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Post by leswhite on Aug 3, 2019 11:02:18 GMT
Spotted this while surfing Ebay and though it might be of interest to some of us. Although a 1/35 scale model it might be useful for various scenarios as it represents a fairly common French vehicle, not one that turns up very often. ICM from Ukraine has entered the WW1 market with some great new sets of figures and machine guns. They have been building up their range over the past coupe of years. The figures are highly detailed plastic kits which can be assembled as shown in the box or pieces interchanged between figures to create more poses. Some of the machine guns have photo etched brass parts.
The kit looks quite detailed and comes in several variations - Car kit ONLY, Car kit with Driver and three infantrymen hanging/standing off of it, figures ONLY.
The car is a RENAULT Paris City Taxi.
The figure only set shows the poses of the infantrymen and driver. It seems strange not to get the driver with the car only kit but presume that the figure sprue is separate in the full kit box.
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Post by stuparkin on Aug 3, 2019 21:37:59 GMT
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Post by stuparkin on Aug 3, 2019 21:49:31 GMT
Of course it would be nice to a WW1 British or German limber/gun team which I was inspired by one I had seen at the IPMS 2018 (held at Telford each November) as above.
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Post by leswhite on Aug 3, 2019 23:00:48 GMT
You're correct the difference isn't much between 1/32 and 1/35 on the table and the figures' base height also can give a false impression of the non compatibility to the viewer. So the flatter the base the better on figures. When it comes to drivers and passengers however it is a different issue a 1/32 guy will look too big in a 1/35 vehicle, but it does depend on how 'picky' you want to be It's a personal choice. Many of the diecast and plastic historical vehicles by the 'National Motor Museum Mint' work very nicely for WW1 and interwar years, they are advertised at 1/32 scale but some are 'box' scale, that is designed and sized to fit in a pre-made piece of packing so not always accurately sized. They do paint up quite nicely in military colours and are sturdy enough to be shoved around on the table. You can convert them by adding truck beds, canopies, machine guns, etc. They do not come with drivers however so it's back to converting for them. I picked up these 1/32 1918 MACK AC Bulldog trucks, this was the design used in France by US, British and Allied armies and later Russia and, of course, for as long as they could run all over Europe in the interwar period.
These trucks are promotional items for US corporate businesses. The load generally gives the clue as to the business - crates, oil cans, etc. The TEXACO one in the centre is actually marked up for their plant in China, so can be put into a interwar scenario right away.
Here is the load view. These can be removed by dis-assembling the truck bed just held together with small screws. The figure is a converted AIP one for scale. ICM does a kit of two 1/35 US military Drivers that I'm pretty sure will work with these trucks. They may do other nationalities, I'll have to check.
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Post by leswhite on Aug 3, 2019 23:20:02 GMT
You could produce a WW1 British or German Artillery limber in 1/35th scale as EMHAR does the Guns with crews. However it's converting again to get the limbers and you would need two sets of the guns just to sacrifice the wheels to get the consistency of 'look' as they would be the same type/size. I found these cheap Chinese copies of the Crescent WW1 British gun and with new wheels look pretty good, maybe need the trail lengthened slightly but they work for me
TOY ESSENTIALS Cannons with moving wheels. 6 guns in a header bag. Olive green or Sand colour.
Same gun with wheels from a TIMPO ACW cannon and quick paint job. This gun was used by the US artillery under the designation US 75mm gun. AIP US Army for scale.
Rear view showing the mechanism from the original Crescent model is still present but blocked up. With this cheap gun and spare wheels from any source you want, you could create a limber set up. It is easy enough to find bits of TIMPO cannons and wagons on Ebay and I'm sure TIMPO limber horses are available. So you project would be a goer, at least for the British and Americans
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Post by stuparkin on Aug 4, 2019 19:02:32 GMT
That's a nifty idea, the difference that adding new wheels makes. Must admit I've got one or 2 of these somewhere, never thought about just changing the wheels
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Post by leswhite on Aug 6, 2019 2:18:25 GMT
The guns were put in to some of the cheap Army Men bagged sets a couple of years ago, along with under scale tanks and aircraft, so you probably got them from there. It's only recently I have seen them offered in bags of 6. You can dis-assemble the whole gun and use the parts on other carriages too - the shield with a little thought/adaption will fit on an AIP KRUPP gun for example.
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Post by leswhite on Aug 6, 2019 2:19:32 GMT
Checked the ICM catalogue and they do a pair of 1/35 WW1 ANZAC Drivers
Just like the taxi you can buy the model T Patrol car and crew or just the crew.
They also do a Model T Ambulance with nurse and patients. Both available separately . The most recent vehicle ,came out in July 2019, is a US 'LIBERTY' truck . Kit of the truck only or with 4 walking US soldiers.
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