Okay, this is more strangeness, I am looking for ideas for a CBR (Counter
Battery radar) vehicle to go with my old/low tech PHR guys (So
rip-offs... I mean inspired by designs... from Modern or even WW2
vehicles are suitable. Tracked is preferred but Wheeled might do.
What I need is something about the size of the GHQ M109/M109A1 hull
with a (big is better) radar instead of a turret. If I do this I only want
one so buying a blister's worth (a la GHQ) is counter-productive.
Anyone
got any ideas say from Pfc-in-C (do they sell single, I forget) or
NavWar? Maybe an old Cold War Soviet radar for IRBM or monster SAMs?
Gracias,
See if you can find Scotia, they had a lot of the "weird" stuff. If you go the
GHQ route, it may be a pack of 1-2 of 2-3 different vehicles, not just 5
of a kind. Of course, they may special package on request.
Michael Brown
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> At 06:16 PM 4/29/03 PDT, you wrote:
Anyone
> got any ideas say from Pfc-in-C (do they sell single, I forget) or
I use PanEuropean Light Tanks from SJG's Ogre line:
http://www.warehouse23.com/item.cgi?SJG10-0508
You've got the big sensor boom, plus that little radar dish at the back.
Might be a little too high-tech looking for your needs, but hey -- maybe
they've managed to make a purchase from a more advanced ally....
And while I'm talking about SJG, check out this for an interesting addition to
SGII:
http://www.sjgames.com/miniatures/img/uplift/fen.bw.med.jpg
I'm certainly going to get a few for myself when the set is released; I'm not
sure about the rest of the Uplift set, but I can't resist that. The
separate bit, by the way, is the Warmask -- seems to include a pair of
guns, and it would be child's play to add some different ones.
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> Glenn M Wilson <warbeads@juno.com>, wrote:
Try Skytrex (http://www.skytrex.com/) - not sure who distributes in the
US.
In their 1/300th Modern Russians range they have M756, Tracked Dish
Artillery Radar or M797, Straight Flush Radar + Flat Face Radar. In the
British there is M690, FV432 Cymbeline.
A DIY alternative is to take an example of whatever chassis you desire
and beg / steal / borrow a radar from the GW Space Marine vehicle
accessory sprue (on their website as 'Hatch Sprue Land Raider Sprue C') and
glue it on top. If you know anyone who has a Space Marine army they
should have one or two of these to spare since every Dreadnought / Rhino
/ Land Raider variant comes with more accessories than you can possibly
use.
Some of the FT bits that are sold seperately are radar dishes.
Roger Books
> On 30-Apr-03 at 03:45, Matteo Martegani (gasindius@inwind.it) wrote:
> Glenn M Wilson <warbeads@juno.com>, wrote:
It happens I just kitbashed some interesting vehicles: a counter battery
radar vehicle, a tactical operation center and a zone air defence vehicle.
The base hull for all three is GZG Aurora light wheeled APC (DF-C07),
there's a picture of it on GZG catalogue, page 31. Bits and pieces are
leftovers from old aircraft model kits, two hellfire launchers from a 1:300
Apache and thin cardboard.
The fast way: find a vehicle you like with a wide flat top or a separate
turret. Stick a stick on the top, it's the radar support. Find something that
already resembles a radar or cut, bend and fold a piece of plastic card or
cardboard until it has the right shape and glue it to the support. Prime,
paint, play.
Ciao,
One idea I've seen done is to use an APC hull and mount on it a radar from a
battleship kit (there are some pretty cheap ones out there -- good for
kitbashing). Another option would be to take any spare model piece with a grid
or corrugation on it (such as the interior flooring from an APC model), cut
out a square or ovoid, and then boil and bend it to a slight curvature.
I'll see if I can find any pictures that might give you and idea.
Andreas
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:16:08 PDT
Anyone
> got any ideas say from Pfc-in-C (do they sell single, I forget) or
Could try the old 1970 British cymberline radar mounted on the FV432 APC
-
It actually is a mortar locating radar
M690 FV432 Cymbeline (x 4) Price: £1.50
Kev
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