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Re: Barbarossa
You forgot the T-34, which can, in its 76mm version, be made to look like a 1941 vehicle -- with a bit of work. Mind you, to make the Airfix T-34 look like anything historical takes a bit of work ....
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Re: Barbarossa
You do some amazing things with your armor so I have no doubt you could pull it off if this was to happen.BWP wrote:You forgot the T-34, which can, in its 76mm version, be made to look like a 1941 vehicle -- with a bit of work. Mind you, to make the Airfix T-34 look like anything historical takes a bit of work ....
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Heh. Thanks for the compliment -- and in this case I don't think it would be a job beyond anyone's skills. The needed fixes are extensive, but more tedious than complicated. However, personally, I wouldn't want to do it ... IMO the only thing the Airfix T-34 is good for is spare parts (not necessarily for other T-34s; just, you know ... spare parts). There's more wrong with it than right; and the simply dreadful tracks make it even harder to build OOB than the Defiant! (Mind you, that can be said about a lot of Airfix's armour kits. It's just that most of the rest of them have other redeeming qualities.)
This is sort of a doppelganger comment to a thread active right now on ATF.
This is sort of a doppelganger comment to a thread active right now on ATF.
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Re: Barbarossa
So any more interest in this GB possibility? I guess with Chris gone it would need another leader.
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Re: Barbarossa
I actually don't mind what is eventually plumped for - as long as I get to build be some Wehrmacht armour, I'm all good! I quite like the idea of the Operation Typhoon one though in actual fact, and would definately support it. I know there are a lot of people on here who build models for Telford and it would be good to give them some breathing space.
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Re: Barbarossa
Good idea Bruce. I have enough armor models to cover either time span.
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Re: Barbarossa
"Typhoon" was not the Russian counterattack, it was the German drive on Moscow late in 1941. Technically the Russians didn't counterattack in their winter offensive until late 1941, or the beginning of 1942, long after Typhoon had ended.Brews wrote:You know, Operation Barbarossa and Kursk have been done to death in GBs. What about an Operation Typhoon GB - the Russian counterattack? Similar equipment, winter conditions, and can start later in the year (after Telford).
The difference in equipment between "Barbarossa" and "Typhoon", on either side, would be approximately zero. And Typhoon was pre-winter (just), so we're not talking any winter camouflage.
A focus on "Typhoon" would also leave out the majority of Germany's allies, as they were not involved in that operation, to the best of my knowledge.
Either way, I'm up for it.