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General Discussions / Re: Q1/2018???

« on: March 26, 2018, 10:35:09 pm »

Just updated our Release Schedule with the latest info...  No plastic vehicles

Well... I said at the end of November 2017 to my pal: "Don't worry, I won't get Rubicon GAZ-AA & T-26 before September 2018."
Looks I was right again 

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General Discussions / Re: Q1/2018???

« on: March 22, 2018, 09:47:56 pm »

We are not going to release any vehicles this Q1/18, but focus solely on figures - pewter and plastic miniatures!

Okey.
Will you keep update Production Schedule by moving from items from Mould Making onto Quality Control?
http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=211.0

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General Discussions / Re: Q1/2018???

« on: March 22, 2018, 05:42:51 pm »

We can't tell you right now... not because it is a secret, but the Chinese New Year holiday always give us surprises!  We might be able to give you some more info after the holidays, which is the last week of February. 

They didn't say in which year 

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Wish Lists / Re: Two fantastic kit ideas for Rubicon Models -

« on: January 24, 2018, 05:29:40 pm »

Sep 1939 = Germany, Poland, Russia
Nov 1939 = Finland
Apr 1940 = Denmark, Norway, Britain
May 1940 = Belgium, France, Britain
Sep 1940 = Italy (Africa),
Oct 1940 = Italy (Greece)
May 1941 = Handful of Nations (Crete)
Mar 1941 = Germany (Africa)
June 1941 = Germany, Russia, Finland

You should add Japan also. It's pre WWII but can be count as a EW:

Jul - Aug 1938 = Soviet Russia, Japan -> Battle of Lake Khasan -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Khasan
May-Sep 1939 = Soviet Russia, Japan -> Battles of Khalkhin Gol -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol

And we have 11 "major players"

Edit: ultravanillasmurf already mentioned about Soviet–Japanese border conflicts. If we look at East we should mention "Second Sino-Japanese War" too.

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Wish Lists / Re: Two fantastic kit ideas for Rubicon Models -

« on: January 23, 2018, 05:52:21 pm »

@WeRT, sorry, not quite sure what you mean.

Mostly what ripley & Tracks said in his last post.   

When we are talking about "scaled-up PSC kits", we are not saying they took their 1/100 scale (15mm) molds and made 1/56 scale versions of the same exact mold. No, clearly this is not the case because if you look at the sprues - the sprues from the 1/56 Marder III and the sprues from the 15mm Panzer 38t with Marder III option - you will see some similarities of course, but you will also see that they are completely different bits and pieces. They are different kits.

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Wish Lists / Re: Two fantastic kit ideas for Rubicon Models -

« on: January 22, 2018, 09:25:49 pm »

This is an upscaled PSC kit from 1/72 to 1/56... no comments on its quality.

I found somewhere, posted by someone (dunno who), similar note about Warlord Marder III.
As long as I can agree with building cannon and most part of basic superstructure the down hull and section with wheels and tracks is different. They may use SOME parts and up-scaling them but it's not FULLY up-scaled model.

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Wish Lists / Re: More Early War (1939-1940) & Spanish Civil War (1936).

« on: January 22, 2018, 07:04:30 pm »

I suspect Rubicon will look at sales of the T26 to determine how popular early war vehicles are

You are absolutely right.

Not sure the Pz1 has enough appeal to be worth the investment in a plastic kit? Pz II maybe does though, being in use for longer. Could just be bias as I'd buy a few zugs of Rubicon PzIIs! 

I would love to see Pz.II too but... here is a problem:
With Pz.I you can build 4 variants using same suspension and mostly hull. If you release suspension from Pz.I auf.A you can get also Flakpanzer I.
With Panzer II Ausf.C suspension you will get Wespe (which isn't EW but i'm okey with it)
With Panzer II Ausf.D suspension you will get Marder II and Flamingo variant. But not Wespe
And once you'll tell "we're doing Pz.II" people will start asking and moaning about : "LUUUCCHHHHSSSS!!!!" which is totally different story.

For BA game purpose Pz.II is of course better choice. There is no doubt about it.

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Wish Lists / Re: More Early War (1939-1940) & Spanish Civil War (1936).

« on: January 21, 2018, 09:02:11 am »

Whatever will be next I would love to see similar number of variants as we'll get with T-26.

1)
I would love to see "upgrade kit" to create Polish 7TP tank based on Vickers E suspension and same front part of the hull (also the same as T-26). I think all parts you'll need should take no more then 1 sprue. Both variants: with 37mm Bofors gun and twin turret mg's.

2)
Pz.I auf.B with Panzerjäger I, sIG 33 Bison and Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen options. All of them had Pz.I auf.B body and different superstructure.

3)
Because I'm Soviet biased:
Of course once T-26 goes live there is a BIG potential for another soviet kit with less work. Like BT tanks.
BT-2 - will be nice but had different turret & wheels)
BT-5 - same turret as T-26 m1933.
BT-7 - really similar turret (or the same) as T-26 m1938
BT-7A - had T-28 turret with KT-28 gun. So once you made it you have 1 turret variant ready for T-28.
BT-42 - for BA Finland players
There was also BT-4 - same 2 turrets as T-26 m1931 but they stop after 3 prototypes. But hey! We already have turrets from T-26

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Work In Progress / Re: T-26 Soviet Light Infantry Tank - TS1 Assembled 180104

« on: January 21, 2018, 07:17:36 am »

I'm glad I could help you out.

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Work In Progress / Re: T-26 Soviet Light Infantry Tank - TS1 Assembled 180104

« on: January 19, 2018, 07:17:06 pm »

I think it might be a bug...

M1931 had two turrets with DT machine guns.
M1932 had two turrets but one of them had 37mm gun and 2nd had DT mg.



So ... question:
Will you be able to build M1931 variant (2x DT mg's) with single box?