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Churchy-first tank in a while for me
jrutman
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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 06:57 AM UTC
How am I doing so far ??





Royal Tank Regt,late June'44.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 08:35 AM UTC
Looks really good so far - love the environment you've created. The one comment I'd make is that the diabolo (31st Armd Bde marking) is too bright. It should be a darker green - the same green as used for the background on the Arm of Service marking (992 - 9RTR marking). It's likely that the green badges would not show up very well against the main colour of the tank.

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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 08:42 AM UTC

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Looks really good so far - love the environment you've created. The one comment I'd make is that the diabolo (31st Armd Bde marking) is too bright. It should be a darker green - the same green as used for the background on the Arm of Service marking (992 - 9RTR marking). It's likely that the green badges would not show up very well against the main colour of the tank.

John


I will do me best to tone that bad boy down then !
Thanks!
J
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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 08:13 PM UTC
Hi Jerry,

Your Churchill is looking spot on, really love the subtleness of your weathering...something I struggle with, .

I'm presuming this is the Tamiya kit, same as the one I've used? If so, the padding on the inside of the commanders' hatches isn't included in the kit, did you use the ones from the gunners' hatch as you have yours closed, or did you make them from some other material/source?

Again, a great build and paint job.

Cheers, ,

G
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Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 10:34 PM UTC
Just like riding a bicycle Jerry !
Looking good after your long hiatus from armor.
Thanks for sharing !
jrutman
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 01:28 AM UTC

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Hi Jerry,

Your Churchill is looking spot on, really love the subtleness of your weathering...something I struggle with, .

I'm presuming this is the Tamiya kit, same as the one I've used? If so, the padding on the inside of the commanders' hatches isn't included in the kit, did you use the ones from the gunners' hatch as you have yours closed, or did you make them from some other material/source?

Again, a great build and paint job.

Cheers, ,

G



Thanks man. You are being modest of course,as your work is just wonderful. I do admit,I usually go for the less is more approach on weathering and chipping,specially in this case as this unit just arrived in Normandy a few days before the Epsom Offensive and so the damage would be minimal I assume.
The cmdrs hatch was tweeked a bit with very rudimentary latches made from spru and pads made from putty. Very basic because this will only be a background prop for me. Very well engineered kit from Tamiya once again. It went together over the course of 2 evenings,no problems! Perfect for my needs!
Thanks buddy,
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 01:28 AM UTC

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Just like riding a bicycle Jerry !
Looking good after your long hiatus from armor.
Thanks for sharing !


Thanks for the kind words man!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 07:41 AM UTC
You have fitted the antennae for the 19 A set and the 38 set but not the 19 B set, which used the stalk on the turret roof. I believe it was around 20” long.
jrutman
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 09:16 AM UTC

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You have fitted the antennae for the 19 A set and the 38 set but not the 19 B set, which used the stalk on the turret roof. I believe it was around 20” long.



I thought that was only fitted to command tanks ? As per another thread on this site ?
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Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - 10:48 PM UTC
The standard fit on any Mk. VII would be a single 19 set with A and B components. By the time the Mk VII was in use, a 38 set was sometimes also installed for comms with infantry, given that the TBs were used for infantry support.

Command tanks would have an additional 19 set for comms with higher HQs but they may have dropped the 38 set in that instance.
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 12:33 AM UTC

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The standard fit on any Mk. VII would be a single 19 set with A and B components. By the time the Mk VII was in use, a 38 set was sometimes also installed for comms with infantry, given that the TBs were used for infantry support.

Command tanks would have an additional 19 set for comms with higher HQs but they may have dropped the 38 set in that instance.



Thought German tanks were complicated / confusing. But hey they were not alone.

Nice how this comes together Jerry.
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Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 01:27 AM UTC
Robert#1-Thanks! Good to know. I will have to go back and check the pic of the tank I was using for reference during Op. Epsom and see if that particular one was fitted with the Inf. commo radio.

Robert#2-thanks for checking in and for the kind remarks buddy!
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