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Work In Progress / Re: The Panzer IV Digital Library - Wire-Mesh Skirts 180429
« on: April 29, 2018, 01:55:15 am »
I did not get to see them in detail at Salute, are they stainless steel?
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Work In Progress / Re: German AA/AT Guns - 3.7cm FlaK 43 Prototype 180429
« on: April 29, 2018, 01:49:49 am »
Nice.
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Work In Progress / Re: SdKfz 222/223/260/261 - Question?? 180426
« on: April 26, 2018, 01:17:44 am »
Best match I have found is "Width Marker"
There are examples on this page:
http://www.oldcaraccessories.com/kerbfeelers.htm
Kerb feelers are the inverse of Width Markers, but they are on the same page.
[Edit] as Pinky said.
There are examples on this page:
http://www.oldcaraccessories.com/kerbfeelers.htm
Kerb feelers are the inverse of Width Markers, but they are on the same page.
[Edit] as Pinky said.
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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Tracks' M4 Medium tank thread
« on: April 25, 2018, 09:25:56 pm »
Compare the Mantlet dot com (sans Russian mongooses).
Italeri/Warlord M4
Warlord M4A4.
I have three Rubicon 75mm turret sets to build, but only have 76mm (one original, one new) turrets built.
Italeri/Warlord M4
Warlord M4A4.
I have three Rubicon 75mm turret sets to build, but only have 76mm (one original, one new) turrets built.
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Work In Progress / Re: Soviet SU Series Self-Propelled Gun - SU-85M/SU-100 Prototype 180329
« on: April 24, 2018, 04:08:35 pm »Will there also be resin T-34 tracks? While the plastic tracks are pretty good, I am quite interested in Rubicon's planned range of extra-detailed replacement tracks.Good point. To my shame I have not got the existing tank destroyers, but the original T34 tracks do lack detail on the inner surface.
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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Jimmys WIP Thread
« on: April 24, 2018, 03:53:29 pm »
That looks good. Following Ballardian's idea, you might want to add the lever on top of the breech.
As mentioned above, you just need to give the impression
What thickness rod did you use? I have 0.4mm (4mm scale handrails), 0.7mm (7mm scale handrails) and 1.0 and 1.5mm (various reinforcement and gun barrels).
By the way, are you going to call your M18 "Patsy" (or more obscurely "Rachel")?
As mentioned above, you just need to give the impression
What thickness rod did you use? I have 0.4mm (4mm scale handrails), 0.7mm (7mm scale handrails) and 1.0 and 1.5mm (various reinforcement and gun barrels).
By the way, are you going to call your M18 "Patsy" (or more obscurely "Rachel")?
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Showcase & Gallery / Re: UVS models
« on: April 24, 2018, 03:34:19 pm »
I was inspired by Ballardian's rain cover (I had seen models with hand rails but thought that was too much "chrome" for a last ditch piece of kit).
Interior will be in two stages, one is the addition of a radio, two boxes of something, two gas mask cases and the tube for the sight.
The second will be the crew, as that will require possible scratch building and I would like to have the model painted soon. I will leave the turret unglued to allow access.
Oh, and formal apology to Ripley, my excuse was I had not seen the instructions and thought the gun mount parts were on the outside and that the socket for the locating piece was the sight opening (I did wonder why the loader had a widget above the turret top, at least I did not claim it was a machine gun mount ^__^).
Interior will be in two stages, one is the addition of a radio, two boxes of something, two gas mask cases and the tube for the sight.
The second will be the crew, as that will require possible scratch building and I would like to have the model painted soon. I will leave the turret unglued to allow access.
Oh, and formal apology to Ripley, my excuse was I had not seen the instructions and thought the gun mount parts were on the outside and that the socket for the locating piece was the sight opening (I did wonder why the loader had a widget above the turret top, at least I did not claim it was a machine gun mount ^__^).
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Showcase & Gallery / Re: UVS models
« on: April 24, 2018, 03:17:03 am »
There are not many kits that you can dry fit, resin or otherwise.
I have not started gluing anything else together yet.
I have added rods for some soft stowage on the rear plate and a jerry can.
The hull needs disassembly before painting and I still need to detail the turret.
I have not started gluing anything else together yet.
I have added rods for some soft stowage on the rear plate and a jerry can.
The hull needs disassembly before painting and I still need to detail the turret.
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Showcase & Gallery / Re: WIP Rubicon Shermans
« on: April 24, 2018, 01:08:36 am »
Well done, very nice.
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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Jimmys WIP Thread
« on: April 23, 2018, 08:15:59 pm »
Yup, colour is weird (I did a two day course on it back in the 'eighties, I felt no wiser afterwards).
Lighting is important, I did some comparisons here:
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/lead-legion-colours.html
Sorry, real life interfered and interrupted my ramblings.
One of the reasons why smaller things look darker is how our brains interpret things, binocular vision only works out to a short distance after that ranging is dependent on how things appear (which is why 3D films often look odd). Reversing the logic if you have a smaller version of an object, your brain takes the size cues and reinterprets what the eye sees.
Photographs are dependent on the recording media, chemical recordings vary dependent on temperature, processing and other settings. Digital recording adds software processing at the recording stage and the "developing" stage.
Unless you are using RAW together with fixed exposure and aperture settings, it is difficult to get consistent colours.
Lighting is important, I did some comparisons here:
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/lead-legion-colours.html
Sorry, real life interfered and interrupted my ramblings.
One of the reasons why smaller things look darker is how our brains interpret things, binocular vision only works out to a short distance after that ranging is dependent on how things appear (which is why 3D films often look odd). Reversing the logic if you have a smaller version of an object, your brain takes the size cues and reinterprets what the eye sees.
Photographs are dependent on the recording media, chemical recordings vary dependent on temperature, processing and other settings. Digital recording adds software processing at the recording stage and the "developing" stage.
Unless you are using RAW together with fixed exposure and aperture settings, it is difficult to get consistent colours.
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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - Works continue... 180422
« on: April 23, 2018, 03:00:05 am »You know us so well...Would be nice to get a small and large hatch version
You are a spoiled kid... by us, lol.
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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - British Helmets 180422
« on: April 22, 2018, 03:09:52 pm »Something British... at work!Drinking tea!
The Boiling Vessel is a distinctive feature of British vehicles and the envy of the world! Though we have to store the milk in the American's walk in fridges....
Good to see work on this, we will need helmets with and without heads. I must have a look at Warrior 183.
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Work In Progress / Re: Codename: Sherman 2016 - Works continue... 180422
« on: April 22, 2018, 03:02:34 pm »
Large hatch hull (no cut out on rear plate)?
Lots of complex curves.
Lots of complex curves.
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Work In Progress / Re: The Krupp-Steyr Waffenträger in resin
« on: April 22, 2018, 02:56:59 am »
Nice job.
Good idea on fixing the crew to the breech.
Is that a release on the right side of the breech?
Good idea on fixing the crew to the breech.
Is that a release on the right side of the breech?