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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 20, 2011 20:39:36 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Oct 20, 2011 21:25:33 GMT 12
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 20, 2011 22:10:27 GMT 12
Yeah that ones OK if your working in 1:48th scale. I was thinking of a 1:35th scale kit behind a 1:32nd scale aircraft. Say a Buffalo in 488 Sqn colours.
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Post by Bruce on Oct 20, 2011 22:46:30 GMT 12
AMT makes a 1/24 Scale D8 but its a postwar version.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 20, 2011 23:34:40 GMT 12
This 1/35th kit is in Waiouru Museum   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 20, 2011 23:36:40 GMT 12
Did the No. 1 Aerodrome Contruction Suqdron bulldozers ever appear on the same airfield as No. 488 Squadron Buffaloes? They were in different countries, weren't they, Malaya and Singapore respectively?
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Post by guest on Oct 21, 2011 6:33:29 GMT 12
Dave, Singapore was just a city of the Malayan Federation until 9 August 1965, when the Lee dynasty took over and Singapore became an independent nation,
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jan 25, 2012 22:28:15 GMT 12
I've just received confirmation my Trumpeter Stalinets S-65 was posted by HLJ today. Nice drawings here www.o5m6.de/s-65_open.htmlAfter some research I understand it does not represent a large enough tractor to make a Semple but the idea of converting it into an Aerodrome Construction Sqn bulldozer is still bubbling in my mind. |
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Post by phil on Jan 26, 2012 8:23:26 GMT 12
'Armoured fighting vehicles of New Zealand 1939-59' by Jeffrey Plowman and Malcolm Thomas has 1/35 scale plans and quite a few photos of the Semple tank.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 25, 2012 10:19:41 GMT 12
I have been assembling the Stalinets kit for about a week - track linkz - track linkz - I now count track linkz in my sleep. Caution each of the three small pieces that make up a link are the same brown colour as a wooden floor  After crawling around on the floor for a few minutes I decided to count the total number of links to see if I needed to keep looking and realised they provide lots of spare links. Then I spied the missing piece sitting UP on a neighbouring chair  While the overall tractor is much smaller than a Semple, the good news is that the track and suspension components, when compared with the Plowman scale drawing, are just right. So with two kitsets you could use the suspension and track as a great basis for a Semple therefore saving a lot of scratchbuilding time. The picture shows the major components just posed together with tape.  |
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Post by gunny on Feb 25, 2012 21:07:52 GMT 12
As a avid diorama maker i saw this Semple years ago, i just have 1 question... what are the officer and soldier supposed to be doing? seriously the officer is talking to somebody that is not there.
I'll shut up now B-)
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 25, 2012 21:51:15 GMT 12
As a avid diorama maker i saw this Semple years ago, i just have 1 question... what are the officer and soldier supposed to be doing? seriously the officer is talking to somebody that is not there. I'll shut up now B-) I can't quite read his lips. It's either; 'Are you sure the Yanks really designed this?' or 'Wow, this is really going to improve morale'. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 28, 2012 21:43:45 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Feb 29, 2012 13:05:01 GMT 12
Paul, your tractor kit looks excellent. Far better than a Semple tank. It's a nice looking kit. Agree, nice work and progress on this one. |
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After crawling around on the floor for a few minutes I decided to count the total number of links to see if I needed to keep looking and realised they provide lots of spare links. Then I spied the missing piece sitting UP on a neighbouring chair 
