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Wish Lists / Re: US Late Tanks

« on: September 19, 2014, 10:23:13 pm »

We are not saying we are not doing it, but simply not on our priority list.

We started the Rubicon Models project less than a year ago.  Now we have six product codes.  If you have noticed, we don't have any GB vehicles, so we had started doing one right now!  Then there are APCs and soft-skins that we would like to do, plus some recee vehicles too!

From start to finish each project will take an average about 3 months to complete.  Right now, we are working on at least 5... so you can understand how busy we are!

Our WISH LIST is not static, the more people who wanted a particular vehicle, it will move up the list as time goes by...  This is also the key reason for the creation of this forum!  From what we can see right now, the forum is starting to do its job for us.  Hope this will continue as we grow our product line!

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Wish Lists / Re: US Late Tanks

« on: September 18, 2014, 05:06:04 pm »

We might do it, but these are not high on our list, unless we see a lot of requests.  Our design team had been exploring on some alternatives, but still need to experiment and play around with the idea.  So there are no solid confirmation.

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Wish Lists / Re: German Tanks

« on: September 18, 2014, 04:59:18 pm »

Looks amazing from what i can see, only thing you maybe can do would be a seperate sprue for all tanks which contains Accessories.
I mean nearly all pictures you find from WW2 which show a Tank which has a loot of stuff attached to it, from Reservecanister for Fuel to Sleepingbacks I mean yeah, you can get that in Resin or Metal, but that would negate the major advantage of you product, being made of plastic

Accessories are something we are working on too!  Seems like you guys (and gals) knew every moves we are taking... haha~
All these accessories are a bit small, making them for wargaming are very different from making them for modelling!
You also need lot of details on the bits, making them in plastic complicated the design for these small parts too!

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Wish Lists / Re: German Tanks

« on: September 17, 2014, 10:04:56 pm »

This is WIP stuff, you can provide input on what you would like to see on the kit.  We might be able to accommodate if the suggestion is viable.   

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Wish Lists / Re: Trucks

« on: September 16, 2014, 09:37:22 pm »

Soft skinned Vehicles would be also high on my wish list. For much the same reasons that Morslieb (Terry) stated. Also i would love to see:
- a SdKFZ 251/1 Kit that offers some Variants i.e Version C AND D plus upgrade to /10.
- SdKFZ 250
- Kübelwagen....please tell me you are doing a Kübelwagen at som Stage, that will not be the Price of a small Tank.

Will you also do Soliders? or just Vehicles? Tankcrews and seated infantry to go with the Trucks...that would be Sweet.

We are definitely working on some soft skins, making them "multi-variant with options" take long time to research and verify their accuracy.  Size of a vehicle in plastic does not affect prices, but number of sprues does!  Therefore we also spend a lot of time to review our production costs as well...

Doing soldiers or crew is something we would like to do later.  We have all the digital sculpting hardware, but would rather focused doing one thing at a time.  We want all our products to be of high quality at reasonable prices.  We are not a big establishment, only a design studio with "a" handful of talented people.  There are already so many metal and plastic minis out there, we can wait!  At this point, we might partner with a mini manufacturer to make complement figures for us; that way, everybody will benefit!

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Wish Lists / Re: German Tanks

« on: September 16, 2014, 09:21:03 pm »

Both Preda and MudDevlan wanted a StuG, here is a teaser for you both! 

Even though we have a mid-war Panzer III, the StuG is basically a refined 3D model over the existing one; we have learned a lot since then!  Was thinking about doing a F/F8/G combo, but they are so different in so many ways, we rather prefer to focus more on choices than variant for the StuG.  We might do some earlier StuG III & Panzer III variants at a later stage.

The StuG is not the only project we are working on, so there are no fixed release schedule yet.  THIS is also a good reason to become a member on this forum, this type of info won't be on FB or our website...

Mind you though, not all what you see on these drawings will be on the final product.  Sprue space rules!!

Enjoy!


 

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General Discussions / Re: All quite on the western front

« on: September 16, 2014, 11:09:18 am »

MudDevlan, that was our original plan... Unfortunately, we had missed the registration deadline when we decided to use Essen for our official launch!

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General Discussions / Re: All quite on the western front

« on: September 14, 2014, 04:32:23 pm »

We do agree... think postings will pickup once we have officially released our products AND our website being active.  All will happen in October!

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Wish Lists / Re: Trucks

« on: September 10, 2014, 01:00:49 am »

Terry, we have a long list of soft-skin transports on our TO-DO list.  What you'd mentioned are definitely on that spreadsheet.  The reason we are now so focused on tanks is to bring us enough revenue ($$$) to enable us to push forward for more goodies!



There are so many WW2 military vehicles, it will take us some time to do it all!  We do have a work schedule and a priority list that we regularly review.  Hopefully, one of your requests is on top!


THIS wish list is here for some reasons! 

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Introduce Yourself / Introduce Yourself Here...

« on: September 09, 2014, 09:30:50 pm »

Please feel free to write up something yourself here...
Just add to the post below... and welcome to our forum!

 

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Introduce Yourself / About Rubicon Models

« on: September 09, 2014, 09:19:38 pm »

About Rubicon Models

Rubicon Models manufactured hard plastic kits for the Tabletop Miniature Games and Military Modeling market.

Company Overview

For many years we have been a Design Studio, working on numerous projects for many Tabletop Miniature Game manufacturers and Computer Games publishers.  When not designing miniatures for other people, we play and paint miniatures for fun ourselves.  Our dream has always been to create miniatures under a brand name of our own.

The time has come to realize that dream with the launch of Rubicon Models.

Our vision is to create the best hard plastic model kits for the Tabletop Miniature Game and Military Modelling market. Each kit will be easy to assemble, highly detailed and accurate.

Our first project is to launch a series of hard plastic World War II vehicles and tanks in 1/56 (28mm) scale.  What distinguishes us from other companies in this field is not only fine detail and accuracy but also all of our kits will be multi-variant.  Each kit you buy might have several choices of main gun, two choices of road wheels, three choices of gun turret, detachable protective armour or even two choices of hull.

You get more choice for your money with a Rubicon kit!

You get more value for your money with a Rubicon kit!

Our name stands for:

- Great Detail & High Quality
- True to Scale & Historically Accurate
- Multi-Variant & Multi-Option
- Easy to Assemble (designed for Wargamers)
- Easy to Paint

We are working hard to release new kits on a regular basis.  Our plan is to grow the range by adding one kit per month to help you build up your arsenal of weaponry, and to aid you to become the best-equipped general in your gaming community!

Contacting Us

Customer Support: service (at) rubiconmodels.com
Sales Enquiry: sales (at) rubiconmodels.com
General Info: info (at) rubiconmodels.com

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Wish Lists / British Tanks? What British Tanks?

« on: September 09, 2014, 08:57:32 pm »

GREAT BRITAIN you say? Well, many people had asked us why we don’t have any British vehicles yet! The fact is we don’t know where to start... we had considered a few, especially the Churchill, but the tank is just too big and had too many variants to research. We had also looked into others too - desert war, early war, mid and late war? What are your thoughts?

PS: Mind you all... this is not going to happen overnight! We still have a few more vehicles on the queue and in the works! So you still have to wait!!

The following is an edited transcript of the discussion we had on Facebook before the forum is active!  You can continue with the discussion here...

Dominic Payne:  Also an Archer would be awesome as no one produces one yet (as far as I know).

Dominic Payne:  I think a Mk2 Valentine would be great you could do the 2pdr, 6pdr and the 75mm variants.  Although I would have to buy 2, one for my Russian army and one for my planned 8th army.

Thierry Joly:  Churchill MKVII and Grant too

Thierry Joly:   Matilda, Cromwell and Crusader will be a good choice.

Melvin Brookman:  Cromwell please!

Rubicon Models:  Cromwell is easy to do, but someone else is already doing a plastic...

Michael Bliss:  True Rubicon, but so companies are going to go in to the plastic type more and more, just keep doing what you’re doing and regardless of other companies you will get your ‘own’ customer following and they will buy, I know I will and I was doing 15mm!!

Thomas Hoellering:  I really-really think that you ought to have started with Pre-War tanks first. Then produce tanks on the order that they appeared on the battlefields.  As the war progressed, so did tank design.  And as you design larger and larger tanks, you too gain design experience.  And new and old players can follow your design path from the 1930’s to the 1950’s.

Michael Bliss:  still would like a Churchill sometime so do hope you reconsider, I think it would sell well, Id have a slack handful or what J. R. Tranter said.

Rubicon Models:  The Churchill is definitely on our to-do list.  We just need to sort out the various variants and decided on a production plan.  For each vehicle, we had to go through a lot of research and photo references, plus need to fit everything into three sprues... not an easy task, particularly for a large tank like a Churchill!

Michael Bliss:  Completely understood, many thanks for the clarification, looking forward to October.

Steve Blease:  Not sure if you have plans already for an M3 Lee/Grant but please, please, please do an option for the British Lee used in Burma (they replaced the little mg cupola with a hatch).  No one does this version and it bugs me!  http://www.military-art.com/mall/more.php?ProdID=18015

Chris Long:  Sherman V and Firefly.

Tim Young:  What about the Mitilda MKI

Arven Rauth:  Challenger.  No one makes a Challenger

Rubicon Models:  The Challenger was very late war 44-45, and only about 200 was actually produced. Not sure a plastic kit is worth the efforts (commercial viewpoint-wise).

Arven Rauth:  Thing is I don’t think your sales are based on numbers of tanks that actually saw service but rather desirability.  I know pretty much any gamer who does British Guards Armoured or Polish will want one and there are a few of those about.

Steve Blease:  Sherman Firefly.  I love the early stuff but the Firefly would make more commercial sense.

Rubicon Models:  Good point taken! Thanks Steve!

Jamie Rafiki Tranter:  Sherman V with optional Firefly parts.

Rubicon Models:  May be... could be an add-on sprue to our existing range at a later stage!

Richard Thomson:  Comet.  Not a common model from what I can see.

Rubicon Models:  Not a lot of Comet tanks reached the front line before the war ended in 1945...

Lim Jyue:  Cromwell is probably good, though there’s only a couple of variation (Centaur and Normandy cowl really). You can stretch that (literally) into a Challenger I suppose...  Crusaders are good, especially if you can work the various guns and the AA versions.  17 pdr guns and mine flails might be good as a starting point since you do have a Sherman version coming out. M4A4 was it? That’d be a Sherman V, which did have the Sherman Vc conversion.

Rubicon Models:  Lim, good points! Notes taken!

Barnaby Jones:  The Comet would be a nice start

Richard Clark:  Cruiser tanks would be nice. I really like the Grant too (not strictly British I know but it would be a good kit with an option for the Lee turret).

David Maltman:  I am for the early cruiser tanks A9, 10 and 13, may even be able to put them on a single sprue.

Moritz Schinke:  Matilda.

Tomas Gaisare:  Churchill would be my vote, if not then the crusader or lee.  Would you at any point consider doing 1/48 scale?

Blair Oakley:  Matilda or Crusader.

Peter Duellist Martindale:  My vote would be for the Churchill.

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Forum Announcement / Forum Rules

« on: August 31, 2014, 01:49:41 am »

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