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Same topic - different method...... I was struck the other day by the Braille imprints on an aircraft boarding pass - I'd guess the boarding pass was 120gsm card - the Braille imprints were a perfect rivet shape. Anyone know how this is done? Regards, Charlie

I'm not sure that simply sticking card disks onto a model to represent rivets is the best that can be done. I looked at this a while ago and found a reasonable technique was: - cut out the disks with a punch - edge colour the disks - shape the disks to a dome shape with an embossing tool...

The T-26 had the same layout - The Russian Battlefield - T-26: the profile of the Model 1939 might help. Seems to show the engine mounted in the centre of the hull, the power take off was at the front of the engine. Regards, Charlie

That does make sense though - according to battlefield.ru the colloquial Russian terms for KV-1 and -2 were KV (Klimenti Voroshilov) tank with small turret and big turret respectively. Regards, Charlie

The Vickers tank used the Armstrong Siddeley Puma engine - I think that was mostly because there were a lot of these engines made but not many were used in aircraft - read "picked them up cheap". British tank designers used a lot of aeroengines in their designs - aside from the Vickers tank -...

A few differences: - different machine guns - the Wz 30 Polish guns were derivatives of the French Hotchkiss guns. - engine on the 7TP was a diesel - this shows up as a different rear deck on the 7TP. - lots of small details like a different periscope for the commander, radio installed...

You'd have to be more specific - what vehicle are you referring to? There are some very detailed tracks at Fanatyk Kartonu - Modele FK. There's a method for making tracks over at Paper Modelers. The ultimate tracks are the lasercut ones you can buy from Draf Model (DRAF MODEL - laserowe...

You'd also have to do the special Pz IV which carried the shells. The mortars weren't all that complex but I think complexity might get out of hand if you tried to model the special rail trucks used to transport the Karlgeraets. Charlie

I think you had to read my "primitive" comment linked to the previous sentence about the Nazi attitudes to the Soviets. It's interesting to match tanks in games which rarely, if ever, came up against each other. The late war heavy Russian tank was the IS-2 (the "Victory" tank). Neither the...

The KVs weren't that big - 6.8m long 47.4 tonnes (compared to the Tiger 6.3m 56 t ) - they certainly were a shock to the Wehrmacht - total intelligence failure - the Nazis probably didn't believe the "Bolsheviks" could build advanced heavy tanks. Russian tanks weren't "primitive" - they were...

For a dose of reality - try The Russian Battlefield for the KV experimental designs. The Russian Battlefield for the IS series of experimental heavy tanks The stretched image looks like a doctored image of "Object 770" - a late heavy tank prototype. Generally the Russians wouldn't put...

Yup - Jim Nunn - guru of AFV models came up with a solution to this one a while ago. He grinds down chisel blades (Xacto #18 blade) with a Dremel to the required width. A #11 blade will work but even better is a #11 scalpel blade - thinner and much sharper. I'd suggest doing a trial...

You're lucky the ICM model is grey - the real panzergrau colour was much darker - almost black. Mmm... black fold lines on a near black model - not easy. Try a Tiger 1 model if you want real pain from cutting out wheels. Your Pz IV is coming along very nicely. Regards, Charlie

Huh? - I thought the Aceh conflict ended a while ago with a negotiated settlement after Aceh was trashed in the 2005 tsunami. Strange the UK would maintain an embargo after the reason for the embargo had disappeared. Regards, Charlie

Try http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/index.html for the dimensions of the T-54 - these are in metres. To convert take a dimension in metres (x) and calculate (x * 1000) / 25.4 / 144 will give the model size in inches. Regards, Charlie

1/43 Regards, Charlie

There are a few paper models in 1/35 - Answer has a 1/35 T-37, Fiat 3000 and a Crusader Mk II. I guess you're talking about the old GPM T-28 and the Modelcard T-35 models. Neither of these models is particularly detailed so there aren't lots of minute parts so scaling down shouldn't be a...

Not surprising if you've been hacking through 1mm card with a scalpel - I use a cutter with snap off blades for the straight cuts on formers - much easier on the fingers. I fond that some hobby knife handles will accept #11 scalpel blades - seems to give better control over the blade than the...

Toothpicks aren't quite strong enough for the job and are a bit thick. The easiest way to do this is to use the pins as a template (but don't glue the pins in) when you fold the track parts. It helps to use another link to space the pin away from the centre part of the links so the links will...

I've used bamboo skewers sanded down to <1mm thickness as link pins. It doesn't take long to sand the skewers down with power drill and decent sand paper - gets hot though. The advantage is that paper->wood is easy to glue and won't move. Paper to wire gluing is much more problematic...