ITS THE TRUTH Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 The 1/35th Armour kits are from Academy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berneckir Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 The Cromwells are new tool Airfix kits. thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 3 hours ago, berneckir said: The Cromwells are new tool Airfix kits. Correct *these are NOT re-pops* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 New tool Cromwell in 1/35th? Did they do a Centaur as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I think so, though they don't call it that: Cruiser tank Mk.VIII, Cromwell Mk.IV Cruiser tank Mk.VIII, Cromwell Mk.VI (What I thought was the Centaur) https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2020/cruiser-tank-mk-viii-a27m-cromwell-mk-vi.html LSP_K2 and alanash1963 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Do we think we'll ever see the Spit' re-tooled to today's 1/24 standards? I'd buy many. alanash1963 and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wegener Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Centaur and Cromwell were similar (indeed a number of Cromwells were built from Centaurs) but the defining difference was that Centaur had a Liberty engine (hence was the A27L) while Cromwell had a Meteor (so was the A27M). The ‘Cromwell VI’ has a Meteor deck and so looks like a Cromwell to me. It had the same 95mm as the Centaur IV but most Centaurs (and early Cromwells) had a 6pdr. There was a good series on the type by Dick Harley in a few recent Tankette magazines (the MAFVA journal) for those interested in learning more. Very much looking forward to the new releases although I imagine loads will be built with the hedgerow ‘prong’ which appears never to have been used operationally and features in only one photo I have seen. nmayhew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Ah, thank you. I forgot about the engine change. Hedgecrow cutters only look right on a Sherman or Stuart M5. Am I correct they only tried it as a prototype on the Cromwell, but nixed it for service? LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 "Tanks " for the pics Ray. Nice looking models. Not seen the hedgerow cutter on one of these, but covered with gear and netting....yes. alanash1963 and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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