All by “Art Instructor”
More pics are available at my latest page:
http://www.falconbbs.com/model43b.htm
Please vote one that you think looks best and one that you think looks worst. No reasons required, just your feeling and liking. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
WOW, that’s a hard choice! To be honest, they all loook pretty well done!
The Autoblinda railroad-thing is my favorite, just for the fact that it’s such aunique subject! I don’t like the white-painted light though–I would have gone with silver for the light.
The rest look nice too! That bison is a tough kit; got any pictures of the interior?
Zim on the sideskirts? Can’t say I’ve ever seen that before.
Standard fare of “close, but not quite right” models. Nice glossy wheels on the LAV. It must have just rolled through one of those damn glosscoat puddles.
I’ve seen photos of that before Hans–not common, but certainly it was done on at least one occasion. [;)]
I couldn’t put one in a worst category,but I really dig the Bison.
Model Maniac, why does Art Instructer build everything for you??[?] I’d really like to see some of your modelling work, not someone else’s.
That’s why I only said I’d never seen it…[;)] It’s kinda like the in-ranks authenticity inspections we have before WW2 events. If you’re wearing something or carrying some piece of equipment and Herr Inspektor questions you on it, you have to produce the photographic evidence from a credible source or you gotta loose it…
WOW, really? That’s cool to know that they go to that level to insure accuracy in their re-enactments! I always wondered if you could actually use the photos from re-enactments as a reference-as-such; it would sem my question has been answered!? [:D]
I’ll see if I can dig up a photo somewhere?
I have refs that show it as well…it wasn’t that common, but then again it wasn’t extremely rare either…seems that most of the skirts were covered when the zimm was field-applied. In fact, some schurzen on Mk IV’s and StuGs have zimm as well…
I don’t know if you can see it, but there’s definitely zimm on the skirts of this pamzer IV…
)Photo from private album for sale months ago on ebay)
Thanks , Doog… Stole it…
Curious… It looks like the zim has made the skirt about 8 inches thick, judging from the top of the skirt. . I’m thinkin’ I must be seein’ things…
I think I like the Bison best, and the LAV least – those shiny tires are really annoying! (Plus I just don’t find modern armor that compelling).
I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the LAV looks like it was driving on a wet road.
My fav is the railroad armored car. Looks pretty well built and is just a cool subject.
I’ll go with Bison; shiny, Armoralled tires (LAV) just don’t do it for me. And, the star on the M-20 is upside down. AI is churning them out again, I was wondering what this team was up to lately.
The Bison is definitely the best and the LAV the weakest subject.
Maybe I’m wrong, but shouldn’t the star on the M20 have the point straight up? I thought i’ve heard the US star was always pointed straight up.
Ya, it should be pointed up. However, once in a while, they come from the depot wrong, or one of the slugs doing a re-paint at the brigade OMS doesn’t know better. I’ve witnessed it personally on some US Army vehicles with “upside down” stars on bumpers and such. One of the M151s I was assigned back in the 80s was like that…
I’m with the Bison as well. Self-propelled guns are one of my favorites.
Good looking group of builds. Nice paint chipping.[tup]
Hans, I believe the front slab of schurzen curves in a bit, therefore gives an illusion of being heavy on the zimmerit.