Copplestone Snowcat Transport

[Bravo Six]

Has anyone seen the new Snowcat from Copplestone Castings? WOW! 

It's up on the site under Newest Releases.

-Todd

[fastolfrus]

Not until you pointed it out.

Wonder how it compares in size with figures ?

[twrchtrwyth]

Here it is.

Lovely.

[Keith]

Just brilliant!

[Maenoferren]

OOOOH that looks good.... I want one......

Just one thing though... how the hell are they going to get that thing from that crevasse?

[WillieB]

Fill the crevasse with water and wait till it freezes over?

Seriously, I think that  snowcat is lost unless they pick it up with a helicopter...

[Sterling Moose]

Looks like it'll make a good bridge!

[archangel1]

...Seriously, I think that  snowcat is lost unless they pick it up with a helicopter...

The vehicle shown was one of four involved in the 1955-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, one half led by British explorer Dr.(later Sir) Vivian Fuchs and the other by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary.  They started out on opposite sides of the continent and met up at the South Pole on Jan.19, 1958.  (Hillary was not originally scheduled to travel to the Pole but he apparently saw the chance to get there before the British expedition and took it, arriving there on Jan.3.  His was only the third party to accomplish the feat, nearly 46 years after Robert Scott's fateful journey.)
The Tucker Sno-Cat in the picture, which weighs about 3 tons, was suspended over the 60' crevasse for over 5 hours.  It was recovered, in what must have been an amazing feat of engineering! Must try and see if Fuchs' and Hillary's account, 'The Crossing of Antarctica' is still available in print.  Sounds like a good read!

[Invicta]

WOW fantastic! I saw this over on FU-UK and really, really want one.

[Westfalia Chris]

Sweeeet! I´ve always wanted one of those!

[Hammers]

Wouldn't you know it?! I was in the process of scratchbuilding an early snow vehicle for our polar game last week and voilá, some miniature manufacturer does his mind reading thing...

[Plynkes]

I hate it when that happens. I spent ages the other week making some damn tedious head-swap conversions to a get a troop type that I wanted, only to read an announcement that a figure company is planning to release those very troops soon. 

[Hammers]

A double edged sword, is it not, living in the Golden Era of Wargaming?

[Ramshackle_Curtis]

nice tracks....

[meninobesta]

this proves religion is more practical than hard work! why spend your afternoons scratchbuilding the most strange oddities... if some casting company listens to your prayers!

Take that Nietzsche! There is a god after all and he works with lead ... and some big resin bits!


ah! almost forgot -> the model looks really great!