Author Topic: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30 (Read 334647 times)

Silent Invader · « **Reply #1245 on:** 09 July 2018, 07:08:41 PM »

Ha. A simple explanation

ARKOUDAKI · « **Reply #1246 on:** 09 July 2018, 10:47:42 PM »

Great piece Richard! How did you like the Rubicon Models (ex-Neucraft) Hotchkiss H39 kit? How does it compare detail-wise to say 1/48 Tamiya kits?

Captain Blood · « **Reply #1247 on:** 11 July 2018, 10:16:23 AM »

Thanks Rob

The Rubicon H39 kit is little short of superb. It's beautifully cast with ultra clean and sharp detail, really just as good as any Tamiya 1/48 scale kit I'd say. The difference is that while a 1/48 Tamiya plastic kit of this AFV would have about 100 parts, the Rubicon resin kit has about 15! But you'd never know it from the end result.

But then Rubicon, still a very young company, have rapidly become expert at producing plastic kits of outstanding, Tamiya-like quality, but without the plethora of fiddly individual components. They've taken this approach to a new level with these lightweight resin models.

http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=628.0

Keith · « **Reply #1248 on:** 11 July 2018, 10:40:12 AM »

I can only second the Captain - 'proper' scale model quality resin and probabaly one of the nicest kits I've ever owned in this scale. They've even managed to make it pretty robust which is quite remarkable considering the fidelity of the parts.

Hammers · « **Reply #1249 on:** 11 July 2018, 10:45:21 AM »

Fantastic, Richard! A really great take on a not much seen theme.

Dr DeAth · « **Reply #1250 on:** 11 July 2018, 11:49:09 AM »

Fan-tank-stic!

Quote from: Captain Blood on 08 July 2018, 09:52:40 AM

Captain Blood · « **Reply #1251 on:** 28 July 2018, 11:52:55 AM »

Thanks gents

Quote from: Dr De'Ath on 11 July 2018, 11:49:09 AM

Fan-tank-stic!

Ahaha - see what you did there...

Hammers · « **Reply #1252 on:** 28 July 2018, 11:58:42 AM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on 28 July 2018, 11:52:55 AM

Thanks gents

Ahaha - see what you did there...

Please explain it to m. It must be a very subtle joke...

SABOT · « **Reply #1253 on:** 28 July 2018, 01:52:10 PM »

I keep returning to this topic time and again to get inspired. Never fails to work . Just outstanding in every aspect. 👍

grant · « **Reply #1254 on:** 28 July 2018, 02:16:48 PM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on 30 June 2018, 04:05:33 PM

Here's the first Vichy wagon off the vehicle park

Beautiful!

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #1255 on:** 28 July 2018, 03:21:29 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on 28 July 2018, 11:58:42 AM

Please explain it to m. It must be a very subtle joke...

I think 'joke' is stretching the use of the word...

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #1256 on:** 28 July 2018, 03:39:36 PM »

Quote from: OSHIROmodels on 28 July 2018, 03:21:29 PM

I think 'joke' is stretching the use of the word...

It's more of a pun-ishable offence. And I should know.

The H-39 looks spot on, though. On the Dodge, the camo contrasts looked a bit harsh, but the tones on the tank are very convincing.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #1257 on:** 29 July 2018, 10:42:13 AM »

Thanks Chris.

I think the camo may look harsh because the French often used hard outlines around their blobs of colour.

Whereas most countries made their AFV camo schemes as deliberately muddy and indistinct as possible, I guess that singular, idiosyncratic, avant-garde French design ethic, drove them to make their patches of different colour camo as stylish and distinct as possible by outlining them in black, white, or more subtle tones...

These are attempts to recreate that unique Gallic look...

(Maybe I've over done it a bit though... Or possibly the colours are just a bit too bright / saturated

)