First of all a big thank you to Neil Patterson for reminding me of CMSC and its history, as I forgot the name of this lovely brand in my Syrian army video. Also the "Fabbri" and other nonsense I said in this and the previous video about mystery resin and metal "collectibles" were in fact 1/87th scale Salvat models, as I checked in old posts from my blog. Fortunately I keep on finding them in flea markets and 2nd hand shops. Again you can see plenty of Roco Miniatures (1/87th scale) together with Peter Pig and QRF (1/100th). Some of the M60 MBT are Chinese toy models, and after covering them in ERA they play the part very well and are almost as good as the Roco or Salvat models. The infantry are whether Atlantic plastics or Peter Pig. The Aircraft are all 1/100th scale from Tamiya, Fabbri diecast and Revell.
Joao, thanks for the acknowledgement!
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff! I like the sand- grey colour of your IDF vehicles.
On the issue of scale differences.....☺
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5kZ4uIUC0
Neil
Yes, its a question of being far away :) The sand grey is the Vallejo IDF sand colour sold in 60mm jars.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment on my blog. As to 1:87 M3 halftracks, your best bet is the Roco one if you can find any; the conversion is fairly easy, although by 1982 I think they may have changed the front grill with a new engine being installed. The only dedicated IDF versions I know in 1:87 are CMSC - out of production and the very expensive Aritec. There's also the diecast Johnny Lightning model but it's quite crude.
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I´ll try the M3s the way you´re saying. They are for reserve units in 82 but so present in those days footage that they become mandatory.
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