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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: BattlewagonBruce on 25 August 2013, 11:04:34 AM
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I made this Daimler Dingo up as a DAK captured one (scrambled the flag for posting).
I posted a topic on my refurbished Dinky before, well this is an old Corgi Junior. The extra bits are my own castings (wheel hubs, hatches etc)
It is on Ebay at present (sob, can't I keep it)
The Aussie Digger is for scale,the Corgi model being spot on 1/56.
[Helen - I hope you voted for the AIF Breda, I am trying to get the boss to let me do a range of Diggers for the western desert!]
(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n524/bruce-bonus/German%20AFVs/DSCF5669_zpsbc5a61a1.jpg)
(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n524/bruce-bonus/German%20AFVs/DSCF5668_zps0379e69c.jpg)
(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n524/bruce-bonus/German%20AFVs/DSCF5667_zps083470b2.jpg)
Maybe I will get round to mastering the body so we could release this as a white metal kit from OM?
thanks
www.offensiveminiatures.com (http://www.offensiveminiatures.com)
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Nice work Bruce, Yep I made my mark.
Cheers,
Helen
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Beautiful work. Sorry to be a nitpick, but I had to take out the first two pictures as the DAK Palm Tree was fully visible (you would need to obscure the Swastika in that icon, too).
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Darn, missed those.
I will will blur them and repost
thanks
Bruce
Good eyesight by the way!
[thanks Helen]
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Here's another that should be OK
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/Christian_S_1979/Restricted%20Access/DSCF5670_zps1ff79acd_mod_zps387fc288.jpg)
Don't think you can make it out on this one.
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would a captured Dingo have WH number plates? Lovely model BTW.
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yes, I think so.
Have a look at Miniarts 1:35 kits. They do one. It has a designation and I think the Germans had a lot of them.
also check out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16118167@N04/7002834525/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16118167@N04/7002834525/)
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The corgi dingo is supposed to be 1/64. How can it be spot on for 1/56?
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Don't think you can make it out on this one.
The Afrikakorps Palm Tree is fine. It's the flag you missed in this one. ;)
Sorry to be so picky, but this is the one area in which we cannot take any risks. I replaced it with a copy uploaded to my PB account. Feel free to upload it to yours if you wish, or leave it as is.
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Thanks for keeping me right. I do know the rules just hard to make sure I pick them all up on any model.
The corgi dingo is supposed to be 1/64. How can it be spot on for 1/56?
the real thin is 3.18m long and the model is 59mm long, which works out at just under 1/54.
Put next to the Warlord version (the Italian one I painted for the book) it is the same size, so as a toy the size was not always as quoted I suppose.
The Dinky one is a bit big(and I have a drawer full of them) but some day I will use them for the Canadian version which was bigger.
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would a captured Dingo have WH number plates? Lovely model BTW.
only if they did not have enough time not to...
try driving without german license plates behind german lines :D
how would the MPs be able to tell them apart from or check against infiltrators otherwise?
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Beautiful work. Sorry to be a nitpick, but I had to take out the first two pictures as the DAK Palm Tree was fully visible (you would need to obscure the Swastika in that icon, too).
Crumbs, I missed them - thanks Chris.
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Crumbs, I missed them - thanks Chris.
No worries - actually I'm sorry to have messed around in your board like this, but wanted to avoid having them around for too long due to the time zones' difference.
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No worries - actually I'm sorry to have messed around in your board like this, but wanted to avoid having them around for too long due to the time zones' difference.
Understand Chris quite well - thank you.
Cheers,
Helen
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Bruce
As ever great work and thanks for sharing. But please tell: how did you do the flag? It looks like the real thing.
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I could put a wee tutorial on.
The new Opel Blitz 'how to' is going on our website in the next 24 hours and that has a wee bit on it.
Basically I print decals (although there are good ones out there) and then put them on wine bottle or scalpel packet foil (its very thin).
Then floor polish over and leave to set. Then you can mould it to your vehicle carefully and stick it on with superglue.
Touch up with brushwork. Then, for desert ones I use Secret Weapon weathering powder on a sort of dry brush technique.
Have a look at
www.offensiveminiatures.com (http://www.offensiveminiatures.com)
should be on there soon.
thanks
Bruce