UVS models: Salute 2021 11/12/2020

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Thanks.

The base colour is PSC British Tank spray over Citadel Chaos Black spray. It is almost but not quite the same as Vallejo Russian Uniform green.

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Still have some weathering to complete on the M5A1 (my blog highlights the current woes) but here are two pictures of the model that are not too bad:

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Panther G work in progress.

Originally this was going to be painted up like Cuckoo (not as Cuckoo as it was covered with zimmerit) but for various reasons it is going to be painted as a German vehicle.

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The M5A1 is as complete as it gets.











And a comparison with the Sherman (they are the same colour, but the M5A1 is grubbier).

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I make haste slowly on other projects.

The German Stowage set continues to find use on other vehicles, a Weird War Puma (using a PSC Panther cupola as an IR searchlight) with Rubicon fuel drum and pump and the Stug III with crate and drum (and previously seen with added track pieces).





The wheels on the Puma will be painted separately, hence why only the outer ones are pushed on the axles.

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This is a Supply Counter for The Walking Dead game, made using part A28 from the Allied Stowage set..






The number is from the original M4A3 decal set.

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Nice use of the hessian-covered crates!  The stowage sets can be used to create really attractive objectives.  I have a couple of artfully arranged piles of crates and a big group of oil barrels.

I find attaching oil barrels to smaller vehicles like armoured cars a bit unconvincing.  They sometimes appear on the engine decks of tanks, but that's about it.  But if your Weird War vehicles are meant to be self-sufficient survivors (I'm not familiar with the game fluff), then it's fine.  I like the StuG - I think you could add even more of your wonderful soft stowage to it.

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If I had thought a bit more on it, I would have placed the drum on the rear instead of the spare wheel as on the side would make it unstable.

The idea for the vehicle was as part of a long range reconnaissance strike team operating behind the Western Allied lines (Allied air superiority is not a feature of Konflikt'47). Rubicon 251 and 250 models will provide transport for infantry.  They need to be fairly self sufficient, hence the fuel drums.

The setting is fine (for a "diesel-punk" setting) at the tactical level, strategically not so much as there would still be the same resource shortages that occurred in reality.

The Stug is still work in progress, I do worry about covering ventilation etc.

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The idea for the vehicle was as part of a long range reconnaissance strike team operating behind the Western Allied lines (Allied air superiority is not a feature of Konflikt'47). Rubicon 251 and 250 models will provide transport for infantry.  They need to be fairly self sufficient, hence the fuel drums.

Maybe add some more prominent brackets etc for the stowage?  That would sell the idea that it's kitted out for long range operations.  And if you strapped a barrel on each side, perhaps with some fuel leads, it would look like more deliberate, if you know what I mean.

The Stug is still work in progress, I do worry about covering ventilation etc.

StuG crews seem to have been happy to cover the engine deck in stowage, regardless of the engine deck vents.  I've noticed that US tank crews also seem to have placed stowage over engine deck ventilation.

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A full 50 gallon /200 litre fuel drum weights 250 - 300 pounds  so strong tie downs ( chains ) would be needed , as well as a transfer pump because you wouldn't want to lift the drum on to the vehicle when full  .

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A full 50 gallon /200 litre fuel drum weights 250 - 300 pounds  so strong tie downs ( chains ) would be needed , as well as a transfer pump because you wouldn't want to lift the drum on to the vehicle when full  .

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That is going to stress the suspension. I will see if I can remove the storage compartment on the right mudguards and add another drum for balance.

There is a Rubicon pump on the engine deck behind the drum, and a hose (solder) on the deck on the other side.

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So, I have removed the box and sanded the surface smooth. I need to fill the holes with milliput before fixing the second drum on the right side.


The second drum is ready for fixing and then the fuel pipe can be replaced on the deck.

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Nice modelling your work never fails to impress My wife and I . Like yourself  I`m using the sets for Project Z ,I returned my Walking Dead K.S. brilliant sculpts but when they arrived the cars, barracades , supply cashes and some figures were scaled all over the place. Eileen and myself have 99% of our figures in 1/56th When standing next to our collection it was land of the gaints. Rubicon have given me the idea of a Military Conservation group for Zombie/ Survival games and the W.G.F Americans and Germans mix well with the Survivors, I see you use a Crooked Dice figure as your scale ref . Have you any idea how there range would work with our collection. Thank You Geoff and Eileen Maybury. Alias Airborne and Gingernut.   

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I have some scale comparisons on my blog:
Warlord Russian and US (Project Z weapons)
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/post-war-bolt-action-miniatures.html

Walking Dead and Project Z
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/walking-dead-all-out-war-game.html

Project Z
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/apocalypse-survivors.html

Empress
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/empress-miniatures-and-crooked-dice.html

Hasslefree and Crooked Dice
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/some-assembly-required-agents.html

Spectre SUV
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/salute-2016.html


http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/dorothy-thought-she-was-not-in-kansas.html

May Killen and Zombie Vixens
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/girl-power.html

Studio Miniatures
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/new-zombies-2.html

Walking Dead Vehicles
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/walking-dead-all-out-war-scenery.html

Apologies to Rubicon for not particularly relevant items.

There are scale comparisons for Rubicon and Warlord vehicles on the blog.

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Thank you for the photos , god you would have saved us £70 ( the total of our returned Walking dead) if we had seen these before .These are just what you need before making purchases. Love to have a Zombie info swap would you like our e-mail address.  Thank you Rubicon for allowing two modellers  to get the most from our collections.