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Offline ancientsociety

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1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« on: September 01, 2019, 11:37:35 PM »
The 1/56 scale Renault "Adventuring" Van is finally complete. More pics and painting info in the blog post.

https://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2019/09/156-renault-adventuring-van.html




Offline d phipps

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2019, 01:17:49 AM »
Beautiful work! I hope we get to see more.

I'd be interested in seeing the vehicle next to some of your figures for a better sense of scale.

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Offline NickNascati

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2019, 01:30:37 AM »
Really neat modelling work.  So it looks like you are playing early 20th century?

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2019, 03:29:42 PM »
Really neat modelling work.  So it looks like you are playing early 20th century?

Pretty much the Interwar period.

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2019, 03:50:13 PM »
Excellent!

Offline warrenpeace

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2019, 04:33:37 PM »
C'EST magnifique! :-*
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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2019, 05:47:00 PM »
Nicely done.
For Pulp you don't need to rivet count.So the detailing can bounce out the otherside of the period quite comfortably (so jerry cans years before their invented not a biggie.even when their marked W⬆D 1940.  ;))
Flimsies would be a better choice for future builds.(an observation not a criticism .its one of those daft bits  that stick out once you've drowned in a tonne of research. Its actually a propper pulp adventure that brings them to the notice of the British and Americans pre war.)

I'd genuinely be more than happy to have it in my collection .
I'd also love to see it in context with your own figures.
Mark.

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2019, 06:23:31 PM »
Depends, Mark! After all, if it's a German expedition, jerrycans can still be a valid choice for interwar gaming.  :D ;)

As I recall, the allies discovered jerrycans thanks to a prewar American-German exploration expedition. It's funny to think that the jerrycan was actually a fairly-closely-guarded military secret at the time!

Speaking of flimsies, I've never found a good source for those, in spite of wanting to be a bit of a rivet-counter at times too (well, they help give a specifically British flavour to something).

ANYWAY... Well done on that van! Good job balancing the weathering out, especially. Well-worn, but not too much. Is the dust a wash or a pigment powder?
« Last Edit: September 02, 2019, 06:25:46 PM by FramFramson »


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Offline ancientsociety

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2019, 07:49:07 PM »
Depends, Mark! After all, if it's a German expedition, jerrycans can still be a valid choice for interwar gaming.  :D ;)

As I recall, the allies discovered jerrycans thanks to a prewar American-German exploration expedition. It's funny to think that the jerrycan was actually a fairly-closely-guarded military secret at the time!

Speaking of flimsies, I've never found a good source for those, in spite of wanting to be a bit of a rivet-counter at times too (well, they help give a specifically British flavour to something).

ANYWAY... Well done on that van! Good job balancing the weathering out, especially. Well-worn, but not too much. Is the dust a wash or a pigment powder?

The weathering is a combination of oils and dry pigments, sometimes mixed together, sometimes not.

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2019, 10:55:34 PM »
Good job!
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Offline War In 15MM

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2019, 06:38:16 PM »
Great job.

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Re: 1/56 Renault Adventuring Van
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2019, 09:14:48 PM »
Depends, Mark! After all, if it's a German expedition, jerrycans can still be a valid choice for interwar gaming.  :D ;)

As I recall, the allies discovered jerrycans thanks to a prewar American-German exploration expedition. It's funny to think that the jerrycan was actually a fairly-closely-guarded military secret at the time!
I was wondering if the name reflects that and, according to the wikipedia page, it does! :D