Jim Ripley

I’ve noticed the MP 38 in the Afrika Korp plastics is smaller than the one on the new Veterans sprue. And yet the Veterans MG 34 drum magazine carrier is smaller than the one in the Winter German sprue.  No more just grabbing bits from the parts box without checking . Reminds me of 1/35 scale modelling back in the late 70s , lots of variation in…[Read more]

I always figured that  you’ll never get anything if you don’t ask . And the more people that ask would be more incentive for companies to make something . I once asked a company if I could just buy a certain piece out of one of their aftermarket stowage sets , mind you I wanted a dozen of them . They gave me a price ,it was a little steep , but I…[Read more]

I was hoping a number of people would chime in saying they were looking for some too , and maybe get Warlord to release a blister pack of various track pieces and spare wheels for specific tanks . I think that new plastic/resin stuff the rereleased tank crews come in  would be perfect to mold track in . Would be nice to have a Panzer III & IV set…[Read more]

I’ve always found the resin kits to be lacking in the  instruction department , ie , the instructions for a field gun is one line drawing which  hides most of the detail behind the gun shield . Not to mention the various unknown pewter bits and pieces . Is that flash or part of the kit , the instructions aren’t clear . I’ve built several guns b…[Read more]

But it should be easier to fix / change with green stuff than having to resort to surgery , at least that’s what I keep telling myself

Wargames Atlantic Panzer Lehr troops ? Short tunics , long sleeves , short boots / gaiters . The bodies have flat necks  so swapping heads with BA parts is a little tricky sometimes , I picked up a few of WA various WW1 /2 sprues  for kit bashing purposes

While the Churchill kit gives you the Petard mortar , you still have to scratch build the side mounting brackets for AVRE equipment ( red ) and change the bow gunners hatch ( blue ) .  S&S models make these pieces in pewter .   Wish I’ld known that before I scratch built the pieces for mine

Still looking for info on this kit . And wasn’t there a water line version of the DD with raised screens at one time or am I imaging things ?

So just the round hatches ( gunner /commander ) can be shown open , thanks . Was hoping the large square crew hatch was also a separate piece , will have to rethink my plans ….. was going to use the newish Bad Squido winter tank riders and tank crew figures . Keep hoping Warlord / Italeri will  release  a plastic one as they have the lower h…[Read more]

Only ones I have seen are on the sprues of the new plastic figure sets ( Cowboys & Cowgirls ) for Dead Mans Hand .  IRC you get 2 per sprue , and they come “broken  ” in  2 pieces so you can model them  being reloaded .

I build my figures to fit in a specific spot on a specific tank so I tend to glue them on . That being said I do have a few generic seated figures that can be put anywhere if needed .  I have had a few ideas for removable figure groups  though . Tiny rice grain sized magnets might work  in the figures feet if the plastic engine deck is very th…[Read more]