Small Scale Military Headquarters

1 /18 is not dead it has slowed down , way down .

In the few years that I have been building 1/18th stuff interest and pocket books have done an about face.

Prices have doubled and tripled and prices for customs have always been high.

Debating of pricess will always be there . If takes 6 months to a year to build a prototype and put a price tag on a subject that cost hundreds of dollars . It may be cheaper for the collector to build his own . After just a week of building one's own collectable and realizing it will takes months more to build maybe a few hundred dollars may be worth it .

All that BS being said , The Stuart tank has always been popular with so many variations .

The running gear has basicly stayed the same with tiny minor changes and that goes with the lower hull as well.

The main changes have been with the upper hull and turret .

Bristling with many many .30 cals , 37 mm cannon to the open top short barreled howitzer there could be a Stuart for everyone's taste.

So is there interest in a Stuart ?

Est price around $200

Please post if you actually would intend on getting one . Or post not interested .

There was a lot of interest in the Jumbo but once it was made sells did not mimic the interest

Back in 2012 Grunt 1 ran a similar poll .

http://www.warbird-photos.com/gpxd/view ... tuart+tank

I am very interested. I don't know if I could commit 100% yet. To be honest my interest in 1:18 has been declining.

YT wrote:I am very interested. I don't know if I could commit 100% yet. To be honest my interest in 1:18 has been declining.

I hear that more and more often.

One of long time buyers has gotten out of 1/18 and is totaly 1/6 scale now.

voted M5 but would buy any on the list

Very interested in an M-5! It's one of those tanks where one has to ask themselves as to why it was never made in 1:18 - just like the T-34 and King Tiger (not counting Pickehaube's customs). I mean, 21c had a decent 1:6 scale and 1:32 scale M5 Stuart, just seems like they skipped doing one in 1:18 for some reason.

I have been hoping for a Stuart for some time. I can't understand why 21st made a Stuart in every scale they produced but 1/18. I voted for any of them. My order of preference in manufacturing would be. Unfortunately, my available spending money has dropped considerably. It may be awhile before I could afford any of them let alone all.

1.M5
2.M3 Honey
3.M8 SPG
4.M3A1

Pickel, I'd be interested in a Stuart, this a picture of one at the American Armor Museum here on the Island...


...an M5. http://museumofamericanarmor.com/

We've got Shermans, I'd gladly add a 1:18 Stuart to my collection!

Id be interested if i had the cash. The m5 would be cool but what about an m3 recce stuart or a stuart crocodile tank

Not a big armour guy, and only have a Tiger in 1/18.

Stuart seems like an odd choice, but can see it for those that have the other more mainstream tanks.

Not really for me, but again, I am more of a 1/32, 1/35 armour guy.

I'm in for an M5

and I voted

So 9 guys ?

A lot less interest than about 3 years ago or so .

Yes a Stuart could be cool to get. I would be down for 1