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piet71


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HobbyBoss 1/35 Schneider CA
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http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/hobbyboss.html

Schneider CA.png Nice !

-- Edited by piet71 on Saturday 12th of July 2014 10:21:33 PM



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Super - somebody had to produce a kit of the Schneider, it's too well known to be left out. Hobby Boss seems to have quite a good reputation, even though it's Dragon that all the internet model reviewers seem to go ga-ga over.

So, now we need the A7V and Whippet, and it would be a bonus if kits are released of other rhomboids too - Mks I and V would be popular, and for historical accuracy you surely can't ignore the V*, which was produced in larger numbers than the V.

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TinCanTadpole wrote:

So, now we need the A7V ...

No! Not another A7V! Whippet, yes! But no more A7V!

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tau/kit_tau_35106.shtml

http://www.squadron.com/1-35-Tauro-German-Sturmpanzerwagen-A7V-Tank-p/tu101.htm

 

(and in 1/72 please!)

 



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By the same extension of logic as the argument for a V*, we also need a proper 1/35 A7V Uberlandwagen kit.

Bring it on though, in all shapes and sizes. If the major manufacturers all stick to the same few household-name tanks for their releases, they are going to wring the life out of WWI long before the 4yr window of marketing opportunity is up. So here is to Schneider Tractors, Porteurs, MK VIII Liberties, Mk I Females & Supply Tanks, and even TAR Latil trucks with Delahaye Track units...

Ok, that last one might be a bit of a stretch. ;)

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Woohoo! More good news.

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Great news and whilst on the subject of needed subjects I think there is ample scope for a lot of horse related models, from Lancers and Uhlans, wagons of various designs and artillery with full teams . Then there's the motorised vehicles. The list is as endless as the WWII German stuff !!!!

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Yessir this is GREAT! The more, the better :)

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Box art,  on sale in Germany  ''around'' 25-11-2014.

Hobby Boss.jpg



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Full kit breakdown here - www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10288232p/10/1

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Awesome....

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Top!

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Schneider CA Early www.1999.co.jp/eng/10288232 about 53.1 USD

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I got this kit in this week. Strangely, Squadron had it before it was available in the Hong Kong shops.

 

The good news is that they used slide molds for the upper hull so there won't be issues with joints between plates.

 

The bad news is, they provide no undercarriage detail. Some of this detail would be evident, but most everything has been omitted. The depiction of the transmission is phony. They make it look like the Saint-Chamond transmission bulge, which is not correct. Also, they provide a very odd axle that resembles the type found on idler wheels to permit track adjustment. I have the feeling that they did this kit based only on scale plans, and never actually inspected the surviving vehicle at Saumur. I had recently been working on a Hobby Boss BA-10M armored car that has an excruciatingly delicate and complex chassis frame. So going from that kit, where they go far overboard on detail, to this kit was a strange contrast.



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See what you mean Steve, looking at the kit scans on 1999.co.jp again - the sprocket axle is a 'dog-leg' track tensioner arm... How you would transfer motive power through that without a magic wand is anyone's guess...

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I started by re-building the undercarriage of the kit as seen here. The track is difficult to assemble due to a lack of any positive attachment points.



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Will you be producing an article about this for one of the magazines,Steve ?

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Paul:

I will eventually do an article, but the project is going slow due to the holiday festivities. I started adding the rear fuel tanks last evening.



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That's looking good Steve. I think this will be my next purchase.
Paul

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Hello
And good new : Blast Models just released stowage set for the Schneider ( Ref BL35217K)
www.phpshopxml.com/blamod.shop/CID/b7960281da73e8d837b011a370da6daf/function/itemPageDisplay/shopItemCode/BL35217K
Lovely !
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Olivier

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Bonjour,

Rear fuel tanks from Steve Zaloga are finished :

       http://landships.activeboard.com/t59388382/building-the-hobby-boss-schneider-ca1/

Also about Blast Models :

http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Pages-d-Histoire-Artillerie/Artillerie-Speciale-chars-d-assaut/artillerie-speciale-accessoires-sujet_2199_1.htm

And always around Schneider

      http://landships.activeboard.com/t59201001/schneider-m1-135-from-hobby-boss/

      http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Pages-d-Histoire-Artillerie/Artillerie-Speciale-chars-d-assaut/artillerie-speciale-traineaux-sujet_2221_1.htm

Bonne journée - Michel



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