Hi Kids, Here's one of the tanks I've been pretending to work on lately. I think I primered it about 2 years ago. Yeah, I must be in a rush! It's a 1:60 West Wind Panzer 4 which can be made as a F1, F2, or early G variant. Naturally, the Chuckster can't be bothered to actually make a firm decision. We play a lot of early war around here, so the stub barrel would be good. But there's also that June 6th D-Day Gameapalooza coming up, (Disposable Heroes of course!) and those longer guns would no doubt come in handy when you're trying to stem the beachheads. What to do, what to do.....???
Here we have a work-in-progress shot of the partially painted tank with the three different guns from which to choose. All metal all the time! And if you're an Old Glory Army member this is ~US$20!
Order some magnets! That's what you do! Partially submerged in a bath of glue is a K&J magnet towards the back of the hollow turret. I drilled out the backs of the guns and glued in some piano wire, or any other wire that works with magnets. At first I was afraid that the force would not be strong enough and the barrels would droop, but no fear there. Even the long barrel has no problem.
Meanwhile, the Basement has revealed some more items from a bygone era, some Easter Island head statues (called "Moi" I believe)! I've been looking for these things for quite awhile, and am thrilled the terrain for KneeCap Island is at least getting closer to the workbench. Armorcast makes some great stuff! I'm thinking about getting more of their craters, too.
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