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Light Tanks of WW II
Posted by MADDMEDIC89 on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 6:53 PM

need a little help guys , planning a dio of all 5 superpowers of ww II, need help trying to locate the light tanks for the time.  also waht scale do u like  the best  1/74 or 1/48.  thanks

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  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 6:39 AM

Of the two scales you list, 1/74 does not exist as a tank model scale, perhaps you mean 1/72 or 1/76 scale? There are several light tanks available in both scales. It all depends on which scale you chose and what quality kit. Most of the light tanks in 1/72-1/76 are 30+ years old.

1/48 scale is very limited in range. I believe there is a single WW2 light tank model kit in this scale currently available in injection plastic, the Tamiya Panzer II.

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  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 7:00 AM

Here are the current light tank kits:

Italeri Panzer I: http://www.onthewaymodels.com/reviews/Italeri/Pz1Bprev.htm
Mirage makes a fairly comprehensive line of M3 Stuart tanks: http://www.mirage-hobby.com.pl/
Dragon makes the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=DR60428
JB Models makes a really neat Vickers light tank, but it is 1/76: http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=JB1009
And UM makes the Soviet T-70 & T-80 light tanks: http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=UM0307
http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=UM0306

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  • From: The Bluegrass State
Posted by EasyMike on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 8:04 AM

MADDMEDIC89
...also waht scale do u like  the best  1/74 or 1/48...

For armor, I don't build anything but 1/35th, but that's not the point.  Scales are a personal choice.  Build in the scale you like.

Smile

 

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 9:24 AM

And if I may point out that a light tank in 72/76 scale is going to be tiny. Which would be good as you're doing a collection but I find it hard to work with something that small.

There are kits in 1/35th from Academy, AFV Club, and several older kits from Tamiya of the US M3/M5 Staurt light tank. I'm not sure if there is anything in 1/72-76 and 1/48 or not.

The M24 Chaffee light tank has an older 1/35th model from Italeri and one in 1/76th from Revell/Germany.

 

If you're doing a large collection Roco used to do a series of tanks and other military hardware in 1/87th (HO railroad scale) but after a quick websearch it looks like much of the models are out-of-production now.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 9:51 AM

EasyMike

 MADDMEDIC89:
...also waht scale do u like  the best  1/74 or 1/48...

For armor, I don't build anything but 1/35th, but that's not the point.  Scales are a personal choice.  Build in the scale you like.

Smile

 

Yes, scale is a personal choice, but in 1/48 scale, you can't even get out the starting gate in this instance.

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