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Rubicon Models => Wish Lists => Topic started by: Nadir_E on February 05, 2021, 12:33:16 am

Title: M48A3 with Options
Post by: Nadir_E on February 05, 2021, 12:33:16 am

Since you've jumped into the Vietnam era, the M48A3 with 90mm gun would be a good companion piece to the proposed M113 kit as well as the proposed (plastic or resin) M551 Sheridan. 

One of the great aspects of your kits are the options you include.  In this case the options could include the following: USMC flame-tank version of the M48A3, the 105mm-gunned M48 that was present in US forces in Europe, and the 105mm-gunned M48 as used by the Israelis (different commander's cupola). 

Not only would an M48 kit enable US Armored Cavalry actions in Vietnam (the Sheridan didn't deploy to Vietnam until 1969), but it would open up the Arab-Israeli wars since you already have (or will soon have) the M113 and the M3 half-track in your line (you could do a bonus sprue with M3 weapons / cargo specific to Israeli use).  Of course adding the Israelis would lead to adding post-war Soviet kits for the Arab forces - but that's another wish-list altogether. ;)

Title: Re: M48A3 with Options
Post by: emmanuel on February 24, 2021, 07:32:14 am

yes IMO a plastic M48 would be great especially if we have the following options on top of the A3 version :

(https://i.postimg.cc/D4kxYQPf/M48-A3-Dozer-Phuoc-Minh-VN69.png) (https://postimg.cc/D4kxYQPf)

M48A5

(https://i.postimg.cc/dZ0tTCg6/M48A5.png) (https://postimg.cc/dZ0tTCg6)
(https://i.postimg.cc/SjCTY5mn/M48-A5-Patton-VN.png) (https://postimg.cc/SjCTY5mn)

(https://i.postimg.cc/Cz0vGNKm/M48-A5-Winter-exercizes.png) (https://postimg.cc/Cz0vGNKm)

and M48A5K (korean)
(https://i.postimg.cc/bdYvMXdn/ROKs-48-A5-K.png) (https://postimg.cc/bdYvMXdn)