Thanks, folks. 

 

That's a nice tribute to some historical lateral thinking 

Quote from: kerick on August 09, 2024, 10:07:40 PMThat jeep is a great idea. I've seen pics before but I think it was SE Asia.

I'm sure I've seen some in the Far East as well.

Thanks. 

Cavalier Mustang.  **What If**

Another long-term project; IIRC I started it in the late 90s then put it aside for one reason or another.
Finally pulled it out of the box and got it done. In the 2010s...

No real back story to this one, I just wanted one in the collection. As you do.

Older Airfix Series 2 kit.
Belly scoop cut off & hole plugged with sheet styrene.
Hand-carved wooden dowel nose.
Exhaust from tubing.
Tip tanks from somewhere, cut in half and extended lengthwise.
Taller fin extension from card, aerials ditto.
Scratch prop blades (I think, but it may be a B-29 unit) and bomb nose for spinner.
Cobbled up extra pylons and rocket & minigun pods.
Humbrol paints and spares box markings.

  

Nice job.
 

I've built a Red Roo Dartstang and have a second one in the stash but you built a turboprop 'stang the hard way.  Kudos mate.

Quote from: zenrat on August 14, 2024, 05:29:27 AMNice job.
 

I've built a Red Roo Dartstang and have a second one in the stash but you built a turboprop 'stang the hard way.  Kudos mate.

Cheers - comes down to being cheap... 

That's a great job on the Dart powered Cavalier. I built a Piper Enforcer a long time ago. Still have it on the shelf.

Thanks.

'The Calm Before the Storm.'  **Real World**

German Kwk39 50mm/L60 cannon in an anti-tank mounting.
Normandy, late May 1944.

A number of surplus tank guns, taken from Panzer 3s when they were up gunned with the short 75mm, were attached to specially-produced mountings and emplaced to defend sections of coastline.

Some were placed in bunkers, others in open positions.

The model is based on only four kit parts; a 1/72 Matchbox JagdPanther 88mm barrel, the breech unit from the old 1/35 Tamiya Panzer 3, a transmission final drive cover from the 1/35 Academy Panzer 4, and an Idler from a 1/76 Airfix Panzer 4, for the traverse & elevation wheels.

The rest was plastic sheet and rod.

I figured a typical German fixed gun position would have the ranges to various terrain features pre-calculated and marked up, so I made a quick sketch and attached it to the rear of the gunshield.

Painted with Humbrol enamels.

Base is paper clay, textured with a piece of bark pressed into it, plastic sheet for the concrete walls and cardboard for the concrete stand. Other groundwork from sand, and some foliage from sawdust.

Painted with test pot acrylics for the base, various acrylic greys for the concrete and green and yellow for the 'foliage' and 'flowers', to add a splash of colour.

Plans from an issue of Tankette magazine. Photos from an internet search.

Nice.  Good job.   

That's come out well 

Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 16, 2024, 02:21:00 AMI figured a typical German fixed gun position would have the ranges to various terrain features pre-calculated and marked up, so I made a quick sketch and attached it to the rear of the gunshield.

Obvious when you think about it, which I didn't    Well done for thinking about it   

Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 16, 2024, 02:21:00 AMI figured a typical German fixed gun position would have the ranges to various terrain features pre-calculated and marked up, so I made a quick sketch and attached it to the rear of the gunshield.

Range cards are a thing even in hasty dug in positions.  I remember having to sketch them up when I was going through the USAF Security Police Academy's M-60 qual course and during the Airbase Ground Defense course at Ft Dix (conducted by the Army).

Thanks, folks. 

Chris - not saying I thought of it initially either, but it was something I could (and did) slap on after the fact, without much hassle.

Scooter - yeah that would make sense; you'd still need to have a rough 'guesstimate' so you could put the rounds where you needed them without undue delay.
I guess you quickly get the feel for eyeing up a ballpark estimate of distance.