Black Army Update: Now have a caster for the Euzkadi

[Tobsen77]

Hello... I started working on the Ehrhardt... don't have too much time at the moment, so no pictures for the moment Tobi

[Doc Twilight]

I'm sure you'll do a great job on it Now forget those important things like real life and employment and get me some pictures!

-Doc

[Tobsen77]

I'm sure you'll do a great job on it Now forget those important things like real life and employment and get me some pictures!

-Doc

My main occupation for the last 5 weeks  (and the next 1000) weighs 4000g and absorbs loads of poo with infernal noises!

[Doc Twilight]

Ok, I give. What on earth do you work with? Some sort of advance sewage treatment vehicle? A german UBoat equipped for dealing with New York's trash problem?

-Doc

[Tannenberg]

Stark, duely noted on the Euzkadis. I'll add two to the number to to be cast. And thanks for the support with the Ehrhardt... again, not sure when that'll be ready, but Tobi's agreed in principal to sculpt it after he's done some of his own projects. (And he's working on some really cool stuff, I must say.)

-Doc

Gamer Mac pointed me in your direction about the 'Ehrhardt'.  I'm very interested in this particular vehicle!!!  What a machine!!! It's so difficult to try and get something like this in 28mm.  I'm looking at doing wargaming scenarios for Latvia 1919 and also some of the uprisings in Germany during that period. 

Marco

[Doc Twilight]

My thanks to Mac for pointing you my way, Tanneberg, and thanks for the interest.

There were definitely Ehrhardts in Latvia in 1919 - I think there's a photo of one of them at Landships, but I'm not one hundred percent certain. Something like twenty of the things were built post war, and they were used pretty much everywhere the Germans were during the Interwar period.The Polish had a few, too, which were involved in the Russo-Polish War. (And unlike the mythic Polish A7V, there's actual evidence for this.)

Tobi is working on the car now, and as soon as he feels comfortable with it I'm sure he'll send me some pictures, at which point I'll be closer to knowing when it'll be available. (He's fast, but he also has other priorities, so I don't want to pin him down by guessing a time/date of completion.) He indicated to me that he thinks the odd wheels on the car will be the most "interesting" part of the build, and I suspect he's right.

I will post here on the LAF first when the Ehrhardt is available.

-Doc

[Tannenberg]

My thanks to Mac for pointing you my way, Tanneberg, and thanks for the interest.

There were definitely Ehrhardts in Latvia in 1919 - I think there's a photo of one of them at Landships, but I'm not one hundred percent certain. Something like twenty of the things were built post war, and they were used pretty much everywhere the Germans were during the Interwar period.The Polish had a few, too, which were involved in the Russo-Polish War. (And unlike the mythic Polish A7V, there's actual evidence for this.)

Tobi is working on the car now, and as soon as he feels comfortable with it I'm sure he'll send me some pictures, at which point I'll be closer to knowing when it'll be available. (He's fast, but he also has other priorities, so I don't want to pin him down by guessing a time/date of completion.) He indicated to me that he thinks the odd wheels on the car will be the most "interesting" part of the build, and I suspect he's right.

I will post here on the LAF first when the Ehrhardt is available.

-Doc

That's great Doc, I will be looking forward to seeing the final product.  Are you planning for any other vehicles etc for the inter-war years?

Marco 

[Doc Twilight]

Oh yes, certainly. Plenty more. As I'm a one man operation, more or less, I can't produce the volume that other companies do, and I do have a limited budget, but I hope to release more vehicles in the future. The most likely possible projects in the next few months:

- Austro-Hungarian Armored Cars  (Romfell and Junovicz)
- the Krupp "Kugelpanzer"
- Garford Armored Truck (RCW era; also known as the Putilov-Garford)


Lots of other ideas, and as usual, always open to suggestions, hints, leads, etc.

-Doc

[Arlequín]

I think you should be commended Doc... It's good to see someone willing to produce obscure vehicles (at whatever pace you choose to work), there may not be a mass market for them, but a few individuals will be very grateful for your efforts! 

[Doc Twilight]

Jim -

Thanks for the kind words. The idea is to make vehicles and figures that people want, but that the big guys won't touch, or have promised for years but not delivered. I don't expect to get rich, but if I can get a few options on the market, and maybe eventually break even, I'll be happy.

-Doc

[bandit86]

Here one for you 
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/408420463_d5499e60d9.jpg

another
http://englishrussia.com/images/weird_tanks/18.jpg
one more
http://img169.imageshack.us/i/43097163fs2.jpg/

[Doc Twilight]

Here one for you 
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/408420463_d5499e60d9.jpg

another
http://englishrussia.com/images/weird_tanks/18.jpg
one more
http://img169.imageshack.us/i/43097163fs2.jpg/

Thanks for the links, Bandit.

Yeah, I'm well acquainted with the Tsar tank, and believe me, I'd love to cover it. But it's fricken huge. I'm sure somebody like Tobi could pull it off, but it'd would probably not be the world's smallest, or cheapest model to commission, cast, or purchase. Then again, the components are relatively simple by themselves, just big, so I suppose anything's possible!

-Doc

[Doc Twilight]

Just forgot another vehicle that was on the short list (have misplaced my organizer). Belgian Minerva. A must have.

-Doc

[bandit86]

I was going to add this but It should be coming out soon by darkson designs.
http://www.frothersunite.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21634
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/02/23/novel-war-tank-resembles-a-rolling-ball/

[WillieB]

Just forgot another vehicle that was on the short list (have misplaced my organizer). Belgian Minerva. A must have.
-Doc

Oh yes, please! Pretty please!