Armortek

Another idea, a Cromwell?
Steve

A Mark IV H for me or the 251 with a Pak 40 mounted.
The 251's have so many variations it might be possible to offer a couple
Of armament options.
The 251 also might be more do-able for novice builders like ourselves.

A Matilda or KV-1

I think it would be a great idea to have conversion kits for the various chassis's that Armortek has already made; like what was done with the Panther a few years ago. The kits would include only the upper superstructure compoenants. Now you could turn your old Tiger-1 into say, a Sturmtiger. But image what you could do with the Panzer-4 chassis? Nashorn, Jadgpanzer-4, Brummbar, Hummel, Wirbelwind and all the Stug variants for example, could come of this. Likewise for the rather prolific,T-34 chassis. Obviously, such kits would be easier for Armortek to produce, and cheaper for their customers to buy than a full model. But on the other side of the fence, Armortek could also put out separate kits with just the chassis compoenants too, Panzer-3, 4, T-34, Sherman, Chech-38 (there's a "next offering" idea right there.). Image the possibilities that can come from those chassis? The other great thing about Chassis Kits is, it's great for scratch-builders (no shortage of those gifted people with the tools and talent on this website). The hardest thing to scratch-build, is the running-gear. Now you could cheaply buy the chassis, and build whatever you want on top of it. Possibilities there,now become endless. I think this arrangement would also help expand Armortek's market-base to those who otherwise could not afford a full-size kit.

I know it may not be the most financially viable option, as I guess tooling cost is going to be similar regardless of size of the model, but I would love to see something small, maybe the next in the line of compact kits?

Something along the lines of a Panzer II Luchs, an M3 Stuart or maybe an M22 Locust or Tetrarch? Something that can fit in the tiny boot of an Abarth 500? Maybe then I could bring something down south with me to drive round!

Cheers,

Alex

Not to encourage too many more German WWII models - but I think the 38(t) is a good idea (more rivets though!).
Small, many possible conversions and the possibility of a Kompact Kit Pak 40 stand alone kit or combined as a Marder?

Robin

Imagine this monster in 1/6th.....MAUS!!!!

A Hetzer!

Dave Boller wrote:Imagine this monster in 1/6th.....MAUS!!!!

Already for sale in 1/6 Only at another manufacturer...

Hi Robin,

Good one! 38t would be neat with Marder III Ausf H possibilities.

If not that, I'll throw my vote in again for wishful thinking on a 251 Ausf D. Also lots of possibilities.

best
Tim

Come on guys, surely the the best tanks have been produced by armortek, lets focus on the tank hunters, i.e. jagdpanzer IV Lang, what a machine and liked by the operators which I have a few books on !!

Bryan

Ferdnand

Could use a lot of the recent KT work and release a JT? Just a thought...

JSU-152

How about this for a cunning plan,Its got to be a Panther,no major tooling changes, it is certainly a popular afv, would bring loads of new members to the Armortek family, giving plenty of time to develop new kompact kits [Scamell please] and a new major project for Christmas [Churchill please].