Small Scale Military Headquarters

What do you want to see more of in 1/32? Do you want more planes to be released, more tanks, or more soldiers?

I would like to see modern jet fighters.

Some twin engined birds.

MI-24 Hind, Pave Low III.

Twins! P-38 lightning, Mosquito, maybe an ME-410 or dare I say it, Tigercat.

Really, more planes need to be made. We've got a wide diversity of tanks (save for a few obvious choices) but there are still many planes that need to be made, including more from the modern jet and WWII twin-engine category.

The only problem with wishing like this is that our best chance for an affordable 1:32 plane of any type comes from BBI, and we know what they are like. With 21c in the financial hole, there is no telling which way it will ultimately go and they were our best source. FOV is too chancy.

I'm with a couple of guys here. I want to see twin engine planes more than anything.

Though any warbird that's not a re-paint is fine with me. The more the better.

A lot of large planes, jets, and helicopters I think are possible in this scale.

I say bring on the jets and twin engine birds!

I think BBI will find the 1/32 niche is a great new market, especially if they are the only game in town with 21C a big question mark. Wouldn't it be cool if they beat 21C to the punch with a B-25, albeit in a smaller scale?

I think that there is room in AFVs and soft skin vehicles still. We still have no Russian or British armor, only one armored car and someday that has to be addressed by someone somewhere...

olifant wrote:I say bring on the jets and twin engine birds!

I think that there is room in AFVs and soft skin vehicles still. We still have no Russian or British armor, only one armored car and someday that has to be addressed by someone somewhere...

YESYESYESYESYES!!! We need Russian stuff...Tanks, trucks, planes, soldiers...

There are alot more tanks,vehicles, that 21st could do and soldiers. I would also like to see more aircraft especially a twin engine.

Twin engine planes...yes, but I think the more engines the better. Heavy bombers would fit nicely in the 1/18 scale size boxes...now that would be cool.

I don't have room for any 1:32 planes and not much more room for 1:32 tanks... I still haven't figured out where I'm going to fit the new Ferdinand.

I'd like to see some good 1:32 Allied infantry though. I have all of what Dragon has to offer... but you know Dragon! They're all Germans. I have the five pewter soldiers by Forces of Valor, but their plastic soldiers really, really suck.

I'll be honest, I'm up for all of the above, but modern. I'd like to see more modern era and cold war items. T-55's, Leopards, M939's, all sorts of M-113 variants, same with HMMWV's lot's of variants to choose from, and helicopters. I like FOV's helicopters, but wish they were in 1:32 to go with the rest of my forces. I suppose I could just get them and suspend them farther away and use the smaller size to make them appear even further... Like the kitchen maybe?

MV

Ruger wrote:all sorts of M-113 variants, same with HMMWV's
MV

We do have a couple of M-113 variants: the 21c M113A1 and the Improved TOW vehicle made by FOV. I think FOV might have also made a more standard version of the M113A2/A3 as well. I've only seen pictures.

As for the Hummers, BBI does not really have much variety, but there are a couple slightly different vehicles: one with a TOW launcher and another with a mount for a 40mm grenade launcher or .50 cal.

tmanthegreat wrote: We do have a couple of M-113 variants: the 21c M113A1 and the Improved TOW vehicle made by FOV. I think FOV might have also made a more standard version of the M113A2/A3 as well. I've only seen pictures.

I missed out on the 21st M-113. I put it back on the shelf of a WM in PA, thinking it just wasn't worth spending limited vacation money on something I could probably get back home. I haven't seen one since. I have the M-901, but I really wish there were more. I can't believe that FOV hasn't made better use of that mold. I can somewhat understand 21st, as they stick more to WWII, but FOV should crank out a new M-113 every quarter.

I have several FOV HMMWV's, one that offers the option of .30, .50, or 40mm mounts on the roof, but the desert one only has a TOW, and lord knows I don't need any more of those. I'd like to modify some of mine to something other than TOW's, but that's on the back burner. As it is now, should my forces encounter anything smaller than a T-72, they might as well just send a guy with an M-16, as everything else is a bit over gunned for small soft-skinned vehicles. Maybe the Bradley's chain gun, I suppose that would work.

And while we're on the subject, can someone at FOV some sort of anti-aircraft solution for the US Army, our own pentagon seems to be a bit remiss in this...

MV

aktiger wrote:Twin engine planes...yes, but I think the more engines the better. Heavy bombers would fit nicely in the 1/18 scale size boxes...now that would be cool.

You're right. I've mentioned it elsewhere here, but thought perhaps I was dreaming a little too big. That would totally awesome!
A four engine bomber in that scale, I would be absolutely giddy with excitement.

Vehicles other than tanks (trucks, armored cars)

The inglorious heros of every war. That's what we need more of.

You can find all kinds of 1/32 aircraft and figures out there. (you will have to assemble and paint them) 21stC and FOV have plugged the hole for tanks.

Now we need the support equipment!

Definitely could use some Soviet WWII armor. I proposed the ideas to them FoV already, but they said they'll keep them for "future projects." IS-2, ISU-152, and T-34/76. For modern stuff, a Leopard 2A4 would be awesome, and...modern US Anti-Aircraft? How about and Avenger...or a Linebacker . Those would be easily made on pre-existing molds, and would look great too.

tyconut wrote:

Vehicles other than tanks (trucks, armored cars)

The inglorious heros of every war. That's what we need more of.

You can find all kinds of 1/32 aircraft and figures out there. (you will have to assemble and paint them) 21stC and FOV have plugged the hole for tanks.

Now we need the support equipment!

Amen! I'm not a plane guy so for me it's either soldiers or support vehicles...

Jets! Jets! Jets!

(No, I'm not referring to Favre)

Dauntless wrote:

aktiger wrote:Twin engine planes...yes, but I think the more engines the better. Heavy bombers would fit nicely in the 1/18 scale size boxes...now that would be cool.

You're right. I've mentioned it elsewhere here, but thought perhaps I was dreaming a little too big. That would totally awesome!
A four engine bomber in that scale, I would be absolutely giddy with excitement.

Don't get too excited as I doubt we will see four engine bombers in 1/32 for some time. Maybe BBI will go on a limb and make a P-38 though. I think they are the future of the hobby so open your wallets at $45 a pop gentlemen!

A P--38 would be a good start into the 1:32 twin engine realm. It's not a B-25 but I would definitely buy it.

Twins and some WW1!

Was thinking about the WWII Pacific Theater single engine Navy planes we don't have in 1:32 yet that have been made in 1:18:

TBF Avenger
F6F Hellcat

Also lots of Japanese single engine planes, but the two I would most want are:

Kate Torpedo Bomber
Val Dive Bomber

Twin engine planes or Russian and British armor.

Mark