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Since the topic seems to be micromodels... What were the dimensions of the cards Micromodels were originally printed on? Regards, Charlie

There's a recent article posted at http://armor.kiev.ua/Tank/design/suspension/ which surveys tank suspensions. Lots of diagrams about the multitude of suspension systems used in tanks. The text is Russian - worth running through a translator for the discussion. Regards, Charlie

There might be a bit of sticker shock with this one - it's list price is 46zl - translating this into price at other outlets (who don't charge the earth for postage) probably means around 16-18 Euro. It looks great though. Regards, Charlie

The use of captured equipment by the Wehrmacht was forced on them simply because German industry didn't have the productive capacity to supply enough tanks. The cost and complexity of the supply and maintenance effort required to keep foreign armour running didn't seem to be an issue with the...

A follow up on IJA armour - there isn't much on the Web about IJA armour but... http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/ - gives an overview of IJA AFVs http://mk-armour.narod.ru/1995/No3.htm - one of MK series on IJA armour in WW2 - photos plus drawings - in Russian - www.translate.ru does a...

There are very few models of IJA armour. I can think of only 2 in 1/25: GPM 1/25 Type 95 Ha-Go light tank - this is an old model long out of print but I've seen it on eBay. Maly Modelarz 1/25 Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank - again long out of print but turns up on eBay occaisonally. I...

What a post!! That's what I like about this group - there are people that are real experts. O.k. - perhaps you can shed some light on the discussion about the aerial on the Panzer III. It clearly can fold back to get out of the way of the gun when the turret rotates. There is a trough on...

Add a new model to the original list: WAK - 1/25 Tiger(P) - recent release For those who don't know what a Tiger(P) is - Porsche built a number of hulls of the competitor of the Henschel tank which became the Tiger. Most of the Porsche hulls were converted into the Ferdinand SPG. However...

I noticed that the GPM shop (www.gpm.pl) has the WAK 1/25 model of the Autoblinda AB-41 in stock. Seems to be a recent release. Regards, Charlie

Try some original film clips at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3711963070632273873 Regards, Charlie Ooops - sorry about the duplicate post.

Try some original film clips at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...63070632273873 Regards, Charlie

It depends which Sherman you're referring to - there was one type M3A2 (I think) which was diesel powered - most of these went to the Russians. All the rest were gasoline fueled. Just about all the German and British tanks were gasoline engines. The Red Army used diesel fueled tanks except for...

Umm... not quite - the Panzer IV tank only ever got to a 75mm L48 gun - this was adequate for taking on T-34s and simply overwhelmed the Shermans. The Wehrmacht didn't call the Shermans "Ronson - lights first time" for nothing. The 75mm L70 gun on the Panther actually had greater armour...

It's probably better to quote from www.achtungpanzer.com: "As early as 1934/35, General Heinz Guderian envisioned two basic types to act as the most numerous equipment for the future German Panzer Divisions. The first vehicle was to be armed with anti-tank gun and two machine guns and second...

There is a Lebedenko (Tsar) tank model is at: http://home.1asphost.com/homespunmagixx/TzarTank/tzar.htm It's not free but like shareware - build and send a photo will cost you $5 otherwise $10. There are free models of Mk IV, FT-17, A7V available at...

People have made careers out of trying to figure out the varieties of German armour and their modifications. I don't claim great expertise in this but: All German AFVs accepted for production were allocated a SdKfz number. e.g. the Kettenrad half-track motorcycle was SdKfz 2, the Panzer III was...

Quite right - but a lot of the PzIII s were recycled as infantry support tanks (PzIIIN) with the 75mm L24 gun ex-early model Pz IVs. The command tank version was a separate strand of development - the command version was also very popular with the Red Army who used a lot of captured Pz IIIs. The...

The armor skirts are correctly called "Schurzen" - I think the introduction of Schurzen was close in time to the change to dunkelgelb base colour ( the dull yellow colour). Not all tanks had Schurzen after the start of 1943 - the Germans recycled and remade damaged and obsolete tanks throughout...

Naka's models are 1/50 - although there's enough detail to allow for upscaling. He has also got a T-34/76 model and is working on a Sherman. I would guess he's extremely time poor since he releases a new model about every 3 years. Nobi hasn't got any German tanks (yet) - about the closest is...

The Betexa Tiger is 1/35 so it's probably going to be a bit compromised in terms of the detail that can be applied. The model is described at http://www.betexa.cz/eng/btx-ramy.html?pol_pz6_tiger.html. It's claimed to have only 74 parts. If you really wanted to go down this track then try...