| Greg B | 31 Jan 2012 10:08 a.m. PST |
A 1:48 scale Hobbymaster King Tiger has become the latest victim of our 28mm sci-fi arms race. This was my first attempt to use an air brush. Yikes. It was cheesey, but fun. Read more here: link A few pictures for the folks who dislike following the links.
Apologies to the Hobbymaster folks – that really was a nice model :) As always, thanks for looking/reading. Cheers, Greg |
| Caesar | 31 Jan 2012 10:13 a.m. PST |
I think you did a very nice job, actually, except for that crazy GW inspired main gun barrel! |
 ColCampbell  | 31 Jan 2012 10:24 a.m. PST |
That must be the "super long bun" to which John the OFM was referring. TMP link Jim |
| Greg B | 31 Jan 2012 10:25 a.m. PST |
@Caesar – thanks – the insane main gun barrel is a bit of a standard for our own sci-fi gaming. A blend of homage and parody. Most of our vehicles feature gun barrel that are a touch silly. We figure there is some kind of fancy stabilizers on the gun mount to prevent the gun itself from decapitating the crew when it fires… |
| nvdoyle | 31 Jan 2012 10:34 a.m. PST |
Oh, heck yes. That looks perfect – okay, except for the barrel. I've never liked GW's massive barrels. Keep the original and greeblie it up – add a different muzzle brake, or some tubing around the barrel, or something. Otherwise, fantastic.  (I've been mucking about with the same idea for a while, except using 1/35 scale models. I've got a quartet of T-55s that I need to 'downscale' somehow. But this is making me rethink 1/48…) |
| Greg B | 31 Jan 2012 11:00 a.m. PST |
@nvdoyle – don't give up on your T-55s. A fellow in our group did an amazing job with a 1/35 scale T-64. link I think the 1/35 T-55s can serve you well. |
| Frederick | 31 Jan 2012 11:01 a.m. PST |
Great work I have just modified a Polish 1/35 tankette as a command vehicle for my Basilisk battery – seems to work well (I should probably man up and figure out how to post images) |
| thabear | 31 Jan 2012 12:37 p.m. PST |
As always very inspiring stuff , really enjoy visiting your blog every few days . it has inspired us to make to pseudo IG forces for FUBAR as well .
At the moment i am planning a similiar conversion with a 1/35 Chi Ha , looks perfect for a retro sci fi tank cheers Tom |
| freecloud | 31 Jan 2012 1:36 p.m. PST |
But but but…it doesn't hover :) A T-34 on the other hand… link |
| Greg B | 01 Feb 2012 8:30 a.m. PST |
@Tim – I would imagine impaired cross country movement is just one of the many problems this "vehicle" will have. As I said, the setting for our home-grown 28mm sci-fi gaming is very much a blend of homage and parody. Absurdity of the main gun is a big part of that. Although I see some vehicles around right now and wonder how they ever move around – link the Russian 2S19. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2S19_Msta I assume that bracket balances the barrel? |
| Greg B | 01 Feb 2012 9:19 a.m. PST |
@ Tim – thanks very much! I had never imagined thatt MBTs could end up with a bunch of dirt in the muzzle. What would a crew do to clear something like that if it happened during combat? |
| Chuckaroobob | 01 Feb 2012 5:02 p.m. PST |
Big battles call for Really Big Guns! That looks just about right, except it should be a 4 barrel revolver cannon. |
| Oddball | 02 Feb 2012 4:48 a.m. PST |
I think it looks great. I'm not crazy about the gun barrel, but the model is wonderful. |
| Lion in the Stars | 02 Feb 2012 7:44 a.m. PST |
Just goes to show that some of those 40k detail pieces work really nicely, while others look silly. Then again, I shouldn't talk too much. I put a machined-aluminum 1/35 Tiger II barrel onto a Predator (found one of those armor superdetail kits in a store and couldn't resist). Had to use a piece of sprue as a hook to keep the turret on the ring! |
| Greg B | 02 Feb 2012 8:20 a.m. PST |
@Chuckaroobob – we leave the 4-barrel revolver cannons for the walkers :) @ Lion – I would love to see a picture of that gun barrel on the Predator! |
