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Re: Pz.VI TigerI Tank
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Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:08:32 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Shaun Sullivan writes:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=11143
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> This is still the loveliest machine I've seen so far. I like the interior
> detail--but I'd like to see detail of the construction of the barbette,
> if you can put up pictures of that. If memory serves, you didn't use a
> turntable--it's just gravity holding the turret in, yes?
Thanks for the kind words! I'd like to throw the compliment right back at you
and bait you mercilessly, though: I've seen some lovely Russian tanks
somewhere, yet they don't seem to have made it into the public arena yet?
Aren't we doting enough? ;)
I took a couple more pictures and added them to the above link. I actually do
make use of a turntable, but at the same time I do use gravity to hold the
turret in place. A 4x4 turntable piece is affixed to the bottom of the
barbette. The square plate of the turntable then rests inside the blue-tiled
cavity on the floor of the tank interior. That cavity positions the centerline
of the tank explicitly. The "floor" of the turret then rests on the red-tiled
part of the floor, and the turret itself rests on the top of the chassis.
Since everything is tiled (oh, so many tiles ...), the turret turns smoothly.
I used a simliar technique for the turrent of the Panzer III.
> > The chassis has two functional hatches, and the turret has three. The turret
> > also has 360 degree rotation, and the gun can elevate about +/- 15 degrees.
> > Oh, and the treads work :)
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> Yes, and they'll be in operation next time I see it, eh?
Oh, most definitely :D Much planning has already gone into the next itereation
of WWII Brikwars. Check out Tom Duggan's revised Main Street (via
.org.us.nelug, or .town) for the sort of environment the next battle will
hopefully be played out in ....
> > My main complaint with the result is that the turret came out a bit wide and
> > high. I could make it smaller, but I think doing so would compromise
> > the signature horseshoe shape. Ahh well :P
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> I think it looks perfect the way it is--the Tiger always struck me as
> being a little top-heavy with that 88 sticking out; the large hull I
> had always identified as an artifact of the position from which it
> was photographed (below the center of gravity).
Thanks! From that perspective, I'd agree with you on the height of the
turrets. For good or bad, most pictures of the Tiger seem to be taken from the
"Ack, I'm about to be squashed" perspective, which tends to minimize the
turret. Looking back at some resource pics, I can still see that the turret's
a bit wide though. To scale, it looks as if there should be a full 2-3 studs
of chassis on either side of the turret, and I've only got a little less than
1 (the chassis, by the way, is very nearly exactly the right width, given the 1
stud = 1 foot scale)
> Where is all of your grey locked up, besides the train, the Pz III, and
> the Hanomags That Will Not Die?
LOL! Imagine me trying to explain this one to my NLSU (Non-LEGO Spousal Unit),
as to why I'm in the computer room laughing out loud.
My tongue-in-cheek-o-meter may be a little uncalibrated, so I'll answer anyway
:) They didn't make a showing in the last WWII Brikwars game, but I still have
a good amount of grey locked up in my AT-AT and AT-ST, in addition to all the
other WWII vehicles and the train-which-will-not-stop-growing.
> > Anyway, feedback is always welcome ... let me know what you think!
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> Are the decals wet-transfer?
Yep! I found a great model shop near where I live the other day, and stopped
in during lunch. I asked the proprietor if he had any German WWII armor
decals, and politely explained, when he asked, that I liked to make scale
models out of LEGO. He took it in stride - perhaps there's someone who came in
last week with the same request, though they prefer to make their models out of
kiln-fired creamed corn? Well, it could happen, I suppose.
As a matter of preference, I try to minimize the overlap of decals across more
than one piece. The crosses on the side of the turret clearly span more than
one piece, but the numeral 8 and the unit insignia are each on a single piece.
I also like the non-permanance of wet-transfer decals ... as if I'll ever
disassemble some of these things :D
Thanks again!
Shaun
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> best
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> LFB
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