Spots on the Internet (2021)

[David Lovell]

From MiniArt - 'new kit coming soon'
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Crew? Crew for what? Armed Crop Harvesting?

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Laffly V15T - French Artillery tractor - I believe there was a resin model made of this in 1/35, but certainly this will be the first injection moulded version. ICM seem determined to be the leader in softskin models!
Dave

Ah you poor poor unusual subject starved large scalers you've come in second again to the tru-scalers we've had a injection moulded version for absolutely ages, check out ace models all yours for under twelve squids. Dave
Please for the more delicate though true the above statement is meant to be toung in cheek. So no need to contact points of view.

[rtfoe]

Convert this one to be eating a sheep in the tree it’s on?

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Nope, more like stuck in sheep traffic. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[Gern]

Ah you poor poor unusual subject starved large scalers you've come in second again to the tru-scalers we've had a injection moulded version for absolutely ages, check out ace models all yours for under twelve squids. Dave
Please for the more delicate though true the above statement is meant to be toung in cheek. So no need to contact points of view.

I still don't know what the training wheels are for!:sleeping2:

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Dave. As I understand it, they are a way to stop the truck jamming on uneven ground when going cross country. A bit like the trench skids on some early WW1 tanks. Imagine going across rough ground, if the front whee drop into a hollow the nose could remain stuck on the higher ground, holding the front wheels off the ground and stopping traction. The trainer wheels allow the truck to still move when pulled or pushed by the back wheels…

[Dave Ward]

On the ICM Facebook page - boxart - soon to be released

Wouldn't these be more useful if they were actually sitting in the helicopter?
Dave

[Guest]

I still don't know what the training wheels are for!:sleeping2:

The ones on the Laffly? To prevent it nosing into the ground in rough terrain.

[rtfoe]

On the ICM Facebook page - boxart - soon to be released
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Wouldn't these be more useful if they were actually sitting in the helicopter?
Dave

Yes Dave it would be the ideal place for them but for dio makers its easier not to make a flying Huey.

Cheers,
Richard

[minitnkr]

Plus they didn't wear the cool Air Cavalry hats in the cockpit.

[Dave Ward]

From ICM - renders of a forthcoming model, Gotha Go 242B in 1/48!

I bet there's a Go 244 in the pipeline as well, & wasn't the Heinkel HeIII 'Zwilling' used as the towplane? ( also modelled by ICM )
Dave

[Guest]

Now we need that in 1:35 … if Bronco can do a Horsa in that scale, ICM can surely do a big German glider as the counterpart? Think of the diorama potential

[Dave Ward]

Now we need that in 1:35 … if Bronco can do a Horsa in that scale, ICM can surely do a big German glider as the counterpart? Think of the diorama potential :smiling3:

Were Go 242s ever used in air assaults? I know they were use as transports, but actual action?
Dave

[Guest]

I have no idea, to be honest But it’s a troop carrier, so there’d be a lot of potential to surround it with figures climbing aboard, preparing kit, etc.

[Nicko]

Were Go 242s ever used in air assaults? I know they were use as transports, but actual action?
Dave

There's a bit of the framework of one plus that of a DFS230 at the memorial to the battle of Vercors in France.

Nick.

[minitnkr]

I read somewhere they were deployed to North Africa for cargo missions, but no word as to assaults.

[Lee W]

I'm not sure if this will help and shed any light on this wingy thing...

https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=1187

Lee