Post WW2 + Cold War

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paperpanzer

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After ramatoto's comment

"Many of the private constructors have also problems with the shape of the tanks from this age...most tank turrets look like round sucked toffees"

I'll never be able to look at a T-54/5, T62 or T-72 without laughing sign1

Thank you for all your words of support jagolden, I do want to stay with WW1 models for a while but I've got a couple of prototype WWII models that I will release for people to have alook at.

I think papastumpy has a good point WWII was a huge event that it will always interest model makers and designers for generations to come.

Getting back to the posts subject, a web sit I would like to draw your attention to is :-http://www.armouredacorn.com/index.html
It has some wonderful examples of post war AFV's

If I could have a model design for all of the different AFV featured I'd be a very happy man (I'd need a thousand life times to do it but I'd be happy)

The Chieftan in Berlin urban camouflage is just begging to be done

http://www.armouredacorn.com/Refs-%20Thumbprints%20&%20Images/Camouflage%20Patterns/Britain/Chieftain-Berlin.pdf

as well Australian AFV's and loads of T62 / T72's...
 

ramatoto

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Here are three Beta-Builds, MT-LB and Tatra 805 are ready, BAV 485 80%....

And i have to write building instructions....i hate this most....

The models are 1:50, printed on coloured 160g/qm cardboard.
 

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chevygod

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Don't post much, but found this thread interesting.

I come from the dreaded land of plastic... If it ain't a Tiger, or T-34, or standard Mid-Sherman, you won't find it unless it is scratchbuilt by you or resin and expensive. Modern stuff? WW-1 stuf? Even less selection... I remember how happy people were about a new US halftrack model a few years back.

Papermodeling, on the other hand, has so, so many different and weird and wonderful models available, WW-1 and -2, Cold War, early and late Modern, stuff that was a protptype, and stuff that never even made it off of the drawing board. Artillery, transport, armor (monster Russian stuff and armored rail!), armored cars (incredible number or these!), just an amazing selection. No tooling like in a molded model, just a designer and a printer. Not saying it isn't complex, designing this stuff is, but someone can look at a picture in a book and say, "yeah, I'm gonna make THAT." So you get much more diversity and variety to build.

And you can scale them up or down, too!

Be thankful there is much so more in paper than the plastic troops have...

Best,
Tom
 

paperpanzer

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It's nice to have a couple more converts to the medium of paper. I came from a wargaming background - plastic, resin and white metal. All have become far too expensive to buy large amounts of models, paper is a low cost medium if slightly limited in choice...

In paper I've made all sorts of models - Cats, birds, fire engines and sci-fi models. There is a HUGE amount of models to buy or download but there are always gaps..

Post war and modern AFV's could have a better coverage than they currently do (In 1/72 scale No centurion, No chieftain, No BMP1 or 2 No BMD No Fv432 I could go on) but I would hope that this gap on the market would give rise to private designers with a passion for AFV's from this period in time.

Looking at the photo of ramatoto’s MT-LB :thumb: I don’t think there will be much of a gap for long.
 

Fishcarver

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No Beef intended! Only Healthy Discussion!!

..aimed at the best of model designers!!

One of the best card models, IHO, was the MOELIK BRDM2.
Maybe time to change the scale?

Most modelers work in 1:35.

What think ye?

Jiim
 
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jagolden

Most modelers work in 1:35.

What think ye?

Rather a broad statement. If they do, it's only because it was so popularized in quality plastic armor models.

This is paper. 1:25 seems to be what most modelers work with for armour because that is the popular published paper scale. Other paper model genres use other scales popular to that genre. As pointed out, these models are cheap to publish relative to producing plastic kits.

Publish them all 1:16. That's a worthwhile armor size.
1:16 looks fine scaled down to 1:35, but it's not the same for the reverse when you're talking commercial printed models.
 

paperpanzer

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There’s nothing wrong with a good healthy discussion, I’m all for it.

That’s another joy of card/paper modelling all the modellers that I’ve met through the forums or that replied to my website have all been a joy to talk to and are always willing to help or give advice. There seem to be no rivet counters or very few, there appears to be no malice or politics, we all share a common joy in our shared hobby.

1/35 is a little big for me, I just don’t have the space in my 2 up 2 down with 2 dogs and 3 cats. But the larger scales are where paper models really can shine. The 1/16 tanks from GPM look fantastic… if only I had the time, space or skill.
 

DavidESP

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My preference is 1:25 or 1:16 scale, I have the GPM Panzer III in 1:16 and it is really fantastic and I hope to start it soon. Nobi's 1:35 scale Cromwell was my first tank and it was a nice build with some great possibilities, but as a said before, I enjoy the larger scale models.

If you like the smaller scale stuff, Cold War and modern check out Julescrafter.com. He has quite a few in 1:43 scale such as M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams, T-64 and T-90, Challenger 2, Leclerc and the Leopard.

Saludos
 

Fishcarver

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The Scale Debate (Armour)

1:25 is basically 3 x 1:72.

1: 35 is basically 2 x 1: 72

Make a couple of scale drawings. See for yourself.


My personal feeling that nothing adds more life to a model but a couple of figures or so.

I do not care whatever scale that card armour models are built in. We need figures in all scales, that's all!! (1:25 thru 1:72)

Aircraft (Built in 1:33) already have their 1:32--1:35 figures to accompany them .


Jim
 

David H

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... Yes but isn't there something just a tiny bit odd about building yet more Tigers, Panthers and half-tracks?

D
 

Art Decko

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Those who do not learn from history ... are forever doomed to repeat it.

There is surely truth in that, yet, there is also great danger in "preparing to fight the last war". The threats we face these days don't seem to much resemble the Third Reich or Imperial Japan (or the USSR for that matter).
 

BCA

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I'm building the old GPM Sherman Firefly. I'm adding alot of detail to the kit - I used white glue and tissue/paper towel to create a "cast" effect to the turret. I'm doing an actual paint with acrylics on it. Does anyone know if the Canadians used the Firefly in their push on the northern end of the Allied front? I'm doing the same type of build with the MM T-72.
I do agree - there are plenty of armor subjects besides '37-'45. Korea and VietNam era was skipped right over - or for that matter the M-47 that was used by India and Pakistan. Neither Korea or VietNam was big in the armor battle dept - but the M-46/48/60 Pattons or an odd-ball like the USMC M-103, and some of the WWII stuff that was used in Korea, as well as the Soviet armor that was used by N. Korea and N. VietNam in their markings would be interesting. The Isreali and Egyptians had some interesting variations on the armor they acquired.
 

Fishcarver

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Build What You Want, The Way You Want It!!

Whoa, guys! AND THANKS FOR THE INPUT!!

I hope the model designers out there got the message!!

Do what you love and know how to do best! Research it well!! Do your best. Let every model teach you something!

When I was in my figure modeling days, I did Brit -Victorian because everybody in my club was doing everything else.(mostly WW2 or Napoleonic). Yes, I got a few awards. But racking up points is not what this hobby is about, right?

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this post.

I have the greatest respect for each and every one of the participants to this forum.

Sincerely,
Your friend
Jim
 

paperpanzer

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I hope the model designers out there got the message!!

Sincerely,
Your friend
Jim

Loud and vey clear :thumb:

From Flers to Gaza "Vive la Difference", and the more the merrier. The overriding message of the thread seems to be there is an interest in the whole history of AFV's and not just a specific six years.
 

charliec

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I'm building the old GPM Sherman Firefly. I'm adding alot of detail to the kit - I used white glue and tissue/paper towel to create a "cast" effect to the turret. I'm doing an actual paint with acrylics on it. Does anyone know if the Canadians used the Firefly in their push on the northern end of the Allied front?

The Canadians (AFAIK) used the same establishment as the British Army - one Firefly for each troop of "normal" Shermans - this works out to 19 Fireflies and 150 odd Shermans in a brigade.

I do agree - there are plenty of armor subjects besides '37-'45. Korea and VietNam era was skipped right over - or for that matter the M-47 that was used by India and Pakistan. Neither Korea or VietNam was big in the armor battle dept - but the M-46/48/60 Pattons or an odd-ball like the USMC M-103, and some of the WWII stuff that was used in Korea, as well as the Soviet armor that was used by N. Korea and N. VietNam in their markings would be interesting. The Isreali and Egyptians had some interesting variations on the armor they acquired.

There is an M-48 in beta build over at papermodelers.

The really glaring omission in AFV models is the Centurion - used in Vietnam by the Australians, in Korea by the British, in Namibia by the South Africans. The Israelis, Swedes and South Africans have produced numerous upgrades and variations on the Centurion hull.
The Swedish army wanted to keep their Centurions rather than upgrade to the Leopard 2A5s.

Regards,

Charlie
 
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Jim Nunn

The really glaring omission in AFV models is the Centurion

Arguably one of the best tanks ever designed, its long life is a testimony to its excellent design. Yet there are few plastic models of the Centurion available when compared to a Panther.

My two bits worth on why we have all this WWII stuff and not that many models of “Modern” equipment.

Let’s take the Centurion if the tank had been at the Battle of the Bulge there is high probability that it could have made a Tiger ring like a bell when hit by the Centurion’s main gun. If it had participated then we would perhaps have some historical account stating that Master Sergeant Wellington knocked out 4 Tigers and 2 Panthers in one engagement. I can assure you there would be abundance of early Centurion models depicting that particular Centurion. As a modern example Tamaya has a 1/32 model of a PBRII (Patrol Boat River), most people would ask why a PBR? What is little known is that the model depicts boat 105 (Eleanor) and was commanded by Boatswain's Mate First Class Jim (Pops) Williams. He is considered the most decorated petty officer in the history of the Navy. My point is that most often we end up with models that have some historical activity behind them that connects them to a particular person and time.

Jim Nunn
 

charliec

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Want heroic action - try....

"During the invasion of the Syrian army into the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur (1973) war, two damaged Centurion/Sho’t tanks engaged approximately 150 Syrian T55/T62 tanks. In the course of the following 30 hour tank battle, the two tanks knocked out over 60 tanks. The destruction of this entire armored division forced the Syrian army to halt their advance."

(The Sho't had the 105mm L7 gun)

or perhaps the action between the Israeli M48s and Egyption IS-3s at Rafah/El Arish in 1967. The Israelis knocked out most of a brigade of IS-3s even though the 90mm gun of the M48 couldn't penetrate the IS-3's armour.

Regards,

Charlie
 
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