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Author Topic: Another little interwar vehicle - Crossley M35  (Read 4988 times)

Offline Rich H

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Re: Another little interwar vehicle - Crossley M35
« Reply #30 on: March 19, 2019, 10:06:25 AM »
The later ones are pneumatic
They were notorious for being rubbish offroad and rolling over

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Re: Another little interwar vehicle - Crossley M35
« Reply #31 on: March 19, 2019, 09:08:35 PM »
Another vote for the 1:56 version being a better fit in this case.


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Offline Rich H

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Re: Another little interwar vehicle - Crossley M35
« Reply #32 on: March 19, 2019, 09:22:41 PM »
Checked the dims and, give or take a couple of mm they are both correct as per the wiki stats in all three axies.  (So I  didn't screw up this time ;D )

Agree that the 1/56 does look to be a more appropriate scale but the brief was specifically 1/50.  I'll check...

Offline Truscott Trotter

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Re: Another little interwar vehicle - Crossley M35
« Reply #33 on: March 20, 2019, 03:17:02 AM »
i can always find a good home for the 1/56th one Rich!  lol

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Re: Another little interwar vehicle - Crossley M35
« Reply #34 on: March 20, 2019, 08:08:32 AM »
I'll be the first to admit 1/50 doesn't work on this vehicle.
As mentioned in Your Independent thread. 28mm is really an aesthetic not a true conversion of a model scale.As you know most found 1/56 didn't sit well with the independent.
You'll find it's going to fluctuate with nearly every vehicle and every. Bare lead pose/ painted and basedfigure/ manufacturer you use in a comparison.
The reality is even the big plastic kit companies play with scale As the crew figures are often on a different scale to the vehicles simply to improve the aesthetics of the kit.
It's one of the reasons ,why I only ever class my vehicles as 28mm.

As I've mentioned before period photographs are not idea for scaling.As the angle and distance of the shot plus the unknown height of the figures ( even if you do know their height people often dip or hunch up to get everyone in the photo.)play tricks with the perspective.
They are however invaluable in showing infield expediency. Such as the true ergonomics of living and fighing in armour.Plus in this case the grenade nets around the turrets.A weak point and a source of paranoia.Also an indicator of the type of tactical assault both feared and expected in theatre.
Must say its still a nice build.

Mark.

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Re: Another little interwar vehicle - Crossley M35
« Reply #35 on: March 20, 2019, 08:13:56 AM »
Agreed. 

The asthetic is what matters and (In my case at least) my expectation is that tanks are big (even though they are quite small in real life).

Add in the unique wargamers perspective of high angle view and the uniqueness that is 28mm heroic figures then scale models are always going to be a compromise.