M42 from AFV Club coming soon?

Some great stuff! That M42 looks like a beauty! But Trumpter has some kits coming out that I really would enjoy as well.... Thanks for the links

I agree Stik!  I want to get that AFV 231 kit and GMC 40mm from Hobby Boss too... jeez!  So many good stuff coming out... I don't think I will get something from Dragon... a surprising disappointment for me.  Maybe that Sig 33... not too sure.

I just looked up the M42 Duster because I wasn't really familiar with it... decided I have to build one as my next kit, really cool and something not WW2. How's the Tamiya kit? Looking at the pricing I can tell it's one of their older kits, which I don't mind. I'm on a budget too, AFV Club will be out of my range. I like the older Tamiya kits since they're simple enough that I can work them into my schedule, so worth the $23 and commitment of my precious modeling time?

(I really, really want to do a nice AFV Club kit, they look nice... but I simply can't justify the price.)

The Tamiya one is one of their old, '70s era kits.  OOB it is very poorly detailed and lacks a lot.  It can be upgraded and reworked though.  I did one a while ago and updated it with new tracks and running gear from AFV Club, reworked the barrels, hatches, air filters, gun breeches, etc., etc., etc.  It was a bunch of work, but came out pretty well, if I don't say so myself.

If I were to build another, I would wait for the AFV Club kit myself though.

Fascinating. What a detail gem, Gino. Certainly the right subject for that, like a Marder.

So that led to a little reading and I learned a bunch. I remember reading abt. the Duster from Viet Nam being used as a base defense weapon. Wiki suggests it "mowed down mass infantry charges" which I doubt much happened, but certainly formidable running towards a bunch of horizontal flak.

The ones in Euro and Mid East service look to have very complicated muzzle brakes.

Did the M75 APC ever see much service?

Always a pleasure reading about what you guys are interested in.

Gino- Great work on that old Tamiya Duster!   I had that old kit in my hands twice and looked at it very closely... I had to walk away because it just looked way too old.  Tools were molded to the hull I recall. 

Can't wait to buy the new kit as soon as it comes out!

Molded tools are a deal breaker, thanks for the info guys.

Oh yeah, the old Tamiya kit is as mean as a junkyard dog. I'm morking on it since four years now and I still wonder what happens first - can I finish my model or wil AFV finally cough out that new Duster. And I don't know what I'll do when they can do it first!

For a detailed list of changes you need to do, to make Tamiya accurate and a set of scale plans of the duster, please visit my web page:

www.vietnam.net.pl/M42moden.htm

Hope it helps, have a nice day

Paweł

The Tamiya kit is on par with its' Tamiya contemporaries such as M41 Bulldog, M3 Stuart, and Panzer V Panther A. But as shown by Gino, can be made into a real gem of a kit using various accessories. AFV Club makes replacement suspension and tracks. Molded on tools can be replaced by the set from Academy, Eduard makes a PE sent to replace such things as stowage boxes, gun shields, sights, etc. I have all of them for my Tamiya Duster and hopefully one day soon will tackle it. It will not be overly difficult I think, just involved and time consuming.

But Pawel, since AFV is now showing box art and actual kit sprues, I think they may have their Duster released before your M42 is completed...

Stik- Maybe we should make a bet... who will come out with M42 first?  You or AFV... I am going to root for you.  Let's say a case of is the prize...

Like you said, AFV is showing actual kit sprues so it could be any time soon.  So you better hurry, buddy!

I wont even be touching mine this year my freind My goal this year was to clean up as many of the partial builds as I could this year. throw in a move, death in the family, etc and while I have made a good dent in the back log, there is still a ways to go!