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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Rich H on April 03, 2020, 11:13:14 PM

Title: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 03, 2020, 11:13:14 PM
First up ambulance as I've got a decent drawing.  Recon version to follow...
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 04, 2020, 08:46:59 AM
Ripley will be pleased (okay wrong forum http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=632.msg7417#msg7417 (http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=632.msg7417#msg7417)).
1/56 or 1/48?
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 04, 2020, 11:09:17 AM
Neither :)

They were used in later conflicts ;)
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Will Bailie on April 04, 2020, 04:12:25 PM
Great to see the C15TA on the workbench!  My friend just 3D printed some Otters for me.  If there's a C15TA on the way, then can an Otter be far behind?
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 04, 2020, 05:09:07 PM
Neither :)

They were used in later conflicts ;)
Ah, possibly 1/50 scale?
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 04, 2020, 08:26:09 PM
 :D

Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Tim Haslam on April 04, 2020, 09:45:27 PM
So cool.
Is there rules for one of these in bolt action?
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 04, 2020, 11:00:18 PM
Ambulances are and the German half track ambulances certainly are.

Recce version - still WIP
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 04, 2020, 11:02:42 PM
Roof on and interior

Quite a bit of detailing to do and the interior is best guess as no drawings I can find detail it.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Splod on April 05, 2020, 02:27:42 AM
Ooh, that's a bit cool. If you do them in 1/72 I know I'd definitely get plenty of use out of them between my French Indo-China, Vietnam and Bush Wars projects.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Will Bailie on April 05, 2020, 05:44:54 AM
Roof on and interior

Quite a bit of detailing to do and the interior is best guess as no drawings I can find detail it.

Might these help?

http://www.warwheels.net/C15TA_Drawings_HAUGH.html
http://www.warwheels.net/C15TAAmbulance_ALLEN.html
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 05, 2020, 08:13:07 AM
Yes!  Thanks!!

This is a commission in 1/50 I'm afraid
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 05, 2020, 09:12:59 AM
I assume you have seen this?
http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_C15TA_and_Armoured_Command_Vehicles.pdf (http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_C15TA_and_Armoured_Command_Vehicles.pdf)

I also found this, YMMV.
http://mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/c15ta.html (http://mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/c15ta.html)
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 05, 2020, 09:26:53 AM
Yes got them, it's interior shots I'm struggling with.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 05, 2020, 09:34:25 AM
Ambulance wet out the ultrasonic cleaner.

Needs a little bit of cleanup but a good print first time  :D
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 05, 2020, 10:21:47 AM
Nice.

Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 05, 2020, 03:33:38 PM
Interior getting there
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Truscott Trotter on April 06, 2020, 02:55:05 AM
Have no use for such a beast......but I want one !
Party truck!!  lol
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Will Bailie on April 06, 2020, 05:26:37 AM
So cool.
Is there rules for one of these in bolt action?

In game terms the C15TA should be similar to the M3A1 White Scout Car.  It was proposed cancellation of the White Car that led to the C15TA being commissioned, and it had similar levels of armour protection and carrying capacity. 
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 06, 2020, 09:39:39 AM
Undercoat
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 06, 2020, 09:40:26 AM
Other end
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 06, 2020, 09:40:56 AM
The only difference to the white is an LMG in place of the HMG
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Poiter50 on April 06, 2020, 10:00:19 AM
I thought the Brits and Canadians stripped the 50 cals out of their Whites for logistical reasons?

The only difference to the white is an LMG in place of the HMG
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Truscott Trotter on April 07, 2020, 01:21:39 AM
Very cool model Rich
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 07, 2020, 03:08:34 PM
Thanks :)

Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 07, 2020, 03:09:53 PM
Another angle
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 07, 2020, 03:11:13 PM
Interior view
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Will Bailie on April 07, 2020, 06:44:48 PM
Gorgeous!
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 08, 2020, 06:25:23 PM
Very nice.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 08, 2020, 07:26:10 PM
Production version on the printer now.  The interior is all separate to make casting easier.  Plus there is now a dashboard, gear levers and a steering wheel!!

If you haven't guessed it'll be 1/50 and going to Paul at Empress soon-ish.  When I can make an essential journey that goes via the village shop (like I run out of lager or something)
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Helen on April 08, 2020, 08:30:04 PM
Lovely work Rich.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 12, 2020, 01:55:03 PM
So what would it be used for?

Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Will Bailie on April 13, 2020, 07:11:02 AM
Officially C15TA was used as an armoured troop carrier or ambulance.  In practice, it was used in a variety of roles, providing lightly armoured hauling capacity as needed.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: cromojaro on April 13, 2020, 08:30:34 AM
Your models are always amazing, Rich

 :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 13, 2020, 09:38:36 AM
Officially C15TA was used as an armoured troop carrier or ambulance.  In practice, it was used in a variety of roles, providing lightly armoured hauling capacity as needed.
Thanks.

Having read the M3 White entry in both (first edition) Commonwealth and US Bolt Action army books (interesting difference of opinion on the M3's scoutiness), and it's disappearance after 1944, can I assume that the C15TA (with opponent's permission) would fit in the transport slot in later lists.

Now, if while the crew for this are being sculpted a British crew for the jeep can be added, that would suit my tentative plan for an Ian Fleming style Techno-Snatch squad.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: has.been on April 13, 2020, 11:22:37 AM
A right ugly brute of a vehicle... I gotta get me one, well maybe 2 or 3.
If used in Indo-China, as previously mentioned, I can justify having it/them.
Bonus if available from Empress.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 13, 2020, 11:58:57 AM
Thanks all :)

Yes it's for Empress   :D
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Etranger on April 13, 2020, 01:14:01 PM
A right ugly brute of a vehicle... I gotta get me one, well maybe 2 or 3.
If used in Indo-China, as previously mentioned, I can justify having it/them.
Bonus if available from Empress.

Yes, used by the French and passed on to the South Vietnamese who used them in the 1960's. Also used in an number of other colonial conflicts. https://www.mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/c15ta.html http://mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13686

(https://www.mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/images/c15ta_arvn_2.jpg) from the above link.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: has.been on April 13, 2020, 06:08:18 PM
Thank you Estranger, I now have a list of vehicles to get.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: commissarmoody on April 14, 2020, 08:43:14 AM
Nice! I hope Paul is working on some crew for those open toped beasts.  :o
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: carlos marighela on April 14, 2020, 10:00:46 AM
They also saw service with the Portuguese in Guiné during the colonial war.

https://blogueforanadaevaotres.blogspot.com/2007/10/guin-6374-p2170-blogoterapia-34-da.html

All in all a very useful vehicle.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: has.been on April 14, 2020, 10:13:34 AM
Nice! I hope Paul is working on some crew for those open toped beasts.  :o


Great idea. Me want FRENCH for Indo-China.
Oh & if they could also fit:-
Universal carriers, Coventry Armoured cars (a model of which would also be useful),
Lynx scout cars & Indian pattern FAT with armoured cab.

Sorry forgot to put 'Dear Santa' at the start of the list.
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 14, 2020, 02:03:41 PM
Nice! I hope Paul is working on some crew for those open toped beasts.  :o


Great idea. Me want FRENCH for Indo-China.
Oh & if they could also fit:-
Universal carriers, Coventry Armoured cars (a model of which would also be useful),
Lynx scout cars & Indian pattern FAT with armoured cab.

Sorry forgot to put 'Dear Santa' at the start of the list.
Maybe we should have another thread with "What do we want Rich H to design for Empress"?

I have a list...

^___^
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 14, 2020, 03:40:27 PM
Feel free to pitch your ideas  :D perhaps in a more general thread?
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Will Bailie on April 14, 2020, 06:06:14 PM
Feel free to pitch your ideas  :D perhaps in a more general thread?

Since you've already done the C15TA, I'll vote for the Otter!  (Although I probably shouldn't, all my current vehicles are 1/56, and I don't want to change now!)
Title: Re: CT15A WIP
Post by: Rich H on April 14, 2020, 06:08:34 PM
I'll see if Paul is interested ;)