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  1. Don't have the kit, but looking at some photos of the real deal those attachment points face towards the rear. If the plastic rail C36 has no indentations to indicate exact positions of each individual PE piece, it will require some planning out, or attach them to to skirts first to obtain the correct spacing?
  2. coffee dregs and recasters - same difference

  3. Not really a can of worms, but it is interesting that the value of money can override ethics. If ever having visited forums where original sculptors participate, I have yet to see one stating they are thrilled to have copies of their originals sold without their consent.
  4. There is a reason the quality is so low compared to actual brand names. Those Chinese products are knock offs from originals. They buy originals to cast molds from and sell those on the market. Now some people prefer the lower price and quality as a way of telling the original sculptors that their prices are too high. Its your money though so do as you see fit.
  5. Arma Hobby went with the blue background. From artistic point that makes sense since the bird already has some yellow feathers which would of been lost/stand out less on a yellow background. https://armahobbynews.pl/en/blog/2021/04/16/hurricane-hurribomber-be489-from-no-402-canadian-squadron-40007-70043/
  6. Can only guess - maybe the artist concept was of faded paint with Hinomaru fresh or recently painted?? Some interesting profiles from J-Aircraft that have rendered single colour green top camou scheme as early as 1940. https://www.j-aircraft.org/smf/index.php?topic=16726.0
  7. In a previous thread a particular book was mentioned concerning floatplanes in the south Pacific by David Couche - a review can be found here. https://www.hyperscale.com/2022/reviews/books/pacificprofilesvol8bookreviewdc_1.htm Of interest is a particular pre-war profile showing the center float of an E8N remaining in metal colour while the aircraft itself is fully painted in the kumogata scheme. Just another option, but the brown patches are quite light (as is the green) to what is considered H2 Tea colour.
  8. Difference between RAL 6012 and RLM 70 - not something I can really comment on as I have no official paint charts in front of me. Digitally the only other colour Nick sent was the D2 Green Black. It looks quite similar to the IJN Black Green found on Cybermodelr digital chart here: https://www.cybermodeler.com/color/ija_table.shtml Now how accurate that site is because looking at their RLM 70, it is quite dull compared to the IJN Dark Green (D2). https://www.cybermodeler.com/color/rlm_table.shtml For undersides I have been thinking that if corrosion was a problem, then there is more chance some over painting was done. Also in Nicks book about the Zero, there is listed three greys for J3. One was for fabric dope, while for metal surfaces Mitsubishi and Nakajima had slightly different grey hues.
  9. Big thanks to Nick, he has come through with a response. For green the current consensus in Japan is the D2 Green Black. It is similar to RAL 6012. The brown would be H2 Tea colour. There is some difference in opinion concerning the degree of red in this one. The digital swatch he sent me looks close to the suggested FS 20122. As for the thickening plot about undersides, yes there is some speculation. If repainted it likely was light grey J3. They may have remained natural metal or perhaps painted silver (dope).
  10. To be honest up to now have always avoided the IJN green/brown scheme as I found the associated artwork/illustrations unappealing. A quick google for Nick Millman and his blog only yields a review of a Vallejo paint set. So have emailed him if he has any more info than what was presented back then. http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2017/04/
  11. The green from the two tone camouflage seems to have been around since 1937? According to a past thread, a posting from Nick Millman has the standard green as found on the Zero for example, was arrived from experiments that began November 1941 to February 1942.
  12. Great job with the vehicle. 👍 Historically the beret headgear did not appear in the African theatre. The panzer jacket would be issued in black to tank crews. It was briefly worn for the parade in Tripoli when the DAK first began to arrive in 1941.
  13. Not sure but maybe thankful you have only two choices. In search for an answer found a company that makes 14 versions. Watching their animated graphic at the top of the page seems minor detail changes around the hub and the shapes of the spokes. One variant had the spokes align with the nuts on the outer rim: http://www.rochmmodel.com/product/RP/RP35-Tiger-Sprockets.html
  14. Additional photos of A58-253 found on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=445315427852520&id=100071221991827
  15. Any book suggestion for seaplanes during the Aleutians campaign? As I understand Kamikawa was involved here.
  16. sry my post wrong thread
  17. In the Tomas Chory book about Wehrmacht Heer camouflage colours, he does mention the possible use of a green over a somewhat faded panzer grey on the Russian front. With the landscape turning green during the spring of 1942, the crews may have added some colour to better blend with the countryside. He further postulates the only possible green available at that time would have been RAL 6007 which was from the pre-war three colour camouflage scheme. This whole idea is based merely on b/w period photos that show distinct patches. Oddly none of these photo examples were included in his book.
  18. Possible eureka moment - standard Zero but note the cables are suspended from a square like frame. * just to edit it may not be a square frame but rather two longitudinal bars?
  19. Photos of any IJN seaplane and ship tender together do seem rare. In addition to the craine/hoist setting there does seem to have been some kind of trolly they would sit on in order to be moved around the ship deck via a rail system. A scale model of the Kamikawa Maru shows it a bit clearer. A 3d print of the trolly set up by diStefan is available but may be a lot bulkier than what is seen in the photos(s)? Different seaplane but the standard may of been four points for hoisting. Cannot say for sure if the Rufe could be handled the same way as it had a weaker frame construction. Maybe some kind of additional slings involved instead of hard points for attaching cables? Another interesting photo from a seaplane tender with a maintenance crewman riding in a bucket at the bottom end of the hoist.
  20. A quick google states that it served aboard the seaplane carrier Kamikawa Maru as well as aboard Japanese raiders Hokoku Maru and Aikoku Maru - via wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_A6M2-N To get you started . . . https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2020/01/08/warship-wednesday-jan-8-2020-maru-floatplane-carriers/a6m2-n-type-2-floatplane-fighter-sep-oct-1942-seaplane-tender-kamikawa-maru-r-rabaul-front-air-force/
  21. Conveniently found this from a book review . . . https://armorama.com/news/panzer-iii-german-army-light-tank-north-africa-1941-1942 As for the support elements under divisional control - how they were allotted to support panzers would vary and change depending on the operations undertaken during the course of the war. This mixing of unit types were known as Kampfgroupen or Battle Groups. In a book authored by Roger James Bender there is a chapter devoted to these and names over 90 different Kampfgroupen utilized during the North African campaign.
  22. Basically the Panzer Division had one tank regiment, which in turn had two tank battalions. Each battalion had four companies. What was in reality though could be different, specially when losses could not be quickly replaced. Additionally, when 5th Light Panzer Division landed in Tripoli, it operated without the 3rd and 7th companies until September 1941. Many of the platoons also used light tanks when they should of been mediums. http://niehorster.org/011_germany/41-oob/corps_dak.html http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/42-oob/42-10-23/d-i-pz-aok.html The other elements mentioned (Arty, AT, and AA) would likely be from higher levels like Corps, Army, and Division. These would have elements assigned to lower levels to work in cooperation where and when needed. As far as I am aware Flak units were Luftwaffe. It seems even purpose made vehicles to carry flak belonged to them too. In the photo below looks like a WL license plate denoting Luftwaffe.
  23. According to a chart found in the publication WORKHORSE Panzer III in North Africa, strength returns of the short barreled Pzkfw IV for January 20 1942 were; - three for Panzer Reg.5 - seven for Panzer Reg.8 These numbers seem to be the left overs after the Crusader battles of 1941, reinforcements of the short barrel only occurred later in March 1942. As mentioned above, literature tends to omit specific marks. Only other recourse is to look at photos. There is a 30 page thread discussing these vehicles from the original contingent of Panzer Regiment 5. No promises an answer will be found within, but many reference photos to be had there. The discussion also touches upon some differences among the Ausf. D. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/panzer-iv-from-dak-panzer-regiment-5-photo-researc-t322899.html
  24. Seems Academy have an entirely wrong time frame - Bellman was knocked out during November 1941 battles (Operation Crusader). Was it repaired and back in use for Bir Hakeim (May - June 1942 Gazala Battles)? The Free French brigade were actually under the command of 7th Armed Div. during that particular period. 8th kings royal Irish hussars (4th Armd Brigade) did operate within 10 miles east of the French according to the map below. At this point though the unit only had Stuarts in its C Squadron.
  25. As far as factory finished equipment go, those sent to North Africa were suppose to be finished in plain sand yellow. The three colour scheme was intended only for the European theatre. In the operational areas of Tunisia, both the Axis and Allied forces were finding the need to add a more appropriate paint scheme. There is much more lush vegetation areas there than experienced in Libya and Egypt. There is the well known Time Life photo of this Semovente. Interesting how only the green paint has bubbled - fire in the crew compartment? https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/cgGXo_ePPfeo7A
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