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Author Topic: Help identifying a T34/85 manufacturer (no photos for now)  (Read 1434 times)

Offline Predatorpt

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Help identifying a T34/85 manufacturer (no photos for now)
« on: August 27, 2016, 02:40:51 PM »
Sorry for the lack of pictures, but I'm at work right now and the tank is at home. I'll take some pictures when I arrive.

Has anyone come across a 1/56 (or similar scale) T34/85, with a resin body, tracks and turret in metal?

Like I said, the turret is in metal but hollow. I think it's in 1/56 (it's smaller than my 1/48 one) but I would like to know the maker so I can confirm its size. I also have a T34/76 from the same maker.

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Re: Help identifying a T34/85 manufacturer (no photos for now)
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2016, 02:50:29 PM »
Damn, after posting I came across the West Wind range of vehicles and I think it's this one:

http://mainly28s.com/review/+1943V.t-34-85.002.html

I guess the T34/76 is from the same range.

So 1/60 instead of 1/56  :( Has anyone used them with Bolt Action figures?

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Re: Help identifying a T34/85 manufacturer (no photos for now)
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2016, 03:28:01 PM »
Damn, after posting I came across the West Wind range of vehicles and I think it's this one:

http://mainly28s.com/review/+1943V.t-34-85.002.html

I guess the T34/76 is from the same range.

So 1/60 instead of 1/56  :( Has anyone used them with Bolt Action figures?

The West Wind 1/60 models are very nicely done, but the scale difference is, IMHO, rather noticeable. I used to own an M10 from the range, and it looked very compact next to the Black Tree Americans I preferred. Personally, I later went with 1/48th, so I'm a bit biased on the other side of the spectrum.

I think the WW vehicles work fine next to the older West Wind miniatures, which are on the shorter side of 28mm, and visibly different from the later figures, which are much more in line with the larger ranges out there (Artizan, Black Tree, presumably Warlord - I don't have any of their plastics, but I used to buy a lot of the Bolt Action figures back when they were an independent range).

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Re: Help identifying a T34/85 manufacturer (no photos for now)
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2016, 05:07:47 PM »
The West Wind 1/60 models are very nicely done, but the scale difference is, IMHO, rather noticeable. I used to own an M10 from the range, and it looked very compact next to the Black Tree Americans I preferred. Personally, I later went with 1/48th, so I'm a bit biased on the other side of the spectrum.

I think the WW vehicles work fine next to the older West Wind miniatures, which are on the shorter side of 28mm, and visibly different from the later figures, which are much more in line with the larger ranges out there (Artizan, Black Tree, presumably Warlord - I don't have any of their plastics, but I used to buy a lot of the Bolt Action figures back when they were an independent range).

I was fearing that  :'( Maybe if I base the tank it won't be so noticeable.

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Re: Help identifying a T34/85 manufacturer (no photos for now)
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2016, 03:11:05 PM »
iirc when it comes to the t34'sthe scale difference between a 1/60 and a 1/56 is small enough to be hidden by a few mm of ground under the tracks.
it's about 3mm height/width and 6 mm lengthwise. I'd throw a few sandbags on it to bulk it up a bit.

 

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