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To those interested ;) we added an A7V to our WWI German infantry. It' s for another demo battle, this time Germans vs French.
Here' s our two parts painting guide:
part I
http://fogsoldiers.blogspot.it/2012/11/wwi-german-tank-a7v-part-i.html (http://fogsoldiers.blogspot.it/2012/11/wwi-german-tank-a7v-part-i.html)
and part II
http://fogsoldiers.blogspot.it/2012/11/wwi-german-tank-a7v-part-ii.html (http://fogsoldiers.blogspot.it/2012/11/wwi-german-tank-a7v-part-ii.html)
And a pic 8)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pq6jxUfHI3E/UJvKRV3rNyI/AAAAAAAAC6o/3iThBc5jRG8/s400/Fogsoldiers%2BA7V%2BPart%2BII-011%2B%255B640x480%255D.JPG)
Happy Wargaming to All ;)
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Great job !
Cheers - Phil.
Very nice paint job!
Nice work!
What a grotesque vehicle that thing was!
Nicely funky 8)
Excellent, I like it!
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The worst thing about that vehicle is casting it! The undercuts and detailing rip the mould to shreds and we only get half a dozen from each mould. :(
It's an immutable law of wargaming that the nicest models are of the most useless prototypes. Hope this one justifies the obvious skill and effort that's gone into producing it. ;)
It is lovely, but please do yourself the favour of replacing the painted on crosses with decals, as that paint job deserves the best to finish it off nicely.
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Thank you all for your compliments. Luckily Germans produced only 20 A7V so my German army needs only one...but my french army need many FT-17 ;D
Quote from: Paint it Pink on 09 November 2012, 01:17:36 PM
It is lovely, but please do yourself the favour of replacing the painted on crosses with decals, as that paint job deserves the best to finish it off nicely.
You' re right but I didn' t find adaptable decals...in effect I have no idea where to find some 1/200 A7V decals :-\
Maybe cutting and adapting some decals from an aircraft kit.
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Quote from: fogsoldiers on 09 November 2012, 02:56:55 PM
You' re right but I didn' t find adaptable decals...in effect I have no idea where to find some 1/200 A7V decals :-\
http://www.minibits.net/GR-102-p683/ (http://www.minibits.net/GR-102-p683/) ;)
(http://www.minibits.net/ProductImages/GR-103sm.jpg)
Out of stock at the moment, but should be back in soon.
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Quote from: Leon on 09 November 2012, 04:10:26 PM
http://www.minibits.net/GR-102-p683/ (http://www.minibits.net/GR-102-p683/) ;)
(http://www.minibits.net/ProductImages/GR-103sm.jpg)
Out of stock at the moment, but should be back in soon.
Thank you Leon :) I didn' t notice your decals page yet :-[
However this A7V needs Balkan crosses, used in the late war. And they are thicker than the normal Balkan crosses for the aircrafts.
So I had had to handpaint them...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lm152fmt3vY/UJvKOoIlOEI/AAAAAAAAC6E/ZXXTF6P34Co/s400/Fogsoldiers%2BA7V%2BPart%2BII-004%2B%255B640x480%255D.jpg)
However I' ll use your decals page for another project ;)
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Excellent! I need one of these for my Quar!
Quote from: fogsoldiers on 09 November 2012, 05:58:07 PM
However this A7V needs Balkan crosses, used in the late war. And they are thicker than the normal Balkan crosses for the aircrafts.
Ah right, that's a shame, cos I've got the Balkan cross ones here: http://www.minibits.net/GR-104-p685/ (http://www.minibits.net/GR-104-p685/), but they are thinner style crosses than you need.
(http://www.minibits.net/ProductImages/GR-104sm.jpg)
You could also try Dom's Decals.
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Quote from: Paint it Pink on 09 November 2012, 07:12:41 PM
You could also try Dom's Decals.
Checked now ;)
Nice website and bookmarked :D but only Maltese crosses for WWI and the Balkan crosses sheets are for WWII only
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The hand-painted crosses look fine to me.
I'd just like to point out that the straight cross type is called a 'Balkenkreuz' i.e. a beam/girder cross. It has nothing to do with the Balkan. The proper English name would be the Latin cross.
Quote from: Leon on 08 November 2012, 11:43:48 PM
Excellent, I like it!
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The worst thing about that vehicle is casting it! The undercuts and detailing rip the mould to shreds and we only get half a dozen from each mould. :(
OOER !....I must be missing something here Leon...To my tired old eyes, it doesn't look like it should do that.
I'm obviously not looking at it in the right way.
Ahhh, hang on....Is it a 'resin' model, and the RTV 'rubber' is a lot more fragile than the 'normal' one for the metals ?
Never quite been able to get my head around RTV moulds....unless I'm making copies of something 'flat' that I'm duplicating for myself, such as shields.
Could the undercuts be made less severe, (Filled in a bit) without loosing the overall look of the model ?
I'm intrigued now. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
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Quote from: OldenBUA on 09 November 2012, 08:48:10 PM
I'd just like to point out that the straight cross type is called a 'Balkenkreuz' i.e. a beam/girder cross. It has nothing to do with the Balkan. The proper English name would be the Latin cross.
You' re right. I know the correct name is Latin cross, another popular name is St. George' s cross, but I used the decals sheet name for ease of reference ;)
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Quote from: Techno on 10 November 2012, 07:12:26 AM
Ahhh, hang on....Is it a 'resin' model, and the RTV 'rubber' is a lot more fragile than the 'normal' one for the metals ?
Never quite been able to get my head around RTV moulds....unless I'm making copies of something 'flat' that I'm duplicating for myself, such as shields.
Could the undercuts be made less severe, (Filled in a bit) without loosing the overall look of the model ?
Yeah, it's a resin model, so we pour in through the base of the tank. So, it's the undercuts front and rear which cause the problems, and trying to de-mould it through a smaller gap, so it does tend to rip a lot quicker than our other ones.
Quote from: Leon on 10 November 2012, 01:39:11 PM
Yeah, it's a resin model, so we pour in through the base of the tank. So, it's the undercuts front and rear which cause the problems, and trying to de-mould it through a smaller gap, so it does tend to rip a lot quicker than our other ones.
Gotcha !!
Cheers - Phil.
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A nice pic from Model Expo Italy :P
My A7V and a bigger one...by the way...the yellow one is Cioporeporter ;)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7YzGI2vScPY/UL5Sh0e9HaI/AAAAAAAADIQ/aEXg0lJGX0s/s400/Cioporeporter%2BModel%2BExpo%2BItaly%2B2012-007%2B%255B640x480%255D.JPG)
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