Churchill 1/35 tamiya

[Alan 45]

Was the black prince designed to take out concrete emplacements ie mg snd some pill boxes??

I wouldn't say it was designed for that purpose but it was better at taking out static defences than tanks as it didn't have the manoeuvring capability that most tanks had , a bigger engine might have worked but we did use the Sherman firefly buy then so it's was a bit redundant IMO

[Robert1968]

Poor Brits always under the bloody tank might heh, I still believe we were better at tank design than the yanks


Eg they had the Sherman fir sibling and it was noisy and undergumned (to start ) if was thinly armoured etc lit up like s firework when shot at by any enemy but the one thing they had was more of them more fuel on hand and more allied support


We had quite a few good tanks


The Valentine


The crusader


The Cromwell


The Churchill


The Matilda


Yes more development on engines and who knows the difference it would have made.


Robert

[Guest]

To do a Black Prince will need more than a 17lber barrel and a Churchill kit.


I`d say that around 90% of it would have to be scratch built as it was a fair bit bigger than a standard Churchill

[Robert1968]

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Ok here's the latest pics on the Churchill so far

STarted with the lower hull and think I'm going to try and get a lot of mini builds done on this before I enter the primer stage


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The usual comments are welcome

Robert

[Robert1968]

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Update for you. Got a few mor things done to the kit last night mainly building small bits.

This morning postie dropped off the Eduard PE set which I think will improve the Churchill.


I have got the 75mm barrel from my Cromwell set to use ( I have ordered another.


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[Guest]

That's coming along nicely Robert - Tamiya shake n bake!

[Alan 45]

To do a Black Prince will need more than a 17lber barrel and a Churchill kit.
I`d say that around 90% of it would have to be scratch built as it was a fair bit bigger than a standard Churchill

Your right Malcolm but I thought I'd shorten the barrel a little and say it's 1/38 scale I could even use a Pak 36 barrel to do that

[Robert1968]

Your right Malcolm but I thought I'd shorten the barrel a little and say it's 1/38 scale I could even use a Pak 36 barrel to do that

Shock horror a churchie with a German gun!!!


The indignity of it !!!!'


Robert

[Guest]

Hi chaps
Started this one last night as the wife let me get a kit as it was our anniversary. Well kit looks ok although I believe it's an old kit from what I have been told on here 1977 mould but seems ok. Very little flash if any but a few seam lines to clean up. Not sure how to achieve this yet but I'm told that the Churchill crews tool off the centre mudguard on the tracks ( may be fiddly but if I get the right advice I'll have a go. Think this may be a quick build. I have the metal barrel from my Cromwell and so ordered a second 75mm and I have ordered the pe upgrade set so I'll have to wait fir that to come in post.


I'll upload some pics once I get back to it tonight


I have had a lot of info passed onto me on Churchill in Normandy and so will be setting dio for it around falaise 1944.


All comments welcome


Pics to follow


Robert

Why did they take the middle mudguard off for?

[Robert1968]

Why did they take the middle mudguard off for?

It was to ease maintenance as in battle if the mudguard got hit the turret could not rotate so this section was taken off by some tankers


Robert

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Looks like a good start to me matey.

[monica]

nice start on this one,Robert

[grumpa]

Excellent start Robert! nice to see you doing a conversion. Your interest in historical accuracy is impressive, something I will be paying more attention to in the future, unless I wake up one day and go on a "Bash Binge" ............Following your work....Jim..

[aaron]

It's clear your s tiger lover ( I understand it was a great tank and armed with the 88 it was deadly
Oh talking of tigers the other Davi watched " Kelly's heroes" yes a fictitious story and good caper but was it true that every couple of hours the tiger had to be turned over for 20mins to stop the engine seizing up??


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I'm pretty sure fury is the first post war movie with an actual tiger.

[Robert1968]

Excellent start Robert! nice to see you doing a conversion. Your interest in historical accuracy is impressive, something I will be paying more attention to in the future, unless I wake up one day and go on a "Bash Binge" ............Following your work....Jim..

Thanks for your comment Jim but it all started with Malcolm giving a suggestion on the mudguard, so I need to take the Churchill into the operating theatre ( now where's my nurse with my new no 10 scalpel!!!


Robert