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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Q: Casting Numbers
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Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 01:39 PM UTC
Hello,

I was thinking of putting in casting numbers on German AFV builds being planned. I may as well try it on the mantlet of my E-25 currently in the works. Some questions:

* As an alternative to sanding off numbers from sprues -- would there be an AM source for these bits?

* Aside from the mantlet, where would these numbers typically be found (externally)?

* Lastly, is there a convention that needs to be followed, or would a random set of digits do just fine?

Cheers,

Tat
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Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 04:17 PM UTC
Archer Fine Transfers makse sets of casting numbers. While nominally meant for US made vehicles, numbers are numbers and they would work for anything when properly arranged.

Paul
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 09:18 AM UTC
Thanks Paul, will check this out. Cheers, Tat
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 12:59 PM UTC
All of the surface Detail stuff is here:

http://www.archertransfers.com/SurfaceDetailsMain.html

And the US casting details are here :

http://www.archertransfers.com/AR88007.html

Here:

http://www.archertransfers.com/AR88054.html

or here:

http://www.archertransfers.com/AR88058.html

Also look at the other shapes because they don't have to be used for what they are named at all.

Paul
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