much spot on in terms of scale and accuracy of the casting and they are cheap and plentiful.
I think Bolt Action or someone even sold it for a while ... I'd love to grab one if I ever find one.
I think the Dinky would be fine, just needs surface detail and new wheels. Would certainly be passable.
I must admit though, having got seriously back into my 28mm WW2 vehicles recently, I'm less inclined to 'make do and mend'. The latest generation of 28mm vehicle kits put a lot of what was available several years back to shame. It gives me hope that eventually a lot more ground will be covered to the same standard.
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Didn't Britannia or Scheltrum or somebody do a German GS wagon and/ or a field kitchen for 28mm figures? I'm damn sure someone did.
1/56 Crossley? When the world is flooded with cheap, beautifully cast LLedo Crossleys that scale well with 28mm figures?
Keith, if you are desperate for a Daimler, don't turn your nose up at the ancient Dinky diecast. It's pretty much spot on in terms of scale and accuracy of the casting and they are cheap and plentiful.
Regiment Games:
http://regimentgames.com/
Cheers,
Helen
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Brummbar would be nice, I don't think anybody does one
The 8-rad stummel
A porsche tiger I
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A lot of these suggestions are good. And a lot of the same are Deja Vu, as I've seen the masters for a lot of these as well (even the first casts! (not ours though) I can't remember who is planning to offer them though.
I've seen these and know that there are masters out there for:
BA-10
The 8-rad stummel
WW1 Lanchester Armored Car
Kruppe Protze
Ford civilian-pattern trucks ( I have 4 or 5 Resin/metal Zis trucks in 1:56 I traded from somewhere. Maybe it's unreleased)
Daimler Armoured Car
Marder III
sdkfz251/22
Bedford QL with alb porter
PanzerJager I
Panzer I Bison
I probably should post my 1:56 unbuilt kit, willing to trade list. It would take me a few days to compile it though.
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I probably should post my 1:56 unbuilt kit, willing to trade list. It would take me a few days to compile it though.
Yes, you should :)
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A lot of these suggestions are good. And a lot of the same are Deja Vu, as I've seen the masters for a lot of these as well (even the first casts! (not ours though) I can't remember who is planning to offer them though.
I've seen these and know that there are masters out there for:
BA-10
The 8-rad stummel
WW1 Lanchester Armored Car
Kruppe Protze
Ford civilian-pattern trucks ( I have 4 or 5 Resin/metal Zis trucks in 1:56 I traded from somewhere. Maybe it's unreleased)
Daimler Armoured Car
Marder III
sdkfz251/22
Bedford QL with alb porter
PanzerJager I
Panzer I Bison
I probably should post my 1:56 unbuilt kit, willing to trade list. It would take me a few days to compile it though.
Old Glory do the Lanchester.
JTFM has 2 versions of the 8 rad stummel on their list along with a Marder and the Sdkfz251/22. The half track is being remastered, suggesting an earlier iteration already out there, presumably either from the former NZ crowd or Ian Crouch. They already make the Krupp Protze.
I think Bolt Action do a PzJg I it may have been ex-Chieftain/ Ian Crouch, they bought up much of his early war stuff. They make a Protze too IIRC.
Force of Arms make a BA-6, which is pretty much a BA-10 and for the purist a turret swap is an option, commerical examples do exist. FoA also make Gaz AAs
Lledo do Ford Model A trucks that are essentially identical to the Gaz versions (it was a licensed copy)
Bedford QLs are available from Corgi. Expensive and 1/50. I suspect you are right about the others. As I said WW2 is a genre that's pretty well covered, for vehicles.
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British Tankers in Pixie Suits, would work for practically everything in NWE WWII.
Huey D's for 'Nam
Steering rigs for British WW1 MkI tanks
Conversion kits for WW1 Model T's (stretcher bearing rigs, Water tanks, pigeon lofts, Lewis AA mounts etc.)
Modern British, WMIKs, Jackals, Vikings etc.
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"Colonial wagons for this period give em the heebie-jeebies! It's like using FT17s as Panzer Is."
I sort of thought that until I started looking at the contemporary photos -- while there's a definitely "modern" wagons (metal road wheels with tyres), there's also a lot of random wooden farm wagons with big spoked wheels that look like they fell out of the Wild West and got painted cammo.
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http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=152124
Aaah - bliss :D
My favourites in particular are those with the pneumatic tyres and pressed steel bodies. They share lots of design cues with things like the pak36.
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Carlos --
The OG Lanchester is 1/48 scale. I had one, and an OG Austin, but sold both because they didn't match up with 1/56 vehicles.
CoB made a 1/56 Austin. Now I'm hoping for a 1/56 Lanchester.
Chuck
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1/56 Crossley? When the world is flooded with cheap, beautifully cast LLedo Crossleys that scale well with 28mm figures?
They're okay. I'd prefer an actual 1/56th version, though.
Have you looked at the RR tender?
I have, yes. It's very nice indeed. But I need at least six of these:
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff46/displacedcorkman/FuneralofMajorHolmesRICkilledinambu.jpg)
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You're in luck. crossley has just been green lighted. probably a mixture of 3D and regular sculpting. I always go 3D on spoked wheels now, unless it's a towed arty piece.
So, you want the bonnet removable so you can tune the 1/56 engine or install a turbo?
If possible, I'll see if we can do some pieces modular for alternate backs. it will be a good transition, as I'm just finishing our remastered model T touring car.
Brent
companyB
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How about the US T-28 superheavy TD? Why should the Germans get all the heavy metal??
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/T-28-1.jpg)
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*shivers* god I've always thought that...that...thing to be more disgusting than than Christian Bales acting ability.
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How about the US T-28 superheavy TD? Why should the Germans get all the heavy metal??
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/T-28-1.jpg)
And the M27!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/T20E3.jpg)
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I would like to see some attention given to some interwar vehicles that saw light of day during WW2. In particular, the Dutch, Belgian and notwithstanding a Type 92 combat car.
Cheers,
Helen
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I would like to see the Churchill Bridgelayer and the sherman V with crab mine flail.
Also interesting is the German Bergepanther and the German PzIV Bridgelayer.
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Our Bergepanzer III master is already with JTFM :D
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Our Bergepanzer III master is already with JTFM :D
And the Bridgelayer?????