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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Minor Kitbash
« on: December 06, 2019, 02:01:34 am »
Nice job :) Ripley, I believe the Kugelblitz turret is the Heer46 one

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General Discussions / Re: Antennas
« on: December 05, 2019, 05:57:49 pm »
 Much like many here I’ve tended to use the bristles from a brush, (in this case, nylon ones from a brush that goes with the household dustpan - my other half is beginning to wonder about it’s increasing baldness).
 As the bristles are quite thin (a reasonable scale approximation) I usually glue them into a small plug of plastic rod, (I cut the rod in half lengthwise & make a small groove for the bristle in it with a triangular rat-tail file) this makes it easier to attach them to the vehicle.

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It looks great, I look forward to recieving them :)

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Very cool, (I'm tempted to say about time someone produced turned metal barrels at this scale) 8)

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 Looks good (and I look forward to getting the replacement barrels). Is there any news on the progress of the resin PzIV tracks?

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 Looks great, and I understand why producing the 'standard' variants would be your first call, but like Richard, I'd personally be more interested in the radio/ambulance versions - much as you did for your SdKfz 3 variants.

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Rubicon Panzer IV Ausf E
« on: July 25, 2019, 10:29:36 pm »

 Another lovely job, very sympathetic weathering :)

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Various WIP
« on: July 25, 2019, 10:27:57 pm »

 Cool diorama, nicely done :)

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I agree with the sentiments expressed here, the quality of your work is not wholly dependant on the cost of your equipment/materials. Though I do use plenty of Mig & AK products, I still have an extensive collection of ancient GW paints which still see regular use - particularly for non-vehicle subjects where their more vibrant 'gamey' colours work well. As one of the 'old guys' I've come to think that with the huge variety of hobby paints now available, it's perhaps not surprising people can get a bit clique-y about what they use, as brands come into, and fall from favour. However this misses the old dictum of 'whatever works'.
 I suppose I've wandered from the point of the post though - and if Rubicon continue to produce kits as good as the M4 range and the new Pz. IV's (I await the Pz. III's eagerly) the scale model crowd might eventually be won over - after all, some of us who game also do scale models.

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 Yes, as UVS & Rpley say, the Charioteer was based on the Cromwell chassis - a panicked answer to the percieved superiority of Soviet heavy armour circa 1950 - until adequate numbers of Centurions were produced, at which point we sold them off to (as seen in Old Guards photos) Finland, Jordan and Egypt being other recipients.
 Perhaps the 'worst tank' label is a little unfair for a stop-gap design, though undoubtedly the turret was a fugly compromise, tall and fairly thinly armoured in order to fit the large 20 pdr. Arguably the design is no worse than either the Firefly or Challenger - all three had the problem of their muzzle flashes being so large that the gunner & TC were effectively blinded - the flare in the round's base not lasting as long as the effects of the flash and smoke on the gunner. Consequently the TC would often stand off to one side to observe the fall of shot. But of course all of these vehicles were temporary compromise solutions to a problem and should be judged as such, the Charioteer's designers not being aware at that point of the myriad flaws in the ISIII which had so terrified the allies at the Berlin victory parade in 1945.

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 The exhaust cowlings were quite fragile (thin metal) and tended to get wrecked quite easily, the full length one (from the Cromwell) was fitted to a few early Comets, but then they noticed that it prevented the gun barrel from being locked down in the gun crutch (gun lock if you're American) - hence the introduction of the split or 'Normandy' version, which was easier than producing a taller gun crutch ::). The fishtail exhausts are a give-away to post war versions (for some reason the WG one comes with them, and though it's a generally decent looking piece of resin, lacks several quite important details - the smoke projector on the roof is missing, the lifting lugs on the forward hull - either side of driver & bowgunner for two...) along with turret-side smoke projectors like those found on the Centurion - Bovvy have a couple, one of each.








I assume you're going to produce a driver/bowgunner doing the 'Dukes of Hazzard' style manoeuvre necessary to get in or out of their ridiculous hatches  ;)





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Work In Progress / Re: Production Schedule - Updated 190113
« on: July 01, 2019, 07:30:55 pm »

 I'm happy, (well, happy-ish) to wait for the winterketten if it means a superior product as I now can't envisage my ausf J's without them.

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 Excellent news, thanks for producing one of my favourite British AFV's, I really :) look forward to their release

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Romanian T-4 Medium Tank
« on: July 01, 2019, 07:16:39 pm »

Lovely job, excellent rust effects on the exhaust :)

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Work In Progress / Re: Production Schedule - Updated 190113
« on: June 25, 2019, 11:30:33 pm »

 Do you have a release date for the resin PzIV tracks (especially the Winterketten)?

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