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On the Drawing Board - UPDATED 160830
« on: January 20, 2015, 09:49:40 pm »
From time to time, we will post some random images on what we are doing.  Not on a particular project, but a variety of things we are working on!
Here are two of them...





Enjoy!

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Re: On the Drawing Board - Updated Jan 22, 2015
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2015, 08:05:04 pm »
Something not WW2 vehicle related, but a side project for future product range...





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Re: On the Drawing Board - Jan 22, 2015
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2015, 05:10:07 am »
this lamp post and electric pples look great. If you are planing to go that way there is great space for other city accessories . If you decide to make some city or  village sets i know that i will put them in my "to buy list"

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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED Feb 23, 2015
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2015, 12:20:00 am »
Bolt and nut counters, come and see what we have done so far!





Guess what is this vehicle?

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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED Feb 23, 2015
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2015, 01:48:46 am »
That'll be one of these - I know that nose anywhere, having built several Airfix versions...

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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED Feb 23, 2015
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2015, 04:50:31 am »
Wow! That will be a great kit to market. I will definetly purchase a few Crusaders!! I hope that you will make the mark 1 and mark 2 !

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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED Mar 30, 2015
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2015, 08:18:34 pm »
What is it?  Don't think you need any hints, right?


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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED Mar 30, 2015
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2015, 10:15:17 pm »
Another WIP project on the Drawing Board!  Should be able to see some more sketches soon!





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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED May 27, 2015
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2015, 12:13:26 am »
An M10 and/or M36?

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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED May 27, 2015
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2015, 06:53:28 am »
If so it would be great if the additional 17lbr gun could be included to make a M10c Achilles for all of us commonwealth players.

Of course I suppose it could also be an M3 Lee/Grant, which would be great alongside the upcoming Crusader.

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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED May 27, 2015
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2015, 02:33:56 pm »
If so it would be great if the additional 17lbr gun could be included to make a M10c Achilles for all of us commonwealth players.
Of course I suppose it could also be an M3 Lee/Grant, which would be great alongside the upcoming Crusader.

That's for sure!  There are some subtle differences between the M10 and her British counterpart that needed to be sorted out (or ignored), but should be able to combine the two into a single kit with ease.  For the M3 Lee/Grant, the situation is similar, except the bolts and nuts on the vehicle is creating some design issues that we have to resolve creatively...


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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED May 27, 2015
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2015, 12:11:47 pm »
An M10/Achilles/M36 (if that's what you're thinking about) would be a very popular kit, I'm sure. 

The problem with an M10/M36 kit is that the M10 was built on the diesel-engined M4A2 chassis, while the M36 was built on the Ford petrol-engined M10A1 chassis (many M36s were rebuilt M10A1s - the M10A1 itself never saw active service).  So there are detail differences on the engine deck and rear hull.

That issue aside, it's presumably possible to fit all the parts onto the sprues - you did something similar with the M4A3 (although I realise that the M10 and M36 turrets need different interiors as well as different turrets).

The Achilles used the later M10 turret, with the 'duckbill' counterweight on the rear.  There were internal differences between the Achilles and M10 turret, but they're probably easy to 'fudge' if the detail is simplified.  The most inconvenient difference between the Achilles and the M10 is that the Achilles lacked the prominent bolts on the turret and hull sides, intended for applique armour (that was never fitted).  These bolts also disappeared from very late M10s and M36s (but remained on the hull front), but most vehicles that saw service in WW2had them.  So I guess if your kit was based on the late version of the M10/M36, you could omit those bolts. 
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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED May 27, 2015
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2015, 12:37:40 pm »
Pinky: "So I guess if your kit was based on the late version of the M10/M36, you could omit those bolts."

We would rather keep those bolts there, and let the "modeler" to remove them with a cutter and some sandpaper...  ;)

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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED May 27, 2015
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2015, 03:49:39 pm »
Hope you get your new sculptor on board for this. Crew would be a nice addition.
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Re: On the Drawing Board - UPDATED May 27, 2015
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2015, 06:19:53 pm »
We would rather keep those bolts there, and let the "modeler" to remove them with a cutter and some sandpaper...  ;)

Yeah, good point.  So you only have to deal with the fact that the M10 and M36 engine decks and rear hulls were different.