US Modern Tankers

BeltFed

Member since
May 2008
From: Budd Lake, New Jersey

US Modern Tankers

Posted by BeltFed on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:00 PM

I am looking for 1/35 scale modern- day US tankers. I kinda want them to be in/ around the hatches, so that rules Alpine's beautiful offerings out. As another ristriction, the figure(s) has/have to be accurate for the Iraq war in 2004. Let me know what you can find!

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camo junkie

Member since
January 2009
From: clinton twp, michigan

Posted by camo junkie on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:20 PM

verlinden makes a few different 1/35 us tankers. alpine makes a few too. i also believe warrior makes some...just look around you'll find them they're all out there...assuming u want them in resin!

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modelchasm

Member since
March 2008
From: East TX

Posted by modelchasm on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:31 PM

I think that you're going to be dead on with those Alpine figs. You also might have some look search ebay with "Hobby Fan".

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stikpusher

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July 2004
From: Sonora Desert

Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:31 PM

I think Trumpeter has a set coming out soon. Or if you can get some torsos with the IBA/OTV and use Dragons older 80s/90s era figure set. They would be good at least thru late 2005 when the ACUs came in to use. The CVC helmets have not changed to my knowledge.

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modelchasm

Member since
March 2008
From: East TX

Posted by modelchasm on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:38 PM

stik is correct. When I was there in 07, our CVCs were just the same ol' thing. The other thing to keep in mind is if they're going to be in the hatches, you're really not going to see much of them anyway. Going with an older kit will most likely save you some cash and they'll be a little easier to get ahold of.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:46 PM

Check out this thread. He lists about all the current AFV crews available.

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Hans von Hammer

Member since
June 2008
From: Iowa

Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:17 AM

Bought a set of Verlinden Tankers from Ebay.. Could only use one in the dio I planned because the other two were modeled with goggles down... Worked out though... I needed the CVC helmets too, so I cut off the heads and drilled the faces out of the helmets...

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