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David really excellent naval forces there ,especially for the scale thanks for the pics and the info :D cheers John :D Thanks, John. Plenty more where those came from, if there is interest. David

Spent most of this past year working on 1/2400 WW2 ship miniatures. Here are some recently completed items: Italian Tankers https://i.postimg.cc/PrcQZJQj/Italian-Tankers.jpg An assortment of Italian tankers, including the small naval tankers Marte and Prometeo, and merchant tankers Tampico, Luisiano...

What Carl said. The TACAM R-2 conversion is a really ingenious use of spare bits.

David

Abstract or not, I've been using similar markers for almost 30 years now. For 20mm scale, they are short lengths of quarter-round trim molding coated in vinyl spackling compound and paint. Here is a photo of an Italian coastal battery from our 2014 Nashcon game. The "entrenched" marker is visible on...

Thanks for posting! A very interesting read. The Japanese took advantage of the prevailing jet stream winds to deploy balloon weapons against the U.S. and Canada during the war as well. https://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/AnnalsofFlight/pdf_lo/SAOF-0009.pdf Even after almost 75 years, th...

Very nice, Richard. I hadn't seen the French SdKfz.10 before, and am sorely tempted to copy your lead.

David

Found a scanned copy online of the applicable training manual (1936 edition) for the Vickers tank/AFV machine gun. Use of the bipod field mounting and the shoulder piece is covered on page 23 of the manual. These were accessories to permit the dismounting of vehicle machine guns for field use when t...

Not much except for scratchbuilding some more WW2 1/2400 ships these past few months, mostly merchant types.

David

Richard B. wrote: ↑

04 Jun 2019, 06:25

Unfortunately, i can`t see the images

No idea why not. They are working fine for me. Anyone else having problems seeing them?

David

granty101 wrote: ↑

04 Jun 2019, 13:20

David, do you have any photos of these vehicles...or maybe some plans?

Grant

No plans, but I've posted the photos here:

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=823

David