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Post by charleybourne on Feb 24, 2016 20:33:04 GMT
4- Alternately you could use a Zvezda T-28, with its 3 turrets. Scratch mount the HMGs on the hull, sides or whatever. The 'short' 76mm main gun can be painted to look like a 'hot' coilgun, and you can either model tribarrels or use my 1pdr coilgun idea for the secondary turrets. 5- In both cases, using a 1/72 model (from Zvezda or others) will give you a good sized vehicle to represent the large Wolsley. Although the T-35/T-28 is available from Frontline (Flames of War), they are 'true' 15mm and look small against the regular AQ tanks. They also cost alot more per tank. Do Zvezda actually produce a 1/72 T28? I've been looking around and can only find T35's in 1/72. I'm planning on using the T28 for my Wolsely. It's the closest thing to the A1E1 Vickers Independent which is about the closest thing to the Imperial Tank produced. Any ideas on suppliers? Edit: I've found one or two - how much difference would there be in 1/76 given that it should look large for the 1/87 AQ world?
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 25, 2016 12:56:45 GMT
Gads, I went to the Zvezda site on Michigan Toy Soliders - they've dropped a bunch of 1/72 tanks, including the T28 & T35 - they still have a T-35 lising in 1:100 or 15mm scale. The AQ game is based on 1:92 btw. So the 1/76 or 1/72 is larger (about 22mm) than the AQ 1/92 world. Its a same as there are so many really nice plastic 1/72 caste soldiers & kits out there, even some for WW1. I'll continue to look for 1/72 T-35s & T-28s for us both. The larger 1/72 T-35 is perfect for the Wosley B I make, using coilguns all around (the two mg turrets become 1pdr coildguns).
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Post by terrance on Feb 25, 2016 18:55:44 GMT
Is that 1/92 for vehicles? Human figures are still 1/87? I think someone else had commented that vehicles were slightly under scale.
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Post by loyalist on Feb 25, 2016 20:49:57 GMT
I saw an early post on this forum that the figures are 1/92 and the tanks 1/120. However, I don't think the scale is consistent for the AD vehicles. The Mk IV tanks and Land Ironclad seem a good match in size to the infantry figures, but most vehicles other than the BEF tanks look too small, especially the Spector armoured car and MK II tanks.
The figures are a little smaller than HO scale railway figures which are 1/87.
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Post by charleybourne on Feb 26, 2016 7:29:13 GMT
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 26, 2016 11:29:52 GMT
Thanks for the listing charleybourne! Hmm I never noticed the AD tanks being inconsistent scaled, but, it does look that way.
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Post by terrance on Feb 27, 2016 23:45:27 GMT
I guess I had assumed the figures were proper HO scale. After reading this thread I put an AQ figure up against my scale ruler and next to an actual HO figure. The figure scale shows the figure about 5 feet 6 inches tall. Next to a true scale HO figure the AQ figure is a little short, although the thicker base of the HO figure make comparison a bit difficult.
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 28, 2016 1:32:28 GMT
Yeah, its probably easier to compare on a millmeter ruler. As noted before, I actually always carry a USA penny with me to conventions to use as a measurement for AQ figure compatiablity (penny is 18mm diameter).
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Post by loyalist on Feb 28, 2016 4:45:29 GMT
18mm is a slightly smaller scale than HO. I noticed that first at the hobby store where an AD infantry figure was rather short compared to the doors on HO buildings.
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 28, 2016 10:39:17 GMT
yeap roughly 22m vs 18mm - and at that size the 4mm difference (never mind bases and head/hand/body proportions) does show.
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Post by charleybourne on Mar 2, 2016 21:18:16 GMT
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Post by madmorgan on Mar 2, 2016 23:31:34 GMT
1/56 is 28mm or 1 and 1/8". There are alot of products that are 1/56 including in plastic tanks. You can use some of these for large vehicles/tanks/etc for AQ.
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Post by charleybourne on Mar 3, 2016 18:46:16 GMT
So I contacted the guys at Trenchworx about the size of their 1/56 T28 and they came back (very quickly) with the following:
Length = 140mm (5.5") Width = 51mm (2")
Compare this with the basic BEF chassis: Length = 70mm (2.75") Width = 45mm (1.75")
What do you think folks, too big for a Wolsely? It would be pretty epic.
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Post by Quendil on Mar 3, 2016 18:56:48 GMT
I may well have a go at it if you don't
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Post by charleybourne on Mar 3, 2016 19:09:04 GMT
I'm not sure I can resist it. It would at least be able to hold all those guns.
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