I never had any issues using their cart, it always seemed to work. But yes, Joe stopped taking orders in December last year, but he did provide lots of notice. I believe he posted the intent to close in July last year.
I believe the intent was for the 140mm gun to be housed in a totally new 2 men turret with the gun breach offset far to the left to accommodate an auto loader if the gun reached service with the Bundeswehr.
the tiger model that clearly use the original leopard 2 turret is probably completely fictional.
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why a leopard revolution with a 130mm is a prototype vehicle that is not in service
I would have preferred a Polish leopard 2
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When Rhienmettal put their 130 mm on a Challenger demonstrator it was said because the 130 rounds were so heavy it needed an automatic loader!
There canât be photos because there is nothing to make pictures of. Photoshop at a maximum.
Pure fiction.
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just looks like a gaboon viper ready to strike
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Thanks Matt for the good news ! Iâve built a couple of TMs and enjoyed them. Looking forward to the new releases !
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I take it that Tiger Models is no more?
i was looking forward to getting the Shmel as well
Why are you assuming that? Tiger just released two new kits (Toon tanks in this case) last month. Their last 1/35 releases were late last year. So as far as I am aware they are still around. The Shmel is still available, although it does look like itâs no longer in stock in many places; I expect they made a limited number given the uniqueness of the subject.
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What is the shmel
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Look for it on Ebay, they have them in stock
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I found one (1) and it has this comment about delivery times:
" Delivery:
Estimated between Wed, Sep 25 and Wed, Oct 23 to 16442
This item has an extended handling time and a delivery estimate greater than 45 business days."
45 business days is 9 weeks = close to two months.
Somewhere else I saw it as pre-order with expected delivery in Sept - Oct âŚ
I think it is out-of-stock because it hasnât arrived anywhere yet âŚ
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I orderd one via AE. (AliExpress
3 weeks later it was with me.
A huge thingy
Rabbits
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I ask someone who bought it for details, he had his delivered in 5 weeks. Maybe Aliexpress is a better option, as Rabbits pointed out.
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Not familiar with this company nor most of the vehicles they model. Make some interesting stuff.
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and, Soviet Motor Gunboats of World War II | Model Shipwrights, for more info.
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I know this discussion is a bit stale, but the painful truth is that no MBT in real combat is expected to survive long enough to use up a full ammo load, so a reductions isnât as big a deal as we think - just donât tell the crews!
As for size, tankies would love guns that fired the 155mm HE round - it doesnât need to penetrate thick armour as it will dismantle (combat kill) anything it hits! But the loader would need to be PopeyeâŚ
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an autoloader. Ammo loaded as pre-filled drums using machinery.
The Soviets used 152 mm guns in some of their heavy tank hunters,
the blast usually dislocated the turrets of the hit German tanks.
There was a Danish tank commander in Bosnia who unloaded at a building
where there was a sniper (Serb??). When asked why he fired so many shots
he bluntly answered that it was all the shots he had âŚ
That was a very special case, not normal combat âŚ
Wasnât the Conqueror designed to hold a position and kill any enemy tank that came within range?
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Indeed Conqueror was! But if the Reds came through the Fulda Gap then none of the defending tanks was expected to last very long - theyâd become targets as soon as they revealed their locations by firing. Using up a full ammo load is the luxury of asymmetric fighting.
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