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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Ultravanillasmurf on January 16, 2017, 04:35:16 PM
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First post on this thread (having seen the excellent work on this thread I feel a bit of a fraud ___^).
Group shot of three Warlord Games Sherman I tanks.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hOJ-ry3C6rM/V7FpfKdeknI/AAAAAAAABj0/iG4ATFdLzE0GeUSkPRHz9UjT23lEoARdACLcB/s1600/m4s-1.png)
Subsequent to finishing these, I discovered that this unit had Sherman V tanks only, not sure if I want to change them from Guards Tank Division to something else.
Sherman I and Stuart VI (Rubicon)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4zILFpPAIec/V7FqMoQrgoI/AAAAAAAABkc/bxBc5vDHOJEcSYo4rXFM1hEmdsvKSt80gCLcB/s320/m4m5a1-3.png)
Stuart VI
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PVDFcZQkrGc/V7FqHSPxBoI/AAAAAAAABkA/WgVj8MY52ekE28wIONHNs_1y7Xf6f3ymgCLcB/s320/m5a1-31.png)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aIoY9yHm2bA/V7FqHgED4hI/AAAAAAAABkM/pii3h-QG3JYxfQPzm2qJQGsIF8l78PGDACLcB/s320/m5a1-32.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TwpxwPBWSr4/V7FqHYWzW6I/AAAAAAAABkI/rmHeIVLmeq4L_JpuAkAK6qIXaAQUhqPTQCLcB/s320/m5a1-30.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S2SOsfM01O4/V7FqHmdPxUI/AAAAAAAABkQ/F0wgFI6KibgOxl8AsTkCTkd7DKS_n94iACLcB/s320/m5a1-33.png)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-peryER8VbZ4/V7FqH63tJJI/AAAAAAAABkU/BtEU8kU1z7k00hpWcA4LayBU48QoibpQACLcB/s320/m5a1-34.png)
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Warlord Panzer 38(t)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QhnOOEr_bQ0/ViVVxSoz3tI/AAAAAAAABBA/tQeOr80Dy9M/s320/pz38t1.png)
Numbers from the Rubicon decal sheet (all in one piece).
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Rubicon Crusader
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ofl6JAGBbFs/VvfRu30gB9I/AAAAAAAABVM/OowfUi_0jKcSkRjO7djL-MlXQlu8dFa6w/s1600/crusaderwip32.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ejCDnny7tls/VvfRuxJ2vDI/AAAAAAAABVQ/403TkbUc_Hw6ZYO8QbBr3M3T3-wbvYx8A/s1600/crusaderwip33.png)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UVxCs338uJc/VvfRvAAZ6CI/AAAAAAAABVU/H6S5AlwAZbw0KyFlhsxx_t5P0d8QAtJjw/s1600/crusaderwip34.png)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ERzD2PgLJ7s/VvfRvFibjhI/AAAAAAAABVY/CF0RADi0lbIkMbNlIWq-rFRFkKGh04AJw/s1600/crusaderwip35.png)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u0MWQJHdrxE/VvfRva2eyVI/AAAAAAAABVc/608cGoalsZI2k5pPj39XnVTij0dXZlzkg/s1600/crusaderwip36.png)
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First post on this thread (having seen the excellent work on this thread I feel a bit of a fraud ___^).
Get off - your work is great. Very glad to see you over here on Lead Adventure, and looking forward to seeing your updates. You'll generally find a pretty appreciative and constructive audience of wargamers here :)
The jerrycan stowage on the rear of the Crusader is extremely neat. Wish I'd thought of that (or had the modelling skills to carry it off!)
More please :D
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Get off - your work is great. Very glad to see you over here on Lead Adventure
Indeed, & your soft stowage sculpting is excellent.
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Thanks.
Perry Miniatures DAK.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOvjpz_WjEs/V2LPcBav4lI/AAAAAAAABhM/zwJHBQ7wrpMn08-VdS8gAjLyf0ADEldPgCLcB/s1600/dak4.png)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-idWgwYrQgWg/V2LPb2rX7jI/AAAAAAAABhA/zPCXkzq_desxksG-Ppjrx0sB04xVFqmPACLcB/s1600/dak3.png)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FYhufxlgG9c/V2LPb5yafmI/AAAAAAAABhE/TZ6Jdl2HOH0CCnXx6lZU2ajld3_GtNiogCLcB/s1600/dak2.png)
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Rubicon Panzer III
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bio8zD7A57I/Vr9wrThe_hI/AAAAAAAABRs/JcBDiIJrXb8/s1600/panzeriii-finished2.png)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SNvKGUgzLjg/Vr9wrdfhshI/AAAAAAAABRo/8eDzlKAxr5s/s1600/panzeriii-finished1.png)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vcNzr4QSH7A/Vr9wrxckZsI/AAAAAAAABRw/dCX_bu2R6SI/s1600/panzeriii-finished3.png)
What you cannot see in these photographs is that I removed the fourth cover on the engine deck.
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/rubicon-panzer-iii-m-continuing-saga.html (http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/rubicon-panzer-iii-m-continuing-saga.html)
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Looks great. Love the desert yellow. And the stowage, as ever, looks spot on.
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Great stuff! :-* I particularly like the Shermans and Stuart!
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The jerrycan stowage on the rear of the Crusader is extremely neat. Wish I'd thought of that (or had the modelling skills to carry it off!)
Thanks.
Here is how I built it:
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/rubican-crusader-wip.html
The key was the glass plate.
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Matilda in high heels
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Np_lwJ-4bJk/UOG9SmiiWfI/AAAAAAAAAXc/FOnZbefYr28/s1600/BEFadvancing2.png)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bc-1T03ybec/UOG9LQikEII/AAAAAAAAAXM/sTr__99NkC4/s1600/tankcommander1.png)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O7bhFfzwIqw/UOG84XiNCmI/AAAAAAAAAWs/Hxa69zouF4M/s1600/matildals.png)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DKOf6kgHc1o/UOG87yq47DI/AAAAAAAAAW0/-jCBYEpkDfE/s1600/matildars.png)
Warlord Games BEF Matilda and BEF infantry. The tank commander is a Crooked Dice Minion.
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BEF
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xLnzDaxVp8s/UOlU9Y7ZJwI/AAAAAAAAAY4/FC0Zu3JO-Ow/s1600/bef1.png)
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Great stuff. I like the painting style on the vehicles, particularly the desert stuff.
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Warlord plastic Cromwell.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pVzpsn4o84U/WKarHcVbb9I/AAAAAAAAB5s/92j9B_CnsQcpMnG886R3qVEMmykI-S4dwCLcB/s1600/cromwell-2-10.png)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UHulbaIfFUA/WKarHbTJ71I/AAAAAAAAB50/HwMLuZJYE0opW3O7Yfk58wq85Cj9jBU2gCLcB/s1600/cromwell-2-11.png)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O3Z9NWpOsNc/WKarHqfhJuI/AAAAAAAAB54/1cUhb6MwZScXYnI3zLUGRrJ7f3MGg-2BACLcB/s1600/cromwell-2-13.png)
It is a nice kit, now to build another one...
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Warlord plastic Sherman V.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kXYDZ_4X6F8/WKatl-sLkxI/AAAAAAAAB6I/EJWazRKrj6UPGnrhaRuoPLYVGjXdY-rOQCLcB/s1600/m4a4-1-18.png)
I used Rubicon spare track links as the Warlord ones would not fit between the appliqué on the driver's hood and the bolts on the transmission cover.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r352nYR8918/WKatl177ZwI/AAAAAAAAB6Q/hWspjV_ZObAuIEVtxcLgkCE06nWxzk56gCLcB/s1600/m4a4-1-19.png)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y8BzqZgfdQ8/WKatmT0sbeI/AAAAAAAAB6U/2zNtGmzTtIgxpWX_I6q7d3hS7igh-STbACLcB/s1600/m4a4-1-21.png)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A6B0ih-TL-I/WKatmfcYCRI/AAAAAAAAB6Y/AHAMNR9FTyced9D2_42KzyBGIqpli40xwCLcB/s1600/m4a4-1-22.png)
And here is a comparison shot between the Warlord/Italeri M4 and the Warlord M4A4.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3_xV8RnEMJ0/WKaxw3AXz-I/AAAAAAAAB6o/4AEoitmEH68Gk4HuE6mmisJzE9Zh9AQFQCLcB/s1600/m4-m4a4-compare3.png)
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They look great. Love the Cromwell
I'm feeling in need of a Matilda for my burgeoning Western Desert collection. Sadly Rubicon don't make one, or that'd be my first choice.
There's the Blitzkrieg resin model - which looks very good, but my experience with Blitzkrieg is that the actual product is not quite as good as the pictures, especially in terms of casting around the mould line - and the Matilda was one of their first models, so I'm figuring the mould will be worn as well.
Warlord appear to offer more than one, in resin and plastic versions.
Any recommendation? :)
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Nicely done! I can't wait to see all your different tanks and stuff on the battlefield. :-*
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Thanks.
They look great. Love the Cromwell
I'm feeling in need of a Matilda for my burgeoning Western Desert collection. Sadly Rubicon don't make one, or that'd be my first choice.
There's the Blitzkrieg resin model - which looks very good, but my experience with Blitzkrieg is that the actual product is not quite as good as the pictures, especially in terms of casting around the mould line - and the Matilda was one of their first models, so I'm figuring the mould will be worn as well.
Warlord appear to offer more than one, in resin and plastic versions.
Any recommendation? :)
I have the Warlord BEF Matilda (high heels and bustle) so not suitable for the desert. There was some filling along the join between the track units and the nose, it was rather complicated because of the detail and the closed nature of the corners.
They do a desert version but I do not possess one.
There was some discussion about a plastic kit at the toy show, but it is thought it was the 1/72 scale kit squatting on the 1/56 scale display.
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Having set the way back machine to http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/matilda-in-high-heels.html (http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/matilda-in-high-heels.html)
"There were a few minor problems with the build, the tracks had some slight misalignment where the mould came together, the resin needing to be filed down to flatten the tread (you can see the results below), there is a prominent seam under the nose which I have still failed to correct and the tread unit to body join needed filling (the most difficult part being the sides where there is a prominent row of rivets adjacent to the join, meaning I could not file down the join without having to add the rivets again)."
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bc-1T03ybec/UOG9LQikEII/AAAAAAAAAXM/sTr__99NkC4/s1600/tankcommander1.png)
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Okay, thank you :)
Looks like it'll have to be the Blitzkrieg one after all...
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No actual progress on current projects, but here is a Perry Miniatures Eighth Army lieutenant.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FThrfQk6N_o/UkUoea3JahI/AAAAAAAAAiE/6KGOs_VB8UY/s1600/8tharmyLT1.png)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4EuCFjj4g6U/UkUoeT1ASTI/AAAAAAAAAiA/N9PotzTOV9U/s1600/8tharmylt2.png)
I did build a whole sprue's worth, I will finish them.
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Inspired by the lovely 15mm PSC Panzer 38(t) elsewhere on the forum, I got round to assembling and painting a Zvezda one.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Geq6TgyQm2o/WTgwsyeSQkI/AAAAAAAACWc/moSBcBhysUYRU_3E8g33GhGAj513k3-dgCLcB/s1600/pzr38t-zvezda-2.png)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b2g-gcLt4Sc/WTgws01RRQI/AAAAAAAACWY/YQO8QrnWXzonT7U0_DsE9pBje7z4_pihgCLcB/s1600/pzr38t-zvezda-1.png)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_VjQ2mJQF3M/WTgwsoS5DlI/AAAAAAAACWU/3WAaadohOAgsc8aNcC3CRWc1l1cwmX68wCLcB/s1600/pzr38t-zvezda-3.png)
As I used the Rubicon decals on both the 28mm and 15mm scale models, here is a comparison shot.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-95OwtFffdOE/WTgwwSiiiVI/AAAAAAAACWg/DYu8WZsOxLI_IWc-HXmpWVykQzJfp11OQCLcB/s1600/compare-pz38t-1.png)
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Nice work :)
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Perry Miniatures Kubelwagen
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JA1UCCdLMO0/WUv830qfaII/AAAAAAAACZw/p1meGrq9Z-IstRYLxG6cgOq-mkz8ONI9gCEwYBhgL/s1600/kubelwagenp1-1.png)
It was at this point I noticed I had not washed the wheel hub.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rmc1XEZDJGE/WUv83x8xs9I/AAAAAAAACZw/49G0qVoIZCwxUteJUzC9GwcjFyz0LnC1gCEwYBhgL/s1600/kubelwagenp1-2.png)
Decals are from the Rubicon SDKFZ250/253 kit (so the registration is definitely wrong).
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J5QbNEt6bpM/WUv830Ue68I/AAAAAAAACZw/EUWr1WxkiBoZcnUvKp8pKASr-8AchrMAQCEwYBhgL/s1600/kubelwagenp1-3.png)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zle8hTZRE38/WUv84Y0eUFI/AAAAAAAACZw/EmpXFDrxI0Uq8hAqQd9oc2hUw8aIAuqDACEwYBhgL/s1600/kubelwagenp1-4.png)
The Perry Miniatures vehicle is notably smaller than the Warlord Games one.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q7luohmzIxM/WUv81QlupLI/AAAAAAAACZc/67pwrB6jB6MLjMftaS78RbpnNqzTcmosQCLcBGAs/s1600/kubelwagencompare.png)
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Empress Miniatures Carden Loyd MMG carrier.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lFTe0u0HHRE/WUv-9CkYAJI/AAAAAAAACZ4/oHLsJjaz24UAFC-asi_838TQV8wvf1eGACLcBGAs/s1600/cardenloyd1-1.png)
I added extra ammunition boxes (from the Rubicon Allied stowage set) and a tripod from the Rubicon SDKFZ 250/253 kit (I built the enclosed SDKFZ 253 so there was plenty of bits left over).
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rY3TB3XNfnQ/WUv-9OegWNI/AAAAAAAACaA/kXlHUBrPRb0emGyyxUYyYMGpYGkqIjdDwCLcBGAs/s1600/cardenloyd1-2.png)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XTO3hUDe5dQ/WUv-9Evuq4I/AAAAAAAACZ8/cfIwfkxL8uUZkSIdVbnhmhuts_LxPU7TgCLcBGAs/s1600/cardenloyd1-3.png)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hg5RgAntf98/WUv-9gh0jPI/AAAAAAAACaI/aTsI2j-VKFcXTXyQzBDOrFfg-fcwn6MpQCLcBGAs/s1600/cardenloyd1-4.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IUr6b3wQXxw/WUv-9khTd4I/AAAAAAAACaE/JRDqPEKUm1MLsknrSFXIBr0ZEHAr4R5QgCLcBGAs/s1600/cardenloyd1-5.png)
The Carden Loyd carrier is tiny, it is dwarfed by the FT.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--9Du52Lxuw4/WUv-9t3a19I/AAAAAAAACaM/Aiehk-VMPQopKKXZJffkw7W0_evf7l7DQCLcBGAs/s1600/cardenloyd1-6.png)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E1gUYnfDFK0/WUv-9_jv8OI/AAAAAAAACaQ/Aq-Jb4ejES4gvh13TSXOhF5Grr4QbRX0ACLcBGAs/s1600/cardenloyd1-7.png)
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Nice work UVS.
The Warlord Kubel actually looks rather good. I have the Perry one. I guess because it's scaled for the Perry 'true 1/56' figures, it's a bit more diminutive than the Warlord model which is nominally 1/56 scale, but will be designed to work with their more regular sized 28mm figures...
I like the Carden-Loyd carrier. Might have to add one of those curiosities to my 8th Army force... :)
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Some great work posted on this thread lads.
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Thanks.
The Warlord Kubelwagen is nice(the separate wheels are better), I just have not got round to finishing it, and the Perry one will fit better with their Afrika Korps figures.
The Carden Loyd from Empress is remarkably similar to the Warlord one (but cheaper).
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The Carden Loyd is very cool & a great job onthe Kubel :)
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They look great. Love the Cromwell
I'm feeling in need of a Matilda for my burgeoning Western Desert collection. Sadly Rubicon don't make one, or that'd be my first choice.
There's the Blitzkrieg resin model - which looks very good, but my experience with Blitzkrieg is that the actual product is not quite as good as the pictures, especially in terms of casting around the mould line - and the Matilda was one of their first models, so I'm figuring the mould will be worn as well.
Warlord appear to offer more than one, in resin and plastic versions.
Any recommendation? :)
The Warlord one looks well off in terms of its dimensions. In 1/56 Company B make a couple of Matildas but again it doesn't look quite right. Personally, I went with the Tamiya 1/48 version. As they will be the only tanks on the table, it makes no difference and I find they seem to fit well wit my Eureka Australians. I know you have included ne or two 1/48 kits in your collection so you may wish to consider the Tamiya Matilda.
Very nice work btw UVS!
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Thanks Carlos, but actually since posting that question, I did subsequently go with the Blitzkrieg Matilda - which was good, because it turned out to be a very nice moulding indeed :)
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Cool, I've been contemplating their1/48 version as a third Matilda. I fancy making a CS version.
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A little surprise for Operation Sea Lion games, Flame Fougasse markers.
They were a product of the Petroleum Warfare Department and functioned as a one shot flame thrower.
These are markers, so do not represent the actual appearance.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-04p-njl1yf8/WWR3f9-F82I/AAAAAAAACgM/pq1N5KM_KskaD6v_VnuXYOxEdThuidsOwCLcBGAs/s1600/fougasse1.png)
A single Allied Fuel drum from Rubicon was assembled and then cut diagonally. The two halves were then glued to a Renedra 30mm base.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rUdQHIH1sog/WWR3fzPJehI/AAAAAAAACgQ/QUMW_NoVmrk-2SmgjVsr547kZpVSmGp9gCLcBGAs/s1600/fougasse2.png)
Numbers from the Warlord Games British tank number sheet were added to the top segment and an identification number taken from their M4 sheet was added to the middle segment.
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Sublime work ....and you have another fan of your excellent stowage! For me it's the extra's that give the models a life of their own, make them seem more real?
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Great work - I like your style 8)
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So I bought a Rubicon Jeep at Colours in September.
I have started work on it.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LwJnjAtU1tQ/WeyHXTyma0I/AAAAAAAACos/DuvvsMCxszk6lhqa2JU3hq3S64tkXtOCgCLcBGAs/s1600/rmjeep1-16.png)
A Perry Miniatures Eighth Army figure for scale and another as a third crewman.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DUvfJbOVI4k/WeyHXI_N4BI/AAAAAAAACoo/CRWJh-ot1u4-odI2ct4-MLebMaW54jDJACLcBGAs/s1600/rmjeep1-15.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Ckbt-s3WeE/WeyHXpNLiRI/AAAAAAAACow/JAk72BYQhkA-t_g8gcOLQLty79ZNCHC-gCLcBGAs/s1600/rmjeep1-17.png)
Stowage is from the Rubicon Allied Stowage set. Additional stowage to be added once I have sorted out the crew figure.
The additional tanks are possibly not right for North Africa. You learn as you build.
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The good thing about LRDG is there's a lot of leeway ... you can always just say, "It's a local modification," ... cos most of it was.
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Looks like another great little kit UVS. I just wish the detail on the Rubicon crew figures was a whisker sharper. They’re all a bit ‘soft’. Hopefully this is something they’ll improve with practice... i just find it a bit odd that they manage to get incredibly fine detail very crisply moulded on vehicle parts, but their human figures are always very slightly amorphous looking...
Looking forward to the CMP 15cwt truck hopefully very soon...
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I was hoping for an improvement on the Studebaker driver. They do remind me a bit of the PSC 28mm Soviets. It is still early days for their figure sculpting. Sculpting soft stuff is very different to hard structures.
I am looking forward to the CMP, I will use few of them for the LRDG (not completely accurate, the 30cwt Chevrolet being the most popular vehicle).
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Glacial progress on the jeep.
Two jerry cans have been added to the bonnet.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TjMVRPNV5QU/WfufujOj32I/AAAAAAAACpk/EeHyRuuWW_kf7xzblJqjjNol-oSPmFP_gCLcBGAs/s1600/rmjeep1-18.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XpA3sXZvCSk/WfufymnJWBI/AAAAAAAACps/lfiCwkwQeGgcmdTb-f-bZ8Z-Jec-odFqQCLcBGAs/s1600/rmjeep1-19.png)
One of the straps has sprung loose.
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Another distraction.
Some more work on the "what if" for Operation Sea Lion, a Panzer IB with 20mm autocannon.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NhRHHIxXIPs/WkAwBoSz2EI/AAAAAAAACyY/LJbJzHbCruY1iHbvBSqWGLP15__ywjj6wCLcBGAs/s1600/pz1b-11.png)
Empress Spanish Civil War Panzer IB with Rubicon jerry cans, scratch built whatever it is that comes out of the glacis, aerial and holder and a tow cable.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1yUx1zw_4oo/WkAwBm0EkGI/AAAAAAAACyc/FocKhDn39FEhQvtEa7tdFkKfxWKuSl8AgCLcBGAs/s1600/pz1b-10.png)
With some Blitzkrieg infantry.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ahaxINNRGXs/WkA1MqV7TDI/AAAAAAAACyk/6gFJzpUXKLAbaVzuZzV8AsnasnBUVKtgQCLcBGAs/s1600/pz1b-12.png)
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I'm liking that conversion.
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:-*
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Excellent little tiny tank 8)
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Impressive Work! Really like what you have done with your tanks.
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Thanks.
Empress use a metal filled resin which loves superglue, and once again I did not get the pieces aligned quite right, hence the Milliput/greenstuff either side of the glacis (I always say I am going to use epoxy for chassis - hull assembly, but forget when I start...). Very little conversion required, it is one of their SCW 20mm versions. I have just replace a few bits I have lost/misplaced and added stowage. Still more to go, a bucket on the rear tow, some soft stowage etc. I have a Bolt Action Blitzkrieg helmet pegged for the turret.
As an experiment I am going to use Citadel grey spray for the body, just to see how it goes.
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Very nice! Always liked the 1B :)
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Love all the added details on the tanks like stowage etc. Really adds character. I like the Warlord tanks I’ve bought and never tried out Rubicon. But I know they have a fan base. I could never go back to the Airfix and Tamiya kits of my yoof. How many hours!
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Thanks.
Rubicon are very responsive to feedback, the ongoing design process of their T26 being a good example.
http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=604.60 (http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=604.60)
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Back to the Panzer IB.
This is now finished building and now it is awaiting painting.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_VepDjVXB_I/Wk6vJzlBxfI/AAAAAAAAC0g/zdoKhjEVpeUQHC89KhvsAaPer0QhFLO0ACLcBGAs/s1600/pz1b-23.png)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x24qr3YiBF4/Wk6vJfXWkYI/AAAAAAAAC0Y/lCbtU_zxUlYiGeqpI8jbPrZRTOw9hU2GACLcBGAs/s1600/pz1b-21.png)
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Noice :D
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So the Panzer IB is now "finished" (under flash I have noted that there are some "grey" spots on the wheels and chassis - they will need painting).
This vehicle is for Operation Sea Lion, hence it is the 20mm Breda armed version modified during the Spanish Civil War.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TY-MHVseM2g/WlpTxxilHOI/AAAAAAAAC30/AXTvWista8UrSjeX09OjXHQbqSG_D2z0wCLcBGAs/s1600/pz1b-24.png)
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The crew have loaded up with fuel cans and crates of ammunition. They have also stolen a fire bucket.
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William Killian faces down the panzer.
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Natty :)
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Brill! :-*
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Love it 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Not quite finished, but a nearly out of the box Rubicon Models T34/76
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The only changes were the hand rails.
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So the T34/76 is "finished".
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The tank was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black followed by Humbrol Dark Green spray. The track and wheel treads were painted with a mix of Vallejo Black Grey and Hull Red. A mix containing more Hull Red was used on the ice cleats and the spare track links.
Citadel Athonian Camoshade was used on the body and turret, and Citadel Agrax Earthshade on the wheels and tracks. Unfortunately the shade dried with a mixed gloss and matt finish, so I used some Humbrol acrylic matt varnish (49) to get a common matt finish.
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(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KlHiJCGDA1M/WmohB2Uq-3I/AAAAAAAAC94/CY-wUa_zOS8L0Q7xpE3f2anhPHRMkHwJQCLcBGAs/s1600/t34-76-15.png)
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I am going to build the hexagonal turret from the T34/85 kit and use the remaining bits to assemble a burnt out turret with interior.
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Nice 8) 8)
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Some infantry support and their transport.
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A Rubicon Studebaker (the alternative load bed from the Katyusha kit) and a Bad Squiddo female Soviet soldier.
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It still needs decals and final weathering.
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Nicely done! 8)
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Neat!
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T34 and the Studebaker (East meets West).
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Some more detailed shots of the Bad Squiddo Soviet soldier.
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I am not flocking the base until I have the lot painted so I can be consistent.
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There is a slight discontinuity where the mould faces join on the helmet (and across the face, but that is not as noticeable on this figure).
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And a comparison with a Bolt Action Soviet soldier.
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At Salute this year I bought a number of the new Rubicon Models personality figures, including Zhukov and Timoshenko.
Here is the sprue, leaflet and supplied bases (I used a Renedra 25mm base for my build).
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Here is the completed figure in front of a Rubicon T34/76.
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And a size comparison.
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It does look a bit small, and of a more realistic stature than either the Bolt Action or the Bad Squiddo figures. I should have taken a photograph of it next to a Perry figure.
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"What's a war hero have to do to get some lubrication around here?"
Lovely work. :)
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Some great work there. 👍
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At SELWG I bought a small 28mm scale terraced house from Sarissa Precision.
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It is a nice simple kit of MDF and card that goes together nicely.
I used Rustoleum Rust effect spray to provide some texture to the outer walls (having masked the roof and windows).
Army Painter Skeleton Bone spray was used for the walls, the bricks were painted (over a Humbrol Desert Tan mortar) individually with Vallejo paints from a wet palette.
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It is definitely a building to fight round rather than through (being one up, one down). It is also tiny, I think it will fit inside a room in one of the Woodbury houses.
Definitely going to get some more, they are reasonably cheap so is the sort of thing to tack onto another buy.
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I recently bought the Warlord Opel Blitz from The Gameskeeper in Oxford.
I had previously bought the Tankograd book when the two kits came out, but the Warlord one was the first one I had got round to building.
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The kit goes together well, with the exception of the bonnet/roof which could do with being able to be kept separate so you can paint the cab interior. I made do with leaving the doors off (the radiator grille overhangs the bonnet so the bonnet/roof part needs to be assembled at the same time - advantage of the Rubicon slide mould cab).
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William Killian for scale.
The kit comes with printed clear material for the windows, the inside of the door has a tiny lip to take the window (I know it is there, but even under magnification I could not see it - your eyesight may vary). Having fluffed cutting and shaping it to fit, I gave up and left it off - either the driver cleans the windows religiously or they are broken.
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The Balkenkreuz was added because the side view was rather dull, there is a photograph on page 16 of a Blitz with the Balkenkreuz - though it points out that it is rare.
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I have noticed a few areas that under flash photography show gaps in the weathering, I will need to fix that.
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Looks very effective 8)
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Thanks.
Here are some additional photographs (natural light and after fixing a few issues).
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The headlights and the Notek still need a bit of a tidy.
I now need another one for my motorised infantry platoon.
The Africa Korps will get the Rubicon version.
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Crisp work!
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The crew of the Sherman VC "Hercules" gained fame after their epic battle against a Tiger Tank in the Normandy village of Nemea.
Most of A Squadron were either beaten back or casualties, but Hercules made it into the village. There are two versions of what happened next.
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In one version, even the fabled 17 pounder could not penetrate the Tiger's impregnable hide. Eventually, the crew scored a direct hit down the muzzle of the 88mm gun, blowing out the breech and detonating the Tiger's ammunition.
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In the second version, Hercules out-manoeuvred the Tiger. first jamming the turret and then immobilising it. They then moved in to beat the Tiger to death at close range.
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To commemorate their victory, the track from the Tiger and other tanks that met their end from their 17 pounder were draped upon the tank.
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The Warlord Games Sherman VC has been fitted with the spare tracks from the Rubicon Tiger tank, plus track from the Rubicon German Stowage set.
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A gun travel lock from the Rubicon Sherman I Hybrid replaces the moulded on travel lock. A cross brace was added so it looked more like the real thing.
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As this is a fictional vehicle, I decided that the Division Insignia had been painted out by the censor.
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Great idea! Loving your version of "Hercules"! Also have to agree with the previous comments about stowage, adds a lot of character, and your vehicles show that! :-*
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So I have the first of the Empress Inter-War/Early War British infantry painted.
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As suggested here, I painted the mug Army Painter Stone Golem highlighted with Citadel White Scar.
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I have another fifteen undercoated.
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Great work but that is rather a bad mould mismatch issue on the puttees on the right leg. Are they all like that?
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No, that appears to be the worst. I did not notice until I was taking photographs.
I did have to tidy a mould line off most of the helmets.
This is the only other photograph I have of them,.
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:( It is surprising that every sculptor makes the same mistake with the early war webbing. That entrenching tool holder with the wood handle strapped across it was not manufactured and issued until sometime after Dunkirk.
Here is a photograph of the complete early 37 pattern webbing as worn :
(https://i.postimg.cc/Bvqzt8Jn/d3c261c0fa932da8e64f440e417d7abf-british-uniforms-world-war-two.jpg)
You cannot say that it is a 1908 pattern entrenching tool carrier, as they had a completely different method of attaching the wood handle (down the leg with the bayonet).
If anybody wants any more evidence check out Karkee web:
http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/1937/1937_entrenching_tools_carriers.html
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Yeah strangely enough Warlords BEF infantry got that bit right o_o
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As they say: ‘even a blind pig finds the occasional acorn’. I believe that is WLG’s official research policy.
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My first thought was "ho hum...".
My next thought was to have a look at my limited reference material.
Osprey Men At Arms 354: The British Army 1939-45(1) page 39.
"As initially issued the new equipment had no entrenching tool; the old Implement, Intrenching, 1908 had been declared obsolete in 1923. A pattern not dissimilar to the types in use in France, Germany and many other nations was introduced as the Implement, Intrenching, 1939 pattern. This new tool was not well liked as it hung down well below the waist and obstructed the legs, particularly of shorter soldiers. The problem was remedied in 1941 by reintroducing the 08 tool, in a redesigned carrier and newly listed as the Implement, Intrenching, Pattern 1937. (This is a good example of how pattern dates can cause confusion - a 1908 pattern tool reintroduced in 1941 and then designated pattern 1937)
You can see the Pattern 1939 entrenching tool handle in plate B1.
I do have the "to 1908" Osprey book somewhere, I will have a look.
In Empress' defence, these were originally sourced as VBCW rather than WW2:
Mid 1930's to 1940 British. These will work for some BEF regiments in France and home defence during theoretical Operation Sealion.
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If anybody wants any more evidence check out Karkee web:
http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/1937/1937_entrenching_tools_carriers.html
Interesting read, thanks for that.
I have the "... to 1908" equipment book, but the 1908 is in the "... 1908 - 80" book.
So...
My first thought was "ho hum...".
And so is my current thought.
Oh well, back to storage for them (Vodkafan - I got a nine litre "Really Useful Box" from whoever Figures In Comfort are now with four 33 50mmx25mm cut outs for I think £25).
It was not a complete write off, I also spray painted the four Under Fire Rhodesians at the same time. Now to revise the buy list for Salute.
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That new guy looks great. Looking forward to seeing the next batch painted up.
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Interesting read, thanks for that.
I have the "... to 1908" equipment book, but the 1908 is in the "... 1908 - 80" book.
So...And so is my current thought.
Oh well, back to storage for them (Vodkafan - I got a nine litre "Really Useful Box" from whoever Figures In Comfort are now with four 33 50mmx25mm cut outs for I think £25).
It was not a complete write off, I also spray painted the four Under Fire Rhodesians at the same time. Now to revise the buy list for Salute.
Karkee Web is a fantastic site. I had never even heard of the Pattern 1939 Leather equipment, or the 1913, 1925 and the experimental 1936 sets before I found that. Thanks for the info about the RUB and Figures in Comfort!
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I have just assembled the new Rubicon SDKFZ-2 Kettenkrad half track kit.
It is a lovely kit of such a dinky vehicle.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OwabHB-suCc/XLmzz6zFvRI/AAAAAAAAFTg/5Bgub4OCcP4xeLno88_QoXNNSWDG7QevwCLcBGAs/s1600/sdkfz2-8.png)
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Not quite sure what I am going to use it for (it is too small for use with an M134 minigun), but it was supposed to be fielded in North Africa.
Any suggestions?
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Decent scatter terrain, jump off marker for chain of command, or as a vechical to race to the exit in games were to get points for getting of a board edge. A one way trip for a flamethrower team on a suicide mission.
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Decent scatter terrain, jump off marker for chain of command, or as a vechical to race to the exit in games were to get points for getting of a board edge. A one way trip for a flamethrower team on a suicide mission.
It would make good cover if on fire, see photograph here....
http://www.kettenkrad.de/bilder2_e.htm (http://www.kettenkrad.de/bilder2_e.htm)
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They were used in North Africa. I have seen pictures of them towing pak36s and various small anti weapons rifles etc plus the Tamiya 1/48 scale has the option of towing the Goliath remote controlled mine
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Yes, I was going to say, once I’ve got around to making mine, I was planning to use it as a tow tractor for my Pak36 :)
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They were used in North Africa. I have seen pictures of them towing pak36s and various small anti weapons rifles etc plus the Tamiya 1/48 scale has the option of towing the Goliath remote controlled mine
The Rubicon model has both the gear trailer and the Goliath trailer (and a Goliath).
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Yes, I was going to say, once I’ve got around to making mine, I was planning to use it as a tow tractor for my Pak36 :)
I wondered about that, I did find a photograph of one towing a Pak 36. The problem is the crew (Wikipedia says a five man crew, Warlord has three in their packs - I do not have the Bolt Action list to hand).
A single 20mm Flak cannon would work as well.
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Sarissa Russian Outbuilding, from their 28mm World War Europe range.
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Rubicon T34/76 and Bad Squiddo Soviet Sub Machine Gunner for scale.
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Here is my T26, built from the Rubicon kit.
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It is a very nice kit, and can build ten different versions.
This is the last variant, the 1939. It has improved armour and carries more ammunition (by deleting the rear machine gun from the turret).
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More about the kit here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/search/label/T26 (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/search/label/T26)
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Nifty. That’s a great little model. Good old Rubicon ;)
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Nice, but you do make it difficult to follow you with no mechanism on your blog as far as I can tell. I'm looking forward to what you do with the KV1/2
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very neat :)
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Nice, I have the same t26 version in 1/72 in a batch of armour I was scheduled to airbrush last weekend, the nozzle on my airbrush got clogged, had to order a new one, so will be painting in the weekend hopefully.
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Nicely done, will have to get some for early Barbarossa What a Tanker.
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I needed a Warlord Chi-Ha as an opponent for the Rubicon T-26 1939 for use in What A Tanker! I picked one up from Dark Sphere in London.
There was some flash on one of the sprues.
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The kit went together okay, though the absence of part numbers on the sprues was a bit annoying.
The non duplication of the the commander's cupola and the turret machine gun are the only components that prevent the assembly of both the original Ch-Ha and the larger ShinHoTo turret with the 47mm AT gun. At some point I might try and build a second cupola.
As this is to be an opponent for the T-26 1939 for games of What A Tanker!, it was built with the large turret (when I get round to building a T-26 1932 I will need an original Chi-Ha).
Most examples appear to have been painted into the three colour camouflage, however I went for a plain green paint job.
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I added the flower logo as otherwise the only marking was the Japanese numeral one on the hull side.
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Facing off against the T-26.
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That's come up nicely. I do like the flower decal.
Though I confess after doing early war German, Soviets and Allied late war - the idea of a colour scheme with more than one colour is actually very appealing, and the Japanese one is very colourful and attractive.
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Very nice.
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Looks good! That seems to be quite a decent model.
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Thanks.
It is a very nice kit. There are none of the problems associated with some of the other Warlord kits I have built (and have not finished).
Sprue photographs here http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2019/06/warlord-games-type-97-tank.html (http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2019/06/warlord-games-type-97-tank.html)
This was something I wanted to complete quickly, the tarpaulin was not needed, but I thought would make it slightly different.
On the subject of complicated paint jobs, I have a line of late war German AFVs, not limited to Konigtiger,
Panzer IV (see above), Waffentragerr, Jpzr 38(t), P43 bis which I have started and not finished.
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So the Tiger II is now "done":
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Except for washing under the nose and the tow ring hull extensions.
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Nicely painted but sheesh that zimmerit is poor. Did Warlord think German tanks were wood panelled?
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Did Warlord think German tanks were wood panelled?
^___^
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Nicely painted but sheesh that zimmerit is poor. Did Warlord think German tanks were wood panelled?
Tongue and groove?
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Nicely done! I have built and painted the Tiger,have to post it up sometime...
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Nicely painted but sheesh that zimmerit is poor. Did Warlord think German tanks were wood panelled?
Tongue and groove?
Bonus points for the first Tiger II photograph posted with a scumbled "teak" finish.
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Shabby chic in a distressed powder blue?
I reckon a tin of walnut stain and some strategic cutting with a craft knife and that Tiger would make a nice roll top desk. :)
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So here is the Jagdpanzer 38(t).
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The story behind this particular paint job is that the vehicle has been undercoated and issued to the troops. Balkenkreuz and vehicle numbers were added before issue. This example had a damaged exhaust silencer repaired with asbestos tape.
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Funnily enough I have been playing with the same models:
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and not one, but three Hetzers.
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There's more of these two, and another five on my blog.
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Shabby chic in a distressed powder blue?
Now that would be a paint job.
^___^
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Would love to but well there’s only so many hours in a day and so much scrapbooking to do. :D
Nice Hetzers one and all. I reckon Rubicon dropped the ball not using the chassis for a Pzkpfw-35(t)/ LT vz.38. Yes,Warlord do one, I know but Rubicon’s models are far better engineered so if given the choice....it’s always an east one.
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Nice Hetzers one and all.
Thanks
I reckon Rubicon dropped the ball not using the chassis for a Pzkpfw-35(t)/ LT vz.38. Yes,Warlord do one, I know but Rubicon’s models are far better engineered so if given the choice....it’s always an east one.
The chassis is different (in a Sherman I-IV Vs Sherman V style). The JPnzr 38(t) is about half a metre wider than the Panzer 38(t).
I too would prefer a Rubicon version, I suspect that the existence of the Warlord version put them off. The Rubicon Sherman V project shows they are willing to re-visit projects where there is an existing Warlord kit.
Warlord's Sherman V is poor (nowhere near as good as the Warlord/Italeri Sherman I), I have not heard anything bad about the Panzer 38(t) - I have the Zug box, I have not built one yet, so I have no opinion.
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Fair enough about the Hetzer chassis.
Good to know about the Warlord Pz 38. Some of their kits are indeed quite decent, others are fiddly and most are over or , at times, poorly engineered vis a vis Rubicon equivalents. I still have a Warlord Stuart I bought ages ago that's still incomplete after a year or so.
Funny thing is that in the time I started and gave up on the Stuart, I knocked off another Tamiya Matilda which has a vastly higher part count, including link and length tracks, required minor modification and had after-market, multi-media, parts added. Good engineering is the key. Then again it's always been the case that building a Tamiya kit is a lot less painful than building an Italeri one.
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The problems with the Warlord Italieri kits is many of them are upscaled 1/72 kits so have 'issues' as a result. Not least being their tiny crewmen! Some are properly re-tooled and better than others but their chosen system for tracks is terrible in most cases.
I've jsut built 3 Cromwell/Centaurs adn a Sherman V. Generally the hulls are good, detail is sharp and 'adequate' but the moulded on tools and tow cables leave a lot to be desired.
Tracks, in both cases, suck. The track joins are front and rear - exactly where you can see them - and the curvature means less detail on these areas too.
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Some models fall together, they just seem to flow.
Others, not so (the KV-1/2 and IS-2 being cases in point).
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Nice Jagdpanzer 38t, I'd imagine that now Rubicon have hit most of the big mid-late war stuff (Pz's III, IV, Panther, Tiger, Tiger II) they'll be looking at early war, so I guess another Pz 38t isn't impossible. The WG kit isn't bad at all, thought the rivets are somewhat over-sized.
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Is it too much to ask for plastic PzI, PzII and early PzIII ?
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I believe the Rubicon Pz III range starts with an Ausf E, makes sense as the earlier models had tiny production runs, while the E was the first produced in quantity and encompasses vehicles armed with both the 37mm and (later retro-fitted with) the L42 50mm. They haven't been released quite yet, but I believe their release is immanent.
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Is it too much to ask for plastic PzI, PzII and early PzIII ?
How early a Panzer III do you want?
Rubicon have Ausf E to N in the pipeline.
Sprue photographs here:
http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=614.msg11976#msg11976 (http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=614.msg11976#msg11976)
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I'm looking forward to that. And once I'm cashed up, replacing my Warlord PzIV with the Rubicon D-E.
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Rubicon have recently released a German Goliath Tracked Mine and operators to go with their existing Goliath with trailer that comes with the SDKFZ 2 Kettenkrad.
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Cool!
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We all know that Bad Squiddo do a range of British Women of World War 2, this is my first attempt at painting one of the Women's Land Army figures.
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Now for the other figures.
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Nice
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First WW2 post of the New Year (two flavours, other New Years are available).
A BA-3 Heavy Armoured Car, a plastic kit from Rubicon.
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Using a Sarissa Russian Outbuilding as cover, the armoured car provides support to Bad Squid Soviet infantry.
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Top view
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My only addition was a tarpaulin on one mud guard.
No decals yet, but then probably only a number in a square. It also needs weathering.
More details including sprue photographs here:
https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/01/ba-3-heavy-armoured-car-by-rubicon.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/01/ba-3-heavy-armoured-car-by-rubicon.html)
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Crumbs - nearly twenty months since my last post!
A Nurse somewhere in France in 1944.
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This is the NHS Charity Nurse figure released by Empress and sculpted by Paul Hicks.
https://www.empressminiatures.com/nhs-charity-nurse-2209-p.asp (https://www.empressminiatures.com/nhs-charity-nurse-2209-p.asp)
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