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Old 02-17-2012 | 03:45 AM
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WhiteWolf McBride
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Default RE: RC military trucks

Guys...

Robbe makes a MAN 630 transport, and a MILGL 7t transport, but both are 1 14.5 scale. The 630 is the one seen in the X-Files Season 2, Ep. 1 " Little Green Men " Mulder goes to the Aricebo Antenna at Senator Matheson's urging, and the Blue Beret UFO retrieval team is seen arriving in the 630. The 630 is only a 4x4, and only place I could see a price was Westbourne Model in the UK, at 470 UKP. The MILGL 7t transport is a 6x6, but its pricey: RC4WD has it at $930!

I've also seen various sellers of MAN SX2000 & MAN KAT cabs (they are comparable to the Oshkosh HEMTT) in scales 1/12, 1/14 & 1/16, designed to fit Tamiya, Robbe, and various crawler chassis. These are designed to be used for 6x6 or 8x8 chassis. Lowest price is about $80, and thats a plain cab, no detailing like mirrors, wipers, etc. A full-up detailed one would be about $400, or so I was quoted.

As the other truck site that has the Faun tank transporter, thats probably [link=http://www.sonderfahrzeug-modellbau.de/]Peter Mueller's site[/link] and his stuff is ~gorgeous but pricey as well. My dream-truck is his 1/16 Faun SLT 50-2 'Elefant' transporter w/ trailer, at 2,370 Euro w/ VAT (we in NA dun pay VAT, so write off 19% = still 1,872.30 Euro!)

AFV-Model also has a cab or two, as does Andreas Hafner, whom I bought my upgrade parts for my Panther kit (its advertised as an 8x8, but the kit is an 8x2, depressingly enough!)

Mebbe Tamiya will listen, and give us a 1/16 scale cab... or one of the after-marketers? I'd love a decent Deuce, M35, or HEMTT cab!

WhiteWolf