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For the asbestos panels you could try Tamiya "Pla Paper'' sheets.
0.1mm thick
0.1mm thick
That’s the plan, can’t go too thin as the sheets will buckle with the glue. Mind you am thinking of trying UHU.For the asbestos panels you could try Tamiya "Pla Paper'' sheets.
0.1mm thick
The air trunking on the back is riveted together, what I’ve still to do. The asbestos on the hull sides are bolted on, but on the top they look to be glued.It isn't a real kit unless they make you place each individual rivet.
Nice progress though, it looks good despite the best efforts of the original tank designers.
nasty Japanese troops practicing with Molotovs. 7 Hussars Stuart with smashed track. Crew safe.View attachment 552618
I found it on WW2Talk on a thread about Burma/Malaya. It was also published with the Japanese press (propaganda) release, but as someone on there said there’s no Japanese troops covering the guys with the Molotovs. The track had also been blown off, 7th Hussars CO had his blown off by a Anti Tank gun. (His panzer ?).
That Vickers eh? Start WW2 with that kind of thing and end up 6 years later with Comet (and very nearly Centurion).
Incredible technology acceleration really, same with Gladiator to Meteor!
Trouble is Listy, we see it happening again right now with regards to the CR2! Space Command FFS seen the Yanks do it, so we got to have one....The Vickers Medium first showed up in 1922. We did rather a lot of development work between then and the Second World War, it's just we were never allowed to buy any of the shiny world beating monster's we designed.
For example we had the A.16 medium tank, which would have give the Germans the rough end of a pineapple... sideways. It was roughly equivalent to a mid series Panzer III. If the Germans had waited another year they'd have been our standard tank.
That said it's entirely possible the dread hand of the Treasury is why we lost the Battle of France, even without the wonder tanks.
That's right! We shouldn't have let the RAF split off from the Army, or the Navy to have a Fleet Air Arm!Trouble is Listy, we see it happening again right now with regards to the CR2! Space Command FFS seen the Yanks do it, so we got to have one....
Narh, that was the French, stone age comms and a defeatist/defensive mindset brought on by the losses they suffered in the first round* is far higher up the list.The Vickers Medium first showed up in 1922. We did rather a lot of development work between then and the Second World War, it's just we were never allowed to buy any of the shiny world beating monster's we designed.
For example we had the A.16 medium tank, which would have give the Germans the rough end of a pineapple... sideways. It was roughly equivalent to a mid series Panzer III. If the Germans had waited another year they'd have been our standard tank.
That said it's entirely possible the dread hand of the Treasury is why we lost the Battle of France, even without the wonder tanks.
Narh, that was the French, stone age comms and a defeatist/defensive mindset brought on by the losses they suffered in the first round* is far higher up the list.
I understand where you're coming from, its a topic that's endlessly debated on the Alt History sites - however I don't really see an improved performance by the UK forces having a great impact overall, yes having 1st Armoured and slightly better AFVs would of helped, but not enough to stop the collapse given the dispositions of the French forces at the time.So it had nothing to do with the BEF not having a single tank unit with it until after the fighting had started, then the 1st Armoured was rushed over there and deployed in haste to the front? Imagine if you will, the 1st Armoured being there from day 1. Martel's half-arsed armoured attack with knackered, broken down formations gave the Germans a serious 'oh schise' moment. Even though it wasn't going anywhere due to logistical reasons.
Now imagine if we could have thrown 1st Armoured at the base of one of the German attacks.
I would venture one of the reasons why they were not deployed was cost.
Nice workNow Listy and Daz have finished rewriting the Battle of France, got a bit more of the asbestos on. Need to think about extra bolts holding it on and rivets for the air trunking.View attachment 552838View attachment 552839