Welcome to my strange alternative world of wargaming with toy soldiers: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books (HG Wells, Little wars)
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Gallant British Tommy
Zzzzz asked for a scale comparison of the 1:48 Tamiya tank vs 28 ml models so here it it.
A gallant British Tommy takes on a Stug III with a mills bomb.
I have been using 1/48th scale models with 28mm figs for a long time. I think they work great together..Here are some examples http://dspaintingblog.blogspot.com/search/label/1%2F48th%20Scale
With all the great 1/56th scale stuff out now I may switch to that scale for my vehicles.
Thanks for this, I have been painting up some Warlord 28mm for Bolt Action, and have seen some nice prices for 1/48th scale models on ebay and was wondering how they would work
I think hit would work if he bowled a googly to land on the gun mantlet and spin back into the hatch. Howzat!
Slightly more seriously, the US army designed a hand grenade shaped like a baseball on the basis that every Amercian male could throw one. I don't think it worked.
Doesn't look too bad for scale.
ReplyDeleteDear Phil
DeleteWorks well. 1/35 is better for 40K.
J
Scale looks good. A very gallant chap. Perhaps he has some cricket bowling skills that will help him get his grenade through that open hatch. :)
ReplyDeleteDear MP
DeleteOne can but hope.
J
Mad Padre - exactly the point I was going to make...
ReplyDelete'posthumously'????...he clearly never played cricket - that hatch is open!!
Hugh:-)
Dear Hugh
DeleteProbably a Cornishman. We don't do cricket.
J
In which case it's not that they are 'on the other side' that's earned them the grenade, but that they are Emmetts!
DeleteH
Now how do you know that word? You'm wouldn't be Cornish yourself by any chance?
DeleteJ
I have been using 1/48th scale models with 28mm figs for a long time. I think they work great together..Here are some examples http://dspaintingblog.blogspot.com/search/label/1%2F48th%20Scale
ReplyDeleteWith all the great 1/56th scale stuff out now I may switch to that scale for my vehicles.
Dear DS
DeleteNice models. Three Tigers is plenty!!!!
J
Thanks for this, I have been painting up some Warlord 28mm for Bolt Action, and have seen some nice prices for 1/48th scale models on ebay and was wondering how they would work
ReplyDeleteDear SC
DeleteVery well. They look good.
J
JTS has a pheonominally diverse collection of things and stuff; always good for comparisons, thank you John.
ReplyDeleteAs for the posthumous nature of Pte Fortune's award; perhaps his boot laces are undone and he trips and is run over ?
Dear Stuart
DeleteCould be - or maybe he is just as cack handed as me.
J
I think hit would work if he bowled a googly to land on the gun mantlet and spin back into the hatch. Howzat!
ReplyDeleteSlightly more seriously, the US army designed a hand grenade shaped like a baseball on the basis that every Amercian male could throw one. I don't think it worked.
Dear Anon
DeleteThe modern gun controls on British AFVs are imitations of video game controlers - on the grounds that the crews are familiar with these.
J