'What if?' modelling

[Steve-the-Duck]

Dave, I do like the 'Chevron' background story. Not sure about the name, but I've failed to come up with anything better! Something Indian tho', as 'Konigs Tiger' does translate to 'King' Tiger, but, so I'm informed, actual means 'Bengal Tiger.'
Couldn't call a tank the 'Calcutta'
'Conquest'? Ooh, no, the 'Clive'!

[Miko]

Couldn't call a tank the 'Calcutta'
'Conquest'? Ooh, no, the 'Clive'!

There was a Shorts seaplane called 'Calcutta'

How about 'Champion'?

Miko (haven't built an AFV for quite some time)

[Miko]

I've got the Stratos 4 boxing of the TSR2, with extra pilot figures. Somewhere I've a magazine article on building the launch vehicle
Fortunately, I got mine from a, now defunct, model shop a week before a group of Japanese tourists cleared the other half-dozen boxes!

BTW it is, of course, pronounced Stratos Vier...

You mean. . .



I have plans to build a few of the types in the anime series and a particular 'what if' I've already started, it's the ancient 1950's boxing of Frog Canberra PR7, some may say it's sacrilege to build it as such a thing! but it's pretty useless for any other purpose as far as I can see! They use Yak 27 as a prone pilot trainer, a PR7 would work quite well complete with ventral DH 'spector' rockets to fit in with the rocket assisted take of TSR2 MS

Stratos veir. . . maybe in Germany but the creators 'Studio Fantasia' called it Stratos 4 (four) not even the Japanese 'shi' or 'yon' which is their words for four

Miko (ありがとうございます)

[Steve-the-Duck]

Stratos veir. . . maybe in Germany but the creators 'Studio Fantasia' called it Stratos 4 (four) not even the Japanese 'shi' or 'yon' which is their words for four

Yeah, but see, that's the PUN. Vier 'phere.
Well, as The Joker himself said (adopts Mark Hamill voice) 'If you have to explain the joke, Harley, it isn't funn!'

And 'shi' also means 'death', right? Which is why they have 'yon'

[Miko]

Yeah, but see, that's the PUN. Vier 'phere.
Well, as The Joker himself said (adopts Mark Hamill voice) 'If you have to explain the joke, Harley, it isn't funn!'

And 'shi' also means 'death', right? Which is why they have 'yon'

Sorry, I missed that! Cah! I'm such a dweeb!

Yep, one of the kanji for death in Japanese is 死 pronounced 'shi' and four is 四 pronounced 'shi' or 'yon' depending on context

Miko (struggling to learn Japanese for a few years!)

[Guest]

'Konigs Tiger' does translate to 'King' Tiger

“King Tiger” was in any case the Allied name for the vehicle, to the German army it was generally the Tiger II, not Königstiger.

but, so I'm informed, actual means 'Bengal Tiger.'

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königstiger

Der Königstiger (Panthera tigris tigris), auch Bengal-Tiger oder Indischer Tiger, ist eine Unterart des Tigers

I never knew that, though, so thanks for mentioning it

Yes, do it!

At some point, certainly First finish the Nike and the M247, then I’m thinking a T6 medium tank …

Interesting many French sources now refuse to acknowledge they had an operational regiment of Panthers!

They do? It’s not as if it’s a big secret, though. They had tons of German equipment they weren’t afraid to use — though they didn’t like the Panthers much because the final drives kept breaking after about 200 km on the clock …