Review Topic: Armor
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Academy 1/35 scale USMC M50A1 Ontos
It would be hard to come up with a better name for the M50 than Ontos – Greek for “the thing.” The Vietnam era anti-tank weapon would look at home in a science fiction movie.
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Mig Productions 1/35 scale Hover Tank
According to the Mig Productions website, in a parallel universe where World War II didn’t end, combatants had to assemble vehicles from anything they could find – like the retro-futuristic Hover Tank.
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Tamiya 1/35 JSU-152
Known by Red Army soldiers as “Big Hunter” or “Glorious Beast,” the JSU-152 was able to take out German Panther and Tiger tanks.
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Italeri 1/35 scale Kfz 385 Tankwagen
Italeri’s Opel Blitz kit has gone through many permutations since the 1970s. The latest is this Tankwagen.
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Scale Modeling Essentials: Rearming a Staghound Mk.III
Rationalizing building a model the way I like it — then making the modification
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Trumpeter 1/35 scale M1117 Guardian ASV
Designed by Cadillac Gage, makers of the M706 of Vietnam service, the M1117 provides patrolling troops more protection than up-armored Humvees.
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Trumpeter 1/35 scale T-62 Mod. 1962
The T-62 started life as an up-gunned version of the Soviet Union’s T-55. The newer tank’s 115mm main gun was the first smooth-bore cannon mounted on any tank.
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Dragon 1/35 scale Ersatz M10
German attempts to disguise Panthers as American M10s met with some success at the Battle of the Bulge, and the vehicles remain popular modeling subjects.
