HL Sherman - finding a .30 Cal Commander's MG

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HL Sherman - finding a .30 Cal Commander's MG

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Good Morning Folks, after watching Fury and several B/W clips that were on the extras I reckon I need a .30 Cal Commanders M/G mounted on top of my HL Sherman's turret. However, I can't for the life of me find any supplier that does one in 1:16! Lots of .50's but none smaller. Can anyone advise please. Cheers Ian
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There's a guy on us eBay that sells the resin turret/kit and he sold me a .30 cal when I bought the kit. You could ask him?

I'll hunt for his eBay name.
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Woz does some with his printer :D http://www.shapeways.com/shops/WarrenHudson
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Hi Furious, you could buy the metal one i have for sale right now. You would of course get a very nice British Sherman with it free of charge :haha:
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Hi Furious,
Look on www.rctank.de 30 cal €3.99 + post. I have ordered 3 from them and they are great. There in US/British Accessories. Brian...
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Thanks for all the tips guys,sadly RC Tanks don't appear to do a.30 cal anymore but Forgebear has been in touch and he should have some in soon.
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Did you try looking at the 30 the HL M1 comes with?
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With a little bit of work...I'm sure it could easily be converted backwards to a WWII version

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Hi alpha,
Absolute dogs poo.I think by now heng long should be able to provide a good representation of a .50cal!!!!!!and .30cal!!!!!!.Brian...
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brizo58 wrote:Hi alpha,
Absolute dogs poo.I think by now heng long should be able to provide a good representation of a .50cal!!!!!!and .30cal!!!!!!.Brian...
:haha: :haha: :haha: I agree....those two guns are pretty badly cast...but with that said...sure makes them good candidates for some chopping ;) All I used were the support framework ...the rest is history....and that 30...not sure it is even a 30...could be a M249...no matters though with a little work I think a good modeller could turn it into a convincing 30 ;)

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Depending on what you want to pay Shapeways 3D printing site has some good gear in 1/16 from a number of different designers lots of different eras...

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