UVS models: Salute 2021 11/12/2020

[ultravanillasmurf]

I fear the stack of Rubicon kits awaiting assembly will not go down...

From Colours yesterday.
Plus a Goliath and a Nebelwerfer (and some other stuff - though the "Other Place" did not have the plastic Matilda II kits).

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A 1928 US T1E2 light tank prototype.

An Empress Resin kit, but it does feature a two halves of a Rubicon HMG ammo box set on the rear mudguards.

The US flag looks wrong.

[ripley]

Very cool . Looks like a real crisp resin cast , how was it to assemble ?Those early pre war tanks really look like tin toys .   What year is this thing ? I wonder if the flag is a 48 star version , the US flag went through changes over the early part of the 1900s . Just checked , WIKI says US flag had 48 stars from 1912 to 1959 !

[ultravanillasmurf]

Thanks.

The T1E2 was 1928, and the flag should be the 48 star one, but if I remember how they are laid out it is six rows of eight in columns. It just looks like it is in alternate rows like the current one. I suspect it is a scaling artefact. I cannot magnify it sufficiently to see.

It is not as crisp a casting as the Rubicon ones, but needed no real work. 
I did manage to break the gun barrel, hence the brass rod replacement.

More details here;
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2019/09/us-t1e2-light-tank.html

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Ooh, some one failed their research roll....


I count fifty stars.

All the decals are from Italy, from the 28mm M3 kit.

[Morris]

My Panther G with nightvision

[ripley]

That is an awesome paint job .

[Morris]

Thanks

[ultravanillasmurf]

My Panther G with nightvision

Nice, worth a thread of its own ^__^

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Empress recently released a resin and white metal kit of the Cadillac Gage Commando V100/XM706 armoured car/wheeled armoured personnel carrier.

They were originally issued to ARVN forces, they were also issued to US Army Military Police and US Airforce.


The model was painted with Humbrol 155 Olive Drab spray. The windows were painted with  Vallejo Night Blue, highlighted with Citadel Caledor Blue.

I used two sets of Rubicon DCUA007 Willys MB decals (for the Military Police labels) and theoretically one Rubicon DCUS002 M4 Tank decal sheet.The US recognition stars in front of the side doors use the Rubicon 8mm decals, the ones on the rear half of the upper hull are the 5mm ones - all from the DCUS002 sheet.

A US Marine takes cover while the XM706 engages targets.

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The Goliath I bought at Colours.

[ripley]

That looks good . How was it and the trailer to build ? I might have to get a couple

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This is from the Goliath and crew set.

The Goliath was easy to build, as you can see from the bits. The track units needed cleaning up, and their small size requires careful work.

I still have to return to the Kettenkrad sprues to build the trailer and associated Goliath.

[ripley]

Right , I forgot there were 2 versions out . I guess I'll have to get one of each ,

[ultravanillasmurf]

First post of the New Year (two flavours, other New Years are available).
Our Gracious Host's BA-3 Heavy Armoured Car plastic kit.


Using a Sarissa Russian Outbuilding as cover, the armoured car provides support to Bad Squid Soviet infantry.





Top view


My only addition was a green stuff tarpaulin on one mud guard.

No decals yet, but then probably only a number in a square. It also needs weathering.

More photographs here:
https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2020/01/ba-3-heavy-armoured-car-by-rubicon.html