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Author Topic: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30  (Read 279915 times)

Offline OSHIROmodels

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1590 on: August 19, 2019, 11:44:46 AM »
Works well but I think he's probably a little more muscular than the norm  lol
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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1591 on: August 19, 2019, 11:58:48 AM »
Richard, you have hear of Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel, the younger brother of Erwin Romel?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desert_Peach


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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1592 on: August 19, 2019, 12:07:21 PM »
Great conversion Richard  8)
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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1593 on: August 19, 2019, 12:13:38 PM »
Very clever idea and brilliant modelling as usual.

The idea of using a Zulu parts to build a WWII german soldier is sort of... poetic?

Also, where's your 50+ page colonial kitbashing thread? :)
« Last Edit: August 19, 2019, 12:16:13 PM by Munindk »

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1594 on: August 19, 2019, 03:20:47 PM »
Lovely, seamless conversion work.
 8)

Richard, you have hear of Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel, the younger brother of Erwin Romel?

Well, Willi obviously needs a 'Desert Peach' cravat then...
 ;)


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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1595 on: August 19, 2019, 04:09:00 PM »
Works well but I think he's probably a little more muscular than the norm  lol

For a Zulu or a German?
That’s why he’s a gay icon  lol

Richard, you have hear of Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel, the younger brother of Erwin Romel?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desert_Peach

That is hilarious. I have to make one  :D

Very clever idea and brilliant modelling as usual.
Also, where's your 50+ page colonial kitbashing thread? :)

It’s early days on the plastic Zulu front. I couldn’t get on with the Perry plastic colonial British. But the plastic Zulus are a delight.
And so much kitbashing potential.
I’m going to do a couple of topless Wars of the Roses types next. Not for Towton, obviously, but hey, Bosworth was fought in the middle of August...

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1596 on: August 20, 2019, 08:40:08 AM »
that is a really cool idea
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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1597 on: August 20, 2019, 08:45:24 AM »
Great idea for making gun crews for the DAK, especially as the Perry ones are all fully clothed, but their 8th Army crews, in contrast, are all stripped for action. Either the Brits worked harder, or we were short of shirts.

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1598 on: August 23, 2019, 10:44:27 AM »
 :o

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1599 on: September 10, 2019, 06:58:15 PM »
A very creative kit-bashing going on there.  Thank you for the inspiration...as always!
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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.106 - Willi, gay icon of the DAK ;)
« Reply #1600 on: September 22, 2019, 07:26:19 PM »
Not sure what the issue with this fig was, there are plenty of bare-chested men in pictures from North Africa - no innuendo necessary, it's hot! I wouldn't want to run around in a long-sleeved tunic in 110 degree weather all the time! Certainly an effective conversion.

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.107 - Vichy Renault FT17 and infantry
« Reply #1601 on: October 14, 2019, 02:37:15 PM »
Here are some shots of the Vichy FT17 tank and figures from my LPL13 r2 entry. The tank is the Warlord Games model. Decals from Rubicon. The infantry are Perry.


















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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.107 - Renault FT17 and Vichy infantry
« Reply #1602 on: October 14, 2019, 02:52:52 PM »
Lovely pj on those 8) but that tank is stunning  :-*


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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.107 - Renault FT17 and Vichy infantry
« Reply #1603 on: October 14, 2019, 03:24:49 PM »
The tank is certainly beautifully painted, but I suspect that in reality the gorgeous colour scheme would be largely obscured by sand dust, much to the crew's frustration, no doubt. Even US olive drab became virtually invisible under the ever present coating of Tunisian sand, and I doubt that the Syrian climate was any kinder to more sophisticated camouflage schemes.

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.107 - Renault FT17 and Vichy infantry
« Reply #1604 on: October 14, 2019, 03:31:48 PM »
That is cracking stuff

 

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