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| Subject: | Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. |  |
| Date: | Feb 8, 2006 |
| From: | Peter Ong | |
I'll bite:
* M151 "Sgt Ferry" FAV, quite sad because this is the last of the M151 Fast Attack Vehicle jeeps used up until 1996-1997.
* Kirin's M151 FAV. Now this is an interesting story because Kirin sold the molds and rights to DML and then...and then...and then? (Your guess is as good as mine since DML now does resin and PE accessories, why not remarket this conversion kit as styrene? The Kirin M151 "Super Jeep" FAV kits sell for over $100 USD on eBay now!)
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Then of course there are the lesser-known vehicles. I don't blame a model company for not making these because surely with so few users, a kit wouldn't sell well. But I'll just throw these out anyway.
* Caddy-Gage Stingray I or II Light Tank. (Only the Thai Army uses this one, so I can understand why it won't sell).
* Caddy-Gage Commando Scout (Same story. Only a few countries use it).
* Trailers and fuel tankers (not "sexy" enough so I blame no one here).
* Armored bulldozers (I don't mean the ACE. I mean the D-7 or D-9 and some armored backhoes. Again, not "sexy" enough so I blame no one for not ever making these).
* Armored SUVs and "contractor personnel" wearing photographer vests and jackets.
* 1/35 TV vans and satellite dish trailers (probably better if made in small resin quantities).
* Pandur APC (Actually, no model company has really done 8X8 APCs and 90-105mm, so this is being premature).
* MOWAG Eagle armored Humvee (Only used by Switzerland, but better than the M1114).
* Otokar Cobra armored Humvee (Only used by Turkey, but better than the M1114).
* M-Gator and ATVs (1/48 CH-47 and CH-53s are coming out so perhaps it's better to make these in 1/48 scale. Then again, 1/35 is better for figures too).
* 1/35 modern Artic troops on skis, snowbikes, snow gear, etc.
* Toyota "Technical" pickups (and I don't mean just U.S. Special Forces but also African militia).
* HEMETT fire engine.
* FAV and desert patrol vehicles from G-Wagon to BAT to Flyer to China's dune buggy to 6X6.
* AMOS automatic mortar
* TALON and all those little robotic vehicles running around (figure kits with robot).
* FMTV and MTVR (one can "Guntruck" the MTVR).
* HiMARS (a "wait and see" attitude---one has to make a FMTV first).
* USMC CLAWS (AMRAAMs on a Humvee. It's coming into service).
Just a few thoughts. The M151 FAV should be "hot" though even though the U.S. doesn't use them anymore (but they were used and did see action). A hit against me, but some of the suggestions above I probably wouldn't even buy either if made! (But the post did ask for "vehicles that will never be kitted." Probably a good reason why they never will...heh!). |
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 | Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Paul A. Owen - Feb 7, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Michael Bedard - Feb 7, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Scott Dimmick - Feb 7, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Jim Wechsler - Feb 7, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Scott Dimmick - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Evgeny Grechaniy - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - John Barnes - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Never kitted as injection plastic - Roy Chow - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - John Barnes - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Steve Frost - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Richard Munoz - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Kip Rudge - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Bjorn Tingstadengen - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - James Bilbrey - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Christopher R. Evans - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - frank forster - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Peter Ong - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Another One - Peter Ong - Feb 9, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - frank forster - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Steve Frost - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Dan LeClair - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Dan Cotti-Diaz - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Steve Frost - Feb 9, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Keith Cunliffe - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Mark Robinson - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Jim - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Jim - Feb 8, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Charles Harrison - Feb 9, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - stavros - Feb 9, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Subjects that will NEVER be kitted. - Gerald Owens - Feb 9, 2006 |
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