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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 02:33 PM UTC
Hey there
Has anyone had dealing with
a) S&T products
b) Colorado miniatures
Dearly want the tanker figure ST35003... Heard that S&T can be difficult to obtain, but know that Colorado miniatures stock them...
What do you think, and has anyone got this figure?
Cheers
Brad
"There never was a good war, or a bad peace."
Benjamin Franklin
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 02:56 PM UTC
I dont have that figure, but one of the 1:16 german offerings - quality is very high.
It´s happy days for modellers...
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 03:03 PM UTC
I've ordered figures to the UK through Colorado. No probs whatsoever. They have a good reputation, and when I expect they want to keep. I think you can safely order through them.
And S£T products are very nice indeed
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 03:09 PM UTC
Thanks for the response lads... Only prob now is that the postage is probably gonna cost more than the fig... And there's nothing else I think I want... Better keep looking! May order tonight.
cheers
Brad
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Benjamin Franklin
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 04:27 PM UTC
If I'm not mistaken, that figure was sculpted by the one and only John Rosengrant. My personal super hero to modeling. I got to meet him this last year at World Expo and attended his lecture.
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 04:55 PM UTC
Mr Boilard, you are spot on! Love the look he has captured here...Oh and what was his lecture about?
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Benjamin Franklin
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 05:17 PM UTC
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Mr Boilard, you are spot on! Love the look he has captured here...Oh and what was his lecture about?
It was basically a slide show along with a question/answer ordeal about all the movies he's worked in. There was a lot of focus on Jurrassic Park because it was just so interesting how they got those big dino's to work for the movies. How they were designed, materials used etc., the problems they faced getting them wet, the power it took to operate them etc. All fascinating. John is so down to earth too. The entire weekend at World Expo was absolutely one of the most memorable, enjoyable weekends of my life.
In the evenings we all would gather in the hospitality suites drinking Grey Goose Vodka and 50 year old Scotch... all free. Nobody put on any aires, Aj Lafleche and I stood there socializing with some of the greatest figure artists in the world.
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 05:23 PM UTC
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If I'm not mistaken, that figure was sculpted by the one and only John Rosengrant. My personal super hero to modeling. I got to meet him this last year at World Expo and attended his lecture.
Me too! A thoroughly nice guy, too! Both he and Trevor Hensley (sculptor of the 120mm S&T US Paras) were top guys, and I'm so envious of their day jobs!
Easyoff - we met outside the hotel - think you were ready to leave and you spoke for ages with my friend Einion.
oh, he's a picture I took of John's awesome diorama:
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Oh and what was his lecture about
it was about his work on creature effects for the movie industry - Aliens, Jurassic Park.........
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 05:35 PM UTC
Rob, it was sure nice meeting you and Einion. It seemed like I was standing there for ages too! If you recall I was waiting for my buddy who was chatting with the fella that had all the fabric swatches.
When I got home that day I was so physically burned out I could barely get out of the car. My wife had to help me walk to the house. All the time she was shaking her head saying "you did it to yourself again, you stupid [auto-censored]," knowing that I was going to suffer for the next week or so trying to recover.
But it was worth every second!
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 06:08 PM UTC
It was a one off alright! Well worth the trip over from the UK! The next Expo is little closer to home for me......I'll be learning some Spanish between now and then!
And I have some of those fabric swatches here now! :-)
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Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2006 - 09:43 PM UTC
My wife put the cuffs on me and won't let me go to the next one. She's a little to worried that I'll end up requiring a doctor or worse, hospitalization.
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Posted: Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 03:05 PM UTC
Rob- Think I have seen that dio recently (is it the Sherman in front of a building with a large tree and some GIs?) and thought to ones self that it was the most accurate in my eyes for conveying a sense of 'grittiness' in depicting battle weary Allies...
Just purchased the above tanker last night... Already have grandiose plans...
Thanks again for the help lads
Cheers
Brad
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Benjamin Franklin
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 03:18 PM UTC
you can now get the 1/35 u.s. tankers in the u.k. from afvmodeller.com,.i too ordered all the tankers s&t produce from colorado miniatures,and have nothing but praise for gray and his company,just all the more reasons i need for buying more shermans!
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 03:34 PM UTC
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Rob- Think I have seen that dio recently (is it the Sherman in front of a building with a large tree and some GIs?) and thought to ones self that it was the most accurate in my eyes for conveying a sense of 'grittiness' in depicting battle weary Allies...
Well, it's not bad - but I see he's used wire mesh to a scale of 3.5" grade, which was not available to US forces until October 1947. They only had 3" in WW2. A pity as it detracts from what would otherwise be a good dio...
Sean
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 08:44 PM UTC
I'm quite sure John will get get over it!
and not care
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 09:00 PM UTC
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Well, it's not bad - but I see he's used wire mesh to a scale of 3.5" grade, which was not available to US forces until October 1947. They only had 3" in WW2. A pity as it detracts from what would otherwise be a good dio...
I don't even dare enter this...
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 09:30 PM UTC
Lmao Jim
I was taking a sip of coffee when i read your post and almost choked :-) :-) :-)
Ian
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:30 PM UTC
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I don't even dare enter this...
Well, the next step is discussing the accuracy of the paint match for Olive Drab...
But life's too short, and time that could be spent building models too pecious, for all that I reckon!
Hope I didn't offend (note the smiley): I was just trying to poke fun at the rivet counting mentality which I find tiresome in the face of great work like the dio we're discussing. How on earth can people get so much detail into 1/35 faces? Talent and dedication I suppose
Sean
"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither." - Thomas Jefferson
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:35 PM UTC
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Hope I didn't offend (note the smiley): I was just trying to poke fun at the rivet counting mentality which I find tiresome in the face of great work like the dio we're discussing. How on earth can people get so much detail into 1/35 faces? Talent and dedication I suppose
Thanks Sean - I had an uncomfortable couple of minutes with that..Jim :-)
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:38 PM UTC
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Thanks Sean - I had an uncomfortable couple of minutes with that..Jim :-)
GOTCHA!!!
:-) :-) :-)
Sean
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Posted: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 11:12 AM UTC
Hehe had me going too...
Funny how we couldn't see your tongue in your cheek there Sean
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Benjamin Franklin
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Posted: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 02:40 PM UTC
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Hehe had me going too...
Funny how we couldn't see your tongue in your cheek there Sean
Well, I didn't think anyone would actually believe a claim that someone could tell the difference between a 3" and a 3.5" mesh at 1/35...
I guess it shows how seriously some people take "accuracy". It's one way to build models of course, but certainly not the only way, and of no greater merit than less precise, but more artistic styles...
Sean
"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither." - Thomas Jefferson
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