and yes, TacSquirrel..I am going to do a detailed comparison revue. Not every modeller cares about such piddly small details as weapons..well, the whole reason the vehicle is on the battlefield, is to carry the WEAPONS there to shoot up the ENEMY. So I think they're rather the point...don't you?

We made the decision not to make a mobile top cover as in the 1/35 scale intervals will be great and will worsen model.
Terry Ashley plans to make objective comparison
M2 not a rarity, owners - hundreds
This dude strange, to him put in a package more quantity, and it - take offence
Real quantity belts links in LRE35052 set - 60 instead 50 in description
Spent shells in LRE35053 set 78 instead 59 in description
But it is more instead of less, right?

I said "THANKS" for the extra on the spent shells..but I got 0..that's zero...of the shells individual with the link on them..so, the package has a lot of spent cases, 26 live rounds instead of 15, and 0 live rounds w. links attached. I didn't take offense at all...you'll know very clearly when I am offended.
So...the Live Resin .50 M2 is good, I said this already. I think YOU get offended now yes?
And yes, there are a LOT of collectors like me in US with .50 M2, both fully automatic and modified semi automatic requiring no license. it's still a small club, because it's expensive.
I'm not starting a fight with you...settle down.

"And yes, there are a LOT of collectors like me in US with .50 M2, both fully automatic and modified semi automatic requiring no license."

You must not live in california

Jay

well no, of course not. I was trained to fight communists, why would I live with them?

I'm not starting a fight with you...settle down

Jay

I couldn't be more calm. We're building miniatures here, not curing cancer or planning space missions.

I think to make Yaroslav happy and show him some love (I really do appreciate the efforts of Live Resin and the great miniatures they make) i'll put his M2 .50 up on my M113 APC and use his belts, links, and spent cases. since this model is a 1980's version, I can't use the QCB (quick change barrel) handle, but that's minor. I'll post pics when done.

Tasca

http://www.tasca-modellismo.com/seihin/m2hb/m2hba.html

Thanks Gary, you very poetical

I do try...
So how can I get the rest of my .50 live rounds? I kinda want those to construct belts that conform to the curves of the can and mounts..will you send me some of those?

hello??????

I try to clear situation with it tomorrow. in Russia extremaly long holydays till 12 May

I'd be interested to see what Live Resin could do with WWII weapons. Currently I think the K59 MG42 is streets ahead of any competitor.

Gary, I will send it in three days and inform you. Hard to make some fast in Russia this days

Dean, we think that in 1/35 scale it is impossible to make folding barrel housing with barrel or top cover in resin superb - intervals between details are too big and looks not real. I don't have the purpose to compete with K59 or someone
About TANK - simply I owner this brand too

Yeah, Dean..that MG42 kit they make at K59 is madness. have you seen the gun mount system for it? Ultra-crazy detailed. as soon as they get a number of M2HB kits back in stock (K59 had a serious production interuption on those) I have 10 on standing back order.

Yaro, I don't know what a "folding barrel housing" is...but I do know your M2HB .50 is among the top in the world. You are in good company, just in 3rd place. K59 has done amazing sculpting work on the master model the molds are pulled from, but frankly, they do have production problems..I think successful pouring is VERY tricky on this model and not every resin caster is so good..so, K59 is not always available. That's a big factor. I'll send you pics of the K59 if you care to see..it's pretty scary.
TASCA has a combo going where you get their styrene .50 M2 and the Adlers' Nest brass barrel and barrel support shroud...THAT looks incredible. I've been installing Barrel Depot brass on mine, which looks pretty accurate too. I'll do the Live Resin gun for my 113, you'll love it. I know that there's the big WW2 holiday this week, defeat of Nazis celebration, so I understand it may take a few days, no problem. Vodka all around! Here's to the end of the Fascists! now if you could just get around to chasing them out of MY country...

I have the mount but what I'd really love to see them do is an MG34 and a Lafette for both the 34 and 42.

I agree with you on the M2HB but again I'd love to see them do a good M3 mount for it. I'd be interested in getting the Live Resin gun just to see how good the mount is.

1/2 inch (12.7mm) is .0142 inches (.36mm) in 1/35 scale. The difference between two identically scaled items might be visible on close inspection in 1/35 but in a grouping of identical items, you'd could not see that without a measuring device.

A .50 BMG round is over 5" long. 12.7 x 99mm, the 99mm is the brass case without the projectile.
US Cal. .30 in WW2 is 7.62 x 63mm, same approx. as 30-06
post WW2 is 7.62 x 51, NATO, same approx as .308 Win.

Visually, it would indeed be a bit difficult to distinguish 30-06 from .308 in scale...12mm difference in length IRL is negligible in 1/35.

More important to concentrate on the belts...WW2 saw almost ALL infantry Cal..30 belt feds using cloth belts, tank and aircraft used disintegrating metal links. .50 began the war on cloth belts but soon pretty much converted over to disintegrating links by '44 in every application. This detail IS quite noticeable in 1/35.

AHA! And then AFV Club has to enter the fray! New AFV club .50 MG kit with both M2 and M3 guns, and the M63 mobile AA mount which no one has done in a kit before! MUST GET THIS!

Dean...I have both Live Resin and Tank .50 M2 resin kits here...
Neither has the ideal M3 tripod. I mean, who would notice really, but detail freaks like ME..but that's what separates the good from the great from the god-like..the Tank tripod has the correct size feet, correct shape of the head, but the crossbar is too thin and there's no pintle lock lever.
The Live Resin M3 tripod has feet too big, the crossbar has part of the T&E Device molded in the center of it (so your only choice for the gun is with T&E and straight ahead) but they did get the other latches and levers right. Oh my. Making such things correct is what modelling is for me, taking the manufacturers' raw material and perfecting it. Anyone can build a perfect model from a perfect kit..although it IS nice to have as much as possible correct to begin with. Maybe someone will sculpt and cast the correct M3 tripod..K59 would be the obvious choice. As soon as I get this new AFV Club .50 kit, a super detailed revue is coming comparing all the kits.

I think I need to get busy on my own military modelling website...

OK, Yaroslav...holiday is over...where's the ammo?

Yaroslav??? Hellooo????