1/144 Military vehicles

[A_J_Rimmer]

Those are superb Andreas!

[vizenz]

Hello,
Another week has passed and I was able to paint a few minis.
First of all, my Swedish Granatkastarpansarbandvagn obviously needed a bit of protection from low-flying aircraft! So a bit of modern Swedish air defense!

Luftvärnskanonvagn 90C (Lkv 90C), in Swedish service since 2002, 40mm Canon, Crew of 7.



And for the next two vehicles, I got the idea from Jakko. Let's call it a tribute to his great build - or a stealing of the idea, whatever you like. :tongue-out3:

Sherman Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle (BARV), in British service since 1944, Crew of 5.



I have to say that the enlargement is not good for the little ones. I think the models are much prettier in real life than in the pictures.

Other than that, I tested how my children handle the mini vehicles and unfortunately my attempt failed. I like this small scale and am currently having a lot of fun painting such models. But to be honest, I will need something bigger and more robust to get my children into wargaming. So probably another project... We'll see.

Best regards,
Andreas

[Steven000]

Lovely models! Well done

[Guest]

Looking very good I wish my BARV was as quick to build as those, though …

[A_J_Rimmer]

Super little things they are - well done.

[vizenz]

Thank you very much for the kind words, gentlemen.

Unfortunately, I hardly had any time to paint last week. But I recently bought an old Revell set with Bundeswehr vehicles in 1/144, which I glued together.



Each of the three vehicles (M47, HS-30 and MAN 630) is included twice.
I thought I would quickly get a large number of Bundeswehr vehicles with these sets that keep cropping up on eBay. However, I have to say that I am not really satisfied. The models are undetailed, the HS-30 is too small for the scale (more like 1/160 instead of 1/144) and all in all the vehicles look pretty unloving. I know that there are photo-etched sets for these minis, but that makes the vehicles really expensive - and you can't really touch them afterwards without destroying something.
So I printed a few comparison vehicles here too. Some of the details are shown very large, but that makes it much easier to make them look interesting. (I took a lot of comparison photos, but unfortunately they are all blurry).


There is another Revell set with US vehicles, but these are similarly detailed. So I'm going to abandon the idea of these sets and continue to rely on Victrix, Dragon Panzer Korps and especially 3D printing to continue to grow my collection.

[A_J_Rimmer]

Those are really cool!

[Guest]

That’s a difference of day and night, there … if you can 3D-print them anyway, I wouldn’t bother with the Revell ones, no. You say they’re more like 1:160 — maybe they were originally intended for N-scale railways, but got re-released as “1:144” because that scale is gaining in popularity?

[Jim R]

I've considered this scale as I wondered if it would allow me to make dios which included "a lot of stuff" and still be a manageable size. Having seen your models I'm certainly impressed. You've shown what's possible with this scale.

[vizenz]

Those are really cool!

Thank you Arnold.

That’s a difference of day and night, there … if you can 3D-print them anyway, I wouldn’t bother with the Revell ones, no. You say they’re more like 1:160 — maybe they were originally intended for N-scale railways, but got re-released as “1:144” because that scale is gaining in popularity?

Only the HS 30 is that small, the other two are about 1/144. But I only came up with that because of the poor details and because my self-printed models were significantly larger. Otherwise I probably would never have measured them and wouldn't have noticed.
I've now had fun and measured a few other models. I shouldn't have done that! :tears-of-joy:
The Leopard I have from you, for example, is over 2mm too short, but 2mm too high, but the Challenger is a bit larger than 1/144 in all dimensions. And it's no different with my printed models. Some dimensions are clearly out of line there too. The problem with such small scales is that one or two millimeters is a significant deviation and changes the scale considerably. The Leopard 2A5, for example, is 1:149 in length, 1:142 in width and 1:132 in height.
But I won't pursue this any further as long as the vehicles somehow match each other in size. I just want to avoid having the same vehicle types but in different sizes in the same unit.

I've considered this scale as I wondered if it would allow me to make dios which included "a lot of stuff" and still be a manageable size. Having seen your models I'm certainly impressed. You've shown what's possible with this scale.

Thank you very much Jim, but that's too much of an honor.
If you use the Google image search you will find fantastic models. At first glance they often look like 1/35! There are some really great artists out there. This mini scale seems to be particularly popular in Japan.

I really do these things with the idea of producing "toys". The vehicles have to be reasonably stable, which is why I prefer the coarser details. And when it comes to painting and weathering you have the same options as with the really large models. But I keep it to a minimum. My main concern here is to have a certain standard but still be able to paint fairly quickly.

[Guest]

The Leopard I have from you, for example, is over 2mm too short, but 2mm too high

I always thought it looked too tall, but I never bothered to measure it up. Good to read that my impression was correct, though

But yeah, you’re right, as long as they look good enough, they’ll do. It’s not like you can easily correct them anyway in this scale.

[vizenz]

Hello,
two more Swedes are ready. Stridsvagn 122 (Strv 122), in Swedish service since 1997, 120mm Canon, Crew of 4.
Best regards,
Andreas

[Tim Marlow]

That’s a difference of day and night, there … if you can 3D-print them anyway, I wouldn’t bother with the Revell ones, no. You say they’re more like 1:160 — maybe they were originally intended for N-scale railways, but got re-released as “1:144” because that scale is gaining in popularity?

UK n gauge is 1/148 and continental n gauge is 1/160 so you could well be right Jakko.

[Tim Marlow]

Lovely looking Swedes, by the way Andreas :thumb2:

[scottie3158]

Andreas, they look superb mate, beautifully finished.