Today is the first of a fresh new month of tanking, with hopefully more tank friendly weather, unlike the (what almost feels like) constant wet weather here in the UK.
Well, this is now the second month since the start of our last TOTM, therefore, and hopefully we'll have some eager submitters
You can find the dedicated chat thread here.
June 2024 TOTM Chat Thread. viewtopic.php?t=36059
Mick - The grit in the underpants of life! Always happy to spare the bytes Apparently my mind works in mysterious ways
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Here's a T26E3 replicating a Pershing of Company B, 19th Tank Battalion, 9th Armored Division on 15 March, 1945. This T26E3 is shown in a drawing on the back cover of David Doyle's M26 Pershing. Walk Around (Squadron/Signal, 2008. ISBN 978-0-89747566-2). A small number of early-production Pershings were shipped in early 1945 before the "M26" designation was official. Some had seen action; one was lost in a tangle with a Tiger 1; another soon got revenge. Others had road marched, but not really been in any action. This T26E3 was rather new and clean whe it was positioned on the east side of the Rhine to guard what was left of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. The tank is still in its shipping markings and has no official registration numbers.
This RC model started as an-all plastic Taigen Pershing, but I converted it to Taigen V3 for the benefit of the Ford engine sound, fit Taigen all metal drive and HengLong metal suspension to the lower hull, created cast-iron texturing, and added small aftermarket latches to the toolboxes, correct antennas to the turret, and an altered a Mato Ma Deuce so it could be depressed for close defense as well as raised for AA action. The paint is RustOleum gray primer under a base Vallejo OD poly primer, with Model Master enamels, and Tamiya acrylic for variety of tones to the details. A light touch of Magic Grime creates enough dirtiness from a month of mostly road travel. The tracks are a darkened gun metal over Rustoleum black primer, lightly rusted with AK and Vallejo rust paints, and worn where they contacted hard road surfaces. The exhaust is just a bit crusty rusty as paint is burning off. The tracks, suspension, and lower hull carry of the mixed early spring grass and mud that was also thrown up on the fenders and left by the crew climbing into the hatches. The rack on the right side of the turret carries bags with the rain covers for the driver's and co-drivers' hatches. One pack hangs from one footman's loop and rests on a lower footman's loop on the left side of the turret. A tarp on the right rear fender is strapped to mounting hardware bolted to the fender.
Morning Folks, may I present for your viewing pleasure and critique my version of a Panther D that was used in Nuremburg at the end of the war.
Its had a lot of forced conformance and mucking around as can be followed here
Runs Taigen metal running gear
H/L V6 board
Brass scratched bulldozer blade and mounts
Modified H/L G hull with harvested Pantiger parts
Zimmerit from putty and a home made tool.
Scratched hangers, tool racks and pins which for a tank missing details-it has a lot of details !!
I had a nostalgic moment that took me back to my old wargaming days. You'd all remember the Matchbox 1/76th scale models that came with little vignettes?
I have built this destroyed house for display and never used it, so back in time we go to the 1/76th days!!
Here's a HL PZIII from my past efforts. The poor old HL PZIII is probably the most toyish-looking tank they make out of the box, so goal was something a bit more tankish. Nothing special for electronics, and it hosts the many PZIII inaccuracies, but I did manage to get the hatch side doors flipped! Added surface details like lift hooks, fender whamos, headlamp conduit, mesh intakes, drilled out mg's, etc., but it still has that supersize 50mm gun...one day. The cargo rack is some old HO track repurposed and based on bits and pieces of the many you see in the photos. Added assorted cargo like wine casks, milk can, ammunition boxes, timbers, tarps, chains (gasp), and my first scratchbuilt bucket! Brushed on camo--just like the original crew efforts. Ahem. Plus the in-vogue, vignetted B&W photo to start things off. Outskirts of some poor Russian hamlet.
Thanks for looking! Mike.
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