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Author Topic: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30  (Read 281742 times)

Offline Romark

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.121 - LRDG Chevvy truck finished!
« Reply #1816 on: February 18, 2022, 01:01:42 PM »
Awesome work on these vehicles, seems you are dab hand at all aspects of this hobby 👍

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.121 - LRDG Chevvy truck finished!
« Reply #1817 on: February 18, 2022, 01:02:37 PM »
The LRDG truck looks fantastic  :-*

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1818 on: February 22, 2022, 03:27:51 PM »
Thanks gents :)

Next up is the Rubicon Valentine tank. The tank commander is from the freebie Rubicon tank commanders sprue that was a reward for taking part in WS&S's Great Wargaming Survey a year or two back. Just goes to show it's worth holding onto all those funny little bits that one picks up along the way :)












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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1819 on: February 22, 2022, 03:55:20 PM »
By eck that looks lovely.

As an aside did you buy up all the rubicon 25 pdrs so no-one else could get one?
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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1820 on: February 22, 2022, 04:13:23 PM »
By eck that looks lovely.

As an aside did you buy up all the rubicon 25 pdrs so no-one else could get one?

lol

I didn't even know they were out yet. I've been waiting for the Bedford trucks to come back into stock. It seems that post-Covid, Rubicon are having serious issues getting their stock out of China and over to the rest of the world. Let's hope the logjam clears in time. I'm very much liking the look of their WIP 25pdr/Bedford truck portee :)

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1821 on: February 22, 2022, 04:27:52 PM »
Fantastic work! I absolutely love your Valentine!
« Last Edit: February 24, 2022, 12:50:13 AM by MaleGriffin »
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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1822 on: February 22, 2022, 06:43:07 PM »
Ooh! Another nicely done tank!  Well done!
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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1823 on: February 23, 2022, 10:13:20 AM »
More nice stuff.
I never did get any reward for that survey. :-[

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1824 on: February 23, 2022, 11:56:10 AM »
Sublime work...

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1825 on: February 23, 2022, 05:57:11 PM »
Fabulous work Richard! I love the weathering on that exhaust  :-*

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1826 on: February 23, 2022, 11:56:51 PM »
Now that is a thing of beauty! Absolutely stupendous work!

(Even if it is in the Wrong scale... ;) )
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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1827 on: February 24, 2022, 04:20:33 PM »
Superb looking Valentine. I've just painted three myself, although I'm not totally happy with how my own attempt at the Africa Dust wash went compared to yours  o_o

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1828 on: February 25, 2022, 04:45:26 PM »
Thanks gents  :)

Next up, the Perry Indian Pattern carrier. (Bit of a rude awakening after the finesse of the Rubicon plastic kits - an awful lot of rivets! But I think it's turning out okay).

Superb looking Valentine. I've just painted three myself, although I'm not totally happy with how my own attempt at the Africa Dust wash went compared to yours  o_o

Interestingly, I've just a got a new bottle of Africa Dust Wash, and it's a lot thinner and less dusty-looking than the old one I had. Hmmm...  ::)

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Re: Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.122 - Be my Valentine (tank)
« Reply #1829 on: March 02, 2022, 01:46:46 PM »
Here's the Perry Indian Pattern Carrier...

A bit over-weathered to be honest. Had some problems with this one - paint peeling off the casting, despite washing in detergent before priming. All in all, a bit of a dog's breakfast, but it's turned out okay at tabletop distance  ::)












 

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