Iain McGhee
Mongoose
I picked up a copy of this the other day, mainly to use with the SST playtest rules. I'd like to pick up a couple of smallish modern forces but I've had trouble finding models for a lot of the ones in the book. I'll list what I've spotted, please add any others you know about (esp. Russian and Chinese).
British: Revell do Challengers, Warriors and infantry. Dragon and/or Forces Of Valour have die-cast Challengers and Warriors.
US: Revell do Abrams, Bradleys and older-style infantry. Dragon do diecast Abrams, Bradley (and Linebacker) plus several Hummer versions. Caesar do really nice current infantry (M4s, NVG gear, Barretts but no M249s). Easy do Strykers (basic type, no ATGM or MGS) but I can't find a local stockist.
German: Revell do Leopards, Marders, Fenneks and infantry (inc. KSK). Die-cast Leopards are around too (Dragon)
Chinese: Not a thing, other than aircraft.
MEA: No infantry (old-style Russians would do as Govt. troops), FOV T-72, could always add BTR and M113s plus other mixed Western/Eastern stuff although I'd prefer to stick to the lists as they are.
Russian: No regular infantry, no tanks newer than Revell T-80 (an Eastern European manufacturer does a T-90, or so I've heard, but I've no idea who. Or, more to the point, where I can get a couple). No BMP-3s or BMP-Ts that I can find, some BMP-1 and -2 kits available. Same problem with those as with the T-90. Not on the army list (but the -A version is close enough in stats to the WZ551 that you can use it's data) is the BTR-80, which is (yet again) seemingly only made by a few Eastern-European companies and less than easy to find.
Aircraft and Helos are easy enough to get (I picked up 1/100 scale prepainted kits, by Revell, for £4 each. An A10 and a Hokum. Don't want to use 1/72 aircraft, modern planes being pretty big. Undecided about the helos). The main things I'm looking for are Russian vehicles and infantry, and possibly metal US or German infantry. I'd prefer to go for a US Stryker platoon (if I can source the kits, Heer if I can't) and either Russian or Chinese force, depending on what's available. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
British: Revell do Challengers, Warriors and infantry. Dragon and/or Forces Of Valour have die-cast Challengers and Warriors.
US: Revell do Abrams, Bradleys and older-style infantry. Dragon do diecast Abrams, Bradley (and Linebacker) plus several Hummer versions. Caesar do really nice current infantry (M4s, NVG gear, Barretts but no M249s). Easy do Strykers (basic type, no ATGM or MGS) but I can't find a local stockist.
German: Revell do Leopards, Marders, Fenneks and infantry (inc. KSK). Die-cast Leopards are around too (Dragon)
Chinese: Not a thing, other than aircraft.
MEA: No infantry (old-style Russians would do as Govt. troops), FOV T-72, could always add BTR and M113s plus other mixed Western/Eastern stuff although I'd prefer to stick to the lists as they are.
Russian: No regular infantry, no tanks newer than Revell T-80 (an Eastern European manufacturer does a T-90, or so I've heard, but I've no idea who. Or, more to the point, where I can get a couple). No BMP-3s or BMP-Ts that I can find, some BMP-1 and -2 kits available. Same problem with those as with the T-90. Not on the army list (but the -A version is close enough in stats to the WZ551 that you can use it's data) is the BTR-80, which is (yet again) seemingly only made by a few Eastern-European companies and less than easy to find.
Aircraft and Helos are easy enough to get (I picked up 1/100 scale prepainted kits, by Revell, for £4 each. An A10 and a Hokum. Don't want to use 1/72 aircraft, modern planes being pretty big. Undecided about the helos). The main things I'm looking for are Russian vehicles and infantry, and possibly metal US or German infantry. I'd prefer to go for a US Stryker platoon (if I can source the kits, Heer if I can't) and either Russian or Chinese force, depending on what's available. Any help would be greatly appreciated.