Skybow blazed out of Taiwan in the late 1990s with some new Dodge
vehicles that easily surpassed the quality of their aged Italeri
predecessors. Modelers have extolled the crisp castings and
attention to detail, as well as the significantly simpler assembly
of the Dodge chassis. A much-appreciated touch is the separate bagging
of all the kits sprues. There were various rumors about a
new line of Stuarts coming our way in 2002, but this was not meant
to be. In
late 2003, AFV Club picked
up the Skybow's existing 1/35 scale kits and began reissuing the
Dodge series, beginning with the "Beep" and Command Car.
Throughout 2004, there were various rumors about Skybow going over
to 1/48 scale, in head to head competition with Tamiya, but nothing
has come of this.
TP3506 |
U.S.
3/4 ton WC-57 Gen. Patton's Command Car |
3rd
Army, HQ-1 |
Europe |
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83rd
Infantry Division, 308-E |
Europe |
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82nd
Airborne, HQ-61 |
Europe |
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TP3501 |
U.S.
3/4 ton 4x4 Weapons Carrier "Beep" |
3rd
Army, 391st Infantry Regiment, C Co., #24 |
France |
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82nd
Airborne |
France |
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6th
Army, 15th Armored Division, A Co., #7 |
Italy |
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TP3504 |
U.S.
1 1/2 ton 6x6 Personnel Carrier "Big Shot" |
1st
Army, 3549th Truck Company |
(Europe) |
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3rd
Army, 12th US Corps, 87th Infantry Division |
(Europe) |
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prototype
vehicle "Big Shot" |
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