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DML 25 Pounder: Detail/Image Update
jimbrae
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2011 - 03:54 AM UTC
I don't, as a rule, like Dragon Model's 'Inside Story' publicity material very much. It tends to go off on wings of hyperbole. However, there are (happily) always exceptions to the rule, and in this case, i'm pleased to be able to show a couple of detail images of the company''s forthcoming 25 Pounder in 1/35th Scale.


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Neilje
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Posted: Friday, November 04, 2011 - 02:07 PM UTC
I think the musculature on those figures looks way overdone. It looks like the guys have been pumping iron. It makes them almost unusable in a desert setting.
warreni
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2011 - 07:11 AM UTC
Neil, you try throwing around 25+lb shells and see how your musculature develops...

And please correct me if I am wrong but didn't the ancient Tamiya 25lber have a crew with it? I had a the kit but sold it about a year ago.
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Posted: Saturday, November 05, 2011 - 10:19 AM UTC
I have to agree Warren as just manhandling the gun is bad enough add the shells to the mix and I suspect you will get fit, sick, or die. The rate of fire the 25pdr was able to put out would put anyone to the test and I suspect it would build your physique especially you arms and trunk, and while not everyone is the same picking on the figures when a company supplies a crew in the box seems daft.
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Posted: Monday, November 07, 2011 - 09:41 AM UTC
Frenchy, you got any photos of buff Brit gun crews?
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