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Author Topic: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale  (Read 1737 times)

Offline Heisler

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Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« on: July 25, 2017, 01:43:34 PM »
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
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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2017, 10:37:29 PM »
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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Offline Truscott Trotter

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2017, 02:04:07 AM »
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!)
« Last Edit: July 26, 2017, 02:07:16 AM by Truscott Trotter »

Online Ultravanillasmurf

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2017, 08:48:42 AM »
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).

Offline Steve F

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2017, 09:00:05 AM »
Thanks, Heisler.

No transparent parts for the windscreen, then?

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2017, 09:04:22 AM »
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.

Online Captain Blood

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2017, 09:05:38 AM »
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.

Offline Heisler

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2017, 02:22:23 PM »
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.  :(

Offline Eclaireur

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2017, 04:14:27 PM »
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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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2017, 07:58:05 PM »
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 :)

Offline Iain

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2017, 09:23:57 PM »
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.

Online Ultravanillasmurf

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2017, 06:55:56 AM »
I believe a Kettenkrad is in the works also.
Yup, development thread here: http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=478.0

« Last Edit: July 27, 2017, 07:00:20 AM by Ultravanillasmurf »

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2017, 06:58:35 AM »
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 ...
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Offline ork56

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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2017, 05:17:31 PM »
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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Re: Rubicon WWII Jeep Kit 1/56th Scale
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2017, 06:04:18 PM »
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).

 

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