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Mr Boochie said:
Thank you! You think audiophiles can be OCD? Modelers are living in a whole different universe! He must have two libraries full of reference books. ;)
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I like the disc camo scheme your friend used on his JPIV/70. Not sure you can get that stencil in 1/16 so I went with the other Hinterhalt scheme of dots. So true about the OCD of modelers. That is why I prefer building and running the big RC Tamiya tanks although I use lots of reference books as well as the internet. They are still pretty accurate but you don't have to deal with the extreme rivet counters like if you are displaying the smaller scale and of course they run and battle outside
 
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YY1 said:
Typical "slot" cars are nowhere near true "HO" scale.

HO is 1/87.

Most slots are MUCH closer to 1/64 which is "S" scale.
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Sure. It's not that important to me.....they are what they are.

Scale is something the slot car toymakers seem to have taken lots of liberty with. Both in the cars and the other track bits.
 
Space Ritual said:
I like the disc camo scheme your friend used on his JPIV/70. Not sure you can get that stencil in 1/16 so I went with the other Hinterhalt scheme of dots. So true about the OCD of modelers. That is why I prefer building and running the big RC Tamiya tanks although I use lots of reference books as well as the internet. They are still pretty accurate but you don't have to deal with the extreme rivet counters like if you are displaying the smaller scale and of course they run and battle outside
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He DIY'ed the camo. I believe by punching various dots --- applying, painting, then removing. In step-wise fashion. I think that the Germans used this technique, in field mod applications --- especially when this camo was first seen in photos (mid-1944?). Of course they used 1:1 scale hole punches. ;)

I am not sure any factory (I have to check), actually applied this camo in house. :idea:
 
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Mr Boochie said:
Nice scenarios! :thumbsup: :)

Nice Panther, JagdPanther, and JagdPanzer IV. What is that near or on top of the commander's cupola?

Love the ambush camo on the JagdPanzer IV.

Thanks!
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That is the Tamiya Battle System infrared receiver for taking hits. The housing on the barrels is where the infrared emitter for firing is placed. If I ever wanted them to be shelf queens the system can be quickly removed to make them look just like 1/16 static models but all 13 of my tanks are battlers. The natural weathering from running on the field over the course of the season is hard to beat especially on Soviet tanks which just attract realistic dirt deposits in all the right places.
 
Mr Boochie said:
He DIY'ed the camo. I believe by punching various dots --- applying, painting, then removing. In step-wise fashion. I think that the Germans used this technique, in field mod applications --- especially when this camo was first seen in photos (mid-1944?). Of course they used 1:1 scale hole punches. ;)

I am not sure any factory (I have to check), actually applied this camo in house. :idea:
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Yes MAN applied it to their Panthers in the factory. Daimler did the dot like my JPIV although neither made the JPIV. Pretty sure the JPIV crews did that in the field. That striped camo on my Panther is last month of the war. I think just on a shipment to one battalion fighting in Silesia. There was a hard camo stripe batch given to the Muncheberg Division around Seelow Heights but it was different
 
Space Ritual said:
That is the Tamiya Battle System infrared receiver for taking hits. The housing on the barrels is where the infrared emitter for firing is placed. If I ever wanted them to be shelf queens the system can be quickly removed to make them look just like 1/16 static models but all 13 of my tanks are battlers. The natural weathering from running on the field over the course of the season is hard to beat especially on Soviet tanks which just attract realistic dirt deposits in all the right places.
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I prefer the weathered, battle-damaged look. Especially in scenarios.

IR sighter. Like this?

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Space Ritual said:
Yes MAN applied it to their Panthers in the factory. Daimler did the dot like my JPIV although neither made the JPIV. Pretty sure the JPIV crews did that in the field. That striped camo on my Panther is last month of the war. I think just on a shipment to one battalion fighting in Silesia. There was a hard camo stripe batch given to the Muncheberg Division around Seelow Heights but it was different
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I recall that famous photo of Panthers on that tree-lined road in Silesia. Was that 102.PzBr? I need to dig up some references.
 
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