Two More Braille Scale Armor Kits Finished!

QUOTE: Originally posted by beav well, what you could do is, have a short dio, with a whole bunch of pissed off russians standing around it-you see, they just painted her up all pretty, started her up, and, ran out of gas within 20 feet! all that work for nothing-you know, just have track marks moving in a loop accross a road, and turning back, and have it sitting there-road rage of the steppes

Lol! That's a good idea! I just might have to try that!

Very nice Duke. Keep em coming.
mark956

well, what you could do is, have a short dio, with a whole bunch of pissed off russians standing around it-you see, they just painted her up all pretty, started her up, and, ran out of gas within 20 feet! all that work for nothing-you know, just have track marks moving in a loop accross a road, and turning back, and have it sitting there-road rage of the steppes

Cool! Very cool!

Nice job duke!

Nice work!

Great job on the braille Duke. Always liked the 251/9.

QUOTE: petbat, i'm not sure, but weren't these vehicles intro'd mid '43? as the war dragged on the russians probably had more MGs than the germans, their troops certainly had more machine pistols/SMGs ie every man had them in some formations by the '44 "bagration" offensive. a far cry from the situation as depicted in the openening scenes of "enemy At The Gates" (stalingrad, '42) ...and if you were joking then i sound a) silly b)like a rivet counter whose home is missing-lynx!!

Oh no! Somebody had to come in with the historical facts and crush it all! Naw, just kidding everyone! Looks great!

QUOTE: Originally posted by wipw Nice builds, Duke, but as asked above, who makes the kits?? How were the builds?

These are Hasegawa kits, and they are quite easy to put together! The build was smooth, except for putting on the steering wheel, and there are some small gaps between the upper hull and lower hull when they are put together. The gaps are mostly near the middle or back of the kit, so they are easy to fill and sand with gap-filling CA glue, which is what I used. There are a lot of extra parts, so if anyone wanted to make a 251/1 out of it, that was possible.

QUOTE: Originally posted by nmayhew look real nice Duke Maddog!! the camo schemes are really cool. petbat, i'm not sure, but weren't these vehicles intro'd mid '43? as the war dragged on the russians probably had more MGs than the germans, their troops certainly had more machine pistols/SMGs ie every man had them in some formations by the '44 "bagration" offensive. a far cry from the situation as depicted in the openening scenes of "enemy At The Gates" (stalingrad, '42) ...and if you were joking then i sound a) silly b)like a rivet counter whose home is missing-lynx!! regards, nick

Yeah, they were done in 1943 and sent to the Eastern Front first. That's why I decided to make a Russian captured one. And yeah, the Russians had more weapons than they knew what to do with by that time, so now I have to find a couple of machine guns in that scale to put on the Russian vehicle!

QUOTE: Originally posted by djmodels1999 Great models, Duke..! What's next???

You mean besides the two Trumpeter Kirov-class Russian battlecruisers that are nearly done? I believe you've seen the two wingy-thingies I'm working on, so I guess thanks to Nandakumar's pics of the Bofors he built, I think I'll dig that out and start it, along with Monty's caravan, and also, (gasp!) my last ACE kit!

Nice builds, Duke, but as asked above, who makes the kits?? How were th builds?

Looking good as always. Braile scale looks more and more interesting. the buffalo amph. & jeep might have to skip to the top of the unstarted kit pile...

"Not every Ruskie got issued a real weapon"
At Stalingrad, it was one in two that actually got a weapon. Poor bastards.

Looking really good Duke. Still dumbfounded over your patience for something so tiny.

Nice builds, Duke!

look real nice Duke Maddog!!
the camo schemes are really cool.

petbat, i'm not sure, but weren't these vehicles intro'd mid '43? as the war dragged on the russians probably had more MGs than the germans, their troops certainly had more machine pistols/SMGs ie every man had them in some formations by the '44 "bagration" offensive. a far cry from the situation as depicted in the openening scenes of "enemy At The Gates" (stalingrad, '42)
...and if you were joking then i sound a) silly b)like a rivet counter whose home is missing-lynx!!

regards,
nick

Hey Duke, stick a pitchfork on her instead of a machine gun. Not every Ruskie got issued a real weapon.

Great models, Duke..! What's next???

Nice tiny work, Duke!

They look pretty good Duke!

They can't be very big! Who makes them?

Keep it up.

Matt