What's on the Bench? 2021

[SteveH]

Thanks Tim

Too little too late and only really a drawing board item, but should weather up just enough to look like a dusty knocked together from all the bits left over in the work shop.

The oils palette ready for battle

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Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

anti slip areas. Maaybe, turret and horizontal decks of hull. On pictures that i have, there is no anti slip on them (A2 varriants).

From the photos in the Verlinden book, there doesn’t seem to be any antislip on the turret at all. It's not that easy to see in the photos, but the plates hatches etc. all appear to be smooth metal.

Also, there is a drawing in The Verlinden Way Volume V that shows where the antislip goes, and none is indicated on the turret there.

[MAK2020]

From the photos in the Verlinden book, there doesn’t seem to be any antislip on the turret at all. It's not that easy to see in the photos, but the plates hatches etc. all appear to be smooth metal.

Also, there is a drawing in The Verlinden Way Volume V that shows where the antislip goes, and none is indicated on the turret there.

Thank You Jakko! I appreciate your effort! Regards!

[Tim Marlow]

Nice going Tim, wow that's the real deal there ! Recently got the bug to maybe build the 7.5cm version

I think the 7.5 version was on the later chassis, like the Puma, Ron. It will look great though….they are bigger than you think. The Pig was about the size of a Panther……

[rtfoe]

My newly casted Type 92 Japanese Heavy Machine Gun.



Cheers,
Richard

[adt70hk]

Great work Richard!!! Very well done. Andrew

[rtfoe]

Thanks Andrew, It took only a day to do the mould and another day to cast. The thought process took longer. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[adt70hk]

Thanks Andrew, It took only a day to do the mould and another day to cast. The thought process took longer. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

At least you can now produce a lot more if you need them!!!

[Allen Dewire]

I think the 7.5 version was on the later chassis, like the Puma, Ron. It will look great though….they are bigger than you think. The Pig was about the size of a Panther……

Hi Tim,

They mounted the short barreled 7,5cm on the 231 chassis too. it was open topped without the turret. The later 234 series had 4 models and the 234/3 had the same gun. The Puma, 234/2 had the long barreled 5cm gun. The 234/1 had a 2cm w/coax MG 42 and the 234/4 had the 7,5cm long barrel PaK 40. The 234 series was powered by a 12 cylinder diesel motor and the 231 series had gasoline engines. All of them could be driven forwards or backwards with the second set of controls built in.

AFV Club also makes the 7,5cm version, but they are very expensive when you find one (I'm still on the look out).....................

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

Morning/Afternoon/evening

The VK4502 (p) has finally got to minimal dust and modulation.

The tracks wouldn't go back on and took a good deal of persuasion

Oils and a light touch next as it is still in the workshop and has been cobbled together from bits at a fictitious early 1945.

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More soon?

Regards

Steve H

Wow Steve, looks like you had some fun getting those tracks into order, well done it looks good. Yes please keep it comming.

[Guest]

My newly casted Type 92 Japanese Heavy Machine Gun.

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Cheers,
Richard

Very nice moulding Richard, a dark art still to me.

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Tim,

They mounted the short barreled 7,5cm on the 231 chassis too. it was open topped without the turret. The later 234 series had 4 models and the 234/3 had the same gun. The Puma, 234/2 had the long barreled 5cm gun. The 234/1 had a 2cm w/coax MG 42 and the 234/4 had the 7,5cm long barrel PaK 40. The 234 series was powered by a 12 cylinder diesel motor and the 231 series had gasoline engines. All of them could be driven forwards or backwards with the second set of controls built in.

AFV Club also makes the 7,5cm version, but they are very expensive when you find one (I'm still on the look out).....................

Prost
Allen

Thanks Allen. I was thinking of the PaK 40 version, forgot about the close support version :loudly-crying:

[Guest]

I think the 7.5 version was on the later chassis, like the Puma, Ron.

It was made on both. The Sd.Kfz. 233 used the same chassis as the 263:

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while the Sd.Kfz. 234/3 used the later chassis:

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Edit: I see this was answered already

[MAK2020]

Decals finished for print.

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[MAK2020]

Decals printed. There is a problem. In book ''Bradley M2/M3 in action'' says that vehicle belongs to 3rd brigade of 2nd armored division. But, number 92 on rear ramp confusing. I assume that is more correctly 92nd engineering battalion, and vehicle, pure M2 (not newer) is there for defense, if some surprise hapend.

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