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Argh, my eyes!

Seriously though, at least he's making an effort to upgrade the site to have a shopping cart and take payments online, but there's a lot of work to do there. Having such a big catalogue is going to make updating that site a mammoth task.

Richard B. wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:02 pm

I thought 57mm too, but it didn`t match any I could find.............

Me neither, hence the question.

I suspect "flight of fancy" from the sculptor is the answer. Not a biggy.

It's so small I was assuming that if it's anything it would be something like a 57mm. I suspect though that it's just the sculptor making something up, or using a dodgy source photo. The RPG-7 is a bit "stylised", too.

Whats the problem with your current system? Just that it takes too long to set up?

I've not been doing a lot of C20th stuff lately, but I did paint up this mob of African militia a little while ago. They needed a technical, so I've stuck an M2HB onto one of the cheap plastic wrecked cars from Mantic's "Walking Dead" range. Troops are from The Assault Group . Clicky for more piccie...

It didn't sell.

But the seller has relisted it at the same price still without any mention of the mistake, despite people pointing it out to them. I suspect the owner is aware it's messed up and is trying to offload it on some poor unsuspecting kid. Grrr!

bannockburn bhoy wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:53 pm

I though the 3-D thing was all about enhanced detail..

Nah, you'll get far better surface finish and detail from a casting. It's used over 3D printing in industry for that exact reason. Where 3D printing helps with details is if they're a weird shape that would be difficult to cast.

Hmm, does look to be missing a lot of detail: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/April_9th_rehearsal_in_Alabino_of_2014_Victory_Day_Parade_%28558-15%29.jpg/640px-April_9th_rehearsal_in_Alabino_of_2014_Victory_Day_Parade_%28558-15%29.jpg Tons of greeblies there that aren't incl...

Looks from the pics like this is "pre-painted" in the same sense that the 4Ground stuff is. It's a basic undercoat really, and you'll probably want to tart it up a bit yourself.

WOW................ I`m not even sure how he managed that?? I actually think it's kind of cute in its naivete. Clearly someone who was so excited to be building a model tank that they paid no attention to the instructions. Paint job is a shocker though. I've actually messaged the guy on Ebay asking...