Guest grunto Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Hi, Did you BTS dudes create the AFVs from 1/35 scale Tamaiya kits or something? They look very good. I'm just wondering how you did it or is that a trade secret? I figured if you were building 1/35 scale Tamaiyas that could be time-consuming. Assuming you were using pictures of scale models, is building the model the easy part and creating the graphics even more time-consuming? Tamaiya isn't the right spelling but hopefully you know what I'm talking about... that japanese company which has been making those 1/35 scale models 'forever.' yeah it's tamiya... http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/centaur/centaur.htm Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grunto Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 check this out... http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/dragonwagon/dragonwagon.htm now what's 'wrong' with one of the photos on this page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanHoe Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 I guess that shows a "captured" Panther on the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 That's a pretty grievous error... (a sherman tank in a camo pattern) Don't think I've ever seen that before. They should have done the panther in olive drab to make it even. GAFF [This message has been edited by gaffertape (edited 06-01-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Maybe the Sherm and truck had been captured by the Germans, and they repainted it for use in their army? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted June 2, 2000 Share Posted June 2, 2000 The explanation of the actual vehicle is as follows: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>During the Second World War, the development of heavy tanks continued at a fevered pitch. To deploy these tanks to the front line, or retrieve them when damaged or broken, the necessity of a large-scale transport vehicle was heightened. In April of 1943, the U.S. started production of "The Dragon Wagon", one of the biggest tank transport vehicles of WWII. Constructed around an armored cabin and a sturdy trailer, it boasted a loading capacity of 40 tons. Also assisting in the transport of boats for river crossing operations, the Dragon Wagon was a great advantage to the advancement of the Allied Forces.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> But I for one, don't recall ever seeing any such vehicles in any documented resources of WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted June 2, 2000 Share Posted June 2, 2000 Gaffertape said: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>That's a pretty grievous error... (a sherman tank in a camo pattern) Don't think I've ever seen that before. They should have done the panther in olive drab to make it even.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Sherman's were painted camo by the Brits and by the Americans, especially in Italy. Maximus said: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>But I for one, don't recall ever seeing any such vehicles in any documented resources of WWII.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I am looking at just such a photo, it is from "Sherman in Action", from Squadron/Signal. It is a photo of a Dragon Wagon(M-26) recovering a Sherman KOed near Bastogne in December 1944. Bil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted June 2, 2000 Share Posted June 2, 2000 Bil Hardenberger: I did not know that shermans were ever in a camo pattern (besides various markings to disguise the firefly barrel). Thanks for correcting me. GAFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KwazyDog Posted June 2, 2000 Share Posted June 2, 2000 Grunto, most of the vehicle textures you see in the game came from photos from a model show Steve and Charles went to some time back. Other had to be made from scratch though, which was very very time consuming..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted June 2, 2000 Share Posted June 2, 2000 Yeah I'll buy that for a dollar That Panther cammo looks correct to me ccj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scott Clinton Posted June 2, 2000 Share Posted June 2, 2000 FWIW Shermans were also 'painted' camo in N. Africa by slapping mud over the olive drab paint in a cammo pattern. By using the native soil they did not have to worry about matching the paint color, just rain! LOL! ------------------ Please note: The above is solely the opinion of 'The Grumbling Grognard' and reflects no one else's views but his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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