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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - 75/105 Turret TS1 170119

« on: January 19, 2017, 11:55:17 pm »

The rear plate on a late production 75mm M4A2.  You can see the tool stowage, and the bolts.  Also the steel cleat tracks.

Think we have the tool stowage on the late models as well .  Not going to do the steel cleat tracks as is difficult to mimic with a single track design.  We might do a resin version later on.

A side view of a late production 75mm M4A2.  The hull appliqué armour is visible.  Nearly all of this variant had appliqué armour because (despite having the revised glacis and large hatches) 'wet' stowage wasn't installed until the upgrade to the 76mm version.  This should be included in the kit.  This version also usually (but not always) had the folding 'shelf' on the rear plate.

The 75/105mm turret sprue is universal for ALL M4 production variants, thus the applique armour is separate... just in case!

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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - 75/105 Turret TS1 170119

« on: January 19, 2017, 07:15:49 pm »

Is it a statistical anomaly that only British Shermans with the right bustle aerial fitting in use were photographed or was that standard for British tanks.

At least from photos, a majority (closeup images) had them disregard of Sherman types.

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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - 75/105 Turret TS1 170119

« on: January 19, 2017, 06:10:45 pm »

Is the Firefly hatch a surface mount or do you remove the material from the underside of the turret top?

We have two hidden notches on the underside of the turret that you can drilled open before attaching the Firefly hatch to the turret.

Having the appliqué Armour separate s great as well.

We think so too.  This will enable you to create variety throughout the turret production cycle.  We have put in a lot of thoughts in the initial design stage... flipping through stacks of reference material!

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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - 75/105 Turret TS1 170119

« on: January 19, 2017, 01:47:57 pm »

This is something everyone is looking forward to!











Enjoy!

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Work In Progress / Re: M3/M3A1 Half-Track Personnel Carrier - TS1 Plastic Assembled 161210

« on: January 19, 2017, 12:12:07 am »

The M21 MMC finally had her closure after so much delays - waiting for the digital sculpts to get done!

























Enjoy!

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - US Truck Crew 170118

« on: January 18, 2017, 12:56:21 pm »

Here is the final version of TWO sets of our US Truck Crew Set...























Enjoy!

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Size Comparison 170118

« on: January 18, 2017, 01:46:52 am »

For those who had been asking... this is a size comparison between
our figures (standard figure template) and that of the Perrys.



Enjoy!

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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - Sherman Mk III 170117

« on: January 17, 2017, 01:56:39 pm »

The perks of being on our forum... first to see new stuff being posted outside of the studio!
This is our new WIP M4A2 variants - Sherman Mk III... in 3d prototype!









Enjoy!

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Wittmann & Woll 170117

« on: January 17, 2017, 01:48:32 pm »

Can't find a suitable Tiger I for posting, so we are using an early war DAK Tiger I instead.
Even though there had been debates whether Woll was at the Villers Bocage, we thought
Wittmann & Woll will do an excellent figure set.







Enjoy!

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Wittmann & Woll PIP 170116

« on: January 16, 2017, 12:51:54 pm »

If nobody tells you the scale of these figures, quite sure everybody will think they are 1/35 scale!
A paint in progress photo by our studio painter Rico Chia.



Enjoy!

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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - T1 Plastic 170113

« on: January 16, 2017, 01:56:22 am »

Have you  ( Rubicon ) , given thought to selling single sprue  turret or wheel and track kits for the Sherman ? The various detail kits for the German 250/251 are a fantastic addition to your  line up , especially for those of us who like to kit bash model kits . I think various track/ wheel and turret/ gun combo kits would  appeal to model builders as well . There's a weird early / late war Frakentank Sherman at one of the local Veteran Associations here in Canada I would love to build ( looks to have Israeli stowage boxes on it !)

Think is still too early to say.  We preferred not to sell individual sprues because of manpower issues.  We are a design studio and simply do not have the facility to handle that.

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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - T1 Plastic 170113

« on: January 15, 2017, 08:28:42 pm »

Hopefully the kit will include both 75mm and 76mm turrets - and the 75mm turret
will include the initial M34 gun mount with the narrow gun shield.  The late 'large
hatch' hull would also require the later 'high bustle' 75mm turret - which would
mean including 3 turrets!  As 75mm-armed M4A2s didn't have 'wet' stowage, it
should also have (optional, not moulded-on) hull appliqué armour.

We have decided not to include both 75mm and 76mm turrets in a single product. 
BUT we might include them in two separate product codes.

Here is a brief preview for the 75mm turret:
- includes both high and low bustle turrets
- includes both 75mm & 105mm gun - 4 gun barrels in total
- 4 mantlet choices
- flamethrower options
- two complete turrets

We cannot include all possible choices or options, but we have make both turret
designs to be as common as possible.  We have plans to release special "resin"
versions in the near future too!

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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - T1 Plastic 170113

« on: January 15, 2017, 05:05:22 pm »

There is a lot of good educated guesses on such a blurred images.  We can't post
a clear image of the sprue until all the related TS1 sprues are ready.

If you look at the creation date of this post, it was Feb 17, 2016.  We had achieved
a lot for the last eleven months!  A quick review...

1) M4A3/M4A3E8 4-sprue kit almost done
2) M4A2 US/British - hull sprue done
3) 75/105mm turret - mould almost done
4) M4 US/British - mould almost done
5) M4A1 US/British - digital drawing in progress

Not bad for such a complicated project!  We will try to post more images when
the plastic sprues become available.

PS: That does not include the various tracks and suspensions that were done
relating to these production models.

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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - T1 Plastic 170113

« on: January 14, 2017, 11:20:23 pm »

This is the first time we are showing off this TS plastic sprue which differs from our
normal layout design.

Not able to show you the intricate details on this sprue right away, but this will be our
"breakout of the box" approach to a more creative and effective way to manufacture
even better quality products at a competitive price. Can you figure out what this sprue
contains?



Enjoy!

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Work In Progress / Re: SdKfz 251/1 Ausf C & Expansion Kits - 250/7 & 251/2 TS1 Painted 170110

« on: January 10, 2017, 03:58:54 pm »

With Chinese New Year (Jan 28) coming soon, we had been busy working with the factory
rearranging our work schedule. Still have time to squeeze in another 250/251 expansion
set for your preview!

This is our single plastic sprue 250/7 & 251/2 81mm mortar carrier expansion kit. It comes
with an extra dismounted weapon team - a real Dollar Saver for the armchair generals!











Enjoy!