Re: [sg] Vehicle ID

Eli Arndt wrote in reply to Brian:

>>Can anyone identify the manufacturer/model used for the
>>Panzerkampfagen 60 "Maus" at 
>>http://www.salute.co.uk/slammers3/pages/vehicles/maus.htm?
>
>I beleive if you read their notes, they say it is a Soviet BRDM in
1/35th and >a 1/48th Israeli Merkava turret.  Don't quote me on the
scales though.

1/35th and 1/48th are correct, Merkava is correct, but the hull is a
BMP rather than a BRDM. It also has various other odds and ends stuck
on, eg. the small "point defence" turret on top of the main one.

BTW, recalling the discussion we had some months back about kitbashing
SF vehicles from modern model kits, this is a *very* good example of
why I don't do that: it's a very nice-looking model, but I and my
normal opponents all identified the main bitz in less than five
seconds, and we all know far too well how thin-skinned a BMP is to be
able to think "heavy tank" when we see the Maus :-(

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."