Rubicon Models
Rubicon Models => Work In Progress => Topic started by: Rubicon Models on September 13, 2019, 11:41:42 am
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This is something we had been working on... not pewter, but PLASTIC!
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/Farm%20Produce%20Render%20190913-1_zpsqzvs0vfn.jpg)
Enjoy!
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Another training project?
Looking good.
I think some players would like these for decorating their game table... and not just WW2 players. With possibly the exception of the suitcase, this farm and market set should be suitable for other historical periods.
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Nice idea. Why do the produce trays have such massive side pieces? Wouldn't they just be simple open wooden trays?
I'd like more crates and suitcases and less produce.
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Why do the produce trays have such massive side pieces? Wouldn't they just be simple open wooden trays?
From references, the wider sideboards were "leg rest" when stacking the trays together. These trays were usually for vegetables and they need air to flow in-between.
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Does the milk churn have a separate handle?
Useful for my M4A3E4.
[edit] damn you, autocorrect...
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Some nice looking stuff .
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Had the prototype painted... looks very promising!
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/Farm%20Produce%20Prototypes%20190914-01_zpsjpo1yxvo.jpg)
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/Farm%20Produce%20Prototypes%20190914-02_zpsgyzohig5.jpg)
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/Farm%20Produce%20Prototypes%20190914-03_zpsnctfq6ai.jpg)
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/Farm%20Produce%20Prototypes%20190914-04_zps526bhunh.jpg)
Enjoy!
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Nice.
Are the trays one piece (with fruit/veg/fish in-situ)?
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Can you post a picture with one of your standing figures ? Like to get an idea of the size of some of the pieces . Those full boxes of veggies look like they might be more than one man / woman could carry / lift
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They look like stacks of trays. I have some modern equivalent somewhere. I think they are about two foot six or so in length (an arms width).
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The fishy ones , then yes , single trays . The veggies have a board covering part of each end which isn't seen in the lower levels ( for stacking ? ), hence I believe it to be one large box . I figure it would be a one person push cart , so what ever is on there should be movable by one person ( man , women or teenager ) . I've seen a few 30s & 40s movies with market stall scenes and the product isn't in boxes that big . Not historical fact but common sence the boxes should be easy to shift by one person IMO
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Looks to be a wonderful set with a variety of uses as scenery, an objective or adding to vehicles of food "liberated" from the locals.
Very unique.
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If you do some digging, this is what 1930’s era fruit and vegetable crates looked like:
(https://i.postimg.cc/PCFKNsKG/3-C2-CBC67-B62-C-4-D4-A-A4-D0-469-FFF3-FCB73.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PCFKNsKG)
(https://i.postimg.cc/dL65PTyV/787-C03-CB-4689-4-DF7-9197-29-BA458-A27-CC.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dL65PTyV)
You can see how they’re designed to stack. I didn’t find any photos of ones Rubicon has done. To me, they look too modern. Also, I noticed that the produce often seemed to be displayed loose or in woven baskets.
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@Pinky, the crates you showed are of UK origins, which is quite different from mainland Europe of the time.
Here are some photos took in Paris by a German photographer after the occupation for your references.
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/4cc54ee0-c400-40f9-9f9e-cdaea289a4c9_zpszopnf0bd.jpg)
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/71865138-3e1a-4bdb-8448-aa0d0a64a325_zpsewg6kxuj.jpg)
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/50267987-ccbb-41d8-becc-8c0fc480681c_zpszaymj6km.jpg)
(https://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/Scenery/e7a3e176-ff1e-4491-ba07-dee4429da13c_zps7m6sxkxi.jpg)
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Finally, the first plastic test shot from our Market Produce set...
(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/21/5a/Ps7AAip2_t.jpg)
(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/d9/91/2YQ4VYUq_t.jpg)
(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/82/fc/aCMVR7jm_t.jpg)
(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/b5/bf/ioKC5jon_t.jpg)
Enjoy!
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This set looks great . I'm still not sure about the size of large veggie boxes , but being plastic , I can cut them down a row or two to suit my purposes .
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Milk churns - cool for an M4A3E4.
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All very nice and useful :)
Although I’m slightly nonplussed as to the presence of a suitcase and a tin bath in an assemblage of market produce...
Presumably, the idea of these plus the handcart is perhaps to enable diorama modellers to portray refugees?
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Although I’m slightly nonplussed as to the presence of a suitcase and a tin bath in an assemblage of market produce...
The tin tub was a common sight in the market to wash fish and vegetables. As for the suitcase, I have no idea... can ask the designers, hahaha!
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I guess you could use the tin tub and suit case in a refugee type diorama , maybe even using some parts from the furniture set piled up on the hand cart . Or as spoils of war tied on to a T-34 in Berlin , some where I've seen a picture of one with an upright piano on the engine deck . There are lots of market place / house hold type parts available for numerous 28mm games out there , IRC Mantic just finished a kick starter of large scenery packs including Town Square and Manor House sets which usually they break these down into smaller stall / room sets when sold to the public in Hobby Shops . Hopefully Rubicon's civilian figures will lend themselves to market day sellers / shoppers and refugees
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I have seen a photograph of a Panther in Normandy with a bathtub on the engine deck with a jerry can in it.
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As for the suitcase, I have no idea... can ask the designers, hahaha!
Black marketeer: watches, jewelry, documents....