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knp7765

The Stuart barrel is way to big, I think … But … Awesome work HBG

I think it will be easy enough to cut the length of the barrel down some, but the thickness will be really hard to make it as skinny as the Stuart’s barrel was (37mm), in comparison to heavier tanks with bigger guns, at this small scale. Go too thin and it becomes too easily broken.
Look at the OOB Matildas for UK and ANZAC. Their barrels are kind of short and thick. They look almost as big in thickness as the Shermans, which had 75mm guns. The Matilda II only had a 40 mm gun, which you know would look much skinnier in barrel thickness, but would also probably be very easily broken too.
I’m afraid in some cases we are going to have to deal with a little historical innaccuracy due to the small scale of the pieces.

Variable

@GoSanchez6:

They look great. We need Larry to add heavy armour and mechanized artillery. That would be sweet.

We don’t need Larry for that. We have each other :-D

lozmoid

I agree with knp7765 in both his observation and sentiment, regarding the Stuart’s gun barrel.

Lunarwolf

id rather it be a little inaccurate than it being easy to break

knp7765

Remember the older style OOB Panthers? They were a little longer and skinnier than the current ones. Some of the later-made ones came out with good, thick gun barrels that easily withstood being played with. Some of the earlier-made versions had really thin gun barrels and were always getting bent to one side or the other. I still come across them occasionally when I get some lot of pieces from someone selling off their games or game parts on eBay.

crusaderiv

I realy like the truck and the tank!
Hey coach waht about a P47 Thunderbolt?

HBG

@crusaderiv:

I realy like the truck and the tank!
Hey coach waht about a P47 Thunderbolt?

Maybe in the next mould!

crusaderiv

Hey coach…do you have the idea to release UK units?
I need some UK airplanes. ( I used 1/700 but there’s not a big choice for Royal air force).
What about the following?
Bomber = Handley page halifax.
Light bomber = Mosquito
Fighter = Hawker Tempest and/or Hurricane.

AL

knp7765

@crusaderiv:

Hey coach…do you have the idea to release UK units?
I need some UK airplanes. ( I used 1/700 but there’s not a big choice for Royal air force).
What about the following?
Bomber = Handley page halifax.
Light bomber = Mosquito
Fighter = Hawker Tempest and/or Hurricane.

AL

The OOB UK Bomber is the Halifax. Perhaps the Lancaster for a different sculpt. Also, the OOB Tac Bomber is the Mosquito. There was another Handley Page 2-engine medium bomber but I can’t remember the name off hand. Hawker Typhoon might be a good choice for a new Tac Bomber. I do like your ideas for new fighters.
FMG might come out with some of these when they do their British sets. I think HBG wants to see what FMG does and come out with something different.

crusaderiv

The OOB UK Bomber is the Halifax
What do you mean by OOB?

lozmoid

Out Of the Box.

Razor

What if they are still in the box ?

crusaderiv

Hey coach, if you release the Halifax, the Wellington and the Lancaster…I’ll get some!

Johnson73

ETA?

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@Johnson73:

ETA?

6 weeks

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