The Aurora model of it wasn’t that bad (it had recessed panel lines on it for instance, a real rarity in model kits of the time); I wish someone could dig up the molds for it and their MBT-70, and reissue both of the kits.
The Aurora model of it wasn’t that bad (it had recessed panel lines on it for instance, a real rarity in model kits of the time); I wish someone could dig up the molds for it and their MBT-70, and reissue both of the kits.
There wasn’t anything fundamentally wrong with the AH-56 other than the facts that it made a hell of a lot bigger target for ground fire than a Huey Cobra, and cost as much as a light jet fighter per airframe.
“Sticker shock” was one of the things that doomed the MBT-70 also… along with the fact that the Germans realized that our concepts for a new main battle tank’s technology were completely unhinged.
The image of the MBT-70’s turret mounted drivers puking all over the place as they sat spinning in their offset rotating cupolas is hilarious.
Reissuing the Aurora kit? The Czech model company MIKU-Models has made a resin ‘copy’ with a lot more detail, etched stainless steel parts and plenty of decals to choose from.
The Aurora model of it wasn’t that bad (it had recessed panel lines on it for instance, a real rarity in model kits of the time); I wish someone could dig up the molds for it and their MBT-70, and reissue both of the kits.
The Aurora model of it wasn’t that bad (it had recessed panel lines on it for instance, a real rarity in model kits of the time); I wish someone could dig up the molds for it and their MBT-70, and reissue both of the kits.
There wasn’t anything fundamentally wrong with the AH-56 other than the facts that it made a hell of a lot bigger target for ground fire than a Huey Cobra, and cost as much as a light jet fighter per airframe.
“Sticker shock” was one of the things that doomed the MBT-70 also… along with the fact that the Germans realized that our concepts for a new main battle tank’s technology were completely unhinged.
The image of the MBT-70’s turret mounted drivers puking all over the place as they sat spinning in their offset rotating cupolas is hilarious.
Reissuing the Aurora kit? The Czech model company MIKU-Models has made a resin ‘copy’ with a lot more detail, etched stainless steel parts and plenty of decals to choose from.