Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hi, anyone know the scale of an other model kit? 1966 Eager Beaver combat series. It's an truck model. thanks again. bandit

* I'm pretty sure it's 1/24 , if I'm not mistaken.


- Mitch v MG

It's 1/35 and very old. It was first issued in 1957! More of a collectors item now.

7rounds wrote:It's 1/35 and very old. It was first issued in 1957! More of a collectors item now.

Correct. The eager Beaver is actually a M34 I think as it has single rear wheels as opposed to dual like on the M35. I think the later boxes from the late 70`s sold it as a M35.

Revell is slowly reissuing Monogram vehicle with the Lee and Hedgehog Sherman so far. It would be nice to see them reissue the Eager Beaver, as it was a simple and robust model with many working features.

There is a cool book about the history of Monogram. Nice to have if you like the old Monogram stuff...

http://www.amazon.com/Monogram-Models-S ... 681&sr=8-1

TJ

thanks all.

When it came out, it was marked as 1/32. A later packaging had it as 1/35.
If anybody has one, post the length and I'll check it out.

Just off hand, it is much smaller than the 1:32 FOV CCKW so my guess, as I always thought, is that it is 1:35.

The Monogram book lists the first 1:32 military vehicle as a PZKW IV in 1970. They did a snap together half track and jeep in 1:32 back in 1976, which I never heard of. The Patton, Cargo truck, M29 Weasel, Jeep and 37 mm gun and the two halftracks were 1:35. They also did a Patton and a Tiger I in 1:48 snaptogether.

The Tanks and armored cars which followed were all 1:32. The book I have has limited images of the box art, but the few shots of the early MVs does not show a scale(at least on the front or top) but they were listed as 1:35 on the production specs also published in the book.

TJ