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Gondor

#30
March 31, 2025, 01:15:24 PM
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Wardukw

#31
March 31, 2025, 06:55:03 PM
Quote from: RAFF-35 on March 31, 2025, 12:47:35 PM
Quote from: Wardukw on March 31, 2025, 10:27:00 AMRaff mate ..😄😄😄
Brilliant bad idea this one ...as long as this tank doesn't have to cross a ditch deeper than 3 feet ...it'll be fine 😉

Brilliant as in brilliantly good or brilliantly bad?
I don't think it would be able to travel far enough to find a 3ft deep ditch
Brilliantly bad bud 😆
Smart arse mode now  ;D
The St  Chamond wasn't actually a bad machine for when it was designed..it could cross a 6ft wide trench with its boat nose ..that's designed to allow it to push up the other side of the trench ...if the trench was wider than it's tracks then a bugger moment would possibly happen and that 75mm gun ...mate a very good gun .
Buuuttt ..taking one to a super cold climate? ....oh not a good idea at all  ;D
Thus this  entire machine will freeze solid 👌 😄
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

frank2056

#32
March 31, 2025, 07:16:29 PM
Quote from: Wardukw on March 31, 2025, 06:55:03 PMBuuuttt ..taking one to a super cold climate? ....oh not a good idea at all  ;D
Thus this  entire machine will freeze solid 👌 😄

Hmmm... replace the crappy tracks with skis and put a large enough disk on the drive wheel so it can be used for traction. Or skip the engine and put a long team of dogs in front. Or reindeer.

I think the problem is to not find solutions but embrace stupidly bad ideas.

Wardukw

#33
March 31, 2025, 07:25:51 PM
Quote from: frank2056 on March 31, 2025, 07:16:29 PM
Quote from: Wardukw on March 31, 2025, 06:55:03 PMBuuuttt ..taking one to a super cold climate? ....oh not a good idea at all  ;D
Thus this  entire machine will freeze solid 👌 😄

Hmmm... replace the crappy tracks with skis and put a large enough disk on the drive wheel so it can be used for traction. Or skip the engine and put a long team of dogs in front. Or reindeer.

I think the problem is to not find solutions but embrace stupidly bad ideas.
Yep ..and every one of those ideas are perfectly plausible  :wacko:  :thumbsup:
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

Nick

#34
April 01, 2025, 09:09:15 AM
Quote from: RAFF-35 on March 31, 2025, 12:36:30 PM
Quote from: Mossie on March 31, 2025, 09:33:10 AMEmhar did an A7V in 1/72. I've built one, nice little kit.  Hard to find at the moment but not impossible, at least in the UK.

I remember seeing the Emhar kits everywhere and they were a good price too. I thought it would make a good subject for this whiff but now I can't find one anywhere  :banghead:

Always the way. You ignore stacks of cheap kits at shows but when you want one? None available.  :banghead:

Saying that - there's one on Ebay UK for £19.

zenrat

#35
Yesterday at 04:16:53 AM
As you say Nick.  Always the way.

Buy them when you see them as you might not see them again.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

RAFF-35

#36
Yesterday at 10:45:56 AM
Quote from: Nick on April 01, 2025, 09:09:15 AM
Quote from: RAFF-35 on March 31, 2025, 12:36:30 PM
Quote from: Mossie on March 31, 2025, 09:33:10 AMEmhar did an A7V in 1/72. I've built one, nice little kit.  Hard to find at the moment but not impossible, at least in the UK.

I remember seeing the Emhar kits everywhere and they were a good price too. I thought it would make a good subject for this whiff but now I can't find one anywhere  :banghead:

Always the way. You ignore stacks of cheap kits at shows but when you want one? None available.  :banghead:

Saying that - there's one on Ebay UK for £19.

That's happened to me sooooo often! You'd think I'd have learnt by now  :banghead:

I don't think I can justify spending £19 for one. Partially because I'm a tight arse, and partially because I've seen them for £9 within the past year.
Don't let ageing get you down, it's too hard to get back up

Wardukw

#37
Yesterday at 11:41:09 AM
Quote from: RAFF-35 on Yesterday at 10:45:56 AM
Quote from: Nick on April 01, 2025, 09:09:15 AM
Quote from: RAFF-35 on March 31, 2025, 12:36:30 PM
Quote from: Mossie on March 31, 2025, 09:33:10 AMEmhar did an A7V in 1/72. I've built one, nice little kit.  Hard to find at the moment but not impossible, at least in the UK.

I remember seeing the Emhar kits everywhere and they were a good price too. I thought it would make a good subject for this whiff but now I can't find one anywhere  :banghead:

Always the way. You ignore stacks of cheap kits at shows but when you want one? None available.  :banghead:

Saying that - there's one on Ebay UK for £19.

That's happened to me sooooo often! You'd think I'd have learnt by now  :banghead:

I don't think I can justify spending £19 for one. Partially because I'm a tight arse, and partially because I've seen them for £9 within the past year.
Ohh the bane of my existence Raff ...so ages ago I went for a new system I call future stock  ;D
If a kit turns up at a great price and I can afford it it's mine ..plans are normally zero for it but ya never know now do ya 😉
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .

RAFF-35

#38
Today at 09:51:34 AM
A brief project update: I didn't check the small print when I bought my Saint-Chamond. The estimated delivery date is the 28th of April  :banghead: 
I guess I could work on doing the trailer sledge in the meantime?  :unsure:
Don't let ageing get you down, it's too hard to get back up

Wardukw

#39
Today at 12:17:49 PM
Quote from: RAFF-35 on Today at 09:51:34 AMA brief project update: I didn't check the small print when I bought my Saint-Chamond. The estimated delivery date is the 28th of April  :banghead: 
I guess I could work on doing the trailer sledge in the meantime?  :unsure:
You'd still have a month to play with this Raff when it got here and there's pretty much always the 1 week or more extention  :wacko:
If it aint broke ,,fix it until it is .
Over kill is often very understated .
I know the voices in my head ain't real but they do come up with some great ideas.
Theres few of lifes problems that can't be solved with the proper application of a high explosive projectile .
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