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I recently spent a couple of hours photographing American armor ( especially casting numbers ) at the Cantigny Museum
http://www.firstdivisionmuseum.org/
http://www.firstdivisionmuseum.org/museum/exhibits/tankpark/default.aspx
Some are in very prominent positions on the vehicles- such as the M-46 Patton turret or the M-24 Chaffee gun mantlet.
I am curious if the newest 1/35 armor kits have been able to include more armor casting numbers with the kits.
From what I have seen on the armor on display at the museum, I would think most of the casting numbers would be too small to reproduce.
At the very least, separate molded numbers might be too small for a modeler to easily handle and apply without the carpet monster devouring them.
Have the latest armor kits included more casting numbers for the modeler or is this still impractical due to either cost or technology limitations?
A lot of the newer kits contain casting numbers on the major parts.
Archer Fine Details even makes 3D surface detail decals of various foundry marks for several types of tanks. They have 1/35 scale and a set that includes 1/72, 1/48 and 1/35 scale foundry marks.
www.archertransfers.com
Rob Gronovius Archer Fine Details even makes 3D surface detail decals of various foundry marks for several types of tanks. They have 1/35 scale and a set that includes 1/72, 1/48 and 1/35 scale foundry marks. www.archertransfers.com
Academy includes some nice "shave off" detail casting numbers amongst other things on their sprues in their M4/M10/M36 series kits.
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stikpusher Academy includes some nice "shave off" detail casting numbers amongst other things on their sprues in their M4/M10/M36 series kits.
I've been sifting thru my old kit sprues for suitable numbers and letters that I might eventually use for my 1/25 armor builds.
A shame I can't crawl around on top German and British vehicles like I was able to do with the American vehicles at Cantigny.
I should have crawled on top the German armor that used to be outside at Ft. Knox when I made my yearly visits. Those photos would now be very useful.
Back then I built 1/76 and 1/48, so casting numbers wouldn't really have been visible on any builds in that scale.
Yes, I do wish that digital cameras had existed 30 years ago when I was on active duty and had access to all sorts of AFVs. I would have the killer reference library now...
I took hundreds of digital photos of vehicles I had at the maintenance school I commanded. Folks always complained about the photos (quality, angle, distance, etc.) or if the caption was incorrect (usually transposed or a duplicate copy/paste description). Finally realized it wasn't worth the hassle and stopped uploading them. I kept taking the pictures, just stopped sharing.
I'll keep you in mind if I have any requests from your library ;-) I wont complain about any assistance...
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