Military Model Question

[Joe Handley]

One of the parts guy from a local Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge dealer and a member of a local Jeep forum just picked up a '71 AM General M35A2 and when I talked to him last monday he asked if I knew of any kits that were offered. All I could find a 1/72 Academy M35 kit at work and he came by and bought it today to build and paint up like he wants to refinish his in the future. Last night he sent me the below link in a PM, it's a 1/14 scale RC M35A2 that looks to be built off of Tamiya's 1/10 scale Highlift chassis and using Tamiya's 1/10 Humvee wheels on Highlift tires.

Does anybody know of a premade plastic body in that scale from Bruder or 21st Century Soldier? Another Jeep Club member who's also the SCRC president wants one in this scale too.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8cf04b3...3D550/ry%3D400/

[Dragon7665]

Joe,

The problem with a Military RC Replica Builder, is in most cases they will scratchbuild the body his/herself(In this case he is a South Korean Replica Builder).... I've met quite a few Die-Hard Military Modelers/RC Modelers, and all of them were quite capable of building exactly what they wanted, usually only for them......

Here's his page:

http://www.youtube.com/user/mkgimmsonjin

[Joe Handley]

That's what I was afraid of, Thanks Dragon.

[Dragon7665]

NP Joe, Sorry it wasn't the news you hoped for..... Are you looking to do an R/C build too, or were you just wanting a 1/24 or 1/25th scale replica???

I have wanted to build some R/C and Scale replicas for quite sometime, and I have always thought the M35's would one of the easier designs to carve out of foam/etc, then cast a copy out of it in resin or fiberglass..... Mainly for an easier time getting all of the details correct, a 1/10th Scale Body would be the best route for detail transitions(Atleast when it comes to my lower end Hobby Scratchbuilding Skills, but decent fullsize Autobody Skills).....

Don't see why you would have any trouble building one yourself Joe, especially since you could use a High-Lift chassis as a R/C basis, or an Italeri Opel Blitz chassis for a scale build......

[Joe Handley]

Wasn't for me, I was just curious since the dealership parts guy has been looking for M35 models since he now owns the real one I posted the pic of. The other guy is the president of the local r/c crawling club want one, might be because he's a former solder or was just cool looking, I'm not to sure. Both of them and my self happen to be members of the same local Jeep owners club too.