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    Crusader Mk.1.

    in AFV WWII

    Posted

    7 hours ago, John Tapsell said:

    You know John - this is all your fault

    Glad to have been of some use John.:) I've actually got the 3" gun conversion, but never got around to using it.

     

    John.

    IDF M1, based on an M4A1 Hull. 1/35th scale.

    in Work in Progress - Armour

    Posted

    Approximately the first 450 T23 turrets manufactured, were made without a rear ventilator, and if the Sherman Minutia page has it right, this was down to an oversight on behalf of the manufacturers. They were also made with an additional antenna point on the front LHS of the turret and a 2 inch bomb thrower. The tank which I'm building had such a turret, but for some reason, although this is the turret which Dragon provide in their Cobra kit, it is equipped with a ventilator (which I've already taken care of). Fortunately, Dragon have depicted the turret with the antenna base and the bomb thrower hole, which they've shown as if it has been welded closed.

    Just in front of the additional aerial is the two inch bomb thrower hole. As I said, Dragon have depicted this as being welded closed, but I wanted to show it as still being there, so a small circle was cut from the end of a piece of stretched sprue and glued in place where the opening would be. A small length of etched brass chain was then bent to shape and super glued in place as a retaining chain.

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    The base for the additional aerial was missing from the kit, so I had to make a new one. The return rollers of a VVSS unit are the exact diameter of the hole in the turret. So using a razor saw, I cut off a thin circle and once cleaned up, it was glued into place. I smeared some putty over the top, and when it had hardened, it was blended into the roof of the turret. I bent a piece of scrap etched brass into an inverted U shape. To the underside I glued a small piece of tubing, and into that I inserted a piece of .31mm nickel silver wire. I drilled a hole into the roof of the turret, and then the whole lot was super glued into place over the aerial base. On the top I glued an aerial base from the kit.

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    Another item that was missing was the additional “lifting ring”, just in front of the loader's hatch. This was a left over from the T23 days and was not a lifting ring as such, but a support for the boom, used to lift the power pack. Fortunately, there was one in the Meng M4A3 kit.

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    This turret is taking me longer than I anticipated, but it's all good fun. I'll be back when I have some more progress.

    Thanks for looking.

     

    John.

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    Hi

    in New Members

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    You're about to receive a terse reply from one of the mods because you haven't read the pinned title. This is for introducing yourself. Nothing more, nothing less.

     

    John.

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    1/48 Decals

    in AFV WWII

    Posted

    In the past, I've built models for which there are no decals, and the way that I've got around that was to contact Pedinghaus decals, and they printed them for me. I had to provide either photos or profiles of the actual tank and then they printed them. Not expensive either. If I remember correctly, they charged me 15 euros for s sheet of decals for RMASG Centaur in 1/48th scale.

     

    John.

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    IDF M1, based on an M4A1 Hull. 1/35th scale.

    in Work in Progress - Armour

    Posted

    Many thanks Ed. I only get a couple of hours in the modelling room, due to being chief cook and bottle washer, but in all, those brackets took about five or six sessions to get them done. And I'm relieved that they're finished. Comparing them with a photo that I have of the real thing, I'm fairly happy with them.

     

    John.

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    A new Lease of Life for a Tamiya Cromwell - Finished.

    in Ready for Inspection - Armour

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, Jasper dog said:

    Very nice John, really really good. 

    Glad to see the top secret velcro rope is still holding on. 😉

    The simple base really enhances it too. As does the photography, I rather like the black background, sets it off very nicely. 

     

    Great work

    Darryl 

     

     

    Thanks a lot Darryl. It was either velcro or a liberal dollop of PVA glue.

     

    John.

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    Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. H Nibelungenwerk. Miniart 35337

    in Work in Progress - Armour

    Posted

    25 minutes ago, edjbartos said:

    I've always been a fan of their box art, It's probably what attracted me to their kits in the first place...

    That's basically what it's supposed to do, and what Airfix failed to realise when they started putting photos of completed models on their boxes. At least they've got the message now.

    I must say that multi part hulls, if well engineered, can give you a really squared hull, as opposed to some one piece one, where the sides slope inwards. Good start Ed and I'll definitely be watching this build. On you go.

     

    John.

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    Crusader Mk.1.

    in AFV WWII

    Posted

    :doh::doh::doh:I've even got an account with them! I assumed that because Panzerart were in an EU country, the P&P wouldn't be so high. How wrong I was. Anyway, too late now as I've ordered the Italeri Mk.ll from JadarHobbies. You live and learn. Well, some do.

    Thanks for your help Jack.

     

    John. 

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