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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by tanker » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:21 am

A lot of beautiful models here :clap: :thumbs: :thumbs:

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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by Phill318 » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:35 pm

Having played DCS A-10 quite a lot, I have come to hate/fear/respect the Shilka and it's annoying buzz on the RWR. So when I saw this I relished the thought of making one. It went together really well and then I went to town on the weathering. Hope you like.

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and one I couldn't resist...

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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by Rodders » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:29 am

I`ve got a confession to make ,warships are my first love from the model making point of view,so this is my attempt at making a 350th Trumpeter Hood to depict her as she appeared in 1938.I first built this as a full-hull model in 2008,with many modifications to the kit,but I decided to rebuild her with the benefits of an Artwox wooden deck,a new paint job,and do it as a waterline ,which is now my favourite way of displaying ships.It hasn`t turned out too bad .Two bites at the cherry!

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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by tc2324 » Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:12 am

It might be a ship..., but is a bl00dy good ship. :thumb:

Dont think anyone will have probs with you posting pictures of boats when they look that good.
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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by GreenBat » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:14 pm

Now thats a bit special :thumb: ....... is that another I spy below it?

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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by tanker » Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:04 pm

Beautiful Hood model. :thumbs: also the waterline is very nice :clap:

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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by Rodders » Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:12 pm

GreenBat wrote:Now thats a bit special :thumb: ....... is that another I spy below it?
By someone sharp eyes,yup, it`s the USS Guadalcanal ,an escort carrier ,the only carrier to capture a U-Boat.This was built from the Hasegawa kit in 350th.
Here it is
Thanks for the comments.

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Post by FTS » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:45 pm

Jagdpanzer Wolf - What if build

During the European Crisis of 1930-40 the British and French armies mounted cross border operations into Germany. It was found that the armour on the allied tanks, in particular the Char B and Matilda, was inpenetrable by the early German Panzers. Fortunately for the Germans, they were able to maintain control of the air in the region and all cross border incursions were halted by the Luftwaffes Stukas. Lessons were learnt from this and a request by the German High Command was submitted for a tank destroyer which would give the Wehrmacht superiority on the ground.

Initial designs were created using the chassis from existing tanks, in an effort to increase the rate of production. A stop gap solution was found in the Stug III, which reequipped units along the German border.

The extensive German spy network had been reporting on current Allied armour developments. US defence companies had been hard at work producing new designs in the arms race of the early 1940s. A number of heavy tanks had been observed under testing and assessments were made that the existing tank destroyers would have difficulty penetrating the armour of these new behemoths.

The German High Command sought to remve this threat urgently. A design specification was submitted for a tank destroyer that had a heavy armament, was well armoured and able to maintain a high speed over rough terrain.

Ideas began to appear on Adolf Hitlers desk but they failed in one major area, speed. In order to provide protection to the crew, thick plates of armour were fitted onto the prototypes. This made the vehicles extremely heavy and therefore difficult to manouver. What was required was a completely fresh approach to the idea.

The solution came from a 26 year old tank designer, named Gunter Wolf. Wolf had been experimenting with his ideas for increasing the strength of armour, whilst also cutting down the weight of the vehicle. New alloys were tested but improvements were minimal. By a chance fluke a solution was found. Whilst firing rounds at a test sample of armour, the armour came loose from its mount and angled away from the vertical. This was not noticed by the trigger happy tank crew who fired a further round and were shocked to see their round hit the target and shoot up into the air. On inspection of the sample it was noted that where previous rounds had penetrated the armour, the last shot had bearly made a dent. Wolf set to work with his findings and designed a vehicle using sloping armour. It was two thirds lighter than any design he'd created previously since the thickness of the armour could be reduced by half that of the sort fitted to heavy tanks such as the Tiger. Wolfs design met two of the three specifications, armour and speed. He now faced a new problem, the gun.

The 88mm gun from the Tiger was far too cumbersome for Wolfs small and light tank destroyer. It was found that the 75mm gun from the Panzer III was ideal, but it lacked the hitting power required to defeat the new Allied tank designs. Further ideas were tested which included lengthening the gun to increase the muzzle velocity, however, it was found that manouvering the vehicle with such a long gun was difficult, especially when in confined spaces.

The solution was provided by the German spy network. The British army had been experimenting with a new type of round called the armour-piercing discarding sabot (APDS). This technology was sent back to Germany and eventually found its way to Gunter Wolf. Trials were conducted using this new round with great success. The new round fired from the existing 75mm gun was found to have nearly twice the penetration power over the standard round fired by the 88mm gun. Wolf, a keen darts player, experimented with the idea of adding fins to these Sabot rounds, to make them spin in flight. This made the rounds more stable and increased their range. In order to provide protection from infantry, a 30mm Mk108 cannon was fitted on the roof of the vehicle, contained in its own turret.

Wolf had finally met the criteria set in the design specification and his design was sent to Skoda who were to produce the prototypes. Adolf Hitler personally travelled to see this new design in testing and was so impressed by what he saw, that he ordered that the vehicle was to be named after its chief designer, Wolf.

The Wolf went into mass production in June 1943 and by the start of the invasion of the Soviet Union on 01 Mar 1944, had equiped 70% of the tank destroyer units in the campaign.

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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by daz greenwood » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:45 am

A few recent builds of mine.

A 1/35th Sd.Kfz.7 Early Production version. This was a Trumpeter/Tamiya kit bash. And stowage from Black Dog.

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Post by daz greenwood » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:49 am

And another Half-track. This time an Sd.Kfz.7/1 with 20mm FlaK 38. This is the Dragon 1/35th kit built using Griffon PE, ET Models wheels, and some stowage by Black Dog. It's in the markings of Luftwaffe FlaK division on the Eastern Front in the Summer of 1942.

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Post by daz greenwood » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:51 am

And then dropping down to 1/72 scale is Revell's 88mm FlaK 18. And again it's part of my Eastern Front theme.

It's in the markings of a gun belonging to the 2nd Regiment of the Hermann Goring Division in Kiev on the Eastern Front in 1942.

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Post by daz greenwood » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:53 am

And I finished this on Saturday. The HMMWV family of vehicles are among my favourites. This one is the M998 version. It's by Italeri in 1/35th.

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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by FTS » Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:59 pm

I thought i'd have a go at something different for a change. This is a quite old now Airfix 00 Gauge 0-4-0 Pug locomotive kit.
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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by daz greenwood » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:38 pm

My last few completion s of the year.

A Tamiya 1/35th M21 81mm Mortar Carrier:

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And a Meng 1/35th A39 Tortoise as "What-If?":

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And my most recent finished a few days ago. A Meng 1/35th PMC figure:

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Re: General modelling gallery

Post by FTS » Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:51 pm

Dapol 00 Gauge, Class 03, Drewry Shunter.

I tried to fill in the windows with liquid glaze but it hasn't gone well. Rather than try and faff with it further i've called it a day with this build.

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