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Post by novista on Apr 25, 2016 19:58:11 GMT
Does anyone have access to them?
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Post by Quendil on Apr 25, 2016 20:38:33 GMT
They never made the thunder child , do you mean the USA land ironclad ? If so there where never any instructions
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Post by loyalist on Apr 25, 2016 21:08:01 GMT
I've got the Ironclad kit and there are no instructions. That said I don't think there will be any problems building it by looking at photos. The 4 suspension 'legs' that connect the tracks to the hull and the recesses for them will need some work to get the angles vertical as the hull casting isn't that accurate.
If I could find suitable wheels I'd scratch-build the Thunderchild II. No luck so far.
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Post by novista on Apr 26, 2016 7:01:08 GMT
Please excuse my ignorance, I thought the iron clad I got was British that explains my confusion. So no instructions, oh well, there's a few pics floating around for reference. Cheers.
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Post by Quendil on Apr 26, 2016 7:12:29 GMT
I don't think there is a picture in the rulebook of the thunderchild so it's easy to assume they are the same. They have different weapons according to the rules. There is no reason why you can paint the USA one up as a British one as it could be another one they have
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Post by Quendil on Apr 26, 2016 8:08:42 GMT
You can see a sketch of what the Thunderchild was supposed to look like toward the bottom of this page aqmf.freeforums.net/thread/84/aqmf-gallery?page=2I have a Land Ironclad built up if you need any more pictures to help build it. I have another one unbuilt that I want to convert to a Thunderchild at some point. |
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Post by loyalist on Apr 26, 2016 10:21:25 GMT
All of the Land Ironclad drawings in the rule book show a very different design than the model AD produced, but the drawings in the book don't match the stats given in it because they lack the 7" gun turret. There is little difference between drawings of the US 'Destroyer Class' land ironclad and the Thunderchild II except the latter is on wheels instead of tracks.
The AD model looks too small for the amount of armament crammed on to it. The hull should have been 2-3" longer to allow more separation between the front turrets and more room for the propulsion system, and deeper below the side turrets to allow for their magazines and turret machinery. I think it's mentioned somewhere that the BEF brought the Thunderchild II with them but also operated US-built land ironclads. That's the premise behind my BEF force having one (until I build a TCII). The Canadians are assumed to have built one from US plans and bought the guns from Bethlehem Steel in the US.
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Post by billf on Apr 26, 2016 19:30:30 GMT
The one they built cost $195. If they had made it bigger the cost to players may have been out of reach for most of us
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Post by loyalist on Apr 27, 2016 0:18:02 GMT
Could be, though I don't know how much a few more cubic inches of resin would have cost. Even another inch to give more separation between the 2 front turrets and slightly more space between the front turret and the bow would have looked nicer.
The stats they published for the TC II, which never materialized, had the model measuring 2" longer than the US land ironclad.
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