Cold War GB 2018 Inspiration

[rickshaw]

I remember getting one of those things as a soft plastic toy way back when I was a small lad.  I had it for  a couple of years.  I seem to remember it was sold as a "tank destroyer".

I have long been enamoured of the 105mm version of that vehicle, the M52:

[Weaver]

The British Army didn't give names to the M-107, M-110 and M-109 in UK service, so they probably wouldn't have given one to that M-55 either.

Does that stop me giving one a name in WhiffWorld though? 

It's a weird looking thing, as if the turret's about to fall clean off the back of the chassis! 

Even weirder, the driver's in the turret, on a swiveling seat with swiveling controls  .

The chassis uses M-47 tank components. Perhaps a British version would be based on a Centurion chassis, but good luck finding one of those in 1/32nd...

[PR19_Kit]

The British Army didn't give names to the M-107, M-110 and M-109 in UK service, so they probably wouldn't have given one to that M-55 either.

Does that stop me giving one a name in WhiffWorld though? 

It's a weird looking thing, as if the turret's about to fall clean off the back of the chassis! 

Even weirder, the driver's in the turret, on a swiveling seat with swiveling controls  .

The chassis uses M-47 tank components. Perhaps a British version would be based on a Centurion chassis, but good luck finding one of those in 1/32nd...

Wouldn't 1/35 be close enough for a Whiff? 

[Dizzyfugu]

Does anyone know which A-bomb comes with the 1:72 Italeri NATO weapon set?

[kitnut617]

It's a B61 bomb

[Dizzyfugu]

Ah, thank you! Interesting that this Sixties design is still in use today!

[zenrat]

This is what "Cold War" means to me.

[rickshaw]

Last picture is of a "Hot War", not a "Cold War"...   

[zenrat]

It is indeed.  That was what I was hoping we could avoid.

[rickshaw]

Then, man, we need more of this:



And less of this:

[PR19_Kit]

Fergies towing Calliopes? Whatever next! 

[rickshaw]

Fergies towing Calliopes? Whatever next! 

Everybody focuses on the ICBMs.  They ignore just how ramshackle the rest of the DPRK's armed forces actually are, Kit.   

[Rheged]

The Female Revolutionary cohort demonstrate how difficult it is to march in a tight skirt......or else it's the Democratic Republic Ladies Formation Gymnastic Team  about to perform a mass splits manoeuvre.

[PR19_Kit]

My #1 cunning plan (there are others....) having been OK'd by the mods  here's the components.



It's an Azur Vautour night fighter, minimally pre-assembled U-2 wings (now THERE'S a surprise....  ) and the F-4E(S) conversion kit from 12 squared, a veritable gem of all sorts of 'useful stuff'.

The back story has the IDF/AF. after testing out the HiAC G-139 camera pod deciding to give the LOROP camera a proper test at altitudes the standard F-4 cannot reach. Accordingly a time expired Vautour is shipped over to the USA where General Dynamics update it with the planned F-4X camera nose and wings from a handy high altitude aircraft factory that's 'just down the road'...... 

[zenrat]

Then, man, we need more of this:



And less of this:

More of these then.




I don't have a kombi in my stash but I do have something in 1/72 which I may have to peace up.  Psychedelic paintwork that small will be a challenge.  Maybe decals.