Hook Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Nice base (and Wespe)! Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 but, but, it can't be a Matchbox Wespe without the Palm Tree, can it? 😢 /p BTW nice job on the model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, psdavidson said: but, but, it can't be a Matchbox Wespe without the Palm Tree, can it? 😢 You're probably right. Fortunately @Davek72 has done it properly with his build, so I've allowed myself a bit of artistic licence and adapted the base a tad.. 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 The Tank looks good, great work on this and great work on the baselooks awesome. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 5:49 AM, IanC said: Thanks Dave. The kit currently offers markings for 21st Panzer Div in North Africa and a 17th PD vehicle used at Kursk. The former division was actually equipped with various SP guns on the French Lorraine 37L chassis, and these bear a passing resemblance to the Wespe. Too much information, I'm sure, but I sometimes wonder if that was the cause of the confusion back in 1974 or whenever. Of course, none of that mattered to those of us fighting our carpet wars all those years ago. 😀 Interesting point. It would have been very interesting if Matchbox had released a Lorraine based SPG (and no doubt - like the Mark 2 release - a Lorraine Carrier or other Lorraine based vehicle later on). I think I posted a photo of the Bandai 1:48 Wespe’s Instruction Booklet on the Chat Thread where their leading photo was of their model in a “tropical” setting and suggested that as the Bandai kit preceded the Matchbox kit by some years Matchbox may have just “copied” what Bandai did. Maybe we will never know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 The Wespe and base are looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 9:17 PM, Bonhoff said: And the Wespe is hiding behind it? IanJ No it’s out in the open. It’s just camouflaged blue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 7 hours ago, Rob S said: I think I posted a photo of the Bandai 1:48 Wespe’s Instruction Booklet on the Chat Thread where their leading photo was of their model in a “tropical” setting and suggested that as the Bandai kit preceded the Matchbox kit by some years Matchbox may have just “copied” what Bandai did. Having just had a look at the Bandai instructions online, I think your simpler explanation is spot on Rob. You can also see the fictitious jerrican rack on the side, and even the crew peaking out look the same. I seem to be picking examples where Matchbox wasn't too bothered about historical accuracy. My next build is the Jagdpanther, depicted on the box art as being from 12th SS Division (which didn't have them) advancing through Villers Bocage (where they never were) past knocked out British Comets (which weren't in service)! 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, IanC said: Having just had a look at the Bandai instructions online, I think your simpler explanation is spot on Rob. You can also see the fictitious jerrican rack on the side, and even the crew peaking out look the same. I seem to be picking examples where Matchbox wasn't too bothered about historical accuracy. My next build is the Jagdpanther, depicted on the box art as being from 12th SS Division (which didn't have them) advancing through Villers Bocage (where they never were) past knocked out British Comets (which weren't in service)! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 I think this one is now finished. I added a couple of Milicast figures to depict some curious British troops checking over an abandoned Wespe of Panzer Artillery Regiment 119, 21st Panzer Division, Normandy August 1944. I really enjoyed building this little scene - these old Matchbox kits (and others) are so much fun to do I sometimes wonder why I bother with the 'proper' stuff... 😀 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 That's a grand job Ian,love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Very smart. And just goes to show that you don't have to spend a fortune to enjoy yourself. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Superb. Beautifully finished as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Superb. J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 That’s just brilliant, the whole setting, photos and model with figures on display is a fabulous work of art. Very well done Ian and I’m glad you had a tonne of fun making it. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Excellent work on both the Wespe and the base, you'd never think that it used to be desert. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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