Posts made by Mr. Kell

Greetings and thanks.
@DMcLaren
Yeah the details on that B17 were pretty freakin good. I just settled on the subject, put my head down and let the print tell me what was possible. By the time a voice in my head went “STOP!” and I looked back up. I had already grabbed 700 scale props and was harvesting bristles from a vacuum attachment for gun barrels.
@The-Captain
Quite a bit of research definitely helps a project like this. Fortunately I have full bookshelves. My universal carriers did come from Ghq, as they were the only ones I could find at the time. Would have liked to get more from them, but couldn’t afford to. Other than those, a few units from I will never grow up, an Fw200 & He177 in 700 scale from Pit Road and some fabricated facilities, everything is from, or a modification of pieces from various A&A sets and Hbg. Sometimes my skills were up to the task. You did great work as well.
Oops, forgot about the type VII & IX U-boats from shapeways.
Stay safe.

A few more things I’ve been finishing. Some Corsairs, 262, La-5, Pe-2, Do17 and some Sherman’s. All printed except the Russian fighters.
May have gone a little overboard on "Little Miss Mischief ", for a game piece.
Stay safe.

I think the problem is with the U.S. economy when played separately. Compared to their global income, it comes out to a very small amount being spent on the other theater. Less then 20 if I remember right.

Greetings all:
Happy days (maybe) everyone in the group’s been jabbed, and there’s been talk of resuming gaming. I’m hopeful. Anyway, here’s a few new pieces they’re going to see…

Some injection molded Pzkfw VI b.

A replacement Sharnhorst.

and Gneisenau.

And the last I have finished, USS Colorado.
I removed the radar from Sharnhorst as a nod to his last sortie. Our cat donated a whisker for Gneisenau’s mast. In hindsight, I should have removed the cranes from the German ships then reinstalled them in a better position after painting.

That’s it for now. Stay safe.

We took a simpler approach, splitting the 6 pc giving 2 to each territory other than Calcutta. While limiting artillery buys to 1.

Greetings.
Just a few more things I’ve been keeping busy with.

Fuso from HBG.

With some AFV examples from IWNGU.
Stay safe.

Greetings.
Has it been a rough few months or what? Hope everyone’s doing well.
Since my set has been trapped in a buddies basement since last summer, I haven’t been able to work on or get pics of what has been finished.
I have been dipping into HBG’s 3d printed selection, picking up a set of Crusaders; a Nelson; an Eagle CV; some Iowas and the Graf Spee.

Still not 100% sure about my Royal Navy color palette, but they should be close.
I also liked the Indiana enough to put her in with Missouri.
Oh I found a WIP of some US. dudes.

Stay safe.

@the-captain
Curious, are any of these different than what you posted last year, or just listing each one as its own topic?

Guess you could always buy yourself a 3D printer.

@coedewa
Yeah, not sure how other people keep theirs together. Was hoping someone would share their miracle primer with us.
I gave up on stiffening, the last attempt was with barrels and super glue, they just started breaking off at the hands. Ink lets it flex without losing it’s color. Up close as a miniature it’s a little iffy, but on the board it’s perfect as a game piece. Ankles I have just resigned myself to touching up periodically. Don’t think it’s the J color just the long thin nature of the sculpt allowing more bend.
I can personally say that HBG’s Axis neutral (pzf) & the Japanese paratroopers are great, had no problems with either. Would hope all their inf. sculpts are made from the same stuff.
Be safe.

@coedewa
It’s more the chemistry and flexibility of the plastic, not any mistakes. I tried stiffening rifle barrels with super glue, to using a vinyl sealer hoping to get better adhesion. With no luck.
I’ve had some success touching up weapons with blk. sharpie.
Don’t know what happened to the base on the left. Almost looks like something spilled on it.

So only people with computers that can play on line are eligible?

@RYNO87
Didn’t think there were Carriers in that version.

Those look great!
At a good price also. I had to pay $2ea. for my pewter universals.
Knowing these were produced mainly for the Battle of France game, what are the chances of you expanding the line? Like the Semovente from the old field marshal set, or a few of the many types of Su’s the Soviets made.

@Johnson73

Nice.
The first ones I made also had a small round base.
Gaming experience showed me that people tend to use them as movement handles. After a few stacks got “nuked” by falling ships, I changed them to a longer rectangle for better piece stability.

@Gentlegamer
If you have the system, you have it. I don’t have the material with me but here’s a cpl. examples of adjusting techs to the global system.
Super subs turned into Adv. torpedoes lvl.1 att +1 lvl.2 def +1.
Since no sub detection anymore, radar/ counter radar is now Adv. Destroyers and Adv. Subs that adjusts their pre-combat initiatives.
Airborne radar 1&2 allows bombers to strafe subs without destroyers and a +1 Sbr.
Was UK last time used, these were ones fresh in my mind.
Stay safe.

@Gentlegamer
I really like that R&D system.
Still in use, as a rule option, although the list has been changed and expanded.

@Playing-Kid
Not much worse than a creased matt.
Mt first try would be to warm the fold with a hair dryer/heat gun, depending how much heat the vinyl can handle. May help you move the material back into the correct position.
Luck.

@Karl7
Our quick fix attempt was to activate Russia’s +9 Novosibirsk card for global.

Remember how she said that
we would meet again
some sunny day.

@coedewa
Thought those magnets were 3mm?
My first thought is how many plugs you can get out of a 16p nail with a hacksaw?

Since I had the U.S. naval colors out, I pushed through with the Lexington rebuild.
Here’s the previous look.

Reused everything but the rear structure, boosting the fwd. island about 1.5mm. Rear section fabricated with styrene stock.

Think I might have gone a little to big? Still 100% better. That’s what I get for trying to use the rear of a classic tank turret the first time.
Stay safe all.

Use the multiple color die and either paint over or chip color out of the miss numbers?