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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: monk2002uk on August 28, 2021, 05:26:57 PM
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A British tanker in 1/35 scale from the Tommy's War range. He will form part of a diorama I am working on, hence the less-than-impressive base:
(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/tank-crew-nco-right-front_med_hr.jpeg)
(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/tank-crew-nco-left-front_med_hr.jpeg)
(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/tank-crew-nco-left-back_med_hr.jpeg)
(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/tank-crew-nco-right-side_med_hr.jpeg)
Robert
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Very nice painting, on an interesting figure
Are you going for WWI in all scales at the minute?
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Lovely job on a nice miniature. I especially like your skin tones and his expression.
Only thing I would say is that Tommy’s war stuff is in 1/32nd, not 1/35th, so if your dio involves 1/35th kit he’s going to look a bit big…..
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Are you going for WWI in all scales at the minute?
Pretty much ;) My go-to is 6mm for large scale battles. 15mm for Crossfire. 28mm for Bolt Action games with my sons. This figure is purely for show :) All part of clearing down the lead (and resin) pile...
Robert
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Lovely job on a nice miniature. I especially like your skin tones and his expression.
Only thing I would say is that Tommy’s war stuff is in 1/32nd, not 1/35th, so if your dio involves 1/35th kit he’s going to look a bit big…..
Thank you. You are quite right about the 1/32nd scale for Tommy's War. The British MkIV tank is 1/32nd scale too, so all good (so far).
Robert
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Excellent….if the tank comes out as well as the figure it’s going to be a cracking dio.
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Here is the 1/32 tank from Scalelink. She is a Mark IV female, named 'Flirt II' (formally 'F4').
(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/f4-flirt-ii-scalelink-model_med_hr.jpeg)
The model was missing several parts. I tried contacting the manufacturer but never got a reply. So it was out with the CAD software. Here is the part that sits under the top of the track at the rear. The photo-etch part was scanned. The image helped to get the size of the new part sorted:
(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/tank-part-in-cad-software_med_hr.jpeg)
Here are the parts in the slicer software, which is used to create the 25 micron horizontal layers that the 3D printer builds the models with:
(https://www.greatwarspearhead.com/_Media/tank-parts-in-slicer_med_hr.jpeg)
Robert
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Excellent stuff. The tank is really looking the part.
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That’s quite a lot of bits to be missing from a kit. Not good from the manufacturer.
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Excuse my ignorance, but......brown boots for a corporal? (Or is that specific to tank crews?)
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Excuse my ignorance, but......brown boots for a corporal? (Or is that specific to tank crews?)
This is a man who knows he's right but has perfected the art of tact and diplomacy.
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It's a tank crew thing...
Robert
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Ta.
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Lovely work. Nice to see a bigger model for a change.
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Thanks, James. It nearly didn't make it to the table though. Thank goodness for 3D printing (or plasticard if I had really needed to) ;)
Just working on the diorama base now.
Robert