Spots on the Internet (2021)

[Mark1]

On the Copper State Models Facebook page - sprue layout for upcoming Caudron in 1/32
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On the ICM website boxart for their 'in process' Laffley
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Those little wheels do look odd!
Dave

Looks like it's giving birth.

[Tim Marlow]

Don’t know about all that, but have you noticed the ear trumpet above the right front wheel?

[Guest]

TBH, have you ever seen a French military softskin that looks good? I mean, you Brits have a pretty good track record of military trucks etc. that wouldn’t exactly win beauty prizes, but the French seem determined to outdo you :tongue-out:

[Tim Marlow]

Well, their trucks look better than their battleships

[Steve Brodie]

Tommys war 20% off sale;

[Steve Brodie]

PLA Editions are offering free shipping till the end of august - https://www.plaeditions.com/en/

[Dave Ward]

From MiniArt - 'new kit coming soon'

That's rather good - I can see those in dioramas!
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Looks like British summer wear! Don’t think I’ve ever seen a diorama when it’s raining. Seen a railway layout done like it though….so know it can be done.

[rtfoe]

Looks like British summer wear! Don’t think I’ve ever seen a diorama when it’s raining. Seen a railway layout done like it though….so know it can be done.

Have seen a dio with rain but instead of rain the surface puddles had the effect of rain dropping on it.

Cheers,
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Have seen a dio with rain but instead of rain the surface puddles had the effect of rain dropping on it.

Cheers,
Richard

That was how the railway was done as well Richard, showing puddle splashes and roof/gutter drips and leaks, along with a grey backdrop and everything having a desaturated colouration and wet “sheen” finish instead of modellers matt. It was very good, looked just like a UK bank holiday weekend

[Lee W]

Something for modern diorama modellers, another Miniart sign set

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2021/08/preview-new-135th-scale-traffic-signs.html?m=1#more

Lee

[Dave Ward]

No Comment!
Dave
edit: OOps, sorry, Lee, missed your post!:rolling:

[Lee W]

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No Comment!
Dave
edit: OOps, sorry, Lee, missed your post!:rolling:

No worries Dave, at least it's not a T34 or a MkIV...

Lee

[Dave Ward]

On the Takom Facebook page - new models - 'in the works'


......................and two really unusual subjects


No idea how big these are in 1/350 - no idea what the market is for 1/350 buildings...............
Dave

[Guest]

They’d be something like 20 cm square and a little less than that tall, off the top of my head. Ah, the real thing is 70.5 m × 70.5 m × 39 m, so in 1:350 that would be 20 cm × 20 cm × 11 cm, approximately.

As for the scale: I would have made them in 1:300 or 1:285, at least those are wargames scales and so have plenty of figures and vehicles you could use with them. It's not as if you can use these to build a diorama with a 1:350 scale ship or something. Well, not a realistic one, anyway

Also, Takom missed an opportunity by providing only one set of markings for the Heiligengeistfeld tower: it’s now a hotel (or at least, plans were announced two years ago to make it one by this year; I can’t find if it actually is yet).