Poll: What is the next most important piece of 1/18 armour?
Poll: What is the next most important piece of 1/18 armour?
Speaking hypothetically here but maybe after the KT and 88 we will see more 1/18 armour. I imagine we will and maybe a poll like this will be useful to 21c in guiding future product development. At any rate, it's kinda fun.
I've listed what i think are probably the most likely candidates and what are, at this point, the most important vehicles to be made.
So: What is the next most important piece of 1/18 armour that should be made?
I've listed what i think are probably the most likely candidates and what are, at this point, the most important vehicles to be made.
So: What is the next most important piece of 1/18 armour that should be made?
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I know everyone and their brother wil clamor for a T-34. But, I took Priest because I had more fun playing it on Battle Field 1942 than any other piece of armor on the list.
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Why is the 8-ton prime mover considered an armor?
Imagine you're a German infantry on the Eastern Front in the spring of 1944.....
Suddenly, over the horizon, you see 20-30 T-34s with supporting infantry charging your position.
So you called in for support. HQ replied, "You will have armor support in 10 minutes...hold your positions!!"
So you and the rest of your men, manning anti-tank guns, and hand-held weapons, held of charge after charge....but without armor, you will be overrun in the next assault.
Suddenly, one of your men yelled, "Look! our armor support has come!"
You looked back, expecting Stugs, Tigers, Panthers, or even Panzers...
But what you saw was....a platoon of 8-ton prime movers....that's it.
So no.....I don't think you'd wanna classify them as armor...
(same thing with half tracks)
Imagine you're a German infantry on the Eastern Front in the spring of 1944.....
Suddenly, over the horizon, you see 20-30 T-34s with supporting infantry charging your position.
So you called in for support. HQ replied, "You will have armor support in 10 minutes...hold your positions!!"
So you and the rest of your men, manning anti-tank guns, and hand-held weapons, held of charge after charge....but without armor, you will be overrun in the next assault.
Suddenly, one of your men yelled, "Look! our armor support has come!"
You looked back, expecting Stugs, Tigers, Panthers, or even Panzers...
But what you saw was....a platoon of 8-ton prime movers....that's it.
So no.....I don't think you'd wanna classify them as armor...
(same thing with half tracks)
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I think IF we get WWII Russians we need some ground armor, a couple of aircraft’s and troops, I think it would be a big investment for 21st to make them but I think they will sell well.
The tooling cost would be around one or two million US dollars for 21st to make a complete WWII Russian ground and aircraft with figures.
The tooling cost would be around one or two million US dollars for 21st to make a complete WWII Russian ground and aircraft with figures.
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WOW, I'm really surprised (and encouraged) that the T-34 has jumped out in the lead. Personally I would just LOVE to see a T-34, or any Soviet tank for that matter, but I've floated this idea before and the response was rather ho-hum as I recall. So, you guys would really like to see a T-34 eh?? Well... which model?? Personally I'd like a late war type with the 85mm gun, what do you guys think??
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I'm not disputing your estimate but on what do you base that figure on?? Just curious.The tooling cost would be around one or two million US dollars for 21st to make a complete WWII Russian ground and aircraft with figures.
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My vote, within this selection, goes to the T-34 as well. I don't get why manufacturers ignore russian armor/vehicles/planes. I guess they don't appeal to the vast majority yet they have some nice, sometimes funky, designs. I must say though that i would LOVE a jagdpanther in 1:18, which, IMHO, is one of the best looking pieces of armor ever made.
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Re: Poll: What is the next most important piece of 1/18 arm
I want to vote for "None of the above". Where is the modern armour?aferguson wrote:
I've listed what i think are probably the most likely candidates and what are, at this point, the most important vehicles to be made.
So: What is the next most important piece of 1/18 armour that should be made?
In the four years or so I've been collecting 1/18th, I have seen a grand total of 1 M1 Abrams, 1 M60, 1 LAV-25, 2 r/c M113s (one desert, one black & green) and 3 Motorcycles. That's spread over TRU & WallyWorld in the States, and the one shop I have been to in the UK that sells any BBI or C21 that isn't either a figure, a Spitfire or an Me-109. (And I know of only THREE over here that sell any BBI & C21 at all!)
Also, who invented the things in the first place? I can't help noticing a distinct lack of any British armour on there - except the Firefly, that is. And even that's not a true British tank, just an American one with a decent turret and gun. Bearing in mind how many people are screaming for an A10, you can't claim to discriminate on grounds of appearance.
So I'd like to add the Challenger 1 & 2, Chieftan, Warrior MICV, CVR(T) family (Scorpion, Scimitar, Striker, Stormer) and the MP90 artillery piece...