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Showcase & Gallery / Re: SdKfz 234/1 WIP

« on: November 04, 2018, 12:14:52 am »

 Lovely job Tracks hopefully once the rush to baint a bunch of stuff for Call of Cthulhu is off (we've got a WWI scenario starting on the 11th for the anniversary of the Armistice) I can finish mine!
 You're right about adapting the turret to fit, it doesn't take much & the end result is a pretty sastisfying one.

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Beutepanzer OT-34/85(r) Rubicon Models 1/56th

« on: October 31, 2018, 11:40:00 pm »

 Looks great

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Work In Progress / Re: German AA/AT Guns - 3.7cm FlaK 43 TS1 Primed 181013

« on: October 13, 2018, 09:34:42 pm »

 Lovely, I look forward to building a SdKfz 7/2

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Rubicon models 1/56th Stug.III

« on: October 04, 2018, 07:25:04 pm »

 I like the colour scheme, a very nice what-if camo

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General Discussions / New Pz IV schurzen mountings, very cool!

« on: October 03, 2018, 09:28:25 pm »

 Apologies if you've already seen these, but as they haven't appeared on the forum yet (are they on the Rubicon FB page?) I thought I'd put them up.
 I like the approach to the mountings & providing a jig to ensure everything ends up in the right place is an excellent call - I' really looking forward to getting my hands on a few of these !

 

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Showcase & Gallery / SdKfz 234/1 WIP

« on: October 03, 2018, 09:19:48 pm »

 Here's an early stage of my WG/Rubicon SdKfz 234/1 kitbash - the Rubicon turret fits pretty well & the end result is certainly preferable to a resin/pewter kit.
 As is apparent, the colour modulation I've used came out quite bright & it'll take the weathering stage to tone it down. The paint themselves are a mix of Mig & AK (Mig's Dunklegelb modulation set & AK's German Camoflage modulation set).
 I've done a couple of crewmen for the turret (again from the Rubicon turret kit) - they fit quite well though you can only really see the tops of their heads & shoulders if you use the anti-grenade mesh.

 


 



 

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Work In Progress / Re: Loyd Carrier No 2 Mk II - New Resin Kit 181001

« on: October 01, 2018, 09:10:26 pm »

 Fantastic, I hope that both tow & light personnel carrier variants are going to be possible

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Panzer III Ausf.N2 Rubicon 28mm 1/56th

« on: August 30, 2018, 10:34:39 pm »

 I like the camo scheme & colours used

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General Discussions / Re: Zimmerit or not Zimmerit?

« on: August 30, 2018, 10:28:43 pm »

 As far as the multiple patterns goes, if you were to go down the transfer/resin/PE route I don't think it'd be necessary to instantly replicate all the variations - you could get away with one type for each vehicle you wish to apply it to (at least initially, if the interest was there) - so you'd have one type for PzIII's, one for IV's etc as you'd have to produce sets for each vehicle individually anyway.
 Here's a (reasonably comprehensive) list of vehicles by pattern & as you can see, there's a lot of cross-overs:

 Vertical columns of horizontal ridges
 Pz III
 PzIV H & J
 Pz.Bef.Wg IV
 StuG III
 StuG IV
 Jagdpanzer IV (all three variants)
 Sturmpanzer IV
 Flakpanzer IV (both Wirblewind & Ostwind)
 Panther Ausf A & G
 Tiger I & II
 Jagdtiger

 Horizontal columns of vertical ridges
 StuG III Ausf G
 Pz IV Ausf H
 Panther Ausf G

 Horizontal columns of vertical ridges with one-way diagonal grooves
 Panther Ausf G

 Horizontal columns of vertical ridges with vertical grooves separating the coulmns int small boxes
 StuG III
 StuG IV
 Panther Ausf A & G

 Small squares
 StuG III
 StuG IV
 Jagdpanther

 'Waffle' pattern (square)
 StuG III Ausf G
 Sturmhaubitze
 Panther Ausf A
 Tiger I Ausf E

 horizontal columns of diagonal ridges with the diagonals changing direction for each column
 Pz IV Ausf H & J

 Horizontal columns of vertical ridges with diagonal grooves forming rhombuses
 Panther Ausf A (G?)
 
 Vertical columns of horizontal ridges, separating the columns into small boxes
 StuG III & IV
 Panther  Ausf G

 'Waffle' with rhombuses
 StuG III & IV

 Continuous vertical ridges
 Panther Ausf A
 (apparently a number of SdKfz 251 Ausf D's also received this pattern, though I've never seen an example)

 As you can see, there is quite a lot of cross-over, but the first pattern covers nearly everything so if you were going to to Zim, doing that one would give you the greatest coverage.

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Work In Progress / Re: The Panzer III Digital Library - Ausf H 3D Drawing Done! 180830

« on: August 30, 2018, 07:16:42 pm »

Very nice indeed

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General Discussions / Re: Zimmerit or not Zimmerit?

« on: August 30, 2018, 07:13:48 pm »

 Broadly I agree that molded on Zimmerit is seldom satisfactory - for reasons already stated by Tracks, so would generally prefer it not to be added.
 This can however penalise those without the skill or experience of adding it themselves - that year of application covers a lot of tanks, Jadgpanzers etc. Once before when this forum was discussing the merits of producing a Tiger II this came up & my solution would be the same - produce a Zim  transfer set, which should be quite achievable at this scale.
While I certainly agree that the real reason for Zim's discontinuation was that it was essentially a waste of time (magnetically attached anti-tank charges were uncommon amongst the allies), the stories of it catching fire may actually have some basis in fact. A recent test of Zim recipes, in which benzine was a significant constituent showed that if the Zim were not given sufficient drying time (the several days mentioned) before painting & sending to theater, the result was indeed flammable, though the resultant fire would have been unlikely  to jeopardise the vehicle

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Work In Progress / Re: RESIN Project - LCM-3 Crew Sculpts 180825

« on: August 25, 2018, 08:36:33 pm »

 Very nice, I'll start cutting up plastic rod for empty cartridge casings now then.

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Tracks' M4 Medium tank thread

« on: August 25, 2018, 08:34:00 pm »

 

Who remembers the excitement when the Matchbox armour kits appeared? 

- The Matchbox kits were the second stage of the addiction for me (prior to finding out about assorted hard to get vehicles by equally hard to get manufacturers from far off places, Japan, Italy etc).
 Still have fond memories of many of the kits - their Comet, Firefly & Wespe especially.

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Work In Progress / Re: M3A1 Scout Car - 3D Prototypes 180823

« on: August 24, 2018, 01:21:51 am »

 There's a nice walkaround of an M3A1 (coming up for sale at the Rock Island Arsenal for those who wish to scale up to 1:1).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w08rtY5dz7M

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: UVS models

« on: August 01, 2018, 09:09:18 pm »

 Nice work, it looks great (I think I've found one of his troop mates).