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Work In Progress / Re: Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer - Decal Design 1151111

« on: November 11, 2015, 04:48:40 am »

It certainly covers a range of number styles.

Does the Prague set mean there is a shield for the Mg armed version liberated from the factory?

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Wish Lists / Re: British Tanks? What British Tanks?

« on: November 09, 2015, 05:10:04 pm »

Thanks

You have the same grasshopper-like tendencies as me when it comes to be projects...

And they are the projects that have got somewhere ^___^.

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Wish Lists / Re: British Tanks? What British Tanks?

« on: November 07, 2015, 05:49:12 pm »

Yup, the BEF version, it is distinctive for that theatre, together with the Vickers' coax, exhaust arrangement and the trench crossing skid.

http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/matilda-in-high-heels.html

Oh, and if anyone reads the above, the Tamiya kit is still in its box...

Another survivor were the Syrian Panzer IVs.

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Updated 151102

« on: November 05, 2015, 07:04:43 pm »

Looks good.



Tried to compare with height of the vehicle, but I don't know the height of these guys and the angle isn't the same.

Mmm, it might be the angle, but the sculpt looks a bit large:

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Wish Lists / Re: British Tanks? What British Tanks?

« on: November 03, 2015, 05:27:26 pm »

I agree with Pinky about the potential popularity of a Churchill and an AVRE would be the icing on the cake.

It would be quite a squeeze to get all the bits on four sprues, but it might be possible to arrange it so an AVRE could be built from three and have a later kit with an additional sprue for some of the bolt on toys (dozer, fascine, bobbin etc.).

I think Pinky is right that a Matilda II kit could could cover the whole life of the design, though providing both high heels and flats would require ingenuity.

They were still in Australian service in the fifties, I think in Civil Defence. An interesting decal option.

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Wish Lists / Re: British Tanks? What British Tanks?

« on: November 03, 2015, 01:35:33 am »

Or valentine? 

They are not really a tank that has interested me, though they might be popular with Soviet players.

For early/mid war I would prefer a Matilda II, again possibly popular with Soviet players.

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Wish Lists / Re: British Tanks? What British Tanks?

« on: November 02, 2015, 06:01:13 pm »

From field intelligence, some one else is working on a plastic M4A4 / Firefly Vc combo... we have hence put on hold the development until further notice!

 

That makes sense, so how is the Churchill research going ^__^?

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Updated 151101

« on: November 01, 2015, 05:14:18 pm »

They look really good, which size are they?

Please can you show them against a scale: "Usual Suspects" style that would be great.

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Updated 151029

« on: October 30, 2015, 02:26:14 am »

I am one of those that feel that the Bolt Action (metal) and Perry Miniatures figures are too different to use together.

Of course, YMMV.

However BA do not do North African theatre figures, so I just use Perry figures for them. Currently I have only Perry vehicles, though your Panzer III is probably going to be a DAK one and at Warfare I hope to get two Crusaders, one of which will end up as a tank.

I would almost want Perry compatible figures for North Africa and BA compatible for 1944+ Europe, though that would be commercially non-viable.

The Tamiya 38mm figures are not a good comparison for size.

I am not sure if am comparing them correctly, but the 100% figures look nearly a head taller than both BA and Perry. I know when this was being discussed elsewhere [url][http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/perry-miniatures-eighth-army-comparison.html[url] that I had difficulty finding a figure from either with a neutral standing pose.

Any chance of a picture of the various size figures against a rule?

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Wish Lists / Re: British Tanks? What British Tanks?

« on: October 26, 2015, 10:18:46 pm »

Rubicon do one tank (not including other AFVs) suitable for British use in Northern Europe, but the Coldstream Guards's Cuckoo had Zimmerit. ^____^

My preference would be a Sherman V, second a II, which would appear to be rarer as a Firefly. A Sherman I hybrid would be an alternative. Is the front of a I hybrid the same as a II (I have read of conversions that use the front off of the cast II hull to make a hybrid? Would that make a suitable multi kit?

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Wish Lists / Re: British Tanks? What British Tanks?

« on: October 26, 2015, 06:14:54 pm »

I would be interested in Normandy Era Churchills and British usable Shermans (though as I own a number of Sherman I kits from Nottingham, Sherman V would be my preference). An AVRE would require more sprues than the Tiger - I suspect the Churchill would be minimum four sprues anyway.

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Various 151024

« on: October 26, 2015, 05:11:32 pm »

...the bond was very poor - they don't melt together properly.

I had that issue with some GW plastics, but not as bad as Target's figures which inexplicably they had moulded in ABS.

Slightly off topic, sorry.

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Various 151024

« on: October 25, 2015, 02:02:51 am »

I have not had any problems with my Humbrol liquid poly, but I have not tried combining Rubicon with any one else's plastic yet.

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - Various 151023

« on: October 23, 2015, 04:13:58 pm »

Looking good.

I do agree with Pinky that the top of the cap looks odd.

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Work In Progress / Re: Soviet SU Series Self-Propelled Gun

« on: October 21, 2015, 03:51:29 am »

They look good.