Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale

[Heisler]

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.



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_25.html

[carlos marighela]

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.

[Truscott Trotter]

Well it does have 871 parts Carlos  

(I am sticking to my Dixons metal jeeps $18 inc one driver and 30 cal post free!)

[Ultravanillasmurf]

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).

[Steve F]

Thanks, Heisler.

No transparent parts for the windscreen, then?

[carlos marighela]

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.

[Captain Blood]

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.

[Heisler]

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. 

[Eclaireur]

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
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[Captain Blood]

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

[Iain]

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.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I believe a Kettenkrad is in the works also.

Yup, development thread here: http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=478.0

[Ultravanillasmurf]

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.

[ork56]

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?

[Ultravanillasmurf]

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).