Mippie

Welcome and enjoy! My second ever scale model was in a group build and it was a great source of encouragement and knowledge Enjoy your build 🙂 mipps

Whoah! A totally hand carved project?!?! I am going to follow this with great interest. Good luck and I eagerly await your next update Cheers, Mipps

One of my favourite things from this GB already is how many people are attempting to build within the notional flags they have been given. Even though it's not required it's good seeing people doing some more out there builds and countries

Yeah similar. I had considered a mig29 from the German airforce post unification. Looking forward to seeing this one some together

Very cool! Looking forward to seeing this come together

Hey All, Here is my entry into this GB. Things are looking quite flyboy right now, so I thought I should get my hat in the ring for the ground pounders....I got this M270 from my local store and will doing it up, I am currently undecided on whether to do it German (my flag) or Finnish/Greek (cause of the cool colour schemes).... Anyway, that is it for right now (ignore the totally not stolen images lol) Cheers, Mipps

🤣🤣🤣 maybe I could accomplish that by the time this life and my next are complete 🤣

I sure do! 😃

Nice to see this has progressed into the current build section of the forum! Now I have a dilema on what to build for this....I have somewhat narrowed it down *a little* but I am far from decided. I could do a 1/35th vehicle and have narrowed the choice down to either a M270 MLRS (either Finnish or Greek cause of the interesting paint scheme) or some form of AD system (because those aren't seen too often on the forum, outside of WW2 stuff). Now I have a tiny amount of 1/35th experience with 3 builds and 2 completed paints. My other option is potentially trying something completely new and building an aircraft of some description...specifically something like a Jaguar, Harrier, Tornado/Eurofighter OR some form of helicopter (I know not much to decide over). Now the reticence about doing some sort of aircraft is that I have never built one before and I fear that there is a bit less room for mistakes with aircraft compared to ground vehicles, is the fear warranted? Also, I have no sense of what a sensible scale is for aircraft haha, cause planes be BBBIIIGGGGG yo Please do give me input or opinions of the options. Or just tell me what to do cause i'm way too indecisive 🤣🤣 Cheers, Mipps

Very cool idea!

It's a shame I can't find and Archer Artilery system kit in 1/35 😭

This is the key thing imho myself and many others mocked Russia for digging out T54/55 and t-62, but then people sagely nodded and applauded a great idea when it was annouced that Leo1a5's would be sent....a tank that was essentially rendered obsolete by T64 onwards. That is why I thought of the Jordainian Challie 1's, whilst I didn't know the ammo status or the hull status they are vehicles which were designed to fight and win against the T series opponents. At tis point in time, the only *real* option when it comes to modern tanks is the Leo2, there are hundreds out there and Germany clearly has stocks given they are doing their ringschtag (sorry can't remember the actual spelling). The panther is a hypothetical pipedream with the 130mm gun. The other potential challenger (heh) would be the Polish licensed K2, but that is up to 5 years away before it is able to be produced in sufficient numbers.

As expected what a fantastic result! The final finish, weathering, crewmen and base all really bring everything together! As @modelling minion said I really wouldn't be able to vote, the quality of this GB has been outstanding all round Cheers, Mipps

Thing is, with any sort of armour my understanding is that mass matters. Being able to concentrate and allocate enough mass to allow the vehicles to do their job (by mass i mean numbers ultimately). The problem for the Ukrainians is that what they are encountering in the South of Ukraine is so far outside the expectation and planning from a NATO standpoint that they simply cannot amass all their armour in a single spot (like say the West would want to do). I think this is partly because of the conditions that the operations are happening in, but also because Ukraine has received a real patch work of highly varying capabilities. For example, in the early stages of the counter offensive the AMX 10RC was used as a more frontline support vehicle and the weaknesses in it's armour were exposed, now it hangs back and provides fire support, it was used like that, because that is what they had available. I don't know if ammo is necessarily the main reason for the low number of challies sent, the numbers that are even ready for service aren't great to begin with and the UK needs to maintain a set number for our own formations. I personally don't see the UK commitment as "here are tanks have at it" I see the 14 challies (which were the first true Western MBTs to be pledged) as a way of unblocking reluctance in other countries. Same as how following the UK sending Storm Shadow, France sent Scalp and Germany and the US are now considering Taurus/ATACAMs respectively. What I am surprised about is that the Jordainian Challenger 1s havent been looked at or considered for purchase and sending, as they used the same rifled 120mm ammo (I know the challenger 2 has a stronger breach and different charges etc, but the HESH is the same for example).

It is both clear and concise....The fuel tanks on the rear, the turret front angle, the bore extractor and the TOGs unit above the barrel...those are all unique to the Challie 2

Saw that. First vehicle ever lost to enemy fire. Would be interested to learn more about the circumstances

Thanks all, appreciate the comments 😃

Thank you 😊 yeah Germany sent 14 a6's and Portugal sent 3 (I think). They received around 50-60 a4's so those are the bulk of the Leopard 2s in Ukraine. Cheers, Mipps

Thanks, appreciate it 😃

Hopefully you manage to get it finished up soon! Will be keeping an eye out Mipps

Thank you both and @Enzo the Magnificent for running this STGB! You made my first GB and second scale model kit a thoroughly enjoyable experience with lots of support and encouragement! Looking forward to taking part in many more GBs moving forward. Cheers, Mipps

I'll be popping in to have a looksie at this one! Your backstory and history makes for a really compelling read. It also helps that my best man at my wedding was a Navy Lynx pilot and spent some time flying with the Black Cats 👍 Cheers, Mipps

Holy thread necro Batman!! Jokes aside, congrats on finishing, even if you did leave us in suspense for 3 months 🤣 It's cool to see an original leopard, they so often get forgotten about in favour of their more modern cousins of the "A" series Cheers, Mipps

Nice work! the Greek flag is really cool! Although, the tank *is* still green 😉🤣 Cheers, Mipps

Sorry to hear you won't complete, but enjoy your holiday. I will keep an eye out for the tank being completed later down the line Cheers, Mipps