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75th anniversary of D-Day
« on: April 20, 2019, 11:19:09 am »
It seems hard to believe it, but it's now 75 years since the D-Day landings.  Does Rubicon have any plans for anything to commemorate it? 

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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2019, 12:59:56 pm »
June 6 is not too far away... what do you suggest?  ;)

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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2019, 02:07:53 pm »
a resin kit to make a sherman into a sherman DD e.g

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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2019, 05:23:54 pm »
a resin kit to make a sherman into a sherman DD e.g

They’d need an M4A1 or M4A4 to do that.
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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2019, 06:07:09 pm »
A repackage of an existing kit, with some resin extras.  The DD Sherman is a good idea - maybe do the hull and collapsed skirts in one piece (no plastic M4A1 hull needed - add it to an M4 kit).  And maybe a wrecked Panzer, or bunker, in resin as a diorama base.

You could just repackage the landing craft and include a tank.

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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2019, 08:20:42 pm »
The DD Sherman is a good idea - maybe do the hull and collapsed skirts in one piece (no plastic M4A1 hull needed - add it to an M4 kit).

You would only need sprue A (running gear and lower hull), F (75mm turrets) and CR (crew). A resin hull with (or without) skirts.

The alternative would be a "waterline" version, resin "hull" with erected skirts and turret bayonet fitting. It would not have the "proper" skirt height above water, just enough to hide the turret.

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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2019, 10:45:49 pm »
I was thinking of a one day 75% off sale.  Maximum 6 kits.

I don't see enough lead time to create a kit for release by then.  It should have been in the pipeline starting last year.

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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2019, 12:18:33 am »
I second that post

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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2019, 03:10:26 am »
The DD Sherman is a good idea - maybe do the hull and collapsed skirts in one piece (no plastic M4A1 hull needed - add it to an M4 kit).

You would only need sprue A (running gear and lower hull), F (75mm turrets) and CR (crew). A resin hull with (or without) skirts.

The alternative would be a "waterline" version, resin "hull" with erected skirts and turret bayonet fitting. It would not have the "proper" skirt height above water, just enough to hide the turret.

Lower hull is totally different, so that wouldn’t work.

You’d be better off with a fully resin kit, but 6weeks probably is half the time required.
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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2019, 03:10:56 pm »
The DD Sherman is a good idea - maybe do the hull and collapsed skirts in one piece (no plastic M4A1 hull needed - add it to an M4 kit).

You would only need sprue A (running gear and lower hull), F (75mm turrets) and CR (crew). A resin hull with (or without) skirts.

The alternative would be a "waterline" version, resin "hull" with erected skirts and turret bayonet fitting. It would not have the "proper" skirt height above water, just enough to hide the turret.

Lower hull is totally different, so that wouldn’t work.

You’d be better off with a fully resin kit,
I know you would need a transmission cover (with the skirt mounting) and the rear sprocket (though Minutia seems to think US ones had them removed). The drive and props of course are needed at the back (a replacement rear panel).

What other differences were there?

but 6weeks probably is half the time required.
Too true.

It is interesting re-reading the Minutia pages, I had forgotten that there were Sherman II, III and V DD tanks.

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Re: 75th anniversary of D-Day
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2019, 11:10:16 pm »
In similar news, Warlord’s new upcoming D Day box set contains a Sherman DD. However, It’s the existing (wrong) British Sherman DD from what I’m told..
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